In Re Adoption of M.J.H.

SPAETH, President Judge:

This appeal is from an order sustaining exceptions to and vacating an order terminating appellee’s parental rights. Appellee is the father of M.J.H., a girl born March 3, 1979. On October 6, 1979, while M.J.H. lay in the arms of her mother, S.H., appellee shot and killed S.H. On March 22, 1980, appellee was convicted of the first degree murder of S.H., and of recklessly endangering the life of M.J.H., and on May 27, 1981, he was sentenced to a life term in prison. 1 Appellants are MJ.H.’s maternal grandparents. On June 3, 1983, they petitioned to adopt M.J.H., and in…