Rule 1915.12.A - Civil Contempt for Disobedience of Custody Order. Petition. Form of Petition. Service. Order(a) All petitions for Contempt shall be accepted for filing by the Office of the Prothonotary upon payment of the appropriate fee. (b) All petitions for Contempt shall allege with specificity the facts that constitute a willful failure to comply and indicate the remedy the party is seeking.(c) All Petitions for Contempt may be scheduled for a hearing before the Custody Conciliator. The hearing shall be limited to one (1) hour in duration at which time the parties may present evidentiary testimony. At the conclusion of the hearing, the custody conciliator shall make a recommendation and advise the parties they have ten (10) days in which to request a hearing de novo. At the conclusion of the ten (10) days if no request for a de novo hearing has been timely filed, the recommendation shall become an order of the court. In the event a request for de novo hearing has been filed, the matter shall be listed, in the normal course of business, for a hearing de novo before the Court. The hearing shall be limited to the issues raised by the petition for contempt.(d) The recording of testimony during an evidentiary hearing before the custody conciliator is precluded.(e) Timely requests for a de novo hearing shall be filed in writing with the Office of the Prothonotary. A copy of the request shall be served upon Family Court Administration who shall promptly schedule the matter for hearing before the Court.(f) The form of order required by Pa.R.Civ.P. 1915.12(a) shall be in the following form: SEE FORMS INDEX (#17)
Chest. Cnty. Ct. Comm. Plea. R. 1915.12.A
Amended effective 6/13/2022.