Marion Superior Court Filing Rules

Every pleading, petition, and motion must be accompanied by a proposed order.

If a produced image is illegible or difficult to read, the requesting party may seek a rescan and, if that is inadequate, inspect the original, which the producing party must promptly make available.

In all criminal cases, the defendant must file a Notice of Intended Witnesses & Exhibits within five days after receiving the State’s notice.

For the March 24, 2027 bench trial, the filing window runs from June 24, 2026 through July 13, 2026.

A subpoena may be served on a law enforcement officer at the officer's workplace by leaving a copy with the department's supervising official, who must immediately deliver it to the officer; this method constitutes valid service on the officer.

After a defendant files an appearance, the plaintiff must promptly provide notices of the trial date and witness-and-exhibit deadline and file proof of that notice with the court.

An attorney must request withdrawal of appearance in writing and obtain court permission.

Scanned hard-copy documents must be logically or physically unitized, without merging distinct documents or splitting one document into multiple records.

At least five days before a felony or misdemeanor setting, unless the presiding judge changes the deadline, a party must file a verified continuance motion stating the detailed reasons, hearing type, defendant custody status, opposing counsel's position, and three party-agreed suggested dates, with an accompanying written order; the request is deemed denied until granted.

A streamlined-pathway trial date is firm and will not be continued absent good cause.

The court may seal a guardianship inventory or its supplement or amendment after written application and a noticed hearing; sealed material cannot be opened without a further order, notice, and hearing, and subsequent inventories must recapitate prior inventories.

Permitted redactions include privacy, privilege, unrelated material, confidentiality, and other categories agreed to by the parties.

All pleadings, petitions, and motions must be filed electronically during the Clerk's established filing hours, and facsimile filing is prohibited.

Each trial exhibit must be submitted through electronic filing as a separate filing.

The personal representative must notify both the Court and the attorney of any address or telephone-number change.

Non-emergency questions should be submitted to the court by email, with a response goal of within 24 hours.

The clerk shall collect a $25 monthly problem-solving court services fee, capped at $600 total, and transmit collected fees within thirty (30) days for deposit in the county user fee fund.

A party filing a summary-judgment motion must file a supporting brief limited to 15 pages and designate the evidence relied upon.

A discovery-dispute motion, including its accompanying memoranda and supporting materials, may not exceed 15 double-spaced pages.

When an out-of-county special judge is selected, all parties or attorneys must provide that judge with copies of all filings before the judge qualifies.

In covered foreclosure actions, default-judgment and summary-judgment motions may not be filed until the settlement-conference request period expires or, if a conference is timely requested, the creditor files the notice required by section 10(e) or 10(f), except when the conference is not scheduled or is vacated under section 9(b).

Before filing a written discovery-dispute motion, parties must ask for a short virtual or telephonic conference with the judge if they cannot resolve the dispute after meeting and conferring.

Parties are encouraged to permit junior lawyers to argue motions and handle witnesses or trials and may request a hearing for that purpose in writing.