Ripley County Courts, Indiana Service and Proof of Service Rules

CRITICAL

A party offering biologically contaminated evidence must serve all parties with the pretrial notice before trial.

A party who offers biologically contaminated evidence must file a pretrial notice with the trial court and serve all the parties so that the court may consider the issue and rule appropriately before trial.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Financial declaration form

The moving party must prepare and serve a Financial Declaration Form within 30 days after filing the action.

In all relevant family law matters, including dissolutions, legal separations, paternity and post decree support or maintenance proceedings, the moving party shall prepare and serve a Financial Declaration Form on the opposing party or their counsel within thirty (30) days of the date of the filing of the action.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Financial declaration form

The responding party must prepare and serve a Financial Declaration Form within 20 days after receiving the moving party's declaration.

The responding party shall prepare and serve a Financial Declaration Form (available from the clerk's office) within twenty (20) days after receipt of service of the moving party's declaration.

WARNING

Applies to

Financial declaration form

The Financial Declaration Form need not be exchanged in the listed circumstances, subject to the stated arrearage exception.

B. Exceptions: The Financial Declaration Form need not be exchanged nor settlement conference conducted if: 1. The parties agree in writing to waive exchange; 2. The parties have executed a written agreement which settles all financial issues.; 3. The proceeding is one in which the service is by publication and there is no response; 4. The proceeding is post-decree and concerns issues without financial implications. Provided, however, when the proceeding is post-decree and concerns only an arrearage, the alleged delinquent party shall complete the entire Form, while the support recipient need complete merely that portion thereof which requires specification of the basis of the arrearage calculation (with appropriate supporting documentation); or, 5. Where the gross marital estate in a dissolution or legal separation is $5,000.00 or less.

WARNING

and may require the motions to be served on the parties as well as the attorneys and on the victim or victim’s family in a criminal case.

and may require the motions to be served on the parties as well as the attorneys and on the victim or victim’s family in a criminal case.