Court of Common Pleas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Adjournment & Extension Requirements

CRITICALCivil cases

For an office conference scheduled after a complaint, each party is entitled to one continuance upon written request.

An office conference scheduled as a result of the filing of a complaint shall be continued by the conference officer one time upon written request of a party. Each party shall be entitled to one such continuance.

CRITICALCivil cases

Continuances of proceedings other than trials are granted only for good cause, with the Court guided by Pa.R.C.P. No. 216 factors.

(b) Continuances of proceedings other than trials will be granted only for good cause shown. The Court shall be guided by the factors set forth in Pa.R.C.P. No. 216 in determining whether such continuances should be granted.

CRITICALCivil cases

After each party’s initial continuance, another continuance of the complaint-related office conference is allowed only by written agreement of the parties or court order.

Thereafter, an additional continuance shall be allowed by the conference officer only if the parties agree thereto in writing or if an order of Court is obtained directing the same.

CRITICALCriminal cases

A motion for continuance must be requested by filing and serving it no later than 48 hours before the proceeding.

motions for continuance, which must be filed and served no later than 48 hours before the time set for the proceeding

CRITICALCivil cases

A conciliation conference may be continued only on a written request or motion filed with the Prothonotary at least two business days before the scheduled date, indicating whether notice was made on all other parties.

(h) Conciliation conferences shall not be continued except by written request or motion filed with the Prothonotary at least two (2) business days prior to the date scheduled. Said written request or motion must indicate whether notice of the request was made on all other parties.

CRITICALCivil cases

A party seeking a continuance must submit an application substantially in Appendix C’s form, and if all attorneys and unrepresented parties do not agree, present it at Motions Court.

(c) A party seeking a continuance of any proceeding, including a trial, shall present to the Court an application for continuance substantially in the form prescribed by Appendix C of these Local Rules. When all attorneys of record and unrepresented parties do not agree that a continuance should be granted, such application shall be presented at Motions Court.

CRITICALCivil cases

An office conference scheduled after a petition to modify may be continued only by written agreement of the parties or court order.

The continuance of an office conference scheduled as a result of the filing of a petition to modify shall be allowed by the conference officer only if the parties agree thereto in writing or if an order of Court is obtained directing the same.

CRITICALCivil cases

A general continuance may be obtained only by court order, which may provide for automatic dismissal if no party requests or is directed to take further action within 180 days.

(c.1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a), (b), (b.1), or (c) of this Rule, a general continuance or its equivalent may only be obtained by order of court. The Court, in its order granting a general continuance or its equivalent, may provide for the automatic dismissal of the cause then before it if no further action is requested or directed by a party within 180 days of the Order of Court granting the continuance.

CRITICALCivil cases

An application for a court-ordered continuance of an office conference or hearing must be presented in Motions Court.

(d) An application for a court order directing a continuance of either an office conference or a hearing shall be presented in Motions Court.

CRITICALCriminal cases

A motion seeking a continuance must substantially follow the form in Appendix Y.

(a) A motion seeking the continuance of any proceeding shall be substantially in the form prescribed by Appendix Y of these Rules.

CRITICALCivil cases

For a second continuance sought by agreement of the attorneys, the application must include a statement signed by all parties confirming their awareness of the application and consent to the continuance.

(d) The Court will not consider granting a continuance a second time upon agreement of the attorneys unless there is a statement attached to the application signed by all parties to the action that they are aware of the filing of the application and that they consent to the continuance.

CRITICALCivil cases

The chairperson must grant a continuance when all parties agree.

The chairperson shall grant a continuance if all parties to the action agree.

WARNINGCivil cases

The Court may continue a pre-trial conference date upon a petition presented in Motions Court and a showing of good cause.

(e) The Court, upon petition presented in Motions Court, upon good cause shown, may continue the date of a pre-trial conference or remove a case from the Pre-trial Conference List.

WARNINGCivil cases

A time prescribed by these rules may be extended or shortened by written agreement of the parties or by court order.

The time prescribed by any of these rules for the doing of any act may be extended or shortened by written agreement of the parties or by order of Court.

WARNINGCivil cases

An auditor or master may continue or adjourn a hearing for cause shown or with the agreement of all parties present, but each new date must be certain and no more than 30 days away.

(b) the hearings may be continued or adjourned from time to time by the auditor or master for cause shown or upon agreement of all parties present, but each continuance or adjournment shall be to a day certain not more than thirty days distant.

WARNINGCivil cases

A hearing officer may allow a continuance of a hearing conducted by that officer, at the officer’s discretion.

(c) The continuance of a hearing to be conducted by a hearing officer may be allowed at the hearing officer’s discretion.