Holton Estate

Dissenting Opinion by

Mb. Justice Musmanno:

Is there any difference in law between the legal rights of a natural child and those of an adopted child? I personally do not see, in the enlightened jurisprudence of today, any distinction between the child which comes into the arms of its parents through the mystery of divine creation, inspired by human love, and the child who reaches those same arms through the medium of the law, guided by the same manifestation of love and devotion.

The law of Pennsylvania requires an adopting parent to provide his adopted child with the same maintenance, education…