Pennsylvania Code
Title 231 - RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
Part I - GENERAL
Chapter 1920 - ACTIONS OF DIVORCE OR FOR ANNULMENT OF MARRIAGE
Rule 1920.13 - Pleading More Than One Cause of Action. Alternative Pleading
Universal Citation: 231 PA Code ยง 1920.13
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 12, March 23, 2024
(a) The plaintiff may state in the complaint one or more grounds for divorce and may join in the alternative a cause of action for annulment.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in these rules, the plaintiff may:
(1) join as
separate counts in the complaint the ancillary claims that may be joined with
an action of divorce or for annulment under the Divorce Code;
(2) amend the complaint to include the
ancillary claims;
(3) file to the
same term and number a separate supplemental complaint or complaints limited to
the ancillary claims; or
(4) file
to the same term and number a subsequent petition raising the ancillary
claims.
(c) The court may order reasonable counsel fees and costs and expenses pending final disposition of any claim.
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