SOMERSET COUNTY Consolidated Rules of Court; Administrative Order No. 4 of 2016; No. 13 Misc. 2016 [46 Pa.B. 1897]
[Saturday, April 16, 2016]Adopting Order Now, this 28th day of March 2016, it is hereby Ordered:
1. Somerset County Rule of Civil Procedure 1920, a copy of which follows, is hereby adopted as Som.R.C.P. 1920, effective thirty (30) days after publication in The Pennsylvania Bulletin and on the Unified Judicial System Portal.
2. The Somerset County Court Administrator is directed to:
A. File one (1) certified copy of this Order and the following local Rule with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.
B. Distribute two (2) certified copies of this Order along with electronic copy to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
C. File one (1) certified copy of this Order with the Domestic Relations Procedural Rule Committee.
D. File proof of compliance with this Order in the docket for this Order, which shall include a copy of each transmittal letter.
D. GREGORY GEARY,
President JudgeRule 1920. Administrative Fee.
In addition to the filing fee assessed for filing a complaint, and other fees required to be paid at the time a pleading or other document is filed, the following sums shall be deposited with the Prothonotary, unless excused by order of court for cause:
A. A non-refundable administrative fee in the amount of $50.00 shall be paid to the Somerset County Prothonotary simultaneously with the filing of a divorce complaint which raises for the first time only a count for divorce under Divorce Code § 3301(c) or (d), or, in addition, a count raising custody issues.
B. In addition to the fee required in subparagraph (A), a non-refundable administrative fee in the amount of $75.00 shall be paid to the Somerset County Prothonotary simultaneously with the filing of a divorce complaint, counterclaim or petition which raises for the first time any issue other than a count for divorce under Divorce Code § 3301(c) or (d) or custody.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 16-634. Filed for public inspection April 15, 2016, 9:00 a.m.]
