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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 96-1008

THE COURTS

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY

Rules of Civil Procedure; 1996-CM-4699

[26 Pa.B. 2904]

Order of Court

   And Now, this 7th day of June, 1996, Northampton County Rule of Civil Pprocedure N1915.8--Disclosure of Expert Evaluations of Persons and Residences in Custody, Partial Custody or Visitation Actions--is hereby adopted as follows, effective thirty (30) days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

   Northampton County Rule of Civil Procedure N2064--Compromise Settlement and Physician's Statement of Extent of Injury--is hereby amended as follows, effective thirty (30) days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

   Seven (7) certified copies of the within rules shall be filed with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts; two (2) certified copies shall be distributed to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin; one (1) certified copy shall be filed with the Pennsylvania Civil Procedural Rules Committee and one (1) certified copy shall be filed with the Pennsylvania Domestic Relations Committee. One (1) copy of this rule shall be kept available in the Office of the Clerk ofCourts. A copy is directed to be published in the Northampton County Reporter.

By the Court

ROBERT A. FREEDBERG,   
President Judge

Rule N1915.8.  Disclosure of Expert Evaluations of Persons and Residences in Custody, Partial Custody or Visitation Actions.

   A party to a custody, partial custody, or visitation action shall not disclose the contents of an expert report prepared pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 1915.8, including home study evaluations, and physical, mental and drug and/or alcohol evaluations, to anyone except an attorney, a party, or an expert consultant. Disclosure to an unauthorized person, including the child who is the subject of the action, may result in sanctions. An attorney who provides said report to a party whom he represents or the Custody Conference Officer who provides said report to an unrepresented party shall advise the party of the limits on disclosure imposed by this rule.

Rule N2064.  Compromise Settlement and Physician's Statement of Extent of Injury.

   In cases involving personal injury, a written statement by the attending physician as to the nature and extent of the incapacitated person's injuries, the present condition, and prognosis shall be annexed to said petition, and no compromise order shall be entered by the Court unless said incapacitated person shall have appeared in court or shall have been excused from such appearance by the Court.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-1008. Filed for public inspection June 21, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]


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