In Re Adoption of J.E.F.

*654 OPINION

Justice CASTILLE.

This appeal presents two basic and inter-related questions arising out of the desire of appellees, the aunt and uncle of the three minor children who are the subject of the appeal, to adopt the children. The first question is whether Section 2711(a)(5) of the Adoption Act, 23 Pa.C.S. § 2101 et seq., requires the consent of appellant Washington County Children and Youth Agency (the “Agency”) for appellees to have standing to petition to adopt the children. The second question is whether this Court’s holding in In re Adoption of Hess, 530 Pa. 218, 608 A.2d 10 (1992),…