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Lancaster Cnty. C.P. Local Rules Interactive Book (front matter)
Lancaster County local rules: Local Rules Interactive Book
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TITLE PAGE / BOARD OF JUDGES
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER
DEFINITIONS
RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
than Land Use Appeals
Diversion Program (“Foreclosure Diversion Program”)
Diversion Program (“Program”)
Judgment
1507.Actionsforsupport
ACTIONS FOR SUPPORT
Responsibilities of Counsel
ACTIONS FOR CUSTODY, PARTIAL CUSTODY AND VISITATION OF MINOR
CHILDREN
Service
Relief
ACTIONS FOR DIVORCE OR ANNULMENT OF MARRIAGE
of Hearing
RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Equipment
and Summary Trials; and Setting and Accepting Bail
the Commonwealth - Local Option
the Commonwealth - Local Option
Disposition Program (A.R.D.) when a Summary
Offense(s) is/are Included on the A.R.D. Order
Bad Check Charges by Attorney for the Commonwealth
Affidavits by Attorney for the Commonwealth- Local
Option
any Deputy Warden, or Major of the Lancaster County
Prison
on Bail
Preliminary Instructions
RULES OF ORPHANS COURT
Perpetuation of Testimony
Child
RULES FOR CONSTABLES AND MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT JUDGES
CONSTABLES
Constable Vacancies
MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT JUDGES
Judge
RULES OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
Courts
Subdivision Thereof, shall be governed as follows
LANCASTER
COUNTY
COURT
OF
COMMON
PLEAS
LOCAL
LEONARD G. BROWN, III
PRESIDENT JUDGE
DAVID L. ASHWORTH
JUDGE
DENNIS E. REINAKER
JUDGE
JEFFERY D. WRIGHT
JUDGE
MARGARET MILLER
JUDGE
CHRISTOPHER A. HACKMAN
JUDGE
JEFFREY J. REICH
JUDGE
MERRILL M. SPAHN JR.
JUDGE
THOMAS B. SPONAUGLE
JUDGE
JEFFREY A. CONRAD
JUDGE
CRAIG W. STEDMAN
JUDGE
JOANNE MURPHY
JUDGE
SHAWN P. MCLAUGHLIN
JUDGE
TODD E. BROWN
JUDGE
CHRISTINA M. PARSONS
JUDGE
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DEFINITIONS
PARTY.
For all of the sections of these Local Rules, a party is defined as a litigant in a
legal proceeding and may be self-represented or represented by counsel.
LANCASTER COUNTY
RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
These rules shall be known as the Lancaster County Rules of Civil Procedure
and may be cited as “L.C.R.Civ.P. ”.
Provenance
- Source
- www.court.co.lancaster.pa.us
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-30
- Edition
- 2026-09-30
- Content hash
d7a1462a6579d363bb9f95c1b7c4056241fa685d5778522260beaf84ff0754b4
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