Court of Common Pleas of Tioga County, Pennsylvania Adjournment & Extension Requirements

Civil cases

Requests to continue a court-scheduled hearing must be filed in writing unless the Court waives that requirement.

All requests for the continuance or any hearing scheduled by the Court shall be filed in writing unless waived by the Court.

Civil cases

Continuance motions generally must be made in writing or on the record in open court and presented at least 10 days before the proceeding; later requests require previously unknown or not reasonably ascertainable substantial reasons, and the motion must identify prior continuances. A request based on another Court of Common Pleas proceeding generally requires an earlier-issued scheduling order, which must be attached.

Motions for continuance must be made in writing or of record in open court unless excused by the Court for cause. Absent exceptional circumstances, motions for continuance shall be presented no later than ten (10) days before the date of the proceedings for which the continuance is requested. Thereafter, no motions for continuance will be granted except for substantial reasons, which were not previously known or reasonably ascertainable. The motion shall state whether or not the proceedings previously have been continued and, if so, the number of prior continuances with identification of the party upon whose motion each continuance was granted. Absent extraordinary circumstances, a request for continuance based on proceedings scheduled in another Court of Common Pleas will be granted only if the other Court’s scheduling order was issued before the order scheduling and proceedings for which the continuance is requested. If the motion is based on conflict with a matter scheduled in another Court of Common Pleas, the scheduling order from the other Court of Common Pleas shall be attached to the motion.

Civil cases

To avoid dismissal at a general call, good cause for continuing the proceeding must be shown at or before the call.

If no good cause for continuing a proceeding is shown at or before the general call, an order for dismissal shall be entered forthwith by the Court.