Judge Joseph M. Walsh

Applies to

Uncontested motion

A mailed uncontested motion copy to the judge must be accompanied by a completed Motion Cover Sheet and Proposed Order.

Applies to

Petition

The original and one copy of a petition requesting a hearing must first be taken to Court Administration to obtain a hearing date.

Applies to

Petition

Immediately after obtaining a hearing date, the petitioner must file the original petition and signed Scheduling Order with the Clerk and serve copies under the applicable State Rules.

Attorneys and self-represented parties unable or unwilling to e-file may serve legal papers in physical paper format.

Service

Electronic service

Establishing a PACFile account constitutes consent to electronic filing and electronic service of documents filed using PACFile.

Legal papers served on an attorney or party without a PACFile account must be served in accordance with Pa.R.Crim.P. 114(B) and 576(b).

Accounts must be filed according to the Clerk’s published audit calendar to appear on a particular audit list.

The objecting party or counsel must schedule a hearing within 20 days after filing an objection, following the petition-practice procedure.

Orphans’ Motion Court is held Monday through Thursday at 9:00 a.m., concurrently with Family Division Motion Court.

An agreement to extend or vary a time limitation is enforceable only if made in writing or on the record in open court.

An agreement to continue or reschedule an argument or hearing is enforceable only if the assigned judge grants the request, made by written motion or in open court.

Mediation does not delay time limitations or hearing or argument dates unless the court orders a delay upon written motion or request in open court.