THE COURTS
Title 255—LOCAL COURT RULES
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
Administrative Order 2024-17—Applications for Treatment Courts; No. C-48-AD-408-2024
[54 Pa.B. 6706]
[Saturday, October 26, 2024]
Administrative Order And Now, this 11th day of October, 2024, with respect to the Northampton County Court of Common Pleas' Recovery Court, Mental Health Court, and Veterans' Court (collectively ''Northampton County Treatment Courts''), it is hereby Ordered and Decreed, as follows:
1. All applications for admission to the Northampton County Treatment Courts shall be submitted directly to the Administrative Judge of Treatment Courts, the Honorable Jennifer Sletvold, by either hand delivery to Court Administration or via email at spascoe@norcopa.gov. Any application that is submitted elsewhere, without being provided to the Administrative Judge of Treatment Courts, will not be considered; and
2. Any application for the Northampton County Treatment Courts must be submitted within thirty (30) days from the date of arraignment, without exception, in order to be considered. Applications for Mental Health Court may be submitted even if the physician certification remains pending.
It is further Directed that the Court Administrator of Northampton County shall comply with all publishing requirements set forth in Pa.R.J.A. 103(c)(5)-(6), such as: filing two (2) certified copies of this Order with the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin; filing one (1) certified copy of the Order with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts; publishing a copy of this Order on the Court's website; and incorporating these procedures into the complete set of Northampton County Local Rules no later than thirty (30) days following publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
This local rule shall become effective on Monday, November 18, 2024, after no less than thirty (30) days of publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
By the Court
CRAIG A. DALLY,
President Judge
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 24-1524. Filed for public inspection October 25, 2024, 9:00 a.m.]
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