Rule 3.5 A - Petition Requesting a Rule Setting a Date and Time for Response(a) Where a citation is not required, in lieu of proceeding by notice practice under 3.5(b), the Court, upon its own motion or the request of the petitioner, may enter a preliminary decree, in the form provided in subparagraph (d), providing for the issuance of a rule to show cause and the scheduling of a date and time for appearance and response to the petition.(b) If a petitioner requests that a preliminary decree be entered issuing a rule to show cause and setting a date and time for appearance and response to the petition, the petitioner shall attach a proposed preliminary decree to the petition in the form provided at subparagraph (d); the petitioner shall not include any proposed injunctive relief in a proposed preliminary decree.(c) If a preliminary decree establishing a rule to show cause and setting a date and time for appearance and response to a petition is entered the following procedure shall apply: 1) The petitioner must file a certificate of service, listing the names and addresses of those individuals and entities to whom petitioner has sent a copy of the preliminary decree and the petition by first-class United States mail sent at least twenty (20) days before the response date set in the preliminary decree;2) If an answer is not filed on or before the date scheduled in the preliminary decree, all averments of facts in the petition may be deemed admitted and the court shall enter an appropriate order;3) If an answer is filed raising no disputed issues of material fact, the court, may decide the petition on the basis of the petition and answer;4) If an answer is filed raising disputed issues of material fact, the court shall authorize such discovery as the court deems appropriate under the circumstances and shall set a schedule for a hearing and any briefing that the court shall require and for disposition of the petition.(d) The preliminary decree described in paragraphs (a) and (b) shall be substantially in the following form: Click here to view image