Berks Cnty. C.P. Orphans Rules Rule 2.7A

Distribution – Order

(a) Objections to accounts may be made at any time prior to the close of business on the

first Tuesday of each month (or the first Monday of each month should the first Tuesday be a

holiday) to the Court by the Clerk by filing such objections in writing in the Clerk of the

Orphans’ Court Division.

(b) Objections that are to be made: (1) to an account not filed for submission to the

Court for audit but filed by order of the Court; or (2) an account filed without a Petition for

Adjudication/Statement of Proposed Distribution shall be filed within twenty (20) days from

service of a copy of the account filed with the Clerk.

(c) A proposed order for the scheduling of a reply date and a status conference or hearing

date shall be attached to all objections to accounts or Petitions for Adjudication/Statements of

Proposed Distribution. The proposed order shall be in the following form:

(CAPTION)

ORDER

AND NOW, (month)_______, 20___, upon consideration of the foregoing objections filed

in the above-captioned matter, it is hereby ORDERED that:

(1) Accountant shall file a Response to the Objections within _____ days of this Order;

and

(2) A status conference shall be held on ______________, 20___ at _______ a.m./p.m.

in the chambers of the undersigned.

OR

(3) A hearing is to occur on the _____ day of _________________, 2018 at

______o’ clock __.M. in a courtroom to be assigned in the Berks County Courthouse/Services

Center located at 633 Court Street, Reading, Pennsylvania 19601.

Counsel are directed to meet prior to the hearing to reduce fact questions and legal issues

to a minimum; and further, shall be authorized to settle at the meeting and/or conference/hearing.

BY THE COURT:

, J.