Legal Opinion
Adoption of Patricia Jeanine Walker
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 6, 1976No. 43PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
This case involves two issues: (1) Is the natural father’s consent or a finding of abandonment or neglect a necessary prerequisite for adoption of his out-of-wedlock child? and (2) Was the mailed but undelivered notice of the adoption hearing sent to the natural father adequate to cure the failure to present any evidence to support the termination of his parental rights to the child?
Appellant is the natural father of a child born out of wedlock in December 1970 while he and the mother were living together. The parents separated thereafter and a formal…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Conway v. DanaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. ButlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- DiFlorido v. DiFloridoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Watson AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
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