Reed v. Reed

Following the trial court’s order of November 8, 1984, dismissing exceptions to the Master’s recommendations, the only thing left for the court to do was to enter a final decree. Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 1920.55(c) provides as follows:

If exceptions are filed, the court shall hear argument on the exceptions and enter an appropriate final decree. No Motion for Post-Trial Relief may be filed to the final decree.

The procedural morass in this case was occasioned by the trial court’s failure to enter a decree once it dismissed the exceptions.

I would vacate all of the orders entered from…