When may a Superior Court claimant first move for summary judgment?

Commencement, any qualifying motion service and the trial-marking status

The alternative motion-service event can change the opening opportunity. Expiration of the twenty-day interval is not itself a last filing date.

Responsible actor. A party seeking recovery on a claim, counterclaim or crossclaim, or declaratory relief. Establish commencement, any already-served summary judgment motion and whether the case has been marked for trial.

1. Commencement, any qualifying motion service and the trial-marking status
2. The alternative motion-service event can change the opening opportunity. Expiration of the twenty-day interval is not itself a last filing date.
3. Identify the actual competing event, court order or statutory condition described here before applying Rule 6. No single date is computed.
4. Determine whether a permitted opening branch and the before-trial-marking condition are satisfied before moving for summary judgment.

The source guide explains the actual missing comparisons or procedural conditions. No computed or paid date is supplied.

Rule 6(e) states a three-day addition to the prescribed period for party acts measured after service by mail. It does not apply to Court acts. These calculators use the disclosed nonmail-service component and do not implement the mail addition or determine legally effective service. An entry-based or filing-based event does not acquire a mail addition merely because a copy is mailed. Do not assume that the differently worded Chancery Rule 6(c) governs Superior Court computation.

These calculators cover the 2026 official Superior Court compilation together with the March 13, 2026 order effective March 20, 2026. Events before March 20 and backward periods crossing before that date receive no computed or paid date. This is publication coverage, not a finding that an actual act is late. Historical editions, emergency measures, changed orders and actual additional closures require separate review. Rules 141–146 govern CCLD cases and preserve general civil rules unless expressly displaced. Confirm the applicable amendment, discovery-motion, motion and briefing procedures before using an ordinary component.

Assume one claimant has already received a summary judgment motion while another has only a commencement event. The two opening branches require different facts, and trial marking can defeat the ordinary opportunity.

The preset does not compare the alternative opening event or the before-trial-marking condition. No computed or paid eligibility date is published.

Alternative opening event

Service of a summary judgment motion supplies an alternative to expiration of twenty days after commencement.

Trial marking limit

The claimant’s motion must precede the marking of the case for trial.

Mail service and actual court schedule

Rule 6(e) states a three-day addition to the prescribed period for party acts measured after service by mail. It does not apply to Court acts. These calculators use the disclosed nonmail-service component and do not implement the mail addition or determine legally effective service. An entry-based or filing-based event does not acquire a mail addition merely because a copy is mailed. Do not assume that the differently worded Chancery Rule 6(c) governs Superior Court computation.

Current edition and historical scope

These calculators cover the 2026 official Superior Court compilation together with the March 13, 2026 order effective March 20, 2026. Events before March 20 and backward periods crossing before that date receive no computed or paid date. This is publication coverage, not a finding that an actual act is late. Historical editions, emergency measures, changed orders and actual additional closures require separate review. Rules 141–146 govern CCLD cases and preserve general civil rules unless expressly displaced. Confirm the applicable amendment, discovery-motion, motion and briefing procedures before using an ordinary component.

• Establish commencement, any already-served summary judgment motion and whether the case has been marked for trial.
• The preset does not compare the alternative opening event or the before-trial-marking condition. No computed or paid eligibility date is published.

• Commencement, any qualifying motion service and the trial-marking status
• The alternative motion-service event can change the opening opportunity. Expiration of the twenty-day interval is not itself a last filing date.
• Service of a summary judgment motion supplies an alternative to expiration of twenty days after commencement.
• The claimant’s motion must precede the marking of the case for trial.
• Determine whether a permitted opening branch and the before-trial-marking condition are satisfied before moving for summary judgment.
• Rule 5(d) addresses filing of papers required to be served. Under Rule 5(d)(1), requests and responses under Rules 31, 33, 34, 35 and 36 are ordinarily served without filing their contents. File the required Notice of Service identifying the discovery or response, its date and manner. Review the separate filing exceptions and any protective order. Rule 79.1 and Administrative Directive 2007-6 govern designated eFile proceedings. Directive section 6(a) treats a document successfully transmitted by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time as filed at the recorded authorized date and time. Section 6(b) requires selection of the parties and submission for electronic service; preserve the receipt identifying date, time and method. Filing alone does not establish service. Section 10 permits the Court, on satisfactory proof, to allow an attempted filing or service nunc pro tunc after a specified system or user error; relief is not automatic. Administrative Directive 2015-6 preserves 2007-6 except for its technology-fee change. Do not copy the Chancery ordinary 5 p.m. boundary. Confirm the actual case designation, required paper steps, any earlier Court deadline and current Prothonotary directions.