Please be advised that License Suspension Appeals scheduled on April 13, 2020 have been cancelled and will be rescheduled to June 22, 2020.

Yes. Rather than in person, payments may be made using the following electronic options:

• Pennsylvania State Website: https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/ Available 7 days per week and 24 hours per day.
• Lehigh County website: lehighcountytix.com Available 7 days per week and 24 hours per day.
• NCourt by phone: 877-793-7955 Available 7 days per week from 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Please call the relevant District Court for assistance with identifying case number/case balance.

NOTE: During the closure of the courthouse to the public we are operating with limited staff. Accordingly, the following application procedure is currently available to Lehigh County residents only. Residents of other counties should contact the Orphans' Court of their home counties.

1. If you have a confirmed wedding date and officiant during the months of April and May, 2020, as the initial step in the marriage license application process:
1. complete the Marriage License Application Form by providing all information for both Applicants and:
• submit the Application electronically by attaching it to an email to marriagelicense@lehighcounty.org. Include in the email:
1. a telephone number where one of applicants can be contacted;
2. the date of your scheduled wedding
3. the name, title and phone number of the person who will be performing your wedding;
4. legible copy of current photo ID for both applicants; and
5. legible copies of divorce decree or death certificate most recent former spouse of either applicant

OR

2. Print, complete and sign the Marriage License Application Form, or by calling 610-782-3172 to request that Application Form be mailed to you, and add the following information to the bottom of the Application:
1. a telephone number (and email address if possible), where one of the applicants can be contacted;
2. the confirmed date of your wedding, and
3. the name, and title and phone number of the person who will be performing your wedding
3. Mail the completed and signed Application and all of the following:
1. legible copy of current photo ID for both applicants
2. legible copies of divorce decree or death certificate for the most recent former spouse of either applicant

TO:
Lehigh County Marriage License Office
Room 123 - Lehigh County Courthouse
Allentown PA 18101

2. B. Applicants will be notified by separate email or telephone call: (i) whether they may be eligible for the in-person interview portion of the application process to be by video conference during the closure of the Courthouse; and (ii) provided with further instructions.

Applicants who have been unable to utilize a marriage license issued by the Lehigh County Marriage License Office before its expiration date because of COVID-19 restrictions, are eligible to re-apply for a marriage license one time without payment of an application fee or re-supplying any supporting documentation. When the Courthouse re-opens to the public, both applicants must appear together to re-apply and bring with them their expired marriage license and a completed Petition For Expedited Reapplication For Marriage License Please do not re-apply until you have a confirmed wedding date and officiant.

During the closure of the Courthouse, the Duplicate Certificate completed by the officiant (bottom portion of marriage license) must be returned to the Marriage License Office by mail to Marriage License Office, Lehigh County Courthouse 455 West Hamilton Street, Allentown, PA 18101. Certified copies that you pre-ordered at the time of application will be mailed to you upon receipt and recording of the completed Duplicate Certificate.

1. Complete the Order Form and Submit to marriagelicense@lehighcounty.org AND
• Include a telephone number where you can be contacted to supply a credit card number (VISA, MasterCard, Discover). The cost is $10/certified copy and, if you choose to have it mailed to you by priority mail, there is an additional charge of $7.75.

OR

2. Complete print and MAIL the Order Form to the Marriage License Office, Clerk of Orphans' Court, Lehigh County Courthouse-Room 123, 455 West Hamilton Street, Allentown, PA 18101 with both of the following:
• a money order payable to the Marriage License Office in the amount of $10/certified copy, plus 7.75 for priority mail;

OR

• a money order payable to the Marriage License Office in the amount of $10/certified copy AND a stamped self-addressed envelope in which the certified copy will be returned you by regular mail.

An Indirect Criminal Complaint is filed when a Plaintiff in a Protection from Abuse case is alleging the Defendant has violated one or more of conditions placed on the Defendant in a Temporary or Final Protection From Abuse Order.

• You must complete ALL of the following forms in order and save each form to a location on your computer. You will need to then EMAIL or FAX your documents to the Family Court Office. Failure to complete and EMAIL or FAX ALL the forms may result in your petition not being processed.
• Indirect Criminal Contempt Petition
• Confidential Information
• Praecipe for self-representation
• Send Completed Forms
• Attach each completed form and EMAIL them to FamilyCourtOffice@Lehighcounty.org



OR

• Fax each completed form to (610) 782-3866

Once the Family Court Office has received the documents, a Rule to Show Cause will be prepared and taken to the Motions Judge during a PFA session at either 10:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m.

Once the Indirect Criminal Contempt petition is ruled on, it will be filed with the Clerk of Judicial Records Office and the Plaintiff will be notified.

If the Rule to Show Cause is signed by the Judge, both parties will be ordered to appear in court at later date determined by the Court.