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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 21-1156

THE COURTS

Title 255—LOCAL COURT RULES

LAWRENCE COUNTY

Adoption of Local Rule of Civil Procedure Relating to Admissibility of Guardian Ad Litem Reports and Testimony, Local Rule L.1915.11-2; No. 90037 of 2020, A.D.

[51 Pa.B. 3965]
[Saturday, July 24, 2021]

Order of Court

 And Now, this 6th day of April, 2020, it is hereby Ordered and Decreed that the Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas hereby adopts new local rules of civil procedure, as follows hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 The Lawrence County District Court Administrator is Ordered and Directed to do the following:

 1. File seven (7) certified copies of this Administrative Order and Rule with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.

 2. File two (2) certified copies and one (1) diskette with the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

 3. File one (1) certified copy with the Pennsylvania Procedural Rules Committee.

 4. Forward one (1) copy for publication in the Lawrence County Law Journal.

 5. Forward one (1) copy to the Lawrence County Law Library.

 6. Keep continuously available for public inspection copies of this Administrative Order and Rule in the Office of the Prothonotary of Lawrence County.

 7. The Prothonotary shall exit a copy of this Order to all commissioned judges of the Fifty-third Judicial District, the Lawrence County District Court Administrator, and JoEllen Thomas, Executive Director of the Lawrence County Bar Association.

 The effective date of this Order shall be thirty (30) days after the date of publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

By the Court

DOMINICK MOTTO, 
President Judge

L.1915.11-2. Admissibility of Guardian Ad Litem Reports and Testimony.

 Guardian Ad Litem Reports and recommendations of necessity may be based on interviews of persons and reviews of records. Guardian Ad Litem Reports must be filed twenty (20) days prior to trial. Any objections to the admissibility of the Guardian Ad Litem's Report or Testimony must be filed within ten (10) days of the filing of the Guardian Ad Litem Report. Any party, on their own initiative and at their own expense, may subpoena any witness interviewed by the Guardian Ad Litem or subpoena the production of any document relied upon by the Guardian Ad Litem in forming his/her opinion. No objection to the admissibility of the Guardian Ad Litem's Report or Testimony at trial will be considered unless the objection was filed within ten (10) days of the filing of the Guardian Ad Litem's Report.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 21-1156. Filed for public inspection July 23, 2021, 9:00 a.m.]


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