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

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The petition to adjudicate incapacity and appoint a guardian must substantially follow the form provided.

A. The Petition to Adjudicate Incapacity and for the Appointment of a Guardian. The petition to adjudicate incapacity and for the appointment of a guardian referred to in Lyc. Co. O.C.R. L14.2F shall be substantially in the following form:

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Only the original of a brief or other document need be filed unless another applicable rule or court order requires otherwise.

Unless otherwise required by another applicable rule or order of court, only the original of a brief or any other document is required to be filed..

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The incapacity or guardianship petition must substantially follow the prescribed form and include all information specified in that form.

F. Petition. A petition for adjudication of incapacity and/or for appointment of a guardian of the estate of the person shall be substantially in the form prescribed by Lyc. Co. O.C.R. L14.5(e), and shall contain all the items of information referred to therein.

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File the original and one copy of every document covered by rule L205.2(b)B.

The original and one copy of all documents to which rule L205.2(b)B applies shall be filed.

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Format

PDF

All electronic filings must be submitted in PDF format.

All electronic filings shall be in Portable Document Format ("PDF").

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Legal documents filed with the prothonotary must be on 8½-by-11-inch paper unless another rule or court order requires otherwise.

All pleadings, motions, petitions, briefs and other legal documents filed with the prothonotary shall be on paper size 8 ½ inches by 11 inches, unless otherwise required by rule or order of court.

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The motion cover sheet must substantially follow the form provided in subsection 7.

7. The form of the cover sheet shall be substantially as follows:

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The legal-representation status report must be filed in duplicate using the prescribed form, and each copy should have the appropriately captioned prescribed order attached.

At least 14 days prior to the date established for hearing on the petition, petitioner shall file in duplicate a status report on legal representation, in substantially the form prescribed by Lyc. Co. O.C.R. L14.5(f), each of which should have attached, under the proper caption, the appropriate order, in substantially the form prescribed by Lyc. Co. O.C.R. L14.5(g).

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A Rule 2.10 report must be in affidavit form and filed with the account and statement of proposed distribution.

A report filed pursuant to Pa.O.C. Rule 2.10 shall be in the form of an affidavit and shall be filed at the same time that the account and statement of proposed distribution are filed.

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Continuance requests must be made on the court-promulgated one-page form, available from the scheduling office or the specified website.

All requests for continuances of any matter before the court or board of arbitration shall be made on a one-page form as promulgated by the court and obtainable from the court scheduling office or www.lycolaw.org.

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The verified statement must substantially follow the form provided.

The verified statement shall be substantially in the following form:

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Petition language should be easy to understand.

Language used in the petition should be easily understood.

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Exhibits should be numbered in advance of their use in trial. Similarly, diagrams of the scene of an accident or incident should be prepared in advance and not from the witness stand.

Exhibits should be numbered in advance of their use in trial. Similarly, diagrams of the scene of an accident or incident should be prepared in advance and not from the witness stand.

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To the extent practicable, electronically filed documents should follow the formatting rules for paper documents.

To the extent practicable, documents shall be formatted in accordance with the applicable rules governing formatting of paper documents.

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Captions may be abbreviated, and a separate sheet may be attached when more space is needed to list counsel and unrepresented parties.

Captions may be abbreviated. If additional space is necessary to list counsel and unrepresented parties, a separate sheet may be attached.

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Captions on the cover sheet may be abbreviated.

Captions may be abbreviated.