Steuben County Courts, Indiana Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

All parties must use the court forms as drafted; modified or altered forms may result in the pleading or motion being struck or denied.

All parties shall use the forms as drafted. The use of a modified or altered form may result in the pleading or motion being struck from the record or denied.

CRITICAL

Guns, drugs, currency, and other dangerous or valuable items should not be included in appellate records.

Under no circumstances should guns, drugs, currency, or other dangerous or valuable items be included in appellate records.

CRITICAL

Subparagraphs must relate directly to the subject matter of the interrogatory or request for admission.

Subparagraphs shall relate directly to the subject matter of the Interrogatory or Request for Admission.

CRITICAL

Non-documentary and oversized exhibits must remain with the trial court and must not be sent to the appellate courts during an appeal.

Non-documentary and oversized exhibits shall not be sent to the appellate level courts, but shall remain in the custody of the trial court or trial court administrative agency during the appeal.

CRITICAL

Numbers on the specified worksheets must be rounded to the nearest whole dollar.

All numbers shall be rounded to the nearest whole dollar.

CRITICAL

Juror strikes must be submitted in writing by each party simultaneously to the judge at the bench.

All challenges of prospective jurors shall be made at the close of each completed round of voir dire examination, and strikes shall be submitted in writing by each party, simultaneously, to the judge at the bench.

CRITICAL

Interrogatories must be tailored to the cause in which they are served and numbered consecutively.

Interrogatories shall be tailored specifically to the cause in which they are served and numbered consecutively to facilitate response.

WARNING

Pleadings, motions, orders, memoranda, and other papers must be double-spaced, except quotations, which must be indented and single-spaced.

A. Spacing of Text. Except for quotations, which shall be indented and single- spaced, the text of all pleadings, motions, orders, memoranda and other papers shall be double- spaced.

WARNING

References to Indiana Trial Rules must use “T.R.” followed by the rule number, and citations to the Local Civil Rules must use “L. Civ. R.” followed by the rule number.

A. All further reference to the Ind. Trial Rules shall be preceded by the designation T.R. followed by the rule number. These Local Civil Rules shall be cited as L. Civ. R. followed by the rule number.

WARNING

The responding party must use the same disclosure form served by the opposing party so the filed copy contains both parties’ disclosures.

The responding party shall make his or her disclosures on a copy of the SAME FORM served by the opposing party so that the copy filed with the Court by the responding party contains both parties’ disclosures on the same form.

INFO

Photographs of exhibits may be included in the volume of documentary exhibits.

Photographs of any exhibit may be included in the volume of documentary exhibits.

INFO

The court recommends the illustrated format for an attorney signature block.

The following format is recommended: _______________________________ JOHN DOE Indiana Attorney Number: 1111-45 DOE, ROE AND SMITH Suite 35, Blackacre Building Angola, Indiana 46703 TX: (260) 555-3000 Attorney for Plaintiff

INFO

Facsimile signatures may be accepted on original documents at the judge’s discretion and are permitted on copies.

Facsimile signatures may be accepted on original documents requiring a signature, at the judge’s discretion, facsimile signatures are permitted on copies.