Hardin County Court of Common Pleas, General & Domestic Relations Divisions Document Format Requirements

CRITICALCivil cases

The attorney requesting a sale must type and file the order of sale with the Clerk, and the order must include the specified property and debt information.

Said Orders shall be typed by the attorney requesting the sale and filed with the Clerk, which Order shall contain the following minimal information: full legal description or the full property address and a summary of the property description which includes information on where to obtain the full legal description, with the permanent parcel number(s), amount due, interest due and date to which interest will continue to accrue.

CRITICAL

Pleadings and documents must follow the specified cover, first-page, subsequent-page, and paper-format requirements; nonconforming filings may be stricken, except for the stated exhibit exception.

All pleadings and documents, other than original documents attached or offered as exhibits, present for filing with the Hardin County Juvenile Court shall be offered for filing without folders or covers and the first page of filings shall have a 3" unobstructed space at the top of the document for the Clerk to place a file stamp, all subsequent pages shall indicate the names of the case/parties, name of document, case number and page number. All pleadings and documents shall be one-sided and on 8.5" x 11" bond paper. The Court may strike documents for filing that do not conform to this Rule.

CRITICAL

Filed papers must be typed or legibly handwritten on 8½-by-11-inch paper and leave at least three inches of blank space at the top right of the first page for the Clerk’s endorsement.

All pleadings, motions and all other papers filed in an action shall be typed or legibly handwritten upon 8 ½ x 11" paper with a blank space of at least three inches at the top of the right side of the first page for endorsement thereon by the Clerk, and shall be filed in accordance with the Civil Rules.

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

After completion, the original transcript must be filed with the Clerk of Courts, and one free electronic PDF copy must be provided to counsel of record or, if a party is pro se, to the parties of record.

Upon completion of a transcript, the original transcript shall be filed with the Clerk of Courts and one electronic copy of the transcript shall be provided to counsel of record or, if pro se, the parties of record in a PDF format free of charge.

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

Electronically filed documents, pleadings, and proposed orders for court approval must be filed with the Clerk as PDFs.

All electronically filed documents and pleadings or proposed orders for Court approval shall be filed with the Clerk in Portable Document Format (PDF).

WARNINGCivil cases

Motions for continuance, reassignment, or extension must be typed, or legibly printed in ink only if absolutely necessary.

A motion for a continuance, reassignment, or extension shall be in type or, if absolutely necessary, legibly printed in ink

WARNINGCivil cases

The court may accept computer-generated forms from the listed sources, and any such form printed two-sided must be in “tumble style” for binding at the top of its first side.

This court may accept computer-generated forms created by third party providers, forms as adopted by the court, or forms prepared by lawyers or others, provided the following conditions are met: A) If a form is printed two-sided, it shall be “tumble style” for binding at the top of the first side of the form.

WARNINGCivil cases

The court may strike a non-legible form from the record when it is discovered.

Non legible forms may be stricken from the record upon discovery.

WARNINGCivil cases

Filings must be typed or, if absolutely necessary, legibly printed in ink and meet electronic-imaging criteria; blue ink is preferred, and illegible filings may be stricken.

All filings (including motions for continuance) shall be in typed or, if absolutely necessary, legibly printed in ink and meet the court’s criteria for electronic imaging. Blue ink for hand printing and signatures is highly preferred. Illegibly printed filings, in whole or in part may be stricken.

WARNINGCivil cases

Parties may submit specified documents on a memory device in a format usable by the court’s word-processing system, and must do so if directed by the court.

In addition to filing written original documents, the parties may, or if the court directs, shall submit proposed entries, briefs, memoranda, jury instructions, or other documents on a memory device formatted in a manner which may be utilized by the court’s word processing system.

WARNING

Electronically filed pleadings must follow the formatting rules applicable to paper pleadings.

All electronically filed pleadings shall be formatted in accordance with the applicable rules governing formatting of paper pleadings.

WARNING

Filers must reserve a stamp area at the top right of the first page that is at least 2½ inches wide and 1 inch high.

Filers must leave a marginal location at the top right of the first page of a document for date and time stamps. This space must be no less than 2 ½ inches wide and 1 inch high.