Press Release: Commission Details Developments and Continued Challenges in Historic Reform of Indigent Defense Services in Pennsylvania Posted onJuly 5, 2024July 16, 2024inCategoriesNews Via press release on July 5, 2024, the Commission detailed updates on and continued challenges regarding the historic move to … Continue ReadingPress Release: Commission Details Developments and Continued Challenges in Historic Reform of Indigent Defense Services in Pennsylvania
Press Release: Commission Convenes Quarterly Meeting of its Full Membership Posted onJuly 5, 2024July 16, 2024inCategoriesNews Via press release on July 5, 2024, the Commission detailed the most recent meeting of its full membership, which occurred … Continue ReadingPress Release: Commission Convenes Quarterly Meeting of its Full Membership
Commission Supports Legislation to Standardize and Improve Equal Access to Legal Parentage Determinations in PA Posted onJune 12, 2024June 12, 2024inCategoriesNews On Wednesday, June 12th, the Interbranch Commission submitted a letter to the PA House of Representatives in support of House … Continue ReadingCommission Supports Legislation to Standardize and Improve Equal Access to Legal Parentage Determinations in PA
Commission, Others Submit Amicus Brief to Court in Support of Intent-Based Parentage for Children Conceived through Assistive Reproductive Technology (“ART”) Posted onMay 24, 2024May 28, 2024inCategoriesNews On May 24, 2024, the Interbranch Commission joined the PA Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the … Continue ReadingCommission, Others Submit Amicus Brief to Court in Support of Intent-Based Parentage for Children Conceived through Assistive Reproductive Technology (“ART”)
Commission Supports Legislation to Modernize Name Change Process in Pennsylvania Posted onMay 6, 2024May 20, 2024inCategoriesNews On May 6, 2024, the Interbranch Commission submitted to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee a letter in support … Continue ReadingCommission Supports Legislation to Modernize Name Change Process in Pennsylvania
Press Release: Commission Applauds U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision Declining to Hear Challenge to PA Rule 8.4(g) Posted onMay 3, 2024May 22, 2024inCategoriesNews Via press release on May 3, 2024, the Commission celebrated the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to decline to … Continue ReadingPress Release: Commission Applauds U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision Declining to Hear Challenge to PA Rule 8.4(g)
Commission Submits Comments to Court on Proposed Criminal Procedural Rules re Reduction, Waiver of Court Fines and Costs Posted onApril 22, 2024May 22, 2024inCategoriesNews On April 22, 2024, the Commission submitted comments on proposed statewide rules published by the PA Supreme Court’s Criminal Procedural … Continue ReadingCommission Submits Comments to Court on Proposed Criminal Procedural Rules re Reduction, Waiver of Court Fines and Costs
Press Release: E.D. Shields Joins Other Members of Statewide Indigent Defense Advisory Committee as Committee Convenes its First Meeting Posted onFebruary 26, 2024May 22, 2024inCategoriesNews Via press release on February 26, 2024, the Commission commemorated the inaugural meeting of the Indigent Defense Advisory Committee, held … Continue ReadingPress Release: E.D. Shields Joins Other Members of Statewide Indigent Defense Advisory Committee as Committee Convenes its First Meeting
Press Release: PA House Judiciary Committee Conducts Hearing on Critical Jury Service Issues Posted onFebruary 2, 2024February 2, 2024inCategoriesNews Via press release on February 2, 2024, the Interbranch Commission applauded the Pennsylvania House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee for conducting a … Continue ReadingPress Release: PA House Judiciary Committee Conducts Hearing on Critical Jury Service Issues
Commission Publishes 2023-24 Newsletter Posted onJanuary 25, 2024January 25, 2024inCategoriesNews On January 25, 2024, the Commission published its annual newsletter, reflecting on the work it has conducted through its six … Continue ReadingCommission Publishes 2023-24 Newsletter