IN RE M.D.


839 A.2d 1116 (2003)

In the Interest of: M.D., a Minor. Appeal of: M.D.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 19, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victoria H. Vidt, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Michael W. Streily, Deputy Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, for Com., appellee.

Before: HUDOCK and BECK, JJ., McEWEN, P.J.E.


BECK, J.

¶ 1 We address the question of whether an order entered after a juvenile review hearing, directing that the juvenile's commitment be continued in the same treatment facility, is a final order subject to appeal. We conclude that it is not and so quash the appeal.

¶ 2 M.D., born in February of 1984, has a long history of mental health problems, including several involuntary commitments. When M.D. was fourteen he attacked his father (Father...

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