Green Appeal

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Jones,

The Director of the State Hospital for Crippled Children at Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, filed a “petition to initiate juvenile proceedings” under The Juvenile Court Law, Act of June 2, 1933, P. L. 1433, §1 *340et seq., as amended, 11 P.S. §243 et seq., which sought a judicial declaration that Ricky Ricardo Green (hereinafter “Ricky”) was a “neglected child” within the meaning of the Act and the appointment of a guardian. After an evidentiary hearing, the Court of Common Pleas, Family Court Division, Juvenile Branch, of Philadelphia, dismissed the petition. On…