In Re Custody of Sagan

JACOBS, President Judge:

This appeal is from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lawrence County, awarding custody of Cyril Edward Sagan to his father. Appellant claims that the lower court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the person of Cyril, and consequently had no power to issue its order; alternatively, she claims that the lower court erred by awarding custody to her husband. For reasons which follow, we vacate the lower court order and dismiss the case.

Mr. and Mrs. Sagan, natural parents of Cyril Edward Sagan, were married in 1960, and were ultimately divorced in May, 1976.…