In re S.O.

TAMILIA, Judge:

These appeals are companion cases presenting identical challenges to Philadelphia’s implementation of procedures *220statutorily mandated for involuntary civil commitments under 50 Pa.C.S.A. § 7305 of the Mental Health Procedures Act (hereinafter, the Act). Both appellants allege that the procedural deficiencies of this system resulted in, inter alia, the denial of their right to due process. We agree.

The background of these cases may be summarized as follows. Both S.O. and R.T. were originally committed under section 3021 of the Act in August and September, *221respectively, of 1983.…