Randolph County Courts, Indiana Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

The disc containing proposed findings and conclusions must be formatted for the particular Court’s system.

In all cases where counsel has requested findings of fact and conclusions of law under Trial Rule 52, counsel shall be required to submit proposed findings and conclusions both in written form and on disc formatted for the particular Court’s system.

CRITICAL

Sworn statements must be tape recorded by both parties.

The sworn statement shall be tape recorded by both parties.

CRITICAL

A written hearing waiver must be filed simultaneously with the motion on its own separate page and may not be incorporated into the pleading or motion.

Parties may, however, waive hearing upon said motions by filing with the Court, simultaneous with said filing, a written “WAIVER OF HEARING” upon a page separate from and not incorporated in the pleading or motion.

CRITICAL

The hearing time and date must be left blank for the court to set unless they were previously arranged with court staff.

The time and date of hearing shall be left blank and fixed by the Court unless previously arranged with Court staff.

CRITICAL

An order for an initial enlargement must state the specific date 30 days ahead, while an order for a subsequent enlargement must leave appropriate date lines blank for the court.

The order tendered upon initial motions for enlargement of time shall recite the specific date, 30 days in advance, to which the time is extended. Subsequent motions for enlargement of time shall contain appropriate blank date lines for the Court’s completion.

WARNING

Pleadings and orders must have topic-specific titles and subtitles within the body where further specificity is needed.

All pleadings and orders shall be titled to delineate each topic included in the pleading, and further specificity shall be provided by placing subtitles within the body of the pleading, e.g., where a pleading contains an Answer, a Counterclaim, a Cross-claim, a Motion to Dismiss, a Motion to Strike or a Jury Request.

WARNING

Duplicated forms containing interrogatories may be served only if they comply with the rule.

No Xeroxed or otherwise duplicated forms containing interrogatories shall be served unless they comply with the provisions of this Rule.

WARNING

Reproduced and form pleadings are accepted only if clearly typed or printed, legible, understandable, unaltered, and compliant with section (A).

Xeroxed, printed, photocopies and form pleadings will be accepted only if clearly typed or printed and are legible, understandable and unaltered by strikeover or erasures and in compliance with section (A) of this Rule.

WARNING

The Court may require jury instructions to be submitted on a disc formatted for its system.

The Courts may require Jury Instructions to be submitted on disc formatted for the particular Court’s system.

WARNING

Do not use the abbreviation “(H.I.)” in pleadings.

The abbreviation (H.I.) should not be used in pleadings.

WARNING

Fasten every multi-page document together in the upper left-hand corner.

Any multi-page document shall be fastened together in the upper left hand corner.

WARNING

If the Court is satisfied that an original deposition or discovery request or response cannot be filed when required, it may allow a copy instead.

(A) USE OF COPY. In the event it is made to appear to the satisfaction of the Court that the original of a deposition or request for discovery or response thereto cannot be filed with the Court when required, the Court may allow use of a copy instead of the original.

WARNING

Original documents may not bear typewritten or facsimile signatures, but facsimile signatures are permitted on copies and facsimile filings.

Neither typewritten signatures nor facsimile signatures shall be accepted on original documents. Facsimile signatures are, however, permitted on copies and facsimile filing.