THE COURTS

Title 255--LOCAL
COURT RULES

GREENE COUNTY

Amendment and Addition to Local Rules of Procedure G216, G2206 and G216-CRIM

[26 Pa.B. 2001]

Order

   And now, this 12th day of April, 1996, it is Ordered that the above-stated Local Rules be amended as follows. The prior listed rules are rescinded upon the effective date of these amendments.

   These amendments shall be effective 30 days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

H. TERRY GRIMES,   
President Judge

Rule G216:  Continuances.

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   d.  A filing fee of twenty five ($25.00) dollars shall be paid to the Prothonotary upon filing of the motion for continuance and receipt received prior to the Prothonotary's time stamp and prior to presentment to this Court.

   e.  The Prothonotary shall remit said filing fee on a monthly basis to the Court Administrator for expenditure on the Greene County Law Library.

Rule G2206:  Settlement, Compromise, Discontinuance and Judgment--Notice to the Department of Revenue. Contents of the Petition. Department's Response.

   a.  When a petition is presented seeking an order permitting a compromise of a claim, whether in suit or not, by an estate or when a petition is presented pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 2206, the court shall set a date for hearing. Petitioner shall provide a copy of the petition and notice of the hearing date to the Office of Chief Counsel, Department of Revenue, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, at least twenty-one (21) days prior to the hearing date.

   b.  Said petition shall contain the following information:

   1.  The extent, if any, of the decedent's conscious pain and suffering resulting from the incident giving rise to the decedent's claim;

   2.  A copy of an accident report, if available;

   3.  The medical expenses incurred resulting from the incident giving rise to the decedent's claim;

   4.  Name, age, relationship to decedent, and the extent of financial dependence upon decedent of wrongful death beneficiaries of decedent;

   5.  Non-minor decedent's probable future earned income less cost of maintenance discounted to present worth (attach supporting economist's report, if available).

   c.  Counsel for the Department of Revenue shall notify the petitioner's counsel at least seven (7) days prior to the hearing date whether or not the Department agrees with the proposed apportionment.

Rule G216-CRIM:  Continuances.

   a.  Motions for continuance shall contain the following information:

   1.  A statement of the number of prior continuances, if any,

   2.  A clear, concise and certain reason for the request, and

   3.  In the event the reason for requesting a continuance is a prior commitment to another Court appearance or administrative agency, a copy of the notice of the conflicting hearing shall be attached as an exhibit.

   b.  If the continuance is by consent, all counsel and all parties must sign the application.

   c.  Granting of a continuance pursuant to this Rule and Pa.R.Crim.P. 301 shall be at the discretion of the Court.

   d.  A filing fee of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars shall be paid to the Clerk of Courts upon filing of the motion for continuance and receipt received prior to the Clerk of Courts' time stamp and prior to presentment to this Court.

   e.  The Clerk of Courts shall remit said filing fee on a monthly basis to the Court Administrator for expenditure on the Greene County Law Library.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-671. Filed for public inspection April 26, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]

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