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concluding that confidentiality provision of Protection from Abuse Act, 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 6116, created absolute privilege against all forms of disclosure
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Argued March 8, 1999.
Decided: May 25, 1999.
Appeal from the Order of Superior Court entered January 22, 1998 at 1797 PGH 1996 affirming the Order entered on August 30, 1996 in the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County, Civil Division at 9230 of 1992, 51 52 W.D. Appeal Dkt. 1998.
John D. Ceraso, Irving M. Green, for V.B.T., C.E.T., N.T.
Timothy J. Burdette, Shawn G. McMahon, for Family Services of Western PA.
John W. Jordan, IV, for James Linda Pedetella.
Georgene Siroky, Mineko S. Avery, for Guardian Ad Litem.
Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.
ORDER
AND NOW, this 25th day of May, 1999, the order of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED based upon the opinion of the Superior Court. See V.B.T. v. Family Services of Western Pa., 705 A.2d 1325 (Pa.Super. 1998) (Beck, J.).