Tippecanoe County Courts, Indiana Filing Timing and Cure Windows

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The other party has 7 days to respond before the court enters an order on the proposed form.

The other party shall have 7 days to respond before the court enters any order.

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The inventory is due within 90 days after a regular guardian's appointment or within 30 days after a temporary guardian's appointment.

An inventory of property within a guardian’s control shall be filed within ninety (90) days after the guardian’s appointment or within thirty (30) days of the appointment of a temporary guardian.

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The required physician report or other evidence must be presented when the petition is filed or on the hearing date.

In guardianship matters seeking to declare an adult incapacitated for any reason, a report or document from the treating physician, or such additional evidence as the Court shall require, shall be presented to the Court at the time the petition is filed or on the hearing date.

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After learning that a case was filed in the wrong court, the prosecutor must move to transfer it within 14 days.

Upon learning that such a case has been filed in the wrong court, the prosecutor shall within 14 days move to transfer the case to the proper court.

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Alternatively, the Child Support Worksheet must be provided within ten days after this form is exchanged with the other party.

or provide Worksheet within ten (10) days of the exchange of this Form with the other party.

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Signed Instructions must be filed upon appointment, and Letters will not issue until they are filed.

Personal representatives and guardians shall file signed Instructions upon appointment. No Letters or Administration or Letters of Guardianship will issue until the signed Instructions are filed.

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Verification of the UpToParents.org work must be filed within 30 days; the starting event for that period is not stated.

a. Complete the work on www.UpToParents.org, and file verification within 30 days;

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In the listed dissolution, separation, paternity, support-modification, and custody-modification matters, each party must prepare and exchange the appropriate Financial Declaration Form within 30 days after service on the respondent of the initial summons or modification petition.

In all Dissolutions of Marriage, Separations, Paternity, Modification of Support or Custody matters, irrespective of which court, each party shall prepare and exchange within 30 days of service upon Respondent of initial summons or modification petition, the appropriate Financial Declaration Form (see Appendix “I” and “J”).

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For a courthouse-steps settlement, counsel must prepare and file the appropriate order within 21 days after submission, unless the court allows additional time.

However, if the parties reach a settlement on the courthouse steps, then the court shall accept evidence of that settlement on the record and enter the appropriate order upon preparation and filing by counsel within 21 days after submission, or such additional time as the court may allow.

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A current report must be filed every two years, or sooner if directed by the Court, and remains due even when biennial verified accounts are waived.

A CURRENT REPORT regarding the protected person’s physical and mental condition and residence shall be filed every two years, or sooner if directed by the Court. A current report is still required when the Court waives the requirement to file biennial verified accounts.

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Each party in a dissolution or separation action must file the verified certification within 60 days of the initial filing.

To monitor compliance, within 60 days of the initial filing of an action for dissolution or separation, each party shall file a verified certification of their completion of the mandatory website work as required under FLR. 5, above, and of any co-parenting class as required under FLR. 6, above, a sample form of which is attached hereto as Appendix “A”.

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Each party must file the verified certification within 45 days of the court’s finding of paternity.

To monitor compliance, within 45 days of the court’s finding of paternity, each party shall file a verified certification of completion of the mandatory website work as required under FLR 5, above. A sample form is attached hereto as Appendix “B”.

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The completed Financial Declaration Forms and required attachments must be exchanged within 30 days from the date the Petition is filed.

You and your spouse must complete and exchange Financial Declaration Forms with all required attachments within 30 days from the date of filing of the Petition.

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A verified account of the guardian's financial administration must be filed every two years, or sooner if the Court directs.

A VERIFIED ACCOUNT of the guardian’s administration of finances shall be filed every two years, or sooner if directed by the Court.

WARNING

If no appearance is made, a final decree may be entered by default after 60 days from the filing of the Petition.

If you do not make such an appearance, a final decree could be entered by default which grants the relief sought in your spouse's Petition after the expiration of sixty (60) days from the date of the filing of the Petition.

INFO

A request to waive the home study report may be deferred until evidence is submitted at the final hearing.

A request to waive home study report may be deferred until evidence is submitted at the final hearing.