The Supreme Court has issued an order adopting a revised public access policy for Pennsylvania courts, including the Orphans’ Court. Included with the order is an explanatory report. These revised policy include two significant changes: The rules had previously made … Continue reading
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The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts has revised and republished the list of applicable authorities that restrict public access to court records. “Case Records Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania,” 49 Pa.B. 4544 (8/17/19). The revisions … Continue reading
The Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts has published some technical and mechanical amendments to the Case Record Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System that it is considering recommending to the Supreme Court. The most significant proposal is … Continue reading
Clinton County has updated its administrative rules, including its rule on the public access policy. “Local Rules; 29 January Term 1976” (Clinton Co. 9/28/2018), 48 Pa.B. 6551 (10/13/2018). … Continue reading
Delaware County has updated its public access rules to reflect amendments to the statewide public access policy. “Local Rule of Judicial Administration; Case Records Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania; Civil Doc. No. 17-5120; Criminal Doc. No. … Continue reading
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
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
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 order of the Supreme Court that amended the public access policy of the Pennsylvania courts and was published at 48 Pa.B. 2113 (4/14/2018) has been republished as an “Amended Order” at 48 Pa.B. 2602 (5/5/2018). The only apparent change is that … Continue reading