2282 Amendment of Montgomery County local rule of civil procedure 1915.3*--seminar for separated anddivorced parents no. 08-00001

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

Amendment of Montgomery County Local Rule of Civil Procedure 1915.3*--Seminar for Separated and Divorced Parents No. 08-00001

[38 Pa.B. 6899]
[Saturday, December 20, 2008]

Order

   And Now, this 3rd day of December, 2008, the Court amends Montgomery County Local Rule of Civil Procedure 1915.3*--Seminar for Separated and Divorced Parents. This amended Rule shall become effective thirty days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

   The Court Administrator is directed to publish this Order once in the Montgomery County Law Reporter and in The Legal Intelligencer. In further conformity with Pa.R.C.P. 239, seven (7) certified copies of the within Order shall be filed by the Court Administrator with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts. Two (2) certified copies shall be distributed to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. One (1) certified copy shall be filed with the Civil Procedural Rules Committee. One (1) copy shall be filed with the Prothonotary, one (1) copy with the Clerk of Courts, and (1) copy with the Court Administrator of Montgomery County, one (1) copy with the Law Library of Montgomery County and one (1) copy with each Judge of this Court.

By the Court

RICHARD J. HODGSON,   
President Judge

Rule 1915.3*.  Seminar for Separated and Divorced Parents.

   (a)  In an action for custody, partial custody or visitation, [if a case is not resolved by the custody conciliator and must therefore proceed to a hearing before a Judge,] both parents shall attend an approved education seminar on the general responsibilities of separated and divorced parents.

   (b)  *      *      *

   (c)  Seminar attendance [may also be required upon motion of either party, by agreement of the parties, upon recommendation by the Custody Conciliator or upon the Court's own motion,] is not required in connection with any petition to modify custody[, any petition for contempt or a custody order or any other matter relating to child custody or visitation] where the parties have already attended the seminar within the past two (2) years.

   (d)  *      *      *

   (e)  *      *      *

   (f)  *      *      *

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 08-2282. Filed for public inspection December 19, 2008, 9:00 a.m.]