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IN RE K.L.S.

No. 133 MAP 2006.

934 A.2d 1244 (2007)

The Interest of K.L.S.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 21, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean Patrick McGraw, Esq., David R. Crowley, Esq., Centre County Public Defender's Office, Bellefonte, for Kerri Lynn Simmet.

Daniel McGee, Esq., Delafield, McGee, Jones & Kauffman, P.C., State College, for Centre County Office of Mental Health/Mental Retardation/Drug and Alcohol.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., CASTILLE, SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, BALDWIN and FITZGERALD, JJ.

OPINION

Justice FITZGERALD.

We decide whether post-trial motions pursuant to Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 227.1 must be filed in order to preserve issues for appeal in matters arising under the Mental Health Procedures Act (MHPA), 50 P.S. §§ 7101-7503. We hold post-trial motions were not required under the circumstances of this case, and therefore vacate and remand.

On January 5, 2006, the Meadows Psychiatric Center sought...

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