Court of Common Pleas of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania Filing Rules

If the parties accept an agreement resolving all custody issues, the mediator must prepare a Final Agreement and present it to the Court.

The filing party must serve a copy of the trial-list praecipe on the District Court Administrator.

The respondent must file a brief no later than five days before the date identified in the truncated text.

A nonrefundable $20 fee must be collected when a covered custody action or petition is commenced or filed.

Motions must be in writing.

Only individuals, not organizations or groups, may be registered users.

The master alone schedules hearings and conferences and may grant a continuance upon a representation of good cause; a party may challenge the determination by motion to the court.

A hearing or argument will take place unless the Court receives timely contrary notice, written or later confirmed in writing, by agreement of counsel or unrepresented parties.

Before filing a motion, counsel must seek concurrence from each party and include a certification stating whether concurrence was given or denied; concurrence need not be sought from a pro se litigant.

A party seeking to file a document under seal must designate it as sealed in the CountySuite Portal and submit a separate proper request; the designation alone does not seal the document.