Jay County Courts, Indiana Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Photocopied and form pleadings are accepted only if clearly typed or printed, legible, understandable, unaltered by strikeover or erasures, and compliant with section (A).

Photocopied and form pleadings will be accepted only if clearly typed or printed and are legible, understandable and unaltered by strikeover or erasures and in compliance with section (A) of this Rule.

CRITICAL

A continuance motion must be written and verified unless made in open court or the Court directs otherwise.

(B) MOTION. A Motion for Continuance, unless made in open Court, shall be in writing and verified unless the Court directs otherwise.

CRITICAL

Original documents cannot have typewritten or facsimile signatures, but facsimile signatures are permitted on copies and facsimile filings.

Neither typewritten signatures nor facsimile signatures shall be accepted on original documents. Facsimile signatures are, however, permitted on copies and facsimile filing.

CRITICAL

Format

WORD_PERFECT

The disc submitted with proposed findings and conclusions under Trial Rule 52 must be formatted for WordPerfect.

In all cases where counsel has requested findings of fact and conclusions of law under Trial Rule 52, counsel shall be required to submit proposed findings and conclusions both in written form and on disc formatted for Word Perfect.

CRITICAL

Interrogatories must be consecutively numbered and applicable to the cause, and duplicated forms may be served only if they comply with the Rule.

All interrogatories shall be consecutively numbered and be applicable to the cause in which the same are filed and served. No photocopied or otherwise duplicated forms containing interrogatories shall be served unless they comply with the provisions of this Rule.

WARNING

The written hearing waiver must appear on a separate page and may not be incorporated into the pleading or motion.

Parties may, however, waive hearing upon said motions by filing with the Court, simultaneous with said filing, a written “WAIVER OF HEARING” upon a page separate from and not incorporated in the pleading or motion.

WARNING

Format

WORD_PERFECT

The Courts may require Jury Instructions to be submitted on disc formatted for Word Perfect.

The Courts may require Jury Instructions to be submitted on disc formatted for Word Perfect.

WARNING

The abbreviation (H.I.) should not be used in pleadings.

The abbreviation (H.I.) should not be used in pleadings.