Montgomery Adoption Case

Opinion by

Arnold, J.,

This is an appeal from an order vacating a decree of adoption.

On October 28, 1946, the Municipal Court of Philadelphia made a decree of adoption by which George William Montgomery became the adopted child of William B. Montgomery and Mary R. Montgomery. The parents of said child were married and the mother was a sister of Mary R. Montgomery and the father of said child was the brother of William B. Montgomery, the proposed adopting father. The petition for adoption contained consent of the parents. At the time of the adoption the child was some two years of age but had…