Hunter Adoption Case

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

This is an appeal from a decree of adoption entered by the Orphans’ Court of Greene County taken by the natural mother of the adoptive child. In approving the adoption, the court found both consent and abandonment by the natural mother.. We are of the conclusion that neither finding may be sustained and that the decree of adoption must be reversed.

The' natural mother [appellant] is a resident of Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Following her graduation from a local high school, she attended college in West Virginia. During this period, she became…