Lake County Superior Court, Indiana Document Filing Requirements
8 rules from official source documents
Required elements, certificates, and structural requirements for court documents.
CRITICALCivil cases
- Applies to
- Jury instructions
Counsel must provide case-specific final jury instructions.
(Case specific—to be provided by counsel
CRITICALCivil cases
- Applies to
- Jury instructions
Counsel must jointly submit agreed instructions or, if they cannot agree, submit their own proposed instructions on disputed matters and deliver a copy to the court.
Counsel shall jointly submit an agreed preliminary issues instruction and jointly submit the final instructions on which they agree, or, if counsel cannot agree, each shall submit their own proposed preliminary issues instruction, and submit their own proposed final instructions on those to which they cannot agree, and deliver a copy to the court, hard copy and on a WordPerfect or Microsoft Word for Windows compatible disk, no later than ten days before trial.
CRITICALCivil cases
- Applies to
- Jury instructions
A set of final instructions must be provided to each juror and counsel.
A set of Final Instructions shall be provided to each juror and counsel.
CRITICALCivil cases
- Applies to
- Exhibits
Counsel must provide the court with a copy of the exhibits.
Counsel shall also provide a copy of exhibits to the court.
CRITICALCivil cases
- Applies to
- Jury instructions
Counsel must provide the Issues for Trial and Burden of Proof jury instruction.
109 Issues for Trial, Burden of Proof (to be provided by counsel)
CRITICALCivil cases
- Applies to
- Evidentiary deposition transcript
A transcript of a video or read evidentiary deposition must be provided to the court before the testimony begins.
A transcript of the video or read evidentiary deposition shall be provided to the court before the testimony begins.
WARNINGCivil cases
- Applies to
- Jury challenge
Counsel will be requested to tender challenges in writing, and a party exercising no challenges must tender a writing to that effect.
At that time, counsel will be requested to approach the bench and tender challenges to the court in writing. If a party exercises no challenges, a writing so indicating shall be tendered to the court.
INFOCivil cases
- Applies to
- Jury instructions
The court favors use of the Indiana Model Jury Instructions.
Indiana Model Jury Instructions favored
What must be included with jury instructions filings in Lake County Superior Court, Indiana?
Judge John M. Sedia: Counsel must provide case-specific final jury instructions.
4 more rules answer this question.
What must be included with exhibits filings in Lake County Superior Court, Indiana?
Judge John M. Sedia: Counsel must provide the court with a copy of the exhibits.
What must be included with evidentiary deposition transcript filings in Lake County Superior Court, Indiana?
Judge John M. Sedia: A transcript of a video or read evidentiary deposition must be provided to the court before the testimony begins.
What must be included with jury challenge filings in Lake County Superior Court, Indiana?
Judge John M. Sedia: Counsel will be requested to tender challenges in writing, and a party exercising no challenges must tender a writing to that effect.
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