Bucks Cnty. C.P. Rule 212.7

Rule 212.7. Case Management Orders

(a) Case Management Orders may be submitted for Court approval by agreement of all

parties to a matter by filing with the Office of the Prothonotary. Such agreed Case Management

Orders shall be substantially in the form approved by the Court and available at

http://buckscounty.org/Courts/DocketForms. At a minimum, every agreed Case Management

Order shall contain the following, subject to rejection from filing by the Office of the Prothonotary

or the Office of the Court Administrator:

(1) current contact information for all parties and counsel, including mailing

address, telephone number, and email address;

(2) the type of proceeding necessary, i.e., arbitration or trial;

(3) the estimated amount of time, in days, necessary for such proceeding; and

(4) the date on which the Office of the Court Administrator shall consider the

matter ready for listing for arbitration or trial.

Note: This rule does not apply to cases requiring a date certain trial listing. A case management order in

such cases will be entered only after a conference with the Office of the Court Administrator, Calendar, or other

designated Court staff. See http://buckscounty.org/Courts/CourtAdministration/Calendar for more information

regarding date certain listing.

A specific date, i.e., month, date and year, on which the case will be considered ready for listing is required

to be included in an agreed Case Management Order. A general, indefinite or contingent time frame, e.g., “30 days

from the disposition of any motion for summary judgment,” is not acceptable and will subject the order to rejection

by the Prothonotary or the Office of the Court Administrator.

(b) Amendments to Case Management Orders are discouraged, but may be submitted

by agreement of all parties and shall meet the minimum requirements of subsection (a) above.

(c) In the case that the parties are unable to reach agreement as to the terms of a Case

Management Order or an amendment thereof, any party may file a motion for a case management

conference. Upon review of the motion and in the Court’s discretion, a conference may be

scheduled at which the sole issue before the Court shall be determination and entry of a Case

Management Order.