Legal Opinion

Harrell v. Pecynski

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Berks County

Decided December 21, 2009No. 08-9793 #1Published

1Opinion of the Court

CAMPBELL, J,

Plaintiff filed a custody complaint on July 23,2008. Per Supreme Court of Pennsylvania rule, custody cases are to be disposed *208of promptly. Pa.R.C.P. 1915.4; see also, Dietrich v. Dietrich, 923 A.2d 461 (Pa. Super. 2007). Thus, the time line to dispose of this case began to run on July 23,2008 such that the custody case needed to be scheduled within 180 days, by approximately January 20, 2009, and the trial had to commence within 90 days of the scheduling order being entered. Pa. R.C.P. 1915(b) and (c); see also, Dietrich.

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania first ruled on the “new”…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Dietrich v. DietrichSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007

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