Y.C.O.C. Rule 7. Exceptions

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Rule 7. Exceptions

Rule 7.1.1. Exceptions-Generally.

No exceptions shall be filed to decrees, adjudications, confirmations, or other decisions or orders of Court or in proceedings unless the right to except is expressly conferred by an Act of Assembly, by a general rule, or by a special order. All decrees, adjudications, confirmations or other decisions or orders of Court, other than those to which the exceptions are so allowed to be taken, shall be final and definitive.

Note: See Y.C.O.C.R. 2.3.1.

[Effective 30 days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. 25 Pa.B. 2048 (5/27/95).]

Rule 7.1.2. Exceptions-Time and Place of Filing.

(a) Decrees, adjudications, confirmations or other decisions of the Court shall be confirmed absolutely, as of course, unless written exceptions thereto are filed within ten (10) days after the date the decision or order is filed.

(b) If timely exceptions are filed by a party, any other party may file exceptions within ten (10) days after the date on which the first exceptions were filed. However, such exceptions shall in no event raise questions which could have been but were not raised by objections to an account or by claims presented in accordance with Y.C.O.C.R. 6.10.1.

[Effective 30 days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. 25 Pa.B. 2048 (5/27/95).]

Rule 7.1.3. Exceptions-Form.

Exceptions shall be in writing, numbered consecutively, signed by the exceptant or by his or her attorney, and each exception shall

(a) be specific as to description and amount;

(b) raise but one issue of law or fact, but if there are several exceptions to items included in or omitted from the adjudication relating to the same issue. all such exceptions shall be included in the same exception; and

[Effective 30 days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. 25 Pa.B. 2048 (5/27/95).]

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