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

CRITICALCivil cases

Format

PAPER

Papers filed with the Domestic Relations Section must be prepared for flat filing on approximately 8½-by-11-inch paper.

All papers filed with the clerk of the Domestic Relations Section shall be prepared for flat filing on paper approximately 8 ½ inches x 11 inches in size.

CRITICALCivil cases

Re-indexing must be noted on the docket at the original number and term and entered on a separate line in the judgment index showing its date.

The subsequent re-indexing shall be noted on the docket at the original number and term and shall be re-indexed on a separate line in the judgment index, clearly showing the date of such re-indexing.

CRITICALCivil cases

The petition's caption and cover page must substantially follow Form L5000.1(d)(3).

(3) The caption and cover page shall be substantially in the form reflected in FORM L5000.1(d)(3).

CRITICALCivil cases

A brief served by a party filing preliminary objections must be typewritten on 8½-by-11-inch paper and double-spaced, except for quotations.

party filing preliminary objections, to serve on adverse counsel a typewritten brief on paper 8 ½ inches by 11 inches in size, double spaced, except for quotations

CRITICALCivil cases

The Notice of Intervention and Entry of Appearance must substantially follow Form L5000.2(c).

(c) The Notice of Intervention and Entry of Appearance shall be substantially in the form reflected in FORM L5000.2(c).

CRITICALCivil cases

Briefs must be filed in the form set forth in L210 and comply with L208.3(b).

Briefs shall be filed and be in the form set forth in L210 and subject to L208.3(b).

CRITICALCivil cases

Briefs must follow Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 210 and use concise, separately titled statements in the required order.

Briefs shall be in the form prescribed by Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 210, and shall consist of concise and summary statements, separately and distinctly titled, of the following items in the order listed:

CRITICAL

Unprintable digital exhibits must be entered into the record on a USB flash drive unless the Court expressly approves another format; multiple exhibits from one party may be submitted together on one drive.

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

Pleadings and other legal papers filed with the Prothonotary must be prepared for flat filing on 8½-by-11-inch paper and bound with staples or similar binding.

All pleadings and other legal papers filed with the Prothonotary shall be prepared for flat filing on paper 8 ½” x 11” in size and be bound by staples or similar binding.

CRITICALCivil cases

The settlement agreement and stipulation and the consent order must substantially follow FORM L5000.12(c).

The Tax Assessment Appeal Settlement Agreement and Stipulation and Consent Order shall be substantially in the form reflected in FORM L5000.12(c).

WARNINGCivil cases

Copies attached to papers submitted to the court must be legible and faithfully reproduce the original; the court may require a substitute copy unless the original is illegible.

Whenever a copy of a writing is attached to a pleading, brief or other paper submitted to the court, whether such copy is mechanically produced or otherwise, it shall be clearly legible and faithfully represent the original in every respect, and unless the original itself is not legible the court may require a substitute copy to be made and filed before the pleadings shall be considered valid or the brief or other paper considered.

WARNINGCivil cases

A petition for distribution must use a form similar to that required for petitions for distribution in the Orphans’ Court Division.

a petition for distribution in form similar to that of petitions for distribution required by the Orphans’ Court Division of this Court