Exhibit A
In the Court of Common Pleas of the 39th Judicial District of Pennsylvania Franklin / Fulton County Branch - Domestic Relations Section
Note: Use "tab" between fields _________________Plaintiff v. | : Docket No. DRS _____________________________ |
: PACSES No._____________________________ | |
Defendant |
Demand for Appeal Hearing
Notice: Appellants must pay the $25 filing fee unless the Court waives it.
_______________________________________ demands an appeal hearing for the following reasons: (name)
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(continue on back if necessary)
Check one: [] Routine hearing needing not more than 30 minutes OR
[] Specially assigned Hearing requiring______minutes (Pa. R.C.P. 1910.11(j)(2) applies)
Failure to select will cause the DRS to schedule the matter for a routine hearing lasting no more than 30 minutes.
Note: Multiple routine hearings are scheduled for not more than 30 minutes and do not have complex questions of law or fact. Hearings dealing with complex questions of law or fact are specially scheduled for times other than times set for routine hearings and are presumed to require more than 30 minutes trial time. For both types of hearing, all unrepresented parties and counsel for represented parties must file a pre-hearing memorandum detailing the following information: a list of issues for the court to decide, what facts you expect to establish, a list of witnesses and the expected testimony of each witness, a list of any exhibits you expect to use, and the requested outcome. In addition, for specially assigned hearings , all unrepresented parties and counsel for represented parties must also include in their pre-hearing memoranda a reference to governing legal authority and the anticipated length of the hearing.
Pre-trial memoranda for hearings shall be filed with the Domestic Relations Office at least seven (7) days prior to the hearing.
Failure of an appealing party to file a pre-trial hearing memorandum may be considered an abandonment of claims and a withdrawal of the appeal. Failure of the opposing party to file a pre-trial hearing memorandum may be treated as not contesting the appellant S claims and will be deemed a waiver of all other issues on appeal. The Court may impose other sanctions as appropriate.
Signature of party demanding hearing: -> ____________________________________________________________
Check [] Plaintiff [] Defendant
one:
Date ______________________
Signature of attorney, if any, for party: ->_______________________________________________________________
Counsel for ( check one): [] Plaintiff []Defendant
Notice to Counsel: Counsel whose signature appears above will be deemed to have entered an appearance in the matter and will be obligated to provide representation at the hearing absent leave of court to withdraw.