Case Name: Michele SCHICKLE, Petitioner, v. Larry McFARLIN, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1996-04-16
Citations: 544 Pa. 36
Docket Number: 
Parties: Michele SCHICKLE, Petitioner, v. Larry McFARLIN, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 544
Pages: 36–36

Head Matter:
674 A.2d 672
Michele SCHICKLE, Petitioner, v. Larry McFARLIN, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
April 16, 1996.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
AND NOW, this 16th day of April, 1996, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, per curiam reversal.
In March, 1988, petitioner filed a complaint for child support agáinst respondent. At the support conference, respondent /denied paternity of petitioner's minor child. Following the conference, both parties executed a form acknowledging their right to demand a jury trial within ten days of the conference pursuant to Pa.R.Civ.P. § 1910.15(b). Neither party elected to request a jury trial.
The statute, Pa.R.Civ.P. § 1910.15(b), specifies that the ten-day limit commences with the conference, which in this case was held five years ago, and not the complaint. Respondent offers no evidence to support his assertion that his motion for a jury trial was timely filed. Nor does he present any evidence why he should be permitted to withdraw the waiver of his right to a jury trial which he signed immediately following the support conference five years ago. The order of the Superior Court is hereby REVERSED and the verdict of the trial court is reinstated.