The forms listed below may be used for filing in the Wayne County Court of Common Pleas. The Court strongly recommends that persons obtain legal counsel.The Manual provides information about the rules of civil, appellate, and administrative procedures, including cites and quotes of pertinent references. A lis pendens is a document that is filed in the public records that alerts the world that someone is asserting claim over the property. Golan Barak filed a lis pendens in the Allegheny County Department of Court Records' judgment index against a certain piece of real estate. Lis Pendens literally means "suit pending" it is defined as the "jurisdiction, power, or control which courts acquire over property involved in a pending suit. A lis pendens is a latin term and is defined as, "a pending legal action, or a notice thereof. " In the real estate world, it means a notice, filed in a court.