Court of Common Pleas of Perry County, Pennsylvania Chambers Communication Rules

CRITICAL

The filer of an emergency-relief petition must contact the Court Administrator as soon as the decision to file is made, determine when a judge is available, and arrange presentation based on that availability.

The attorney or pro se party filing the Petition for Emergency Relief shall contact the Court Administrator as soon as it is determined that a Petition for Emergency Relief will be filed and shall seek to determine a time when a Judge will be available to review the petition. The attorney or pro se party shall arrange to present the Petition for Emergency Relief to the Court based on the Judge’s availability.

WARNING

A party may request telephone participation in writing from the Court Administrator, and the Court may allow it.

Upon written request of a party, the Court may allow participation by telephone. Such request shall be made to the Court Administrator.

INFO

After filing an emergency-relief petition, an attorney or self-represented party may deliver it to the Court Administrator for presentation to an available judge, or directly to the judge if the Court Administrator is unavailable; delivery may be through the Prothonotary’s Office, by hand, or by facsimile.

Upon filing the Petition for Emergency Relief, the attorney or pro se party may deliver the petition to the Court Administrator for presentation to the available Judge or deliver directly to the Judge if the Court Administrator is unavailable. Said delivery of the time stamped petition may be through the Prothonotary’s Office, by hand delivery or by facsimile.