As amended through May 6, 2024
Rule 207.1 - Presentation of Motions, Petitions and Applications(a) All routine motions, petitions and applications shall be filed in the prothonotary's office for transmission to the assigned judge for disposition.(b) All motions, petitions or applications necessitating personal presentation to the court should be made in the courtroom of the judge assigned to the case either at 9:30 A.M. or 1:30 P.M. on a day he or she is scheduled to sit. If the motion, petition or application is of such nature that opposing parties have a right to be heard, the moving party shall give each opposing party at least forty-eight (48) hours notice of the time when the moving party will appear and present such motion, petition or application, unless the emergency nature of the matter prevents such notice. In the latter situation, the moving party shall give as much notice as is reasonably possible.(c) No motion, petition or application shall be made or presented to any judge in chambers without pre-arrangement with that judge. No request for appointment in chambers shall be granted except for compelling reasons.(d) All motions, petitions or applications in cases which have not yet been assigned to a judge shall be filed with the prothonotary; the court administrator shall promptly assign a judge to the case.(e) All motions, petitions or applications which require immediate action in cases where the assigned judge is unavailable or in cases where no judge has been assigned to the case and the court administrator fails to assign a judge to the case in sufficient time to allow presentation to such judge shall be presented to the emergency motions judge in his courtroom at 9:30 A.M. or at 1:30 P.M. or by pre-arrangement with the emergency motions judge in his chambers.(f) A party presenting a motion, petition or application for an order or decree shall file with the motion, petition or application a proposed form of the order or decree sought, together with a certificate signed by the party presenting the motion, petition or application or his or her attorney of record, setting forth the name and current address of each party's attorney of record, and if no attorney has entered an appearance of record for a party, the name and current address of each unrepresented party.(g) A party presenting a motion, application or praecipe for the entry of judgment shall file with the motion, application or praecipe, a certificate signed by the party presenting the motion, petition or application or his or her attorney of record, setting forth the name and current address of each party's attorney of record, and if no attorney has entered an appearance for a party, the name and current address of each unrepresented party.Amended effective 2/12/2018 ; amended effective 7/9/2019; amended effective 3/14/2020.