42 Pa. C.S. § 951

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-95
Section 951 - Court divisions
(a) Philadelphia CountyThe Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County shall have the following divisions:
(1) Trial division.
(2) Orphans' court division.
(3) Family court division.
(b) Allegheny CountyThe Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County shall have the following divisions:
(1) Civil division.
(2) Criminal division.
(3) Orphans' court division.
(4) Family division.
(c) Other separate orphans' court divisionsThe courts of common pleas of Beaver, Berks, Bucks, Cambria, Chester, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Fayette, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lehigh, Luzerne, Montgomery, Schuylkill, Washington, Westmoreland and York counties shall each have a separate orphans' court division.
(d) Judicial districts having no separate orphans' court divisionIn each judicial district having no separate orphans' court division, there shall be an orphans' court division composed of the court of common pleas of that judicial district.
(e) Change in size of divisionsThe number of judges constituting a division may be increased or reduced by order of the governing authority.

42 Pa.C.S. § 951

1976, July 9, P.L. 586, No. 142, § 2, effective 6/27/1978.