Shelby County Courts, Indiana Document Format Requirements
6 rules from official source documents
Font, margin, spacing, and file format requirements for court filings.
CRITICAL
Proceedings Supplemental filings, including the specified orders, motions, and petitions, must be numbered sequentially in the title.
All Proceedings Supplemental, including without limitation Orders to Appear and Orders to Answer Interrogatories Motions and Petitions shall be numbered sequentially in the title. E.g. 1st Order to Appear for Proceedings Supplemental, 2nd Order to Appear for Proceedings Supplemental; 1st Verified Motion for Interrogatories, 2nd Verified Motion for Interrogatories; etc.
CRITICAL
Duplicated interrogatory forms may be filed or served only if all interrogatories are consecutively numbered and applicable to the cause.
No duplicated forms containing interrogatories shall be filed or served upon a party unless all interrogatories on such forms are consecutively numbered and applicable to the cause in which the same are filed and served.
WARNING
Attachments should not be submitted as proposed orders.
Attachments should not be submitted as proposed orders.
WARNING
Small claims forms and orders should substantially comply with the language and formatting of the Court's website forms.
4.3 Small Claims forms and orders should be in substantial compliance with the language and formatting as shown on the forms found on the small claims section of the Court's website http://co.shelby.in.us.
INFO
Parties should periodically check the website to ensure they are using the most recent form.
Parties should check the website from time to time to make sure that they are using the most recent form.
INFO
If an order requires an attachment, the attachment may be included in the proposed order or placed on its second page.
If an order requires an attachment (for example, interrogatories), then it is acceptable to place the interrogatories within the proposed order or as page 2 of the order.
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