Northum. Cnty. Pa NCV-1920.16

As amended through April 1, 2021

Rule NCV-1920.16 - SEVERANCE, BIFURCATION

A. All requests for severance or bifurcation shall be set forth by petition filed with the Prothonotary and shall be processed through the Office of the Court Administrator. The Court may, for good cause shown, issue a divorce decree prior to a determination of other matters raised, in which event the decree shall contain the following statement: "The Court retains jurisdiction of any claims raised by the parties to this action for which a final order has not yet been entered.

B. A petition for severance or bifurcation may be filed at any time. However, the request will not be considered by the Court until either the Notice of Intention to Request Entry of Divorce Decree has been duly mailed or delivered in the case of divorce actions proceeding on no fault grounds where no hearing is required on the issue of the divorce, or the Master's Report has been filed in the case of divorce actions proceedings on fault grounds or no fault ground if a hearing has been required on the issue of divorce.

C. All petitions for bifurcation shall be scheduled for a hearing before the Court unless a stipulation is filed with the petition for bifurcation and both parties have signed the stipulation.

Northum. Cnty. Pa NCV-1920.16