Penn. C.C.R.C.P. 1028(c)

As amended through February 1, 2024
Rule 1028(c) - Preliminary Objections
(1) Except for preliminary objections subject to subparagraph (2) below, a brief and praecipe for determination in the form described in C.C.R.C.P. 206.6 must be filed by the objecting party within twenty (20) days of the filing of the preliminary objections. Responsive briefs shall be filed within twenty (20) days of the filing of the praecipe for determination. The assigned judge may, at his or her discretion, extend the time for filing briefs. If the party filing the preliminary objections has failed to file a praecipe for determination within twenty (20) days of the filing of the preliminary objections, any other party may file a praecipe for determination to bring the objections before the court, in which event no brief shall be required to be filed with the praecipe. If the objecting party fails to file a brief as aforesaid, the court may dismiss the preliminary objection as abandoned. If the objecting party does file a brief, all other parties may file briefs within twenty (20) days thereafter.
(2) Where the preliminary objections properly assert facts not otherwise of record and the preliminary objections have been endorsed with a notice to plead, no praecipe for determination nor brief shall be required until the matter is ready to be submitted to the court, either upon the basis of the preliminary objections alone, if no answer has been filed, or upon the basis of the preliminary objections and answers thereto, or after a record has been developed pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 1028(c)(2). If an answer is filed and any party wishes to develop a record on any disputed issues of material fact, depositions shall be completed within forty-five (45) days of the date of service of the answer to the preliminary objection. The time limit for the taking of the depositions may be shortened or extended by agreement of the parties or by the Court.

Penn. C.C.R.C.P. 1028(c)