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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 96-2052

THE COURTS

Title 252--ALLEGHENY COUNTY RULES

ALLEGHENY COUNTY

Rule of Court of Common Pleas 206.7: Duty of Petitioner to Proceed After Answer Filed; No. 4 of 1996 Rules Docket

[26 Pa.B. 5882]

Order of Court

   And Now, this 22nd day of November, 1996, pursuant to action of the Board of Judges, the within new local Rule 206.7 affecting the Civil Division of the Court of Common Pleas is adopted, effective thirty (30) days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

By the Court

ROBERT E. DAUER,   
President Judge

Rule 206.7.  Duty of Petitioner to Proceed After Answer Filed.

   *(1)  Rules to Show Cause, Petitions and Answers.

   (a)  After compliance with the provisions of Pa.R.C.P. 206.7 (a)--(c) any party may order the cause for argument by delivering a praecipe for a date and time to the Chief Motions Clerk. Prompt written notice thereof shall be served by the party obtaining the date upon all other parties to the proceeding.

   (b)  A petition for a rule to show cause, unless otherwise ordered, shall be answered within twenty days after service of the rule.

   (c)  Discovery documents, such as, deposition transcripts, Answers to Interrogatories, Answers to Requests for Production and Admissions, which bear upon the issue before the court, shall be filed at least seven days before the argument or hearing date.

   (d)  Except as otherwise ordered, rules to show cause and issues raised by petitions and answers shall be determined by the Motions Judge in accordance with Local Rule 249.

   Note:  Allegheny County has not adopted the optional procedure provided by Pa.R.C.P. 206.6

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-2052. Filed for public inspection December 6, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]


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