Case Name: In re ADOPTION OF BABY GIRL C. Appeal of Joyce CORTESE, natural mother, and Harvey David Johns and Marian L. Johns, his wife, adoptive parents at No. 245 March Term, 1977. Appeal of Robert BLACKWELL at No. 247 March Term, 1977
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1978-09-26
Citations: 480 Pa. 448
Docket Number: Appeals Nos. 245 and 247
Parties: In re ADOPTION OF BABY GIRL C. Appeal of Joyce CORTESE, natural mother, and Harvey David Johns and Marian L. Johns, his wife, adoptive parents at No. 245 March Term, 1977. Appeal of Robert BLACKWELL at No. 247 March Term, 1977.
Judges: Before EAGEN, C. J., and O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 480
Pages: 448–448

Head Matter:
390 A.2d 1264
In re ADOPTION OF BABY GIRL C. Appeal of Joyce CORTESE, natural mother, and Harvey David Johns and Marian L. Johns, his wife, adoptive parents at No. 245 March Term, 1977. Appeal of Robert BLACKWELL at No. 247 March Term, 1977.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued Sept. 19, 1978.
Decided Sept. 26, 1978.
Elizabeth Bailey, Murrysville, for appellants at No. 245 and appellee at No. 247.
Paul F. Laughlin, Laughlin &' Michalek, Pittsburgh, for appellant at No. 247 and appellee at No. 245.
Before EAGEN, C. J., and O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
Appeal at No. 247 is quashed. Decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Orphans' Court Division, at 108 of 1976, is affirmed.
Each party to pay own costs.
The record is remanded to the Court of Common Pleas with directions to proceed to dispose of the custody issue without undue delay.