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DELEGATE RYBCZYNSKI: That the jurisdiction

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and powers of the Orphan's Court were to be left to the

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General Assembly as to placement in the future, contrary

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to every other court now in existence; that is, that the

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Court of Appeals would go to the new Court of Appeals and

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right down the line, until we got there to the Orphan's

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Court and found no provision.

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Although there is a strong feeling within

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the Convention that the General Assembly might very well

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see to this in the future, I can't help but observe that

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every lawyer I know would be very unhappy to wake up one

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day to find that possibly all or part of the jurisdiction

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now in the Orphan's Court would find itself residing in the

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District Court.

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This would prove, or could prove to be a very

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unhappy situation.

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On an informal poll of many of the lawyers in

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this Convention I learned that practically everybody feels

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that the discussions during the Judicial Article section

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led us to believe that thework of the Orphan's Court would

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in fact become part of the Superior Court, so that I know