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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 98-1594

THE COURTS

Title 255--LOCAL
COURT RULES

SOMERSET COUNTY

Consolidated Rules of Court; No. 77 Miscellaneous 1998

[28 Pa.B. 4891]

Adopting Order

   Now, this 17th day of September, 1998, it is hereby Ordered:

   1.  Somerset Rule of Judicial Administration 1901.3, subparagraph A.1., relating to notice of inactive case disposition, is amended to read as shown in following Som. R.J.A. 1301, effective thirty (30) days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

   2.  The Somerset County Court Administrator shall:

   A.  File ten (10) certified copies of this Order and the following Rules with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts;

   B.  Distribute two (2) certified copies of this Order and the following Rules to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin;

   C.  File one (1) certified copy of this Order and the following Somerset County Rule of Judicial Administration with the Pennsylvania Civil Procedural Rules Committee; and

   D.  File proof of compliance with this Order in the docket for these Rules, which shall include a copy of each transmittal letter.

By the Court:

EUGENE E. FIKE, II,   
President Judge

RULES OF COURT

Inactive Cases

Som. R.J.A. 1901.3. Inactive Cases. Notice.

   A.  Upon receipt of the case lists, the Court Administrator shall, with the approval of the President Judge, fix a date or dates and time for hearing and disposition of inactive cases, and shall:

   1.  Give notice by publication once a week for two (2) successive weeks in the Somerset Legal Journal and Somerset Daily American that at the date and time specified, all inactive cases in which no final decision or order has been made, and in which no step or proceeding has been docketed for two (2) full years, will be finally dismissed with prejudice, unless the parties appear and show good cause why such dismissal should not be ordered; and

   2.  In each inactive open case, issue an order stating the hearing date and time as aforesaid when the court may dismiss the case, unless the parties appear and show good cause why such dismissal should not be ordered.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-1594. Filed for public inspection October 2, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]


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