Rule 2.8 Pleadings Allowed After Objections are Filed
Chapter II: Accounts, Objections and Distributions
Rule Text
(a) Answers to objections, preliminary objections to objections, and answers to preliminary objections are permitted, but a party does not waive any rights by failing to file any of the foregoing. If an answer to objections is filed, no responsive pleading to the answer is permitted.
(b) Preliminary objections to objections shall be limited to lack of jurisdiction over the subject matter and lack of standing.
(c) If filed, answers to objections, preliminary objections to objections, and answers to preliminary objections must be filed within 20 days after service of the applicable preceding pleading, with a copy served upon the accountant, if applicable, and to each interested party and claimant who received the notice pursuant to Rule 2.5, or to his or her counsel, if represented.
(d) The court may summarily decide preliminary objections to objections and may do so prior to the filing of an answer to the preliminary objections.
Amendment history: The provisions of this Rule 2.8 amended January 5, 2018, effective January 6, 2018, 48 Pa.B. 483; amended June 1, 2018, effective July 1, 2018, 48 Pa.B. 3573. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (390190) to (390191).