Rule Text
A party may amend a pleading pursuant to Rule 3.9(d)(1), or at any other time, either by written consent of all other parties filed with the clerk or by leave of court. The amended pleading may aver transactions or occurrences that have happened before or after the filing of the original pleading. An amendment may be made to conform the pleading to the evidence offered or admitted.
Amendment history: The provisions of this Rule 3.14 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 (390201) to (390202).
Plain-English Summary (for reference only — not a substitute for the rule text above)
This summary is not the rule. The rule text controls.
If you have already filed court papers and need to change them, you can do so in a few ways. You can get written agreement from all other parties involved in the case, or you can ask the judge for permission to make the change.
The updated papers can include events that happened before or after you first filed. You can also update your papers to match evidence that has come up during the case. This gives you flexibility to keep your case documents accurate as things develop.
Committee Notes
Rule 3.14 has no counterpart in former Orphans’ Court Rules, but is derived from Pa.R.C.P. No. 1033.
The filings required by this rule are subject to the Case Records Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania. See Rule 1.99.
Rule 3.9(d)(1) provides for amending a pleading after the filing of preliminary objections.