Putnam County Courts, Indiana Service and Proof of Service Rules

CRITICAL

Service

Mail

The jury administrator must send prospective jurors the service-period notice, qualification form, and summons together; these must be mailed within ten days after names are drawn and at least six weeks before jury service.

Each year when names of prospective jurors are drawn from the jury pool, the jury administrator shall simultaneously send to those prospective jurors whose names have been drawn notice of the period of their possible jury service, a jury qualification form, and a summons. B. The notice, qualification form and summons shall be mailed not later than ten (10) days after the date the prospective jurors’ names were drawn from the jury pool and at least six (6) weeks before jury service.

CRITICAL

The Sheriff must serve the accused with the Local Rule before release.

The Sheriff shall be responsible for serving the Local Rule on the accused prior to release.

CRITICAL

The Court must notify attorneys of record and unrepresented parties by their last known mail or email address of the date by which evidence must be retrieved to avoid destruction.

In all cases, the Court shall provide notice, by last known mail or email address, to all attorneys of record and to parties if unrepresented by counsel, that the evidence will be destroyed by a date certain if not retrieved before that date.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Notice

When notice by publication or U.S. Mail is required, the attorney must prepare and ensure proper notice and provide adequate proof before bringing the matter to court.

Whenever notice by publication and/or written notice by U.S. Mail is required to be given, the attorney shall prepare such notice and ensure that the notice is properly published and/or served as required by statute or Supreme Court Rule. It shall be the attorney’s responsibility to ascertain and provide adequate proof of notice prior to bringing a matter to the Court.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Post dissolution pleading

Post-dissolution pleadings must be served on an unrepresented party according to the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure.

The service of any post dissolution pleadings upon any party not represented by counsel pursuant to this local rule shall be made upon that person pursuant to the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure.

CRITICAL

Before seeking withdrawal prior to another counsel’s appearance, the attorney must give the client at least 10 days’ written notice, attach it to the petition, and include the stated consequences and dates or deadlines.

Permission to withdraw shall be given only after the petitioning attorney has given his/her client no less than 10 days' written notice of the intent to withdraw. A copy of the written notice shall be attached to the petition to withdraw. The written notice to the client shall explain the possible effects of failure to secure new counsel and shall set forth any hearing or trial dates and any pleading, discovery, or other pre- trial deadlines.

CRITICAL

Counsel and parties must keep the Court informed of their current addresses, and notice to the last current address or email address is sufficient.

Counsel and parties have the duty to keep the Court informed of their current addresses and notice to the last current address or email address shall be sufficient.

CRITICAL

A party intending to relocate a minor child must serve the written notice on any other party with visitation or temporary-custody rights using a method authorized by the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure.

“Neither party shall relocate the residence of any minor child of the parties without first filing a written notice of the party's intent to relocate and serving a copy of the notice on any other party who has been granted rights of visitation or temporary custody pursuant to Ind. Code 31-17-2.2-1 et seq., known as the ‘Relocation Statute’.” Service shall be made through any method authorized by the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure.

CRITICAL

The Sheriff must serve the accused with a copy of the Local Rule before release.

The Sheriff shall be responsible for serving a copy of the Local Rule on the accused prior to release.

CRITICAL

A copy of the brief must be promptly served on the opposing party.

A copy shall be promptly served upon the opposing party.

WARNING

An attorney who chooses to use a court-office service slot designates that attorney’s mail slot as a suitable place for delivery and service of pleadings under T.R. 5(B)(1).

Any attorney choosing to use the service slots made available in the offices of the Putnam Circuit or Superior Court shall be considered to have designated that attorney’s mail slot as a suitable place for delivery and service of pleadings pursuant to T.R. 5(B)(1).

WARNING

The Court will notify the parties at their last known address when evidence items need to be removed.

The Court will notify the parties at their last known address when the items need to be removed.

INFO

A copy served on original counsel is treated as a professional courtesy only.

Any copy served upon original counsel will be deemed to be a matter of professional courtesy only.