In Re: Order Amending Rule 1513 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Appellate Procedure

Summary

This document sets out amendments to Pennsylvania Rule of Appellate Procedure 1513 concerning petitions for review. It addresses captions and parties, petition form and required contents, attached orders, notices to participate and plead, verification, alternative objections, and related official notes.

Holdings

1. Rule 1513(d) requires an appellate-jurisdiction petition for review to identify the jurisdictional basis, reviewing party, government unit, challenged determination and its entry date, general objections, requested relief, and a copy of the challenged order or determination; omission of an issue from the general statement of objections is not a basis for waiver when the court can address the issue from the certified record.
2. Rule 1513(e) requires an original-jurisdiction petition for review to state the jurisdictional basis, identify the person or party seeking relief, identify the government unit and any indispensable party, state the material facts and relief sought, and include a notice to plead and verification by oath, affirmation, or verified statement.

Questions Presented

1. What information and attachments must be included in a petition for review invoking an appellate court's appellate jurisdiction?
2. What information, notice, and verification must be included in a petition for review invoking an appellate court's original jurisdiction?
3. When may omission of an issue from the general statement of objections in an appellate jurisdiction petition for review constitute waiver?

Disposition

other