Pike County Courts, Indiana Filing Timing and Cure Windows

CRITICAL

Plaintiff must file a witness and exhibit list at least 60 days before trial.

Plaintiff shall file a list of witnesses, including experts, and exhibits at least sixty (60) days prior to the scheduled trial date.

CRITICAL

Required proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law must be submitted within 20 days after the relevant hearing or proceeding concludes.

In all cases where findings of fact and conclusions of law are required, counsel shall submit to the Court findings of fact counsel propose embrace all material facts proven, and conclusions of law thereon within twenty (20) days after the conclusion of a hearing or proceedings from which such findings and conclusions must be made by the Court.

CRITICAL

Each party must file the listed divorce or separation submissions at least 20 days before the final hearing.

Each party to an action for divorce or separation shall file with the Court, not later than twenty (20) days prior to the date of the final hearing, the following items:

CRITICAL

The non-moving party must serve and file a responsive brief within 30 days after service of the initial brief.

The non-moving party shall have thirty (30) days after service of the initial brief in which to serve and file a responsive brief.

CRITICAL

Substantive motions, specified requests, and notices not governed by statutory deadlines must be filed at least 21 days before trial unless the moving party shows good cause.

IX. Pre-Trial Motions. All substantive motions, including Motions to Suppress, Motions to Dismiss, 404(b) requests, and Notices which are not controlled by statutory deadlines shall be filed no later than twenty-one (21) days prior to trial unless good cause can be shown by the moving party.

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All depositions and discovery must be completed at least 21 days before the scheduled trial date.

VII. Discovery Deadline. All depositions and discovery shall be completed at least twenty-one (21) days prior to the scheduled trial date in this cause.

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A proceedings supplemental complaint may not be filed until 10 days after judgment, except for good cause shown.

Except for good cause shown, a complaint in proceedings supplemental may not be filed until ten (10) days have elapsed since the date judgment was entered by the Court.

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Pre-trial motions must be filed at least 30 days before the scheduled trial date.

Pre-trial motions shall be filed at least thirty (30) days prior to the scheduled trial date.

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Written notice of the Defendant’s compliance is due within 60 days of the date of the Discovery Order.

IV. Notice of Compliance by Defendant. Within sixty (60) days of the date of this Discovery Order, counsel for the Defendant shall provide the Court, in writing, with notice of defendant’s compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Discovery Order.

CRITICAL

Defendant must file the same witness and exhibit list at least 50 days before trial.

Defendant shall file the same at least fifty (50) days prior to the scheduled trial date.

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Final witness and exhibit lists must be filed with the Court at or before the final pre-trial conference.

V. Final Witness and Exhibit List. Final witness and exhibit lists shall be exchanged by the parties and filed with the Court at or before the final pre-trial conference in this cause.

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A proceedings supplemental hearing must be held at least 20 days after the complaint is served on the judgment defendant.

A proceedings supplemental hearing shall be held not less than twenty (20) days after service of the complaint in proceedings supplemental on the judgment defendant.

CRITICAL

Proposed preliminary and final jury instructions must be filed no later than 10 days before trial.

Proposed preliminary and final jury instructions shall be filed and served no later than ten (10) days prior to trial.

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Defense counsel's specified written discovery disclosures are due to the State within 60 days of the Discovery Order.

Counsel for the defendant shall provide to the State, in written form, within sixty (60) days of the date of this Discovery Order:

CRITICAL

A non-movant seeking to file a responsive brief or request relief from Trial Rule 56(C)’s timing requirements must do so within 30 days after service of the summary judgment motion.

If the non- moving party wishes to file a responsive brief, or request relief from the time requirements of Trial Rule 56(C), the non-movant shall do so within thirty (30) days after service of the summary judgment motion.

CRITICAL

The State's written compliance notice is due within 40 days of the Discovery Order.

II. Notice of Compliance by State. Within forty (40) days of the date of this Discovery Order, the State shall provide the Court, in writing, with notice of its compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Discovery Order.

WARNING

Parties may furnish trial briefs to the Court up to 2 days before trial, provided all opposing counsel receive notice of the intent to submit a brief at least 10 days before trial.

Trial briefs may be furnished to the Court by the parties not later than two (2) days before trial, providing notice of intention to submit a trial brief is given to all opposing counsel at least ten (10) days prior to trial.

INFO

Jury instructions addressing issues that could not reasonably have been anticipated may be submitted during trial.

Instructions covering issues arising at trial, which could not reasonably be anticipated, may be submitted during the trial.