Gibson County Courts, Indiana Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

Parties seeking to be excused from mediation must apply for and receive a court order; relief is not routine and is available only for extraordinary circumstances and good cause.

For the parties in either a civil or domestic relations case to be excused from attempting to settle their case issues through mediation, they must apply for and receive from the Court an order excusing the parties from the mediation requirement. Such orders shall not be sought as a matter of course by the parties or their counsel, and such relief shall be granted by the Court only upon extraordinary circumstances and for good cause.

At least 15 days after the peremptory-change period expires and before the specified contested final hearings, the parties must submit disputed issues to mediation.

Fifteen (15) days or more after the period allowed for peremptory change of judge under Trial Rule 76(B) has expired, and before any civil plenary, civil tort, domestic relations dissolution, custody, or legal separation contested final hearing is conducted, the parties must submit all issues of disagreement to mediation as set forth in the Indiana Rules of Alternative Dispute Resolution.