Defunct processess help

I am getting alot of defunct processess and being new to POE I'll go
ahead and point the finger at me :)  if anyone can help me understand
why this is occuring though that would be great.
 
Process table shows : 00:00:00 [sched.pl] <defunct>
 
My scheduler program is the Child_Processes_3 merged with my other code.
The defunct processess do get cleaned up after each session call but I
am unsure of why I am getting the defunct processess in the first place.