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· 3/17/1976

In Re Adoption of M. T. T.

Citations

  • 354 A.2d 564
  • 467 Pa. 88
  • 1976 Pa. LEXIS 558

How courts have described this case

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  • holding termination based upon abandonment precluded where incarcerated father utilized available resources
  • reversing termination of parental rights of incarcerated father based upon failure to prove abandonment
  • reversing termination of a father’s parental rights under former § 311(1) where the agency frustrated father’s attempts to have any contact with the child
  • fact that appellant, while in prison, was facing a crisis situation and had no means to care for or support his child cannot alone justify a finding of failure to perform parental duties

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Judges: Jones, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino

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