Guernsey County Court of Common Pleas, General Division Adjournment & Extension Requirements

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Any request to extend a prescribed period must be made in writing and state the grounds for the extension.

(G) Requests for the extensions of the prescribed periods must be in writing and state the grounds therefor.

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A continuance of a firm trial date may not be granted for convenience, witness unavailability, or delay in obtaining evidence, except for specified good cause.

When a firm trial date has been set by the Court, continuances may not be granted for the convenience of any attorney or party, or by reason of any inability to obtain certain witnesses or delay in obtaining exhibits or other evidence. A continuance will not be granted for conflict by reason of assignments of one counsel or other in another court except for good cause shown where the attorney can prove that he had no way of knowing of the conflict sufficiently in advance of the trial date to obtain competent counsel to substitute for him in the trial of the case assigned, or for other good cause shown in which the Court believes in the interest of justice the trial must be continued.

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An extension of time for a party in default requires notice to opposing counsel and good cause, and any entry granting leave to plead must first be submitted to or approved by opposing counsel.

When a party is in default for a pleading, no extension of time shall be granted without notice to opposing counsel and for good cause shown. Any entry granting leave to plead, should in all cases first be submitted to and/or approved by the opposing counsel.

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The 60-day arbitration period may be extended for good cause upon the Arbitration Commissioner's consideration of the chairman's request.

The 60 day period may be extended for good cause shown by the Arbitration Commissioner upon request by the chairman of the Arbitration Board.

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A continuance of an arbitration hearing may not be requested to finalize an executory settlement agreement.

however, the members of the Board shall not be notified that settlement negotiations are progressing nor shall any continuance of an arbitration hearing be requested for the purpose of finalizing an executory settlement agreement.

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When a party cannot proceed and all parties agree to a new date, the Assignment Commissioner may continue the case and assess a $25 continuance fee against that party.

29.04 In the event that a party is unable to proceed when the case has been scheduled, and such date is agreed to by all parties, the Assignment Commissioner may mark the case continued and may assess a $25 continuance fee against such party.

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A scheduled-mediation continuance requires good cause and a mutually acceptable future date, and generally may not be based solely on pending motions or granted if the mediation cannot occur before the final pretrial.

Continuances of scheduled mediations shall be granted only for good cause shown after a mutually acceptable future date has been determined. The case may be continued by the Judge or Magistrate who referred the case. Except as authorized by the court, the existence of pending motions shall not be good cause for a continuance and no continuance will be granted unless the mediation can be scheduled prior to the final pretrial.