In Re Adoption of Hamilton

CIRILLO, President Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the Clearfield County-Orphans’ Court involuntarily terminating the parental rights of appellant, Ernest Hamilton, to his daughter Kristy. Appellee, Brenda Wilt, the natural mother, and her new husband have custody of the child, and the new husband will seek adoption. Ernest now retains visitation rights through a supersedeas on the termination order.

In June of 1985, Brenda Wilt, Kristy’s mother, filed a petition under 23 Pa.C.S. § 2512(a)(1) to terminate the natural father Ernest’s parental rights to Kristy. The petition recited that…