{"id":12310,"date":"2026-05-08T10:38:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources.evans-legal.com\/?p=12310"},"modified":"2026-05-08T10:38:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:38:22","slug":"amended-pa-r-o-c-p-1-40-for-proceedings-in-forma-pauperis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.evans-legal.com\/?p=12310","title":{"rendered":"Amended Pa. R.O.C.P. 1.40 for Proceedings In Forma Pauperis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Supreme Court has amended various rules in order to consolidate the procedures for waiving fees and costs (proceeding <em>in forma pauperis<\/em>) as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacodeandbulletin.gov\/Display\/pabull?file=\/secure\/pabulletin\/data\/vol56\/56-19\/637.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">a new Rule of Judicial Administration 1990<\/a>, replacing Rule of Civil Procedure 240.  Pa. R.O.C.P. 1.40 has therefore been amended to cross-reference and incorporate Pa. R.J.A. 1990 instead of Pa. R.C.P. 240.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new Rule 1.40 does not apply to proceedings before the Register of Wills, and will be effective on November 1, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Order Amending Rule 1.40 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Orphans&#8217; Court Procedure; No. 1049 Supreme Court Rules Docket&#8221; (4\/21\/2026), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacodeandbulletin.gov\/Display\/pabull?file=\/secure\/pabulletin\/data\/vol56\/56-19\/644.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">56 Pa.B. 2546<\/a> (5\/9\/2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[See &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/resources.evans-legal.com\/?p=9130\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Proposed Changes to In Forma Pauperis Rules<\/a>&#8221; for the notice of the proposed changes.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court has amended various rules in order to consolidate the procedures for waiving fees and costs (proceeding in forma pauperis) as a new Rule of Judicial Administration 1990, replacing Rule of Civil Procedure 240. Pa. R.O.C.P. 1.40 has &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/resources.evans-legal.com\/?p=12310\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,36],"tags":[769],"class_list":["post-12310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-items","category-regulations","tag-in-forma-pauperis","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.evans-legal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.evans-legal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.evans-legal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.evans-legal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.evans-legal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/resources.evans-legal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12311,"href":"https:\/\/resources.evans-legal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12310\/revisions\/12311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.evans-legal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.evans-legal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.evans-legal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}