Judge John Benjamin Nevius

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Notification intake form

The Berks County Notification Intake Form must be completed at arraignment or waiver of arraignment.

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Transcript

All transcripts of official court proceedings shall be prepared only upon written authorization or order of Court. No transcript of any official court proceeding may be prepared without the written consent of the Common Pleas Court judge assigned to the respective case.

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Transcript authorization

If the assigned judge cannot be contacted by all exhaustive means, authorization for the transcript must be made by the respective Administrative Judge or President Judge.

The guardian must file a final report within 60 days of the ward’s death or adjudication of capacity.

A court session, return day, or time for a judicial or clerical act that falls on a holiday, Saturday, or Sunday moves to the next day that is none of those, unless a rule or court order provides otherwise.

Mediation does not delay required pleadings, ordered return dates, or hearing scheduling unless all interested parties specifically request a stay and the court orders it.

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Petition to withdraw

A petition to withdraw must be served on the client, all interested parties, and their counsel.

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Proposed adjudication and decree

The proposed Adjudication and Decree must be served with the Petition for Adjudication/Statement of Proposed Distribution.

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Report

If the circumstance requiring a report arises after the petition is filed, the report must be served on all potentially affected parties, including the distributee’s heirs, with the specified notice.

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Annual report

A filing fee will be charged for paper annual reports.

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Inventory

A paper inventory filing through the Register of Wills office must be accompanied by the appropriate filing fee.

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Certificate of readiness for arbitration

Counsel must pay the appropriate filing fee when filing a certificate of readiness for arbitration after a case is stricken from the trial list.