Lake County Superior Court, Indiana Filing Timing and Cure Windows

Civil cases

Pre-trial motions, including motions in limine, must be filed no later than ten days before the Final Pre-Trial Conference.

Pre-trial motions, including Motions in Limine to exclude or restrict evidence, shall be filed and exchanged no later than ten days prior to the Final Pre-Trial Conference, at which time they shall be heard together with any other preliminary matters.

Civil cases

A copy of the jury instructions must be delivered to the court no later than ten days before trial.

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.