Clark County Courts, Indiana Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

The moving party must prepare the joint preliminary injunction order in a form consistent with the Appendix.

B. Form of Injunction. The moving party shall prepare such order in a form consistent with that set forth in the Appendix to these Local Family Rules of Procedure.

CRITICAL

Form discovery may be served only if all requests on the forms are consecutively numbered and applicable to the case.

No "form" discovery shall be served upon a party unless all discovery requests on such forms are consecutively numbered and applicable to the case.

CRITICAL

The moving party must prepare the property TRO order in a form consistent with the Appendix to the Local Family Rules of Practice.

B. Form of Order. The moving party shall prepare such order in a form consistent with that set forth in the Appendix to these Local Family Rules of Practice.

CRITICAL

The moving party must prepare the personal TRO order in a form consistent with the Appendix to the Local Family Rules of Practice.

F. Form of Order. The moving party shall prepare such order in form consistent with that set forth in the Appendix to these Local Family Rules of Practice.

CRITICAL

A property TRO and a personal TRO requested under I.C. 31-15-4-3 must issue as separate orders and may not be combined.

I. Separate Orders Required. A Temporary Restraining Order- Property and a Temporary Restraining Order-Person requested under I.C. 31-15-4-3 may not be combined under one order and must issue as separate orders.

CRITICAL

The moving party must prepare the temporary restraining order in a form consistent with the Appendix.

F. Form of Restraining Order. The moving party shall prepare such order in a form consistent with that set forth in the Appendix to these Local Family Rules of Practice.

CRITICAL

Pleadings, motions, entries, orders, judgments, and other papers must be filed on letter-size paper.

All pleadings, motions, entries, orders, judgments and other papers shall be filed on letter size [8 1/2 x 11] paper.

CRITICAL

Attorneys must not use the court’s signature stamp on a temporary restraining order before the judge signs the original.

Attorneys may not use the court’s signature stamp until the original is signed by the judge.

CRITICAL

The moving party shall prepare such order in a form consistent with that set forth in the Appendix to these Local Family Rules of Practice.

The moving party shall prepare such order in a form consistent with that set forth in the Appendix to these Local Family Rules of Practice.

WARNING

The worksheets submitted in child-support hearings must be in a form consistent with the Indiana Child Support Rules and Guidelines.

In all hearings involving child support, each party shall submit to the court a Child Support Guideline Worksheet and Parenting Time Credit Worksheet in such form consistent with that set forth in the Indiana Child Support Rules and Guidelines.

WARNING

The notice of the financial disclosure exchange requirement must follow the form in the Appendix to the Local Family Rules of Practice.

Such Notice shall be in such form consistent with that set forth in the Appendix to these Local Family Rules of Practice.

WARNING

A Verified Financial Disclosure Statement must be in a form consistent with the Appendix to the Local Family Rules of Practice.

In all contested dissolution, separation, and paternity actions each party shall prepare and exchange within forty-five (45) days of the filing of the action, a Verified Financial Disclosure Statement in such form consistent with that set forth in the Appendix to these Local Family Rules of Practice.

WARNING

Transcript disks must be designated as the original, reporter's copy, or court's copy and labeled with the specified case and transcript information.

Multiple disks containing the electronically formatted transcript shall be prepared and designated as "Original Transcript" "Court Reporter's Copy" and "Court's Copy". Each disk shall be labeled to identify the case number, the names of the parties, the date completed, the court reporter's name, and the disk number if more than one disk is required for a complete transcript.

WARNING

A proposed order scheduling hearings must conform to the form in the Rules’ Appendix.

The proposed Order scheduling hearings must be in a form consistent with that set forth in the Appendix to these Rules.

INFO

Attorneys may use the court’s signature stamp for a joint preliminary injunction to facilitate the Clerk’s and counsel’s work.

Attorneys may use the court’s signature stamp for the convenience of the Clerk and counsel.