Boone Circuit Court Filing Rules

A private probation company must maintain accurate, complete accounts of all money received from a defendant and provide an accounting when the Court requests it.

Contested domestic relations motions and hearings designated for Boone County Family Court must be scheduled by telephoning the Family Court Judge's office.

A party opposing an extension motion must respond within five days after service and state why the extension should not be granted.

The parties must allow the opponent three additional days to act on a motion served by U.S. mail or electronic service.

Only original briefs, pleadings, and memoranda may be filed in the court record, except by court order or a party agreement filed in the record; noncompliant documents may be stricken.

If a will is admitted to probate, the petitioner or the petitioner's attorney is responsible for recording the will and order and paying the County Clerk's fees.

After the Court sets a case for trial in reliance on the Certification of Readiness, it may continue the case only in exceptional circumstances.

A courtesy copy must be sent to the judges' office when an emergency-hearing or ex-parte motion is filed.

Counsel must make a good-faith effort to resolve discovery disputes before filing a motion to compel, for a protective order, or for sanctions.

Mediation-program records are privileged, exempt from subpoena, and confidential, subject to an exception whose text is cut off in the source.