Judge Gary L. Smith

Applies to

Chronological case summary entry order or judgment

Chronological case summary entries, orders, and judgments must include a distribution list with each recipient’s name and mailing address in the lower left-hand corner of the signature page.

Applies to

Motion or application

Must include

proposed order

Motions or applications for the listed matters must be accompanied by proposed orders.

Applies to

Motion

Must include

proposed order

Motions must be accompanied by a hearing request and a proposed order scheduling a hearing, except for the stated categories of motions.

As required by the Trial Rules, requests for discovery shall be served upon the parties and should not be filed with the Court unless in connection with a dispute concerning compliance with prior discovery requests.

An attorney withdrawing from a case must serve the motion on all counsel and parties of record and on the client.

Applies to

Pleading

A person filing a pleading that requires service must designate the manner of service.

An initial motion for enlargement of time is summarily granted or denied ex parte at filing unless the Court decides to schedule a hearing.

A joint motion for continuance is summarily granted or denied ex parte at filing unless the Court decides to schedule a hearing.

Continuance requests must be made as soon as the reason is discovered or should have been discovered; except in an emergency or in open court, the written motion must be on file at least 10 days before the scheduled matter unless accompanied by an affidavit that the reason arose within that 10-day period, and exceptions may be granted for matters scheduled with less than 10 days’ notice.

Judges of Jennings County Problem-Solving Courts may impose fees for necessary and appropriate intervention services, including the listed services.

A felon must pay a $100 administration fee and a misdemeanant a $50 administration fee upon entering the program and signing the participant agreement.

A monthly user fee of no more than $50 begins in the participant’s second month and continues each month for the duration of participation.