Diana Adoption Case

Opinion by

Reno, J.,

Anthony Astrella and his wife, Lucille, have appealed from an order of the court below dismissing their petition for the adoption of Marie Ann Diana. The court held that the child’s mother, Minnie Diana, had not given valid consent for the child’s adoption and had not abandoned the child within the meaning of the Act of April 4, 1925, P. L. 127, as last amended by the Act of June 30, 1947, P. L. 1180, 1 PS §1, et seq.

The child was born out of wedlock in St. Agnes Hospital, Philadelphia, on February 18, 1947. Before the child was born the mother arranged with her…