Rule 205.1 - Rules, Motions, Objections And Petitions(a) Except as otherwise provided in the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure or these rules, or upon special allowance by the court, all rules to show cause, preliminary objections and petitions or motions requiring hearing or argument shall be returnable to the next day of miscellaneous court, scheduled by the court calendar, occurring at least twenty-five (25) days from the date of the rule or date of court presentation of the petition or motion, the same to be deemed at issue on the said return date.(b) All rules, petitions, objections or motions shall be filed in the office of the appropriate County Prothonotary and shall be served by the moving party within five (5) days of the date of filing or grant as follows: (1) as required by P.R.C.P. 440:(2) unless previously directly presented to the court, a plain copy thereof shall be delivered to the District Court Administrator.(c) Each rule, petition, objection or motion, within the purview of Paragraph (a) hereof, shall be assigned a date and time for hearing or argument by the District Court Administrator on the next day of miscellaneous court occurring at least thirty (30) days form the date the same is deemed at issue under Paragraph (a) hereof. Notice of the assigned date and time shall be given each record counsel or unrepresented party at least twenty (20) days prior to the said date of hearing or argument. Nothing herein shall be interpreted to prevent the court from setting the return day as the date for hearing or argument or both.(d) Subject to the provisions of Paragraph (f) hereof, counsel, if all parties are represented, may agree to waive oral argument, and submit the cause to the court on briefs only, in which case the date set for argument shall be the final date for such submission.(e) No brief need be filed unless and until required by the court or by these rules. Where briefs have been so required, the moving party or counsel shall file the brief with the Prothonotary of this court and deliver his brief to opposing counsel, the court, and unrepresented parties, no later than ten (10) days prior to the date set for hearing or argument. Opposing counsel or parties shall file the brief with the Prothonotary of this court and deliver his or their briefs to the moving party or counsel, and the court, no later than five (5) days before the day set for hearing or argument, unless the cause is to be submitted on briefs only: in such event, briefs of opposing parties or counsel shall be submitted no later than the final date provided in Paragraph (e) hereof.44th Jud. Dist. Rule-Civil 205.1