Declaratory Judgment. Plaintiff further requests a Declaratory Judgment that the Exclusion of Loss Due to.Heyer filed for a declaratory judgment that the marriage was void because the minister did not meet the requirements of 23 PA. CONS. STAT. ANN. One document request (Request 9) seeks the DAO's "complete case file" of a currently pending murder case in the Philadelphia Court of Common. A declaratory judgment must be "of some practical help to the parties" at the time when it is made. This is an action for declaratory relief to settle important questions concerning the. Rule 5.1 has no counterpart in former Orphans' Court Rules, but is based upon Philadelphia Local Rule 1.2. It may be filed only in a Pennsylvania magisterial district court and not in the Philadelphia Municipal Court. U.S." in the City of Philadelphia and "is a privately funded, 501(cX3) tax-exempt,. See Remick, §18.08; see also Declaratory Judgments Act,.