Legal Opinion
Snellgrose Adoption Case
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 12, 1968No. Appeal, 81PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Jones,
On February 14, 1966, Dr. and Mrs. Albert Harris petitioned the Orphans’ Court of Lebanon County to adopt Thomi Georgie Snellgrose (Thomi) and on June 24, 1966, Mrs. Anna Snellgrose, Thomi’s natural mother, petitioned the Court of Common Pleas of the same County for a writ of habeas corpus to secure Thomi’s custody. The Orphans’ Court denied the adoption petition since abandonment had not been proven and the Common Pleas Court determined the custody proceeding in favor of the natural mother. Appeals from both the respective decree and order were heard by this Court…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Harry v. EastridgeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
- Willingham v. WillinghamSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
- Commonwealth ex rel. Kraus v. KrausSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
- Commonwealth ex rel. Bendrick v. WhiteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
- Shoemaker AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Gunter v. GunterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Commonwealth ex rel. Grillo v. ShusterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Com. Ex Rel. Myers v. MyersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Tobias v. TobiasSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Pierce v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
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