Jennings County Courts, Indiana Service and Proof of Service Rules

CRITICAL

Applies to

Pre trial notice

A party offering biologically contaminated evidence must serve the pre-trial notice on all parties before trial.

A party who offers biologically contaminated evidence must file a pre-trial notice with the Court and serve all the parties, so that the Court may consider the issue and rule appropriately before the jury trial.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Pleading

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

It shall be the duty of every person filing a pleading that requires service to clearly designate the manner of service, e.g., certified mail or sheriff.

CRITICAL

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

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

CRITICAL

Applies to

Financial declaration form

In the specified family-law matters, the moving party must prepare and serve a Financial Declaration Form within 30 days after filing the action.

A. Requirement In all relevant family law matters, including dissolutions, legal separations, paternity, and post decree support or maintenance proceedings, the moving party shall prepare and serve a Financial Declaration Form on the opposing party or their counsel within thirty (30) days of the date of the filing of the action.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Financial declaration form

The responding party must prepare and serve a Financial Declaration Form within 20 days after receiving service of the moving party’s declaration.

The responding party shall prepare and serve a Financial Declaration Form within twenty (20) days after receipt of service of the moving party’s declaration.

CRITICAL

Service

Mail

For service by certified mail, the filer must give the Clerk a completed return card and receipt with the cause number on the card.

If service is to be by certified mail, the person shall tender to the Clerk a completed certified mail return card and receipt with the cause number typed or printed on the mail return card.

WARNING

Service

Mail

A request for certified-mail, return-receipt service after the initial filing must include sufficient postage.

If service by certified mail, return receipt requested is requested after the initial filing of a lawsuit or claim, sufficient postage must be provided.

WARNING

Applies to

Financial declaration form

B. Exceptions The Financial Declaration Form need not be exchanged if: 1.) the parties agree in writing to waive exchange. 2.) the parties have executed a written agreement which settles all financial issues; 3.) the proceeding is one in which the service is by publication and there is no response; 4.) the proceeding is post-decree and concerns issues without financial implications. Provided, however, when the proceeding is post-decree and concerns only an arrearage, the alleged delinquent party shall complete the

B. Exceptions The Financial Declaration Form need not be exchanged if: 1.) the parties agree in writing to waive exchange. 2.) the parties have executed a written agreement which settles all financial issues; 3.) the proceeding is one in which the service is by publication and there is no response; 4.) the proceeding is post-decree and concerns issues without financial implications. Provided, however, when the proceeding is post-decree and concerns only an arrearage, the alleged delinquent party shall complete the

WARNING

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.

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.