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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 13-848

THE COURTS

Title 231—RULES OF
CIVIL PROCEDURE

PART I. GENERAL

[ 231 PA. CODE CH. 1915 ]

Adoption of Rule 1915.11-1 of the Rules of Civil Procedure; No. 577 Civil Procedural Rules Doc.

[43 Pa.B. 2559]
[Saturday, May 11, 2013]

Order

Per Curiam

And Now, this 23rd day of April, 2013, upon the recommendation of the Domestic Relations Procedural Rules Committee; the proposal having been published for public comment in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, 40 Pa. Bull. 6512 (November 13, 2010):

It Is Ordered pursuant to Article V, Section 10 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania that Rule 1915.11-1 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure is adopted in the following form.

 This Order shall be processed in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. No. 103(b), and shall be effective in thirty days on May 23, 2013.

Annex A

TITLE 231. RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

PART I. GENERAL

CHAPTER 1915. ACTIONS FOR CUSTODY, PARTIAL CUSTODY AND VISITATION
OF MINOR CHILDREN

Rule 1915.11-1. Elimination of Parenting Coordination.

 Only judges may make decisions in child custody cases. Masters and hearing officers may make recommendations to the court. Courts shall not appoint any other individual to make decisions or recommendations or alter a custody order in child custody cases. Any order appointing a parenting coordinator shall be deemed vacated on the date this rule becomes effective. Local rules and administrative orders authorizing the appointment of parenting coordinators also shall be deemed vacated on the date this rule becomes effective.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 13-848. Filed for public inspection May 10, 2013, 9:00 a.m.]



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