In re D.L.S.

PRICE, Judge:

This appeal challenges the propriety of the hearing court’s order dismissing appellant’s preliminary objections to a petition for custody filed by the natural father. The petition alleged that the contestants, both lifelong residents of Erie County, were married on April 20, 1974, and produced two children-D.L., born February 26, 1975, and J. L., born July 18, 1978. In February of 1978, the parents separated, and appellant, accompanied by her firstborn son, moved to her parents’ home in Erie, where her second son was born. Appellee continued to live and work in Erie, and on…