Brown County Courts, Indiana Document Filing Requirements

CRITICAL

Applies to

Appearance

Counsel for both initiating and responding parties must file a new appearance in a post-final-decree or post-final-paternity-order action.

Counsel for initiating and responding parties shall be required to file a new appearance in any post final decree/final paternity order action.

INFO

Applies to

Preliminary hearing request

At or after filing a domestic relations case, a party may request a preliminary hearing in writing on the listed temporary matters.

At or after the filing of a domestic relations case, any party may request in writing a preliminary hearing to address temporary maintenance, temporary support or custody of a child of the marriage, possession of property, counseling, and/or a protective order under IC 34-26-5.

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Applies to

Proof of parenting class completion

A parent who has already completed an online parenting class and provides proof is exempt from repeating the class and complying with this rule.

A parent, who has already completed an online parenting class and provides proof of the same, shall not be required to repeat the class and will be exempted from complying with this rule.

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Applies to

Appearance

An appearance containing the other-case information, including cause numbers and captions, satisfies the notice requirement.

An appearance containing this information, including cause number(s) and caption(s), pursuant to Indiana Trial Rule 3.1 fulfills this requirement.

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Mediation referral request

Parties may request referral to the Family Court Project or private mediation by filing a written request with the court.

Parties may request that the case be referred to the Family Court Project or to private mediation by filing a written request with the court.