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Court divisions - 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 951

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                               SUBCHAPTER D
                             COURT DIVISIONS

     Sec.
     951.  Court divisions.
     952.  Status of court divisions.
     953.  Administrative judges of divisions.
     § 951.  Court divisions.
        (a)  Philadelphia County.--The 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 County.--The 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 divisions.--The 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
     division.--In 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 divisions.--The number of judges
     constituting a division may be increased or reduced by order of
     the governing authority.

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