All petitions, exhibits, reports, notes of testimony, and all other papers filed in an appellate court pertaining to any proceeding under the Adoption Act, 23 Pa.C.S. § 2101, et seq., shall not be disclosed to a non-party by the appellate court without an order of the appellate court upon cause shown.

Official Note

See Rule 15.7 pertaining to confidentiality of Adoption Act matters in the Orphans’ Court.