Court Opinion

ID: 9702783
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 23:23:27.975841+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:21:41.552620
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ZAPPALA, Justice,
concurring.
I agree with the majority that the order adjudicating M.M. delinquent and imposing probation is properly characterized as a final, appealable order and that In the Interest of K.B., 432 Pa.Super. 586, 639 A.2d 798 (1994) must be overruled. This ruling, however, presents a practical problem with respect to the status of the case in the common pleas court while an appeal from such an order is pending. The general rule stated in Pa.R.A.P. 1701(a), is that “after an appeal is taken ... a trial court may ... no longer proceed further in the matter.” At the very least, it is far from clear that any of the exceptions to this rule would apply to allow the court to “proceed further” and modify the probation order so long as the appeal was pending, thus rendering the sixty day review of no effect. Hence, I believe the Court should clarify the application of the appellate rules in this context by specifically allowing the court to modify a disposition while an appeal from an adjudication of delinquency is pending.