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

CRITICAL

Mediation does not delay required pleadings, ordered return dates, or court hearings unless all interested parties specifically request the delay by joinder and the Court orders it.

(g) Mediation shall not delay the required filing of any Pleading or ordered return dates, or the scheduling of Court hearings, unless specifically requested by joinder of the interested parties and so ordered by the Court.

CRITICAL

The initial conciliation must be no more than 45 days after assignment; the officer may reschedule it at either party’s request, but the rescheduled date must be no more than 75 days after assignment.

(a) The conciliation before the custody conference officer shall not be more than forty-five (45) days from the date of assignment by the Court Administrator. The custody conference officer may reschedule the conference at the request of either party. The rescheduled date shall not be more than seventy-five (75) days from the date of assignment by the Court Administrator.

WARNING

A case is removed from the civil status conference list if a motion to continue or specially set the conference is granted, or one of the other listed conditions occurs.

A case will [only] be removed from the civil status conference list if a: (1) Preacipe to Discontinue the Action is filed, (2) A subsequent c[C]omprehensive case management order is filed, or (3) Motion to Continue or Specially Set a status conference is granted.

WARNING

At either party’s request, the custody conference officer may reschedule the conference, but the rescheduled date must be no more than 75 days after assignment.

The custody conference officer may reschedule the conference at the request of either party. The rescheduled date shall not be more than seventy-five (75) days from the date of assignment by the Court Administrator.

INFO

Either party may request that the custody conference officer reschedule the conference.

The custody conference officer may reschedule the conference at the request of either party.