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J. S03018/99  
1999 PA Super 255  
IN RE:  J. S.  :  IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF  
:  PENNSYLVANIA  
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APPEAL OF:  :  
PHILADELPHIA LAW DEPARTMENT  :  No. 236 Philadelphia 1998  

Appeal from the Order dated October 31, 1997
Docketed November 5, 1997
In the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Civil Division, September Term, 1997, No. 4732

Before: HUDOCK, J., CERCONE, P.J.E., and BECK, J.
OPINION BY CERCONE, P.J.E.:
.1 The question before us for resolution is as follows:  does the failure of the court below to promptly render a decision when reviewing the finding of a mental health Master compel J.S.'s1 involuntary civil commitment to be vacated and his hospital records to be expunged?   Essentially there are three types of hearings conducted under the provisions of the Mental Health Procedures Act2 of 1976, July 9, P.L. 817, 143,

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