Carroll Circuit Court Filing Rules

The listed materials include a copy of any notarized separation agreement.

The expense advance must be forwarded within seven days after entry of the Judgment and Order of Sale.

Counsel may appear by Zoom for a motion hearing only after requesting and receiving the Court’s prior approval, except for motions to set a final hearing or trial and agreed motions requiring a special hearing date and time because they cannot be heard in fifteen minutes on the regular docket.

Copies of necessary exhibits, affidavits, and other attachments must be sent to opposing counsel.

The tendered Judgment and Order of Sale must be in a format suitable to the Master Commissioner and Court and provided electronically in an editable format.

Each party must also send a copy of its trial brief directly to chambers.

The Circuit Court Clerk’s Office may not release a video of an in camera interview with children without a specific written court order.

In cases subject to mandatory e-filing, represented parties must e-file rather than conventionally file documents, except as otherwise permitted by the eFiling Rules; this restriction does not apply to documents filed by unrepresented parties.

Each order must be prepared and filed as a separate instrument.

The plaintiff must send the Master Commissioner a $1,000 certified check or money order as a sale-expense advance within seven days after entry of the Judgment and Order of Sale.

and reply memoranda will be set at the initial hearing.

A party unable to attend a scheduled motion hearing must immediately notify the moving party and try to agree on another time; if unsuccessful, the party must immediately file a continuance motion or notice of unavailability. The Court may allocate continuance costs upon good cause and has final discretion to grant or deny a continuance.