§ Rule 1920.55-1 Alternative Hearing Procedures for Matters Referred to a Master
Rule 1920.55-1. Alternative Hearing Procedures for Matters Referred to a Master
(a) Matters referred to a master for hearing shall proceed as prescribed by Rule 1920.55-2 unless the court by local rule adopts the alternative procedure of Rule 1920.55-3.
(b) The president judge or the administrative judge of Family Division of each county shall certify that all divorce proceedings which are referred to a master in that county are conducted in accordance with either Rule 1920.55-2 or Rule 1920.55-3. The certification shall be filed with the Domestic Relations Procedural Rules Committee and shall be substantially in the following form:
I hereby certify that __________ County conducts its divorce proceedings that are referred to a master in accordance with Rule __________.
________________________________________________________________________________
(PRESIDENT JUDGE)
(ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE)
Note: Pursuant to Rule 1920.55-1, the following counties have certified to the Domestic Relations Procedural Rules Committee that divorce proceedings referred to a master are conducted in accordance with the rule specified below.
Adams 1920.55-2
Allegheny 1920.55-2
Armstrong 1920.55-2
Beaver 1920.55-2
Bedford 1920.55-2
Berks 1920.55-2
Blair 1920.55-2
Bradford 1920.55-2
Bucks Both
Butler 1920.55-2
Cambria 1920.55-2
Cameron 1920.55-2
Carbon 1920.55-2
Centre 1920.55-2
Chester 1920.55-2
Clarion 1920.55-2
Clearfield 1920.55-2
Clinton no masters
Columbia 1920.55-2
Crawford 1920.55-2
Cumberland 1920.55-2
Dauphin 1920.55-2
Delaware 1920.55-3
Elk 1920.55-2
Erie 1920.55-2
Fayette 1920.55-2
Forest 1920.55-2
Franklin 1920.55-2
Fulton 1920.55-2
Greene 1920.55-2
Huntingdon nomasters
Indiana 1920.55-2
Jefferson 1920.55-2
Juniata 1920.55-2
Lackawanna 1920.55-2
Lancaster 1920.55-2
Lawrence 1920.55-2
Lebanon 1920.55-2
Lehigh 1920.55-2
Luzerne 1920.55-2
Lycoming 1920.55-2
McKean 1920.55-2
Mercer 1920.55-2
Mifflin no masters
Monroe 1920.55-2
Montgomery 1920.55-3
Montour 1920.55-2
Northampton 1920.55-2
Northumberland 1920.55-2
Perry 1920.55-2
Philadelphia 1920.55-3
Pike 1920.55-2
Potter no masters
Schuylkill 1920.55-2
Snyder 1920.55-2
Somerset 1920.55-2
Sullivan 920.55-2
Susquehanna 1920.55-2
Tioga 1920.55-2
Union 1920.55-2
Venango 1920.55-2
Warren 1920.55-2
Washington 1920.55-2
Wayne 1920.55-2
Westmoreland 1920.55-2
Wyoming 1920.55-2
York 1920.55-2