Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Rule 1920.6 - Multiple Actions. Priority. Stay(a) If, within ninety days of service of the complaint, a second action is brought in another county and one of the two counties is the county in which the last family domicile was located and in which one of the parties continues to reside, the court of the county of the last family domicile shall determine, based upon the purposes of the Divorce Code, which of the two actions shall be stayed and which shall proceed. If neither action was brought in the county of the last family domicile and in which one of the parties continues to reside, the court in which the first action was brought shall make the determination.(b) If a second action is brought in another county more than ninety days after service of the complaint in the first action, the second action shall be stayed until the conclusion of the first action.The provisions of this Rule 1920.6 adopted February 7, 1989, effective 7/1/1989, 19 Pa.B. 764.