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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 12-1505

THE COURTS

LACKAWANNA COUNTY

Rules of Procedure, Rules of Court and Rules of Procedure Governing Orphans' Court Proceedings; 2012 CIV 1

[42 Pa.B. 5180]
[Saturday, August 11, 2012]

Order of Court

 Now, this 7th day of June, 2012, it is hereby Ordered and Decreed that the Lackawanna County Rules of Procedure, Rules of Court, and Rules of the Orphans' Court are amended as follows:

 1. Said Rules are amended as reflected in the following Rule.

 2. Pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 239(c)(2)—(6), the following Local Rule shall be disseminated and published in the following manner:

 a. Seven certified copies of the following Local rule shall be filed with the Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts;

 b. Two certified copies of the following Local Rule and a computer diskette containing the text of the following Local rule in Microsoft Word format and labeled with the Court's name and address and computer file name shall be distributed to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin;

 c. One certified copy of the following Local Rule shall be filed with the Civil Procedural Rules Committee;

 d. The following Local Rule shall be kept continuously available for public inspection and copying in the Office of the clerk of Judicial Records, Civil Division, and the Office of the Register of Wills, and upon request and payment of reasonable costs of reproduction and mailing, the Clerk of Judicial Records and the Register of Wills shall furnish to any requesting person a copy of the requested Local Rule; and

 e. A computer diskette containing the text of the following Local Rule in Microsoft Word format and labeled with the Court's name and address and computer file name shall be distributed to the Lackawanna Bar Association for publication on the website of the Lackawanna Bar Association.

 f. The amendment to the Rules shall become effective thirty days after the date of its publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 239(d).

By the Court

THOMAS J. MUNLEY, 
President Judge

Order of Court

 Now, this 7th day of June, 2012, this Court hereby Orders and Decrees that Rule 8 of the Lackawanna County Rules of Orphan's Court, ''Auditor and Masters,'' is amended as follows:

 Rule 8.8(1): With the exception of adoption matters, including voluntary relinquishments of parental rights, involuntary terminations of parental rights, and terminations under the alternative procedure utilizing consent to adoption, all Orphans' Court hearings and arguments may be assigned to an Orphans' Court Hearing Master on the motion of the parties to the litigation, or at the discretion of the President Judge, unless the parties request that the matter be scheduled before and heard by a Judge of this Court's Orphans' Court division.

By the Court

THOMAS J. MUNLEY, 
President Judge

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 12-1505. Filed for public inspection August 10, 2012, 9:00 a.m.]


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