Floyd County Courts, Indiana Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Applies to

Proposed findings

Proposed findings and conclusions must be submitted on computer disc or by email, as the Court directs, within the time the Court sets.

The proposed findings and conclusions shall be submitted to the Court on computer disc or by e-mail in the Court’s discretion within such time as directed by the Court.

CRITICAL

Proposed final jury instructions must be on letter-size paper, double-spaced, with all designations and indications for the Court's disposition in the bottom three inches.

Proposed final instructions, special or Indiana Model Civil Jury Instructions, shall be submitted on letter size [8 1/2 x 11] paper, double-spaced, with all designations including indications for the Court's disposition placed on the bottom three [3] inches of the instruction.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Proposed final jury instructions

Proposed final instructions must be on letter-size paper, double-spaced, with all designations in the bottom three inches.

Proposed final instructions, special or pattern, shall be submitted on letter size [8 1/2 x 11] paper, double-spaced, with all designations including indications for the Court's disposition placed on the bottom three [3] inches of the instruction.

CRITICAL

The electronic transcript must be prepared on multiple disks with the specified designations, and each disk must include the listed identifying information.

Multiple disks containing the electronically formatted transcript shall be prepared and designated as “Official Record,” “Court Reporter’s Copy," "Court’s Copy" and “Party 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 14 transcript.

CRITICAL

Pleadings presented for filing with the Clerk or Court must be flat and unfolded.

All pleadings presented for filing with the Clerk or the Court shall be flat and unfolded.

CRITICAL

Motions must be in writing, except motions made during a recorded proceeding.

C. GENERALLY. Excepting motions made during the course of a recorded proceeding, all motions shall be in writing.

CRITICAL

Guns, drugs, currency, and other dangerous or valuable items should not be included in appellate records.

Under no circumstances should guns, drugs, currency, or other dangerous or valuable items be included in appellate records.

CRITICAL

Pleadings, motions, entries, orders, judgments, and other papers must be filed on letter-size paper measuring 8½ by 11 inches.

All pleadings, motions, entries, orders, judgments and other papers shall be filed on letter size [8 ½ x 11] paper.

WARNING

Pleadings, motions, memoranda, and briefs must comply with Trial Rule 10.

Pleadings, Motions, Memoranda, and Briefs shall comply in all respects to Trial Rule 10.

WARNING

The Clerk’s Record must be bound and secured in a readable way that permits easy disassembly for copying.

A. Assembly of the Clerk’s Record. Upon the filing of a notice of appeal, the trial court clerk shall assemble the Clerk’s Record. The Clerk’s Record shall be bound and secured by using any method which is easy to read and permits easy disassembly for copying.

WARNING

Form discovery may be served only when its requests are consecutively numbered and applicable to the case, or when the case's nature or number of parties makes its use necessary and appropriate.

No "form" discovery shall be served upon a party unless all discovery requests on such forms are consecutively numbered and applicable to the case in which the same are utilized. The intent and purpose of this rule is to prohibit the use of form discovery unless applicable to the case at bar or where the nature of the case or the number of the parties makes the use of such forms necessary and appropriate.

INFO

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

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