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Divorce pleadings are filed at Allegheny County Department of Court Records, (not the Allegheny County Family Division). Consult https://dcr.alleghenycounty.us/ for hours and fees.
Economic claims attendant to a divorce may be initially addressed by the judge assigned to the case. A telephonic conciliation should be requested in accordance with the judge’s standard operating procedures. Divorce Hearing Officers may be assigned by the judge to conduct conciliation conferences or a hearing.
Parties, by consent, may praecipe the Docket Clerk to request a conciliation be conducted by the master. Link to form: Consent Praecipe for a Divorce Hearing Officer’s Conciliation.
The Court shall continue to review and grant divorces, administratively, when all required documents are filed with the Department of Court Records.