Case Name: ADOPTION OF BABY BOY O. Appeal of D. L. O. H. and R. F. H.
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1979-11-26
Citations: 487 Pa. 43
Docket Number: No. 788
Parties: ADOPTION OF BABY BOY O. Appeal of D. L. O. H. and R. F. H.
Judges: Before EAGEN, C. J., and O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN and FLAHERTY, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 487
Pages: 43–45

Head Matter:
408 A.2d 153
ADOPTION OF BABY BOY O. Appeal of D. L. O. H. and R. F. H.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued Dec. 15, 1977.
Decided Nov. 26, 1979.
James P. Geohegan, Norristown, for appellant.
Richard A. Rosenberger, Souderton, for appellee.
Before EAGEN, C. J., and O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN and FLAHERTY, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM:
In this contested adoption proceeding, the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, Orphans' Court Division, entered a final decree involuntarily terminating the parental rights of D.L.O.H. and R.F.H. in respect to their son, Baby Boy O. This appeal challenges that decree.
The trial court found that D.L.O.H. had freely and knowingly executed a written consent to the adoption of her son, and also concluded that both D.L.O.H. and R.F.H. had failed to perform their parental duties in respect to their son continuously for a period in excess of six months without reasonable excuse. Cf. Act of July 24, 1970, P.L. 620, 1 P.S. § 101 et seq. (Supp.1978), § 311 and 411. Our study of the record is persuasive that the court's findings and conclusions are warranted by the testimony and that the appeal is without merit.
Decree affirmed. Each side to pay own costs.
MANDERINO, J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.