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.
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Maximum page counts and word limits for motions, briefs, and other filings by judge.
Courtesy Copy Requirements
When and how to deliver courtesy copies to chambers, including triggers, timing, and formatting.
Electronic Filing Rules
Electronic filing requirements, permitted filing channels, EFSP portals, and exceptions.
Filing Timing and Cure Windows
Filing cutoffs, deemed-filed rules, rejection handling, cure periods, and outage procedures.