Pennsylvania Code
Title 231 - RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
Part II - ORPHANS' COURT RULES
Chapter III - PETITION PRACTICE AND PLEADING
Part B - Responsive Pleadings
Rule 3.6 - Pleadings Allowed After Petition

Universal Citation: 231 PA Code ยง 3.6

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

Pleadings allowed after the filing of a petition are limited to:

(a) an answer that can include new matter;

(b) a reply, if an answer contains new matter;

(c) preliminary objections to the petition as permitted by Rule 3.9;

(d) an answer to preliminary objections; and

(e) a petition to join one or more persons as parties to the proceeding and an answer thereto.

Note: Rule 3.6 has no counterpart in former Orphans' Court Rules, but is based, in part, on Pa.R.C.P. No. 1017.

The filings required by this rule are subject to the Case Records Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania. See Rule 1.99.

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