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

CRITICAL

A party must obtain court approval to extend the time to complete the seminar.

Court approval is required for an extension of time to complete the seminar.

CRITICAL

Continuance motions must be presented at least 10 calendar days before the proceeding; later motions will not be granted unless the opportunity arose later, the grounds were not and reasonably could not have been known, or a continuance is required in the interests of justice.

B. Motions for continuances shall be presented no later than ten (10) calendar days before the date of the proceeding for which the continuance is requested. Thereafter, no motions for continuance will be granted unless: (1) the opportunity therefore did not previously exist; (2) the party making the motion was not aware and reasonably could not be aware of the grounds for the motion; or (3) required in the interests of justice.

CRITICAL

A continuance motion must be written or made on the record in open court unless the court excuses that requirement for cause.

A. Motions for continuance must be made in writing or of record in open court, unless excused by the court for cause.

CRITICAL

Before filing a continuance motion, the moving party must make reasonable efforts to obtain interested parties’ consent and, if opposing parties do not respond, state all consent efforts, including their dates and times, in the motion.

(1) Before filing a motion for continuance, the moving party shall make reasonable efforts to obtain the consent of any interested party. If a response from opposing parties cannot be obtained, all efforts to obtain consent, including dates and times thereof, shall be set forth in said motion.

CRITICAL

If a response from an interested party has not been obtained, the continuance request must state the date, time, and manner of every effort to obtain that party’s consent.

(If a response has not been obtained from any interested party, specify the date, time and manner of all efforts to obtain consent of the continuance.)

CRITICAL

Generally, a continuance based on a conflict with another trial court proceeding will be granted only if that court’s scheduling order predates the order setting the proceeding at issue.

Generally a request for a continuance based on proceedings scheduled in another trial court will be granted only if the other court’s scheduling order was issued before the order scheduling the proceedings for which the continuance is requested. If the motion is based on conflict with a matter scheduled in another trial court, the scheduling order or other written documentation from the other court shall be attached to the motion.

CRITICAL

Continuance requests must be written on the local-rule form and submitted to the Court Administrator at least seven days before the hearing, except for extenuating circumstances; the requesting party may then be required to pay arbitrator fees.

B. All requests for continuances shall be in writing in the form set forth by local rule and shall be submitted to the Court Administrator. No continuances which have been submitted less than seven (7) days prior to the date of hearing shall be granted, except for extenuating circumstances and, in those instances, the party requesting the continuance may be required by the court to pay the board of arbitrator fees.

CRITICAL

A continuance agreed to by the parties is not effective unless and until the court orders it.

(2) Continuances upon the consent of the parties shall not be effective unless and until ordered by the court.

WARNING

The court may consider sanctions when a continuance motion is presented fewer than 10 calendar days before the proceeding without sufficient cause for the late presentation.

(4) The court may consider sanctions for any motion presented less than ten (10) calendar days before the scheduled proceeding and without sufficient cause for such untimely presentation.