Court Rules

Putnam County Courts, Indiana Document Format Requirements

3 rules from official source documents

Font, margin, spacing, and file format requirements for court filings.

CRITICAL

Appearances must use the State-prescribed form.

Appearances Shall be on the State prescribed form.

WARNING

The Court fixes motion-hearing times and lengths, and a hearing notice may not specify a hearing date without prior authorization from the Judge or Court Reporter.

The time and length of hearing motions shall be fixed by the Court. Dates of hearings shall not be specified in the notice of hearing of the motion unless prior authorization is obtained from the Judge or Court Reporter.

INFO

Those submitting an order or decree are encouraged to use smaller type if the document remains legible and to print the Guidelines on both sides of each page.

Counsel, or unrepresented parties, submitting such a form of order or decree are encouraged to reduce the number of pages required to reproduce the Guidelines by using, smaller type, so long as the resulting document remains legible. Using both sides of each page upon which the Guidelines are printed is also encouraged.