Brown County Courts, Indiana Adjournment & Extension Requirements

Before requesting a continuance, the moving party must confer with all other counsel and self-represented parties, then report objections and alternative available dates in the motion.

C. Duty to Confer: Before requesting a continuance, the moving party shall confer with counsel for all other parties and with any parties appearing pro se, to determine any objections and to ascertain dates for rescheduling when all parties are available. Such objections and alternative dates shall be reported in the motion for continuance.

A motion for continuance must be written and signed and comply with T.R. 53.5, unless made on the record during the hearing or otherwise specifically authorized by the court.

A. Written Motions: A motion for continuance, unless made on record during the hearing of the cause or otherwise specifically authorized by the court, shall be in writing and signed. Such motion shall comply in all respects with T.R. 53.5 of the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure.

A continuance motion based on a scheduling conflict must identify the court, case name and number, dates set in both cases, and type of conflicting proceeding.

B. Scheduling Conflicts: A motion for continuance based on a scheduling conflict with another cause shall specify the Court, the case name, the cause number, the date the hearings or trials in both cases was set, and the type of conflicting hearing or trial.