Conciliation Jurisdiction

Conciliation Jurisdiction. (a) The Commonwealth Trial Court may, at the request of a party to any civil controversy (other than annulment, divorce and adoption), endeavor to effect an amicable settlement of the controversy, and to that end, may invite the other party or parties to the controversy to appear before the judge for an informal hearing. (b) If an agreement in settlement of the controversy is reached, the judge shall reduce it to writing and this report of the settlement agreement, when signed by the parties, shall have the force and effect of a judgment even though the subject matter of the controversy may be beyond the jurisdiction of the court for purposes other than conciliation. Source: 9 TTC § 51. Commission Comment: In preparing this section for codification, the Commission deleted 9 TTC § 51(2), which was obsolete. Section 4 of PL 6-25, the “Commonwealth Judicial Reorganization Act of 1989,” provides that “[w]herever the term ‘Commonwealth Trial Court’ appears in the Commonwealth Code, it is henceforth to be interpreted and understood to refer to the Commonwealth Superior Court.”