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J. E03002/98

IN RE   A. L. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF A/K/A A.L. , A/K/A  A.K. PENNSYLVANIA
Appellee  APPEAL OF W.  L.  
Appellant NO. 1600 Philadelphia 1997
Appeal from the Order entered March 14, 1997
In the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County,
Family,  No. September Term 1996, No. 90037
IN RE   G. K. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
PENNSYLVANIA
Appellee  APPEAL OF W. L.  
Appellant NO. 1601 Philadelphia 1997
Appeal from the Order entered March 14, 1997
In the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County,
Family,  No. September Term, 1996, No. 90043
IN RE   P. K.  IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF    PENNSYLVANIA
Appellee  APPEAL OF W.  L.  
Appellant NO. 1602 Philadelphia 1997
Appeal from the Order entered March 14, 1997
In the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County,
Family,  No. September Term, 1996, No. 90042
BEFORE McEWEN, P.J., CAVANAUGH, DEL SOLE, KELLY, EAKIN, JOYCE, STEVENS, SCHILLER and LALLY-GREEN, JJ.
J. E03002/98

OPINION BY DEL SOLE, J. FILED   October 23, 1998
On March 14, 1997, decrees were entered in the Family Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, terminating Appellant's parental rights to her three children. On April 2, 1997, Appellant filed a motion for reconsideration of the decrees, which was denied, and this timely appeal followed.
We granted en bane review to consider the procedural requirements recently announced by a panel of this court in In the Interest of R.Z.T., 707 A.2d 1156 (Pa. Super. 1998). There, we held that adoption proceedings in Philadelphia are subject to the rules of procedure governing Orphans' Court and equity matters requiring the filing of a decree nisi and a motion for post-trial relief, before filing an appeal. Today, after further consideration and reflection, we overrule R.Z.T., and hold that adoption proceedings in Philadelphia County are not subject to rules requiring the filing of exceptions. Rather, termination decrees and adoption decrees are immediately appealable.
We reject the application of Orphans' Court Rules and the Pa. Rules of Civil Procedure governing equity actions to adoption proceedings in Philadelphia County since the orders are issued and docketed in the Family Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas. In Philadelphia County, in accordance with 20 Pa.C.S.A.

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