HomeMy WebLinkAbout39- 206.1(a). Purpose and Designation
Adopted by Order of Court dated October 29, 2010 Published at 40 Pa. Bull. 6643 (November 20, 2010) Local Rule 206.1(a). Purpose and Designation. The procedure after issuance of rules
to show cause shall be as set forth in Pa.R.C.P. 206.7. If argument is ordered by the Court, the case shall be listed, briefed and decided as set forth in the Court’s order. All applications
for which the procedure for the relief sought is not otherwise specifically addressed elsewhere in the rules and which require the assertion of facts not of record are hereby designated
as petitions. A petition, generally speaking, is a request for relief ancillary to a given cause of action. Each petition shall be accompanied by a verification or affidavit verifying
the facts stated in the petition. Every petition shall contain a certification noting whether it is contested or uncontested or, if the petitioning party is unable to so indicate, a
description of the efforts which have been made to determine the position of the responding party. References to phone calls and emails shall include date and time.