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

CRITICALCivil cases

Exceptions must be in writing, and the original and one copy must be filed in the clerk’s office.

Exceptions to an auditor's or master's report shall be filed within twenty (20) days of the date of the filing of the report. Exceptions shall be in writing and the original and one copy shall be filed in the clerk's office.

CRITICALCivil cases

Papers described in subsection (a) must be bound at the top, not the side.

All papers described in (a) above shall be bound at the top, not the side, so that they may be assembled with other papers in the case in a top bound file cover.

CRITICALCivil cases

Pleadings filed with the clerk must be prepared for flat filing.

All pleadings filed with the clerk shall be prepared for flat filing, and shall have a face sheet as prescribed by Jeff. O.C. Rule L18.1.

CRITICALCivil cases

Every pleading must be typewritten and double spaced or printed.

Every pleading shall be typewritten, double spaced, or printed

CRITICALCivil cases

An account must use good-quality letter-size paper, be fastened at the top, and have consecutive numbers at the bottom.

(1) shall be stated on good quality letter size (8½"x11") paper fastened together at the top and numbered consecutively at the bottom;

WARNINGCivil cases

A proposed distribution statement may be filed with the account, but it must begin on a separate page.

The statement of proposed distribution may be filed with the account but shall begin on a page separate from the account which it accompanies.

INFOCivil cases

Accounts may use either the specified logical-sequence format, with a model-like first page, or the model formats in the Supreme Court Orphans' Court Rules appendix.

Accounts may be prepared and filed in either of the following forms: (i) A format which sets forth in logical sequence and understandable form all of the information required in Pa. O.C. Rule 6.1 (a), (c), (d) and separately states items of administration, distribution, receipts, principal and income as required by Pa. O.C. Rule 6.1(b): provided, however that accounts prepared in this way shall begin with a first page substantially the same as the first page of the Model Executor's Account or the Model Trustee's Account set forth in Appendix to Pa. O.C. Rule 6.1(g). (ii) The model formats which are referred to in Pa. O.C. Rule 6.1(g) and are set forth in the Appendix following the Supreme Court Orphans' Court Rules.

INFOCivil cases

Local rules must be cited using the form “Jeff, O. C. Rule L _____.”

All local rules are preceded by the letter "L" to indicate their local character, and shall be cited as "Jeff, O. C. Rule L _____.”