Oelberman Adoption Case

Opinion by

Rhodes, P. J.,

These appeals, relating (1) to adoption proceedings in the Orphans’ Court of Clearfield County, and (2) to habeas corpus proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas of Clearfield County, arise from the same facts and can be considered in one opinion. It has been stipulated and agreed that both appeals be heard together, and that the parties thereto submit to the jurisdiction of this Court.

On March 14, 1949, Andrew Slotter and Marjorie Slotter, his wife, presented a petition to the Orphans’ Court of Clearfield County for the adoption of Saundra Patricia Oelberman who was…