The proposed form of a preliminary decree for the issuance of a citation shall include a space for a return date and a separate space for a hearing date should the court choose to schedule a hearing pending receipt of an answer. Unless the matter is specifically scheduled for a hearing on the return date, no interested party need appear on the return day except as desired to ensure the filing or lack of filing of a responsive pleading or objection.
Berk. Cnty. Pa. 3.4A