Owen Adoption

ACKER, J.,

The matter for determination arises from a petition for involuntary termination filed pursuant to the Adoption Act of July 24, 1970, 1 PS §101 et seq. To this an answer was filed, the issue joined and testimony taken. The court makes the following findings of fact.

FINDINGS OF FACT

1. In 1965, the natural father, Phillip Owen, then age 17, was a ninth grade student in the Reynolds area schools, failing most of his subjects and attempting to proceed with an I.Q. of 85.

2. Winifred June Boger at this same time was likewise in the ninth grade of the same school and had become pregnant…