Rule 2.7A - Objections to Accounts or Petitions for Adjudication/Statements of Proposed Distribution - Order(a) Objections to accounts may be made at any time prior to the close of business on the first Tuesday of each month (or the first Monday of each month should the first Tuesday be a holiday) to the Court by the Clerk by filing such objections in writing in the Clerk of the Orphans' Court Division.(b) Objections that are to be made: (1) to an account not filed for submission to the Court for audit but filed by order of the Court; or (2) an account filed without a Petition for Adjudication/Statement of Proposed Distribution shall be filed within twenty (20) days from service of a copy of the account filed with the Clerk.(c) A proposed order for the scheduling of a reply date and a status conference or hearing date shall be attached to all objections to accounts or Petitions for Adjudication/Statements of Proposed Distribution. The proposed order shall be in the following form:
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AND NOW, (month)_______, 20___, upon consideration of the foregoing objections filed in the above-captioned matter, it is hereby ORDERED that:
(1) Accountant shall file a Response to the Objections within _____ days of this Order; and (2) A status conference shall be held on ______________, 20___ at _______ a.m./p.m. in the chambers of the undersigned. OR
(3) A hearing is to occur on the _____day of _________________, 2018 at ______o' clock __.M. in a courtroom to be assigned in the Berks County Courthouse/Services Center located at 633 Court Street, Reading, Pennsylvania 19601. Counsel are directed to meet prior to the hearing to reduce fact questions and legal issues to a minimum; and further, shall be authorized to settle at the meeting and/or conference/hearing.
BY THE COURT:
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, J.
Amended effective 7/20/2016; revised effective 1/12/2024.