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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 99-849

THE COURTS

Title 210--APPELLATE PROCEDURE

PART I.  RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE
[210 PA. CODE CH. 3]
Title 231--RULES OF CIVIL
PROCEDURE

PART II.  ORPHANS' COURT RULES

[231 PA. CODE PART II]

Proposed Amendments to Pa.R.A.P. 341 and Orphans' Court Rule 7.1; Joint Recommendation 98-1

[29 Pa.B. 2766]

   The Appellate Court Procedural Rules Committee proposes to amend Rule 341 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Appellate Procedure, together with Rule 7.1 of the Orphan's Court Rules. The proposed amendments are being submitted to the bench and bar for comments and suggestions prior to their submission to the Supreme Court.

   1.  NOTICE is hereby given that the comment period to Title 210--Appellate Procedure and Title 231--Rules of Civil Procedure RE: Proposed Amendments to Pa.R.A.P. 341 and Orphans' Court Rule 7.1; Joint Recommendation 98-1 which appeared in 29 Pa.B. 1709--1712 (April 3, 1999) has been extended from May 14, 1999 until July 15, 1999.

   2.  The Explanatory Comment to the Joint Recommendation 98-1 is amended at 29 Pa.B. 1711 under the sections entitled ''The Waiver Problem'' and ''The Uniformity Problem'' to include a citation to the following article written by Carmina Y. D'Aversa entitled: ''The Orphans' Court Practitioner's Dilemma of Whether to File Exceptions,'' No. 42 Pennsylvania Bar Association's Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Newsletter (Fall, 1995), reprinted at Volume 7, No. 20 of The Pennsylvania Bar News (October 27, 1997).

   3.  Finally, at 29 Pa.B. 1712 issue of the Bulletin, the Official Note to Proposed Orphans' Court Rule 7.1 should read: ''The 1999 amendment discontinues the prior practice [not] permitting local rules to govern whether exceptions are required after entry of an order, decree or adjudication.''

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 99-849. Filed for public inspection May 28, 1999, 9:00 a.m.]

   


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