The administrative office of Pennsylvania Courts has published an updated and revised chart of limits on public access to judicial system case records. “Case Records Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania,” 48 Pa.B. 3847 (6/30/2018), updating … Continue reading
Category Archives: Rules and Regs.
The Orphans’ Court Procedural Rules Committee has proposed several amendments to Pa. O.C. Rules, including the following substantive changes: The explanatory comment to Rule 1.7 will be changed to exclude withdrawals of appearances before the Register of Wills from the … Continue reading
The Supreme Court has entered an order with attached amendments to Pa.O.C. Rule 1.99 and the notes to various other rules to change all references to the public access policy from “Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania: Case Records of … Continue reading
The Supreme Court has entered an order with attached new Pa.O.C. Rules 14.1 through 14.14 and amendments to Rules 1.5 and 5.10 through 5.12, new Orphans’ Court Forms G-01 through G-04, and an explanatory report of the Orphans’ Court Procedural Rules Committee. … Continue reading
Philadelphia has updated its public access rules to reflect amendments to the statewide public access policy. “Amendment of Phila.R.J.A. Nos. *401, *402 and *403; No. 02 of 2017” (Philadelphia Co. 5/10/2018), 48 Pa.B. 3078 (5/26/2018). … Continue reading
Butler County has issued an administrative order restricting public access to indices of the Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans’ Court. “Register of Wills—Clerk of the Orphans’ Court, Public Access; MsD 1 of 2018” (Butler Co. 5/2/2018), 48 … Continue reading
The Supreme Court has entered an order with attached amended public access policy (and explanatory report) that amends the public access policy for courts of record. The main purpose of the amendments is to include magisterial district courts within the public … Continue reading
Bedford County has adopted a new local rule to comply with Section 7 of the Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania, which applies to the Clerks of the Orphans’ Courts. (See “Public Access Compliance Policy for Orphans’ … Continue reading
The Orphans’ Court Procedural Rules Committee has proposed three minor amendments to Pa. O.C. Rules: Rule 2.1(b)(4)(iv), on forms of accounts, will be amended by deleting the words “and verification” because the requirement that there be “signature and verification pages” … Continue reading
The Orphans’ Court Procedural Rules Committee has proposed amendments to O.C. Rules 1.8 and 10.1 in order to allow the filing of forms with the Orphans’ Courts and Registers of Wills that are “identical in content and sequential ordering” as … Continue reading