(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.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 9 - Organization and Jurisdiction of Courts of Common Pleas
Section 901 - Judicial districts
Section 911 - Courts of common pleas
Section 912 - Powers of courts of common pleas
Section 914 - Reimbursement for common pleas court costs
Section 915 - Proportional reduction
Section 916 - Problem-solving courts
Section 916.1 - Commerce courts
Section 931 - Original jurisdiction and venue
Section 932 - Appeals from minor judiciary
Section 933 - Appeals from government agencies
Section 934 - Writs of certiorari
Section 952 - Status of court divisions
Section 953 - Administrative judges of divisions