Greene County Courts, Indiana Document Filing Requirements

CRITICAL

Applies to

Motion

Must include

proposed order

At filing, each motion must include an original proposed order for the Court, one copy, and enough copies for the parties; the order must identify its preparer and include a full distribution list.

At the time of filing, each motion shall be accompanied by the original and one copy of a proposed order for the Court and sufficient copies of the proposed order for the parties. Proposed orders shall indicate the draft's preparer and shall include a full distribution list of attorneys or parties to whom the order should be sent.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Financial declaration

The financial declaration must include the custody and visitation proposal as Exhibit 1A.

(ATTACH AS EXHIBIT 1A YOUR PROPOSAL FOR CUSTODY AND VISITATION.)

CRITICAL

Applies to

Financial declaration

The financial declaration must provide the same information for other real estate as Exhibit 4A.

(PROVIDE THE SAME INFORMATION FOR OTHER REAL ESTATE AS EXHIBIT 4A.)

CRITICAL

Applies to

Financial declaration

The financial declaration includes an affirmation under penalty of perjury that its statements and exhibits are true and complete to the signer's knowledge.

I do swear or affirm under penalties for perjury that the statements herein and the exhibits attached are true and complete to the best of my knowledge this _________ day of ______________, 20____.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Motion for continuance

A motion for continuance must be in writing and signed.

for continuance shall be in writing and signed.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Fax transmission records

The sending party must retain the original document and transmission log for the duration of the litigation.

the original document and the transmission log are maintained by the sending party for the duration of the litigation.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Financial declaration

In a dissolution or legal separation proceeding, each party must complete, date, sign, and verify the Financial Declarations form in Appendix A.

In any dissolution of marriage or legal separation proceeding, each party shall complete in full, date, sign and verify a Financial Declarations form as set out herein as Appendix A.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Financial declaration

The financial declaration must include the prior month's paycheck stubs as Exhibit 2A.

(ATTACH PRIOR MONTH'S PAYCHECK STUBS AS EXHIBIT 2A.)

CRITICAL

Applies to

Fax transmission log

The sending party must create a machine-generated log when transmitting a fax filing.

the sending party creates at the time of transmission a machine generated log for such transmission;

CRITICAL

Applies to

Financial declaration

The financial declaration must include two itemized lists as Exhibits 4B and 4C, identifying the items each spouse wishes to retain.

(ATTACH TWO ITEMIZED LISTS REFLECTING ITEMS YOU WISH TO RETAIN AS EXHIBIT 4B AND ITEMS YOU WISH YOUR SPOUSE TO RETAIN AS EXHIBIT 4C.)

CRITICAL

Applies to

Evidence disposition notice

The court must notify attorneys of record and unrepresented parties by mail, including e-mail, that evidence will be destroyed on a specified date if not retrieved beforehand.

In all cases, the court shall provide notice, by mail (including e-mail), to all attorneys of record and to parties only if unrepresented by counsel (at the last known address), that the evidence will be destroyed by a date certain if not retrieved before that date.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Motion for continuance

A motion for continuance must comply in all respects with Indiana Trial Rule 53.5.

Such motion shall comply in all respects with Trial Rule 53.5 of the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Financial declaration

The financial declaration must include an itemized schedule marked Exhibit 3A.

(ATTACH AN ITEMIZED SCHEDULE MARKED EXHIBIT 3A.)

CRITICAL

Applies to

Evidence removal receipt

At the time of removal, a detailed receipt shall be given to the court reporter by the party receiving and removing the evidence. The receipt will be made part of the court file.

At the time of removal, a detailed receipt shall be given to the court reporter by the party receiving and removing the evidence. The receipt will be made part of the court file.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Motion for continuance

The motion for continuance must report objections and alternative rescheduling dates.

Such objections and alternative dates shall be reported in the motion for continuance.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Transcript

Non-documentary and oversized exhibits must be briefly identified in the transcript where admitted into evidence.

Such exhibits shall be briefly identified in the transcript where they were admitted into evidence.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Financial declaration

The financial declaration must include a separate schedule proposing the division of marital assets and debts as Exhibit 6A.

ATTACH A SEPARATE SCHEDULE SHOWING YOUR PROPOSED DIVISION OF THE MARITAL ASSETS AND DEBTS AS EXHIBIT 6A.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Motion for continuance

A continuance motion based on a scheduling conflict must identify the other court, case, case number, setting date, and hearing or trial type.

A motion for continuance based upon a scheduling conflict with another case shall specify the Court, the case name, the case number, the date the hearing or trial was set, and the type of hearing or trial.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Fax cover sheet

Must include

page count, case number

Every faxed document sent to the Clerk must include a signed cover sheet stating the document title, case number, page count, sender’s identity and voice telephone number, and filing instructions.

Any document sent to the Clerk by electronic facsimile transmission shall be accompanied by a cover sheet which states the title of the document, case number, number of pages, identity and voice telephone number of the sending party and instructions for filing. The cover sheet shall contain the signature of the lawyer or party, pro se, authorizing the filing.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Pretrial notice

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

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 may consider the issue and rule appropriately before trial.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Interrogatory answer or objection

Each interrogatory answer or objection must reproduce the full interrogatory immediately before the answer or objection.

Answers or objections to interrogatories shall set forth in full the interrogatory being answered or objected to immediately preceding the answer or objection.

WARNING

Applies to

Recognizance bond

The parents' information fields on the recognizance bond must be completed if the signer is under 21.

Following to be completed if under 21 years of age

WARNING

Applies to

Financial declaration

Use last 4 digits of account numbers

Use last 4 digits of account numbers

WARNING

Applies to

Transcript fee report

Each Court Reporter must report transcript fees at least annually to the Indiana Supreme Court Office of Judicial Administration using its prescribed forms.

Each Court Reporter shall report, at least on an annual basis, all transcript fees received for the preparation of either county indigent, state indigent or private transcripts to the Indiana Supreme Court Office of Judicial Administration. The reporting shall be made on forms prescribed by the Office of Judicial Administration.

WARNING

Applies to

Court equipment use agreement

If the Court agrees to a reporter's use of Court equipment, workspace, and supplies, the parties must make a written agreement specifying the rate, recordkeeping method, and reimbursement method, and attach and publish it annually with the supply schedule.

If the Court Reporter desires to use the Court's equipment, work space and supplies, and if the Court agrees to the use of the court equipment for such purpose, the Court and the Court Reporter shall enter into a written agreement which must, at a minimum, designate the following: a. The reasonable market rate for the use of equipment, workspace and supplies; b. The method by which records are to be kept for the use of equipment, work space and supplies; c. The method by which the Court Reporter is to reimburse the Court for the use of the equipment, workspace and supplies. Such agreement shall be attached to the Schedule of Transcript Supplies and published annually.

WARNING

Applies to

Evidence retention log

Court reporters should maintain a log of retained evidence and scheduled disposition date, and evidence should be held in a secure area.

Court reporters should maintain a log of retained evidence and scheduled disposition date, and evidence should be held in a secure area.