IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT

N.W.M. AND E.M., MINORS, THROUGH : No. 67 EAL 2022 THEIR PARENTS AND NATURAL : GUARDIANS, J.M., N.M., AND J.A.M., : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal Respondents : from the Order of the Superior Court : : v. : : : PATRICE LANGENBACH AND DEFENDER : ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA, : : Petitioners :

ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 10th day of August, 2022, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is

GRANTED. The issues, as stated by petitioners are:

a. Whether quasi-judicial immunity applies to a guardian ad litem is an issue of first impression and implicates a matter of public importance that requires prompt and definitive resolution by this Court.

b. This Court’s exercise of its discretionary jurisdiction is necessary because the Superior Court egregiously departed from accepted judicial practices when it concluded that Pennsylvania’s intermediate courts are without authority to pass on questions involving policy considerations.