I suspect this is more complicated than you think. First, as a point of clarification: was the judgment a civil money judgment entered in favor of...

In the counties I'm familiar with, you are not required to turn over such documents in advance of the hearing at the magistrate level. If the...

Whether you want to sue to recover your money (depending on how much the fine is, this might not be worth the time and expense), it's illegal for...

Bounced Check

This depends on many things - the foremost being: if there is a written contract (or invoice), whose name is on the invoice? If the woman's name...

It would be highly inadvisable to behave as you propose. Set aside your personal feelings about the judge to the best of your ability (as...

Pa superior court vs common pleas, please clarify

Both of the previous responses are correct. While a Superior Court decision will bind any lower court on a legal question (absent a Supreme Court...

Pa.R.A.P. 1925(b) requires the appealing party to file a statement of issues upon which the appeal is based. If you are the appellant, be very...

What to do if your appeal will take as long as the end of your sentence?

In Pennsylvania, there is rarely any recourse for this type of situation. If a person is sentenced to 24 months and it takes exactly that period...

It really depends on the complexity of the case and of the backlog of the judge's chambers assigned to the write the opinion. If the case was...