Court of Common Pleas of Montour County, Pennsylvania Filing Timing and Cure Windows

CRITICAL

A written request for a daily, expedited, or same-day transcript must be filed at least 10 days before the proceeding, and copies must be served as provided in Section (C).

Daily, expedited or same-day transcripts are available upon written request with the appropriate filing office at least 10 days prior to the proceeding. Copies of the request shall be served as provided by Section (C).

CRITICAL

The arbitration request must be time-stamped in the Prothonotary’s Office before it is presented to the Court Administrator.

This request shall be made on forms to be prepared by the Court Administrator, and shall be time- stamped in the Office of the Prothonotary prior to presentation to the Court Administrator.

CRITICAL

The Court may not grant a motion to compel written discovery ex parte until at least ten days after filing, allowing the opposing party time to respond.

E. Upon the filing of a motion to compel written discovery, the Court shall not issue an ex parte order granting the motion in less than ten (10) days after the filing of the motion to give the opposing party time to respond to the motion.

CRITICAL

The respondent must file an answer to the motion within 20 days after service.

(2) the respondent shall file an answer to the motion within twenty (20) days of service upon the respondent;

CRITICAL

The respondent must file an answer to the petition within 20 days after service.

(2) the respondent shall file an answer to the petition within twenty (20) days of service upon the respondent;

CRITICALCivil cases

The complete Inventory must be filed before the pre-hearing conference.

Before the time of the pre-hearing conference, each party shall file a complete Inventory pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. No. 1920.33.

CRITICALCivil cases

The proposed decree must be filed when the Account and Petition for Adjudication/Statement of Proposed Distribution are filed.

At the time of filing the Account and Petition for Adjudication/Statement of Proposed Distribution, there shall also be filed a proposed decree to be issued by the court confirming or approving the Account. Said decree shall include the names of those to whom the balance available for distribution is awarded and the amount or share awarded to each.

CRITICAL

A party opposing a motion certified or deemed contested must file a written response within twenty days after service; without a response, the court may consider the motion uncontested as to that party.

If a motion is filed with a certification that the motion is contested or is deemed to be contested pursuant to L.R. 208.2(d), then any party opposing the relief requested shall file a written response to the motion within twenty (20) days after service of the motion. In the absence of a response, the court may consider the motion to be uncontested by any non- responding party.

CRITICAL

Each party's counsel must submit a Pretrial Memorandum to the assigned judge at least ten days before the scheduled conference.

Counsel for each party shall thereafter submit a Pretrial memorandum to the judge before whom the case is scheduled at least ten (10) days prior to the scheduled conference.

CRITICAL

Counsel must submit Pre-Conference Statements at least seven days before the Mediation or Settlement Conference.

At least seven (7) days prior to the Mediation or Settlement Conference, counsel shall submit Pre-Conference Statements to the Court which shall contain all of the following:

CRITICAL

An attorney seeking replacement as an arbitrator must notify the Court Administrator in writing with the reasons no later than ten days before the setting; if the reason arises after the seven-day period, the attorney must notify the Court Administrator immediately.

If any attorney wishes to be replaced as an arbitrator in any particular arbitration hearing, the attorney shall advise the Court Administrator, in writing, no later than ten (10) days before the scheduled arbitration setting forth the reasons why the attorney cannot be present at the arbitration and the attorney can be excused from serving on the Board of Arbitration for reasonable cause. If the reason why the attorney cannot appear at the scheduled arbitration arose after the seven (7) day period, the attorney shall immediately advise the Court Administrator of the reasons why he or she cannot attend the arbitration.

CRITICAL

The prescribed order directs the responding party to answer preliminary objections within twenty days of service.

(1) the responding party shall file an answer to the preliminary objections within twenty (20) days of service upon the responding party.

WARNING

Motions in Limine should be filed no later than the date for submission of the Pretrial Memorandum;

Motions in Limine should be filed no later than the date for submission of the Pretrial Memorandum;