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Venango Cnty. C.P. Local Rules on Civil Procedure Rule 206.4
Rule to Show Cause
(c) The issuance of a rule to show cause shall be discretionary with the court and
shall be in accordance with Pa.R.C.P. 206.5.
(d) The petition seeking the issuance of a rule shall be supported with an
appropriate statement of authority citing a statute, rule of court, or case law in support of
the requested relief. The statement may be in the form of a brief filed contemporaneously
with the petition, or in a petition that does not raise complex legal and/or factual issues,
the statement may be in the body of the petition itself.
(e) Attached to the petition shall be a proposed order in the form prescribed in
Pa.R.C.P. 205.6(d). The court in its discretion may delete paragraphs (4) and (5) of the
form order (regarding discovery and argument) and provide instead that the matter will
proceed before the court on an evidentiary hearing to resolve disputed issues of fact. The
court may also enter an order to require the filing of briefs or to authorize discovery to
proceed other than by deposition.
(f) Any request for stay of execution pending disposition of a petition to open
judgment shall be filed by separate motion.
(g) The petition and any motion seeking a stay of execution shall be scheduled for
argument and/or hearing by the District Court Administrator and it is not necessary for
the moving party to request a hearing and/or argument.
Provenance
- Source
- www.venangocountypa.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-30
- Edition
- 2026-09-30
- Content hash
509ffada486db69234fb75f6419d7af17f09ca129574b62378e235b8a3a4584d
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