Grant County Courts, Indiana Service and Proof of Service Rules

CRITICAL

Appointment of a guardian of a minor or entry of a protective order requires notice to, or consent from, both natural parents.

No guardian of a minor shall be appointed or protective order entered withoutnotice to, or consents from, both natural parents.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Written appearance form

A party must serve the written appearance form on all parties of record before or immediately upon filing it.

A party’s written appearance form shall be served upon all parties of record before or immediately upon filing.

CRITICAL

The party shall also promptly file with the local court and serve on every other party to the local proceeding a copy of the bankruptcy court order setting out anyof the following:

The party shall also promptly file with the local court and serve on every other party to the local proceeding a copy of the bankruptcy court order setting out anyof the following:

CRITICAL

The party must promptly serve the bankruptcy notice on every other party to the local proceeding.

When a local court proceeding is stayed by federal bankruptcy law, such as when a party to the local court proceeding files a bankruptcy proceeding, that party shall promptly file with the local court and serve on every other party to thelocal proceeding a notice reciting:

CRITICAL

Applies to

Change of address or phone notice

Attorneys who have appeared and unrepresented parties must notify the Court in writing of changes to their mailing address or phone number, filing a separate notice in each affected cause and serving the other parties or their attorneys.

It shall be the duty of attorneys who have entered their written appearance and ofall parties who are not represented by an attorney, to notify the Court of any change of their mailing addresses and phone numbers. Such notification shall be in writing filed separately for each cause to which the change applies and served upon other parties to each cause or their attorneys of record.

CRITICAL

Service

Mail

A party asking the Clerk to mail a summons and complaint by registered or certified mail must provide an addressed envelope and a prepared return receipt containing the cause number and the specified return-to information.

Any party requesting the Clerk to mail the summons and a copy of the complaint by registered or certified mail shall provide an addressed envelope and shall prepare the return receipt and include the number of the cause of action and mark the "RETURN TO" to the Clerk of Grant County, Courthouse, 101 East Fourth Street, Marion, Indiana,46952 (Amended May 12, 1997).

CRITICAL

An adult guardian or protective order requires notice, unless verified allegations show that delay may cause immediate and irreparable injury or property loss or damage.

No guardian of an adult shall be appointed or protective order entered without notice, except upon verified allegations that delay may result in immediate andirreparable injury to the person or loss or damage to property.

CRITICAL

A party offering biologically contaminated evidence must serve all parties with the pretrial notice.

A party who offers biologically contaminated evidence must file a pretrial notice with the trial court and serve all the parties so that the court can consider the issue and rule appropriately before trial.

WARNING

Service

Mail

A certificate of service or proof of mailing is sufficient proof of service when the pleading was mailed to the party’s or attorney’s last address on the docket.

Certificates of service or proof of mailing of pleadings concerning any cause shall be deemed sufficient proof of service if such pleadings were mailed to the last address of a party or attorney noted upon thedocket of a cause.

WARNING

The court must notify attorneys of record and unrepresented parties about the evidence-destruction date by mail or courthouse mailbox, and notice to the last current address is sufficient.

In all cases, the court shall provide actual notice, by mail or through the Madison County Courthouse mailbox system, to all attorneys of record and to parties only if unrepresented by counsel, that the evidence will be destroyed by a date certain if not retrieved before that date. Counsel and parties have the duty to keep the court informed of their current addresses and notice to the last current address shall be sufficient.