Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Filing Bundling Requirements

When an exhibit to a pleading is a Confidential Document as defined in §8.0 of the Case Records Public Access Policy, the exhibit and the Confidential Document Form required by §8.0 are to be filed as the same Lead Documents within the same envelope as the pleading (e.g. “Minor’s Compromise Petition;” “Confidential Information Form”, “Confidential Document Form – Medical/Psyc Records;” “Proposed Order”).

When an exhibit to a pleading is a Confidential Document as defined in §8.0 of the Case Records Public Access Policy, the exhibit and the Confidential Document Form required by §8.0 are to be filed as the same Lead Documents within the same envelope as the pleading (e.g. “Minor’s Compromise Petition;” “Confidential Information Form”, “Confidential Document Form – Medical/Psyc Records;” “Proposed Order”).

File multiple pleadings in one envelope as separate Lead Documents; include petition exhibits in the petition’s Lead Document unless an exhibit is confidential.

Multiple pleadings are to be filed in single envelope as separate Lead Documents (exhibits referenced in a petition are to be included as part of that Lead Document, unless an exhibit is a Confidential Document, See, Section II (3) below).

When §8.0 requires it, file the redacted pleading and Confidential Information Form as separate Lead Documents in the same envelope.

When required by §8.0 of the state Case Records Public Access Policy, redacted pleadings filed with a Confidential Information Form, are to be filed as two separate Lead Documents within the same envelope, e.g. “ Minor’s Compromise Petition (redacted)” “ Confidential Information Form” “ Proposed Order”