Court of Common Pleas of Elk County, Pennsylvania Document Format Requirements

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Custody complaint

Custody, partial custody, and visitation complaints must be filed with the appropriate county Prothonotary and substantially follow the forms prescribed by Pa.R.C.P. 1915.15 and 1915.16.

All complaints for custody, partial custody and visitation are to be filed with the appropriate county Prothonotary and shall be substantially in the form prescribed in Pa.R.C.P. 1915.15 and 1915.16.

CRITICALCivil cases

A nonprintable digital exhibit must be entered on a USB flash drive unless the Court expressly approves another format; a party may submit multiple digital exhibits together on one USB drive.

(b) Any digital exhibit that cannot be printed (i.e., audio or video recording) shall be entered into the record on a Universal Serial Bus (USB) flash drive (or other format if expressly approved by the court). If one party has multiple digital exhibits, they may be submitted together on one USB flash drive.

CRITICALCivil cases

Papers and documents consisting of more than one page must be fastened or stapled at the top.

All papers and documents consisting of more than one page shall be fastened or stapled on the top.

CRITICALCivil cases

The proponent must photograph non-documentary exhibits, convert them to letter size, mark and produce them during the proceeding, and use color photographs unless the Court directs otherwise.

(1) These non-documentary exhibits must be photographed by the proponent, converted to a letter-sized document (8-1/2 x 11 inches), and appropriately marked and produced during the court proceeding for inclusion in the documentary record. Photographs must be color photographs unless otherwise directed by the Court.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Custody complaint or petition to modify custody

A custody, partial custody, or visitation complaint, or a petition to modify custody, must use the form prescribed by Pa.R.C.P. 1915.15.

The complaint for custody, partial custody and visitation or a petition to modify custody shall be in the form prescribed by Pa.R.C.P. 1915.15.

CRITICALCivil cases

The custodian or designee must prepare the exhibit index during the proceeding using a form supplied by Court Administration.

(b) The custodian or designee shall prepare the Index of Exhibits during the court proceedings on a form supplied by Court Administration.

WARNINGCivil cases

The proponent must present document evidence in a size and material compatible with filing and storage; for difficult-to-store oversized or undersized exhibits, the records office may request alternate storage measures, including proponent custody under Rule 5103.

(c) The proponent shall assure that document evidence is in a formant, including size and material, that is compatible with being filed and easily stored by the records office. If, due to the nature of the proceeding and the requirement that an oversized or undersized document exhibit be entered into evidence that is not easily capable of storage by the records office, then the records office may request that alternate measures be undertaken for storage of this document evidence, including that the proponent retain custody in conformance with Rule 5103 for physical evidence.