Rule 15.7. Impounding; docket entries; reports; privacy.
(a) All proceedings shall be impounded, docket entries made, reports made to the Department of Public Welfare, and certificates of adoption issued as provided in Sections 505, 506, 507 and 508, respectively, of the Adoption Act, 23 Pa.C.S. § 2101, et seq.
(b) The name of names of the natural parents and the name or names of the child before adoption shall not be entered on any docket which is subject to public inspection.
(c) No decision under the Adoption Act of any hearing judge or appellate court publicly reported or in any other way made available to the public by the court shall disclose the identity of the individual parties.
The provisions of this Rule 15.7 amended March 3, 1999, effective immediately, 29 Pa.B. 1494. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (197039).
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