Civil, Family & Orphans’ Court Administration

Sara Shaffer
Deputy Court Administrator – Civil, Family, and Orphans’ Court
Dauphin County Courthouse
101 Market Street
3^rd Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17101
(717) 780-6646
SShaffer@dauphincounty.gov

 

 

Deborah Zook-Tome
Paralegal
Dauphin County Courthouse
101 Market Street
3^rd Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17101
(717) 780-6633
dzook@dauphincounty.gov

 

Terri Herb
Administrative Assistant
Dauphin County Courthouse
101 Market Street
3^rd Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17101
(717) 780-6630
therb@dauphincounty.gov

All Civil, Family, and Orphans’ Court matters are submitted by the Prothonotary’s Office or the Register of Wills/Clerk of the Orphans’ Court to the Court Administrator’s Office for review and assignment to a judge.

Frequently asked questions regarding certain Dauphin County Local Rules of Civil Procedure can be found here.

This office also reviews all divorce filings when a Praecipe to Transmit Record is filed with the Prothonotary asking that a Divorce Decree be granted.

This office also reviews all custody filings and assigns the cases either to a custody conference officer or a judge.