Sedgwick County District Court Document Format Requirements

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Orders withdrawing bench warrants issued in the Eighteenth Judicial District must use the form available under Forms.

Commencing December 1, 2006 all Orders Withdrawing Bench Warrants issued in the Eighteenth Judicial District shall be on a form. This form can be found under the category of Forms linked here.

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Text must be double-spaced, with single spacing permitted for specified subsidiary portions; the spacing requirement does not apply to the listed exceptions.

d. Spacing. Text must be double-spaced, except that single spacing may be used for a subparagraph, legal description of real estate, itemization, quotation, headers and footers, and similar subsidiary portions of the document. f. Exceptions. The requirements in this rule specifying type size, margins, and spacing do not apply to: 1. a form approved by the Supreme Court or the Kansas Judicial Council; 2. a form required by a governmental agency, such as a form prepared by the Kansas Sentencing Commission; 3. a document prepared in accordance with the requirements in a statute or other Supreme Court rule, such as preparation of a transcript; or 5. a document submitted by a self-represented litigant.

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Deviated provisions in a temporary order must be conspicuously marked, such as with highlights, arrows, an initial line, or another marking.

Any deviated provisions shall be conspicuously marked in the document by highlights, arrows, initial line, or other marking.

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Do not include a judge’s or clerk’s signature block on covered documents; remove it before e-filing if necessary.

Signature Blocks Are Not To Be Included on any journal entries, writs, orders or other documents requiring the signature of a judge or clerk. A signature block for the judge or clerk on the last or signature page of the document shall not be included, or, if necessary, shall be removed prior to electronic filing.

CRITICALCivil cases

Discovery objections and motions must be in writing, but the court may waive the written-motion requirement when time does not permit it.

All objections to interrogatories, depositions, requests or applications under K.S.A. 60-226 through 60-237, as well as all motions thereto concerning discovery matters, shall be in writing and forwarded to the requesting party. If time does not permit the filing of a written motion, the Court may, in its discretion, waive this requirement; (e.g., disputes arising during the taking of depositions), in which event attorneys are encouraged to call the assigned judge for a ruling thereon.

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Exhibit Notebooks must be in the same form in which they will be presented to the court, unless the Court orders otherwise.

Counsel shall exchange Exhibit Notebooks no later than noon Thursday the week prior to trial, in the same form that will be presented to the court, unless otherwise ordered by the Court.

CRITICALCivil cases

Questionnaire answers must be typed, but pro se litigants may provide legibly handwritten answers instead.

All answers must be typed except those of pro se litigants which may be legibly hand written as an alternative.

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Text must be double-spaced, but single spacing is permitted for specified subsidiary portions of a document.

d. Spacing. Text must be double-spaced, except that single spacing may be used for a subparagraph, legal description of real estate, itemization, quotation, headers and footers, and similar subsidiary portions of the document.

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Documents must meet the stated typeface, legibility, ink, paper, and one-sided-page requirements; the type-size requirement does not apply to the listed exceptions.

b. Typeface. The document must be: 1. in a dark ink on light colored paper; 2. in a conventional style font not smaller than 12-point with no more than 12 characters per inch; 3. legible upon scanning and copying; and 4. on only one side of an 8½" x 11" sheet. f. Exceptions. The requirements in this rule specifying type size, margins, and spacing do not apply to: 1. a form approved by the Supreme Court or the Kansas Judicial Council; 2. a form required by a governmental agency, such as a form prepared by the Kansas Sentencing Commission; 3. a document prepared in accordance with the requirements in a statute or other Supreme Court rule, such as preparation of a transcript; or 5. a document submitted by a self-represented litigant.

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Temporary Orders in cases contemplated for CFL must follow the form set forth in the document.

Temporary Orders issued in cases in which one or both parties contemplate that their case will be handled in a CFL format shall follow the form set forth below:

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Format

PDF

Documents must be in pdf format. Individual documents should be page numbered and either saved as separate files or “bookmarked” so they can be accessed easily.

Documents must be in pdf format. Individual documents should be page numbered and either saved as separate files or “bookmarked” so they can be accessed easily.

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Temporary orders must use the specified form as modified for the case, and clearly inapplicable sections should be omitted.

Temporary orders shall be in the following form as modified to fit the facts of each particular case. Sections clearly inapplicable should be omitted. Standard temporary orders shall follow the form set forth below:

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Coverage requests must be in writing, except requests to cover first appearances.

Requests (with the exception of requests to cover 1st appearances) must be in writing.

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Documents must use dark ink on light paper, a legible conventional font of at least 12 points with no more than 12 characters per inch, and one side of an 8½-by-11-inch sheet.

b. Typeface. The document must be: 1. in a dark ink on light colored paper; 2. in a conventional style font not smaller than 12-point with no more than 12 characters per inch; 3. legible upon scanning and copying; and 4. on only one side of an 8½" x 11" sheet.

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Margins

top 1.5 in, bottom 1 in, left 1 in, right 1 in

Documents must have a top margin of at least 1½ inches and bottom and side margins of at least 1 inch.

c. Margins. The margin on the top of a document must be at least 1½ inches. Margins on the bottom and sides of the document must be at least 1 inch.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Any other form used for a felony plea must substantially conform to the material in the court-published form.

Use of any other form must substantially conform with the material in the published form from the website.

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Discovery objections and motions concerning the listed requests or applications must be in writing.

All objections to interrogatories, depositions, requests or applications under K.S.A. 60-226 through 60-237, as well as all motions thereto concerning discovery matters, shall be in writing and forwarded to the requesting party.

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The Pretrial Statement must use a form approved by the assigned judge.

The "Pretrial Statement" shall be submitted on a form approved by the said Judge.

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Do not include effective-date language on documents filed electronically with the court.

Effective Date Language Is Not To Be Included on documents electronically filed with the. court.

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Margins

top 1.5 in, bottom 1 in, left 1 in, right 1 in

Documents must have a top margin of at least 1½ inches and bottom and side margins of at least 1 inch, subject to the listed exceptions.

c. Margins. The margin on the top of a document must be at least 1½ inches. Margins on the bottom and sides of the document must be at least 1 inch. f. Exceptions. The requirements in this rule specifying type size, margins, and spacing do not apply to: 1. a form approved by the Supreme Court or the Kansas Judicial Council; 2. a form required by a governmental agency, such as a form prepared by the Kansas Sentencing Commission; 3. a document prepared in accordance with the requirements in a statute or other Supreme Court rule, such as preparation of a transcript; or 5. a document submitted by a self-represented litigant.

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Bond reduction or modification motions must be written and include notice of the hearing date and a certificate of service.

Such motions must be in writing and include a notice of the hearing date and certificate of service.

WARNING

Camera and audio coverage requests must be in writing, except requests to cover first appearances.

Requests (with the exception of requests to cover 1st appearances) must be in writing.

WARNING

Exhibit Notebooks must be in the same form counsel will present to the court, unless the Court orders otherwise.

b. Counsel shall exchange Exhibit Notebooks no later than noon Thursday the week prior to trial, in the same form that will be presented to the court, unless otherwise ordered by the Court.

WARNINGCivil cases

Proposed jury instructions must be submitted in Word format and in hard copy.

(1) Proposed jury instructions will be submitted to the Court, both electronically (in word format) and in hard copy, and to the opposing counsel at least ___ days before trial.

WARNINGCivil cases

If the provided space is insufficient, a party may type a separate questionnaire and answers using the prescribed format.

If the space provided is not sufficient for your answers, you may type your own questionnaire and answers in accordance with this format.

WARNING

When possible, referenced exhibits should be filed as part of the original electronically filed document.

To the extent possible, electronically filed documents with referenced exhibits should file the exhibits as a part of the original document.

WARNING

If the document is too large to file with the exhibits attached, the exhibits should be separately filed and should be clearly labeled or titled as attachments to the relevant pleading or document.

If the document is too large to file with the exhibits attached, the exhibits should be separately filed and should be clearly labeled or titled as attachments to the relevant pleading or document.

WARNINGCivil cases

All exhibits will be marked and exchanged by the parties 7 days before trial.

All exhibits will be marked and exchanged by the parties 7 days before trial.

WARNING

The rule's type-size, margin, and spacing requirements do not apply to specified approved or required forms, documents prepared under a statute or other Supreme Court rule, or documents submitted by self-represented litigants.

f. Exceptions. The requirements in this rule specifying type size, margins, and spacing do not apply to: 1. a form approved by the Supreme Court or the Kansas Judicial Council; 2. a form required by a governmental agency, such as a form prepared by the Kansas Sentencing Commission; 3. a document prepared in accordance with the requirements in a statute or other Supreme Court rule, such as preparation of a transcript; or 5. a document submitted by a self-represented litigant.

INFOCivil cases

Use of the attached suggested pre-trial order form is recommended, not required.

A suggested form for the pre-trial order is attached to this rule. Its use is recommended to the bar.

INFOCivil cases

Use of the attached suggested pre-trial questionnaire form is recommended, not required.

A suggested form for the pre-trial questionnaire is attached to this rule. Its use is recommended to the bar.

INFO

Use of the attached suggested pre-trial questionnaire form is recommended, but not required.

A suggested form for the pre-trial questionnaire is attached to this rule. Its use is recommended to the bar.