MONTGOMERY COUNTY Amendments to Local Rules of Civil Procedure Governing Custody Mediation Orientation Program [37 Pa.B. 772]
[Saturday, February 17, 2007]Order And Now, this 22nd day of January, 2007, the Court approves and adopts the following Amendments to the Montgomery County Local Rules of Civil Procedure Governing Custody Mediation Orientation Program. These Amendments 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 Domestic Relations 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 JudgeRule *1940.3. Order for Orientation Session and Mediation. Selection of Mediator.
(a) Except as provided in (c) below, in an action for custody, partial custody or visitation, the parties shall attend a custody mediation orientation session prior to the scheduled Custody Conciliation Conference.
(b) . . .
(c) . . .
Rule *1940.4. Minimum Qualifications to be a Mediator Under Local Rule 1940.3.
(a) . . .
(b) . . .
(c) Custody mediators must maintain a Montgomery County office address for Court assignment purposes pursuant to these Rules.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 07-239. Filed for public inspection February 16, 2007, 9:00 a.m.]
