Hangartner Adoption Case

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Benjamin B. Jones,

On this appeal from a decree of adoption entered by the County Court of Philadelphia the sole issue is the sufficiency of the evidence on this record to support the finding by the court below that the natural father of the child abandoned the child.

The seven and one-half year old child sought to be adopted is Kathleen B. Hangartner. Her natural parents are Margaret C. Hangartner, now Margaret C. White, * who not only consents to the adoption but is one of the petitioners for the adoption, and Jimmie G. Hangartner, who opposes the adoption. The…