Fayette County Courts, Indiana Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Only the original of a brief or motion should be filed unless the Court directs otherwise.

(C) Only the original of briefs and motions shall be filed except when the Court directs otherwise.

CRITICAL

The listed probate applications, proofs, accounts, and orders must comply with applicable state probate law and, as nearly as practicable, use court-prescribed forms.

All applications filed for appointment of personal representatives of decedent’s estate, for appointment of guardians of incompetents, proofs of wills, all partial and final accounts made and filed by trustees, personal representatives and guardians, and orders thereon, shall comply with the applicable Probate Law of this State, and, as near as practicable, they shall be made on or according to the forms prescribed by the Court.

CRITICAL

Duplicated interrogatory forms may be filed or served only if all interrogatories are consecutively numbered and applicable to the case.

No mimeographed or otherwise duplicated forms containing interrogatories shall be filed or served upon a party unless all interrogatories are consecutively numbered and applicable to the cause in which the same are filed and served.

CRITICAL

Motions made outside trial or a hearing must be in writing.

(B) A motion other than one made during trial or hearing shall be in writing.

CRITICAL

Stipulations must be written and filed with the Court or made of record in open Court to the Official Court Reporter.

All stipulations must be reduced to writing and filed with the Court or made of record in open Court to the Official Court Reporter.

CRITICAL

Orders submitted to the Court must include a copy for the Clerk and each affected party, plus additional copies for the Sheriff when needed to make a return of service.

(B) All orders submitted to the Court shall be sufficient in number so that one copy besides the original may be retained by the Clerk and copy for each affected party; further, if service is directed to be made by the Sheriff, a sufficient number of additional copies shall be provided in order that the Sheriff may make necessary return of service.

CRITICAL

Personal representatives, guardians, and trustees must file partial and final accounts in duplicate.

All partial and final accounts filed by personal representatives, guardians, and trustees must be filed in duplicate.

CRITICAL

A party requesting that file-marked pleadings or orders be returned by mail must provide a self-addressed envelope with sufficient postage.

(H) Any party requesting the Court to return file marked copies of the pleadings and/or orders by mail shall provide the Court with a self-addressed envelope with sufficient postage.

CRITICAL

When directed to submit a proposed order following a contested hearing, counsel must submit it in writing and in electronic format.

If counsel has been directed to submit a proposed order following a contested hearing the proposed order shall be submitted in writing and in electronic format.

CRITICAL

Personal representatives, guardians, commissioners, and trustees must file inventories with the Clerk in duplicate.

All inventories filed by personal representative, guardian, commissioner or trustee, must be filed with the Clerk in duplicate.

CRITICAL

Proposed findings must also be provided to the court in Microsoft Word format.

and also provided to the court in Microsoft Word format.

WARNING

Payment vouchers must be numbered and arranged consecutively to correspond to the credit items in the report.

the vouchers showing payments of such items must, likewise, be numbered, and arranged consecutively in proper numerical sequence, so as to correspond with the items in the report

WARNING

Credit items in reports must be numbered consecutively starting with 1.

All items of credits for expenses, fees, and claims paid, and for legacies and distributive shares paid to beneficiaries, must be numbered consecutively from 1, upward

WARNING

Requests for special instructions should be submitted in duplicate by the beginning of the final pre-trial conference and must cite supporting authorities; counsel may submit additional instructions during trial for matters that could not reasonably have been anticipated.

(A) All request for special instruction submitted in accordance with Rule T.R. 51 should be submitted to the Court in duplicate not later than the beginning of the final pre-trial conference. Counsel shall have the right to submit additional instructions during trial on matters which could not reasonably have been anticipated in advance of trial. Such request for special instruction shall contain citations to supporting authorities.

WARNING

Papers presented for filing should be flat and unfolded, without manuscript covers.

(A) All papers presented to the Clerk for filing should be flat and unfolded, and without manuscript covers.

WARNING

Mimeographed or printed forms are discouraged and will be accepted only if legible, clearly understandable, and unaltered by striking over or erasing.

(E) The use of mimeographed or printed forms is not encouraged and the same will be accepted for filing only if legible, clearly understandable and not in any way altered by striking over and/or erasing.

INFO

If the parties agree, counsel may present all issues and evidence relevant to a domestic relations case in summary fashion.

By agreement of the parties, all issues and evidence relevant to a domestic relations case may be presented in summary fashion by counsel.