457 Pa. 124
Decided July 1, 1974
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1974-07-01
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Decided 1974-07-01
Cited by 59 later decisions — most recently November 2025 · most notably Fabio v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, ETC. (1980), 314 Pa. Super. 256 - Commonwealth v. Potts (1983)
57 state decisions
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¶1Dissenting Opinion by
¶2Mr. Justice Roberts, Mr. Justice Pomeroy and Mr. Justice Manderino dissent, believing that appellant’s actions did not constitute “abandon [ment of a] child in destitute circumstances” within the meaning of the Act of June 24,1939, P. L. 872, § 727,18 P.S. § 4727 (1963).