Court Opinion

ID: 9702065
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 22:52:35.471979+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:21:32.780833
License: Public Domain

Dissenting Opinion by
Bhodes, P. J.:
As the majority opinion points out, the evidence falls short of establishing abandonment by the mother, but it does show that in regulating her conduct the welfare of her daughter was a secondary consideration. Com. ex rel. Buncher v. Barr, 169 Pa. Superior Ct. 45, 82 A. 2d 79. The evidence reveals that she left her husband and child in order to carry on a meretricious relationship. If future conduct can be gauged by past performance, the mother is not a fit person to have the custody of this child. See Com. ex rel. Kreiling v. Kreiling, 156 Pa. Superior Ct. 526, 40 A. 2d 704. I think the court below, in determining the best interests of this t child, correctly awarded custody to the father, and that its order therefore should be affirmed.