Porter County Courts, Indiana Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICAL

Each person is responsible for their password, and no one may knowingly use or cause another to use someone else's password without permission or in violation of the rules.

Each person is responsible for the use of his password. No person shall knowingly utilize or cause another person to utilize the password of another without permission of the holder of the password or in violation of these rules.

CRITICAL

An attorney may not knowingly allow anyone other than an employee of the attorney's law firm to use the attorney's user name and password.

No attorney shall knowingly permit or cause to permit his user name and password to be utilized by anyone other than an employee of his law firm.

CRITICAL

Attorneys must e-file in the county.

Attorneys are required to e-file in this county; others are encouraged to e-file.

CRITICAL

A person must have an authorized password and user identification to create a new case in Quest.

In order to create a new case in the court computer system (Quest), a person must have a password and user identification granting access to the system.

CRITICAL

A person accessing court files electronically must obtain a unique password and user identification and execute a user agreement with the Court.

In order to access court files electronically, a person must; Obtain a unique password and user identification; and Execute a user agreement with the Court.

CRITICAL

Facsimile transmissions must be sent directly to the applicable court, and may be sent to the Clerk of Court only in an emergency.

Facsimile transmissions shall be sent directly to the applicable court and only to the Clerk of Court upon emergency.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Proposed special findings

When special findings are required or requested, counsel must submit proposed special findings electronically and by hard copy.

In all cases in which the court is required to enter special findings of fact or the parties request the Court to issue special findings of fact, counsel of record shall submit to the court in an electronic format and by hard copy filing Proposed Special Findings embracing all the facts which they allege to have been proved and relevant conclusions of law thereon.

CRITICAL

A facsimile transmission will not be accepted if the filing requires payment of a fee.

The electronic facsimile transmission will not be accepted for filing if its filing requires the payment of any fee.

CRITICAL

Pro se litigants may not submit facsimile transmissions.

Facsimile transmissions shall not be accepted from Pro Se litigants.

WARNING

When an attorney withdraws an appearance, the attorney's access to file pleadings in that case will be removed.

Whenever an attorney withdraws his appearance in a case, his accessibility to that case for the filing of pleadings will be removed.

WARNING

Facsimile filing is permitted in Porter County Circuit and Superior Courts, subject to the stated guidelines.

As outlined below, facsimile filing is permitted in the Circuit and Superior Courts of Porter County under the following guidelines:

WARNING

Pro se litigants may not file by facsimile.

Facsimile transmissions shall not be accepted by Pro Se litigants.

WARNING

Applies to

Facsimile transmission

A hard copy of a fax transmission must not also be filed with the Court.

A hard copy of the fax transmission shall not also be filed with the Court.

WARNING

Applies to

Facsimile transmission

Do not also file a hard copy of a fax transmission; any simultaneous hard copies will be returned or destroyed by Court Staff.

A hard copy of the fax transmission shall not also be filed with the Court. Simultaneous hard copies shall be either returned to the sender or destroyed by Court Staff.

INFO

Applies to

Routine pleading

Routine pleadings, including inventories, inheritance tax schedules, and final reports, may be filed with the Clerk for transmittal to the Court.

Routine pleadings, such as inventories, inheritance tax schedules, and final reports, may be filed with the Clerk for transmittal to the Court.

INFO

Applies to

Pleading

After accepting the appearance form, the Clerk will enable the appearing person to file pleadings in that case.

Upon accepting the appearance form filing, the Clerk will make that case accessible for the filing of pleadings by the person who has made the appearance.

INFO

A person may obtain a QUEST password and user name through a user agreement with the QUEST Coordinator in the Porter County Juvenile Probation Office.

Access to the court case management system QUEST may occur by obtaining the password and user name through a user agreement with the QUEST Coordinator in the Porter County Juvenile Probation Office.

INFO

Applies to

All documents

Beginning January 1, 2007, electronic filing is permitted for documents in electronically initiated cases, except for documents the Court specifically excludes.

Effective January 1, 2007, all documents (other than those specifically excepted by the Court) may be filed electronically in all cases, so long as the case was initiated electronically.

INFO

Existing cases are not required to convert to the computer system before activity occurs in the case.

Existing cases will not be required to convert to the computer system until some activity occurs in the case.