Adams County Courts, Indiana Document Filing Requirements

CRITICAL

Applies to

Certificate of attendance

In specified family and paternity proceedings, each party must file an attendance certificate before the final hearing; the Court may allow an exception for good cause or order attendance in other cases.

(a) The parties to every Petition for Dissolution of Marriage or Petition for Legal Separation which involves minor or unemancipated children and all parties to Paternity proceedings shall attend and pay for the Families in Transition program administered and presented by Family Centered Services, Inc., or such other organization that the Court may from time to time designate. A certificate of attendance for each party shall be filed with the Court by each party before a final hearing may be held. (b) Any exception to the above may only be granted by express order of the Court after a showing of good cause for such exception. (c) The Court may order parties to other cases to attend Families in Transition and upon such occasions the parties shall comply with the above terms as well as any order entered in their particular case.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Probate matter

A probate matter must have an Indiana-admitted attorney listed as attorney of record; if an out-of-state attorney is involved, the Indiana attorney is responsible for the probate matter.

No estates, guardianships or other probate matters will be filed in this Court unless there is at least one attorney admitted to practice law in the State of Indiana listed as attorney of record. In the event there is an out of state attorney there must be an Indiana lawyer listed as the attorney of record and the Court will look to the Indiana attorney as the responsible attorney in all probate matters.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Statement

If the attorney cannot file the inventory within two months, the attorney must notify the Court in writing of the reasons for noncompliance.

In the event that the attorney for the Personal Representative is unable to file an inventory within two months, he will so apprise the Court by a statement in writing the reasons for failure to comply with this Rule and I.C. 29-1-12-1.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Petition to sell real property

In a supervised estate, a petition to sell real property must be accompanied by a competent written appraisal of fair market value unless the appraisal is already reflected in the inventory.

In all supervised estates, no petition to sell real property will be granted unless a competent written appraisal setting forth the fair market value thereof is filed with the Court at the time of filing the petition to sell, unless such appraisal was reflected in the inventory.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Inventory

In a supervised estate, the Personal Representative must file a verified inventory meeting the cited statutory requirements within two months of appointment.

In all supervised estates, the Personal Representative shall file with the Court within two months of his appointment, a verified Inventory prepared in conformity with the requirements of I.C. 29-1-12-1.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Special judge appointment agreement

The parties’ agreement to appoint a special judge must be written and filed in the court where the case is pending.

The agreement of the parties must be in writing and filed in the Court where the case is pending.

WARNING

Applies to

Fee petition

A fee petition requesting extraordinary fees must describe the services rendered specifically.

Fee petitions requesting extraordinary fees must set forth services rendered with specificity.

INFO

Applies to

Court reporter report

Court Reporters must submit an annual report on the prescribed forms listing transcript fees received.

Each Court Reporter shall submit a report, at least on an annual basis to the Indiana Supreme Court Division of State Administration, on forms prescribed by the Division, all transcript fees (either county indigent, state indigent or private) received by the Court Reporter.