Delaware Court of Chancery Document Format Requirements

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

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A party wishing to file an e-brief on DVD instead of CD-ROM must seek leave of Court.

(ii) Any party wishing to file an e-brief on DVD rather than CD-ROM shall seek leave of Court to do so.

WARNINGCivil cases

Citations and quotations must follow the Blue Book as modified by Delaware Uniform Citation, or Yellow Book.

Citations and quotations must conform to the Uniform System of Citation (the Blue Book) published and distributed from time to time by the Harvard Law Review Association as modified by Delaware Uniform Citation (the Yellow Book), published and distributed from time to time by the Delaware State Bar Association.

WARNINGCivil cases

Status reports must use the Court-provided form, except that the Office of the Public Guardian may use its own review form with Court approval.

The status report shall be in the form provided by the Court, except the Office of the Public Guardian may provide its own review form, subject to the Court’s approval.

WARNINGCivil cases

Copies must produce a clear black image on opaque, unglazed white paper; copies of briefs, motions, letters, compendia, and appendices must be 8½ by 11 inches, and double-sided printing is permitted.

Copies must be reproduced by a method that yields a clear black image on white paper. The paper must be opaque, unglazed, and—for briefs, motions, letters, compendia, and appendices—measure 8½ by 11 inches. All copies may be printed double-sided.

WARNINGCivil cases

Unsworn declarations under penalty of perjury may be used for civil miscellaneous pleadings and papers, with specified petition and affidavit exceptions.

A person may use an Unsworn Declaration under Penalty of Perjury under 10 Del. C. § 3927 for pleadings and papers in civil miscellaneous matters, including verifications, declarations, affidavits, and notarized signatures. But an Unsworn Declaration under Penalty of Perjury may not be used with: (1) petitions under Rules 175, 175-A, 175-B, or 180; (2) petitions to remove a guardian and/or appoint a successor guardian; (3) petitions to add a co-guardian; (4) petitions to terminate a guardianship due to recovery of the person with a disability or to terminate in favor of less restrictive measures; (5) petitions for instructions regarding life-sustaining procedures; (6) petitions to transfer funds at majority in guardianships of a minor’s property; (7) physician affidavits;

WARNINGCivil cases

An amended pleading must be filed as a separate, signed, and verified docket entry.

filing the amended pleading as a separate, signed, and verified docket entry

WARNINGCivil cases

For electronically stored information other than Testimony, by affixing the legend “Confidential” to each page of the document,

For electronically stored information other than Testimony, by affixing the legend “Confidential” to each page of the document,

INFOCivil cases

Parties filing a joint brief may put it and any joinders on the same CD-ROM.

(c) Multiple parties filing a brief jointly may file such a brief on CD-ROM. Joinders to a brief may also be filed on the same CD-ROM.

INFOCivil cases

Absent good cause, the responding person need not produce the same material in more than one form.

Absent a showing of good cause, the person responding need not produce the same documents or electronically stored information in more than one form.

INFOCivil cases

Pleadings are not required to use a technical form.

No technical form is required.

INFOCivil cases

A party may file a CD-ROM brief in addition to the required electronic or paper brief, but the electronic or paper submission is the official version and other brief requirements remain in effect.

In addition to the electronically or conventionally filed paper copies of the brief, as required by these rules, a party may file a brief on CD-ROM subject to the following requirements. The electronically filed or paper submission filed pursuant to these Rules will be the “official version” for the Court’s purposes. Except as specifically noted, the filing of a CD-ROM brief does not affect the other requirements of these Rules governing the preparation, filing, and service of the brief:

INFOCivil cases

Applies to

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The Court accepts any structure or format for an electronic brief if it meets this rule’s minimum requirements.

(iv) The Court will not require any particular structure or format for electronic briefs and will accept any format as long as it meets the minimum requirements stated within this rule.