Westmoreland Cnty. C.P. Local Rules of Court RULE WC 529

Printed 5/9/2017 h

(a) Prior to presenting a petition to the court seeking a bond reduction, the defendant

shall present the petition to the district attorney who shall indicate whether the

Commonwealth consents to or opposes the petition. If the Commonwealth consents

to the petition, the petition shall be served directly upon the assigned judge. If the

assigned judge is unavailable, the petition shall be served upon the court

administrator who shall attempt to find an alternate judge to hear the petition.

(b) In the event that the Commonwealth opposes the petition, the petition shall be

served upon the court administrator who shall schedule a hearing as soon as

possible before the assigned trial judge.

(c) The defendant shall indicate on any petition to the court to modify bail prior to the

preliminary hearing whether or not the defendant first applied for modification of

bail from the presiding magisterial district.

(d) Any criminal defendant with charges alleging a child victim, having an active case

before the Westmoreland County Children’s Bureau with an Order of Supervised

Visitation with that child victim, shall:

(1) notify the Westmoreland County Children’s Bureau upon receiving a

nonmonetary condition of bail of “No Contact With The Victim,”

(2) provide the Westmoreland County Children’s Bureau a copy of any Petition

to Modify Bail seeking to permit contact with the child victim for the

purpose of supervised visitation,

(3) provide the Westmoreland County Children’s Bureau a copy of any Order

granting bail modification to permit supervised visitation.

Rescinded March 5, 2013; New Rule WC529 adopted March 5, 2013, effective April 22, 2013.