Bell Circuit Court Filing Rules

Circuit Court initiating pleadings must be designated Petitions and their initiators Petitioners; responsive pleadings must be designated Responses and their filers Respondents.

Objections to a judicial sale must be filed with the Bell Circuit Court Clerk within 10 days after the Report of Sale is filed.

A defendant may request a deferment of payment to a future date before the referenced 15-day period expires, by motion noticed for hearing; if granted, payment or the first installment is due by the scheduled show-cause date.

If the defendant was represented by the Department for Public Advocacy, notice must be served on that agency even if its representation has ended.

A party expecting to need Court personnel to ready, place, or operate equipment must notify the Court at least 24 hours in advance.

Unless the Court orders otherwise, parties may—but are not required to—file replies or surreplies; filings beyond a surreply require leave of Court.

If submitted in the form of an exhibit, and if the Petitioner so requests, the Bell Circuit Court Clerk shall place the exhibit in the file for the action as a sealed document, which shall not be accessible by non-parties without an order of the Court.

The Master Commissioner is entitled to the fees established in Part IV of the Administrative Procedures of the Court of Justice.

A copy of each motion, including its memoranda, exhibits, and other addenda, must be forwarded to the Court no later than the date the motion is filed with the Clerk.

During trial, parties must have and make available to the Court an electronic copy of proposed jury instructions on a readily accessible media device.

Motion memoranda may not exceed 25 pages unless the Court allows otherwise.

Motions must have an original filed with the Clerk, although a movant may submit one by fax or email; the original must follow within three business days.