Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County, Pennsylvania Filing Timing and Cure Windows

CRITICALCivil cases

A petition to confirm consent alleges that the consenting parents failed to file or proceed with a petition for voluntary relinquishment for at least 40 days after executing the adoption consent.

9. On the ___________ day of _____________________, 20____, the consenting parent(s) has/have executed the consent(s) to Adoption of ADOPTEE as required by 23 Pa. C.S.A. §2504, but have failed for a period of at least forty (40) days after executing the consent, to file or proceed with a petition for voluntary relinquishment of parental rights.

WARNING

Motions may be presented at Motions Court on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 8:45 a.m., except on holidays or when no judge is available.

There shall be a session of the Court for the optional presentation of motions every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 8:45 a.m., except on holidays and other times when no judge is available (“Motions Court”).

INFO

Motions for consideration at Motions Court need not be filed with the Clerk of Courts before presentation, and the Clerk or a designee will be present to receive them for filing.

Motions intended for consideration by a Motions Court Judge are not required to be filed in the Office of the Clerk of Courts in advance of such presentation. The Clerk of Courts or a designee shall be present at every sessions of Motions Court to receive such motions for filing.

CRITICALCivil cases

Except for the specified familial relationships, persons receiving custody for adoption must file a Report of Intention to Adopt within thirty days of receiving custody or physical care.

No “Report of Intention to Adopt” is required if the Adoptee is “the child, grandchild, stepchild, brother or sister of the whole or half blood or niece or nephew by blood, marriage or adoption” of the adopting parent(s) (23 Pa.C.S.A. 2531(c)). In all other cases, persons receiving custody for an adoption are required to file a “Report of Intention to Adopt” within thirty days of receiving custody or physical care (23 Pa.C.S.A. §2532).

CRITICALCivil cases

An appeal to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania must be filed within 30 days from the date of the final decree.

This is a final decree. You have the right to file an appeal to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania within thirty (30) days from the date of this final decree. If you do not take an appeal within the next thirty (30) days you have no further appeal rights.

CRITICALCriminal cases

An omnibus pretrial motion filed more than 30 days after arraignment may be summarily dismissed unless it states the reasons for lateness or the late filing was agreed to or previously permitted by court order.

Any omnibus pretrial motion not filed within thirty (30) days after arraignment must set forth the reasons why it was not filed timely, unless the late filing has been agreed to by the District Attorney or an Assistant District Attorney or already permitted by previous Order of Court. If the reasons are not stated within the motion, there has been no agreement with the District Attorney and there has been no prior Order of Court allowing the late filing, such motion may be summarily dismissed within the discretion of the Court.

CRITICALCivil cases

Following confirmation, one copy of the account must be forwarded to the Register of Wills for indexing and filing in the decedent’s proceeding records.

Following confirmation, one copy of the account of personal representatives, with the date of confirmation noted thereon, shall be forwarded to the Register of Wills for indexing and filing with records of the proceeding in the Register’s Office for that decedent.

CRITICALCivil cases

File the written petition and present a certified copy to the Court at least ten days before the adoption hearing.

This written petition shall be filed and a certified copy presented to the Court at least ten days before the adoption hearing.

CRITICALCriminal cases

A defendant who has counsel of record may, prior to arraignment, waive the arraignment by filing in the Clerk of Courts’ Office a waiver of appearance at arraignment substantially in the form provided by the District Court Administrator and posted on the County website.

A defendant who has counsel of record may, prior to arraignment, waive the arraignment by filing in the Clerk of Courts’ Office a waiver of appearance at arraignment substantially in the form provided by the District Court Administrator and posted on the County website.

CRITICALCivil cases

An interested party may file exceptions within twenty days after receiving notice that the report was filed.

Any interested party shall have the right to file exceptions to the auditor’s report or to a master’s report within twenty (20) days after the date notice of the filing of the report is received by that party.

CRITICALCriminal cases

When a written waiver is filed before the scheduled arraignment, the scheduled arraignment date is treated as the arraignment date for computing pretrial-motion filing time limits.

If a written Waiver of Appearance at Arraignment is filed prior to the scheduled date of arraignment, the scheduled date of arraignment shall be deemed the day of arraignment for the purpose of computing time limitations for filing all pretrial motion

CRITICALCriminal cases

Deadline

1 business days

The District Attorney’s Office must respond to the real-estate-bail letter within one business day after receiving it.

In all events, the District Attorney’s Office shall respond in one of the ways indicated above within one business day of receiving the required letter.

CRITICAL

Deadline

10 business days

An expedited transcript request must generally be submitted as provided in Rule LJA4007(D)(1) at least ten business days before the proceeding.

Except as hereinafter provided, a request for an expedited transcript must be submitted, in the manner provided in Rule LJA4007(D)(1), at least ten business days prior to the proceeding.

CRITICALCivil cases

All investigation reports must be filed at least five days before the adoption hearing.

(All investigation reports shall be filed at least five days before the adoption hearing to give the Court an opportunity to review them.)

CRITICALCivil cases

The report must be filed with the Clerk of Court when the accounting is filed.

The report will be filed in the office of the Clerk of Court when the accounting is filed

CRITICALCivil cases

All home study and pre-placement reports must be filed at least five days before the adoption hearing.

(All home study and pre-placement reports shall be filed at least five days before the adoption hearing to give the Court an opportunity to review them.)

WARNING

An expedited transcript request made less than ten business days before the proceeding requires court approval, subject to the option under Rule LJA4000(C)(4) to proceed without approval.

A request for an expedited transcript made less than ten business days prior to the proceeding shall require court approval, but with the option of proceeding without court approval under Rule LJA4000(C)(4).

WARNING

Requested delivery dates are not guaranteed, and the delivery period does not begin until the Administrator receives any required deposit or the waiver or cost-reduction application is decided.

Delivery of a transcript within the number of days requested is not guaranteed, and in no case shall the delivery period begin until the receipt by the District Court Administrator of any required deposit, or the disposition of an application for a waiver or reduction of costs.

WARNINGCivil cases

If no exceptions are filed within twenty days after service, the Court may confirm or approve the report unless it has extended the filing period.

If no exceptions are filed within twenty (20) days after the service thereof, the Court may enter a decree confirming the auditor’s report or approving the master’s report and adopting its recommendations unless the time to file exceptions has been extended by the Court.

WARNINGCivil cases

Failure to file written objections before the hearing is a condition under which the putative father's parental rights may be terminated.

PUTATIVE FATHER fails to file written objections to such termination with the court prior to the hearing.

INFO

An expedited transcript is one delivered within 72 hours of the proceeding, excluding weekends and official court holidays.

An expedited transcript means a transcript delivered within 72 hours of the proceeding, not including weekends or official court holidays.