Marion County Court of Common Pleas, General Division Filing Rules

Unless instructed otherwise in advance, a party filing a motion should generally submit the proposed entry it wants the Judge to sign with the motion.

The Clerk is authorized to charge a fee for fax transmission and a per-page fee, with the amounts determined by the Clerk.

An e-filer may seek appropriate relief if a technical failure of the Clerk's system or site made an e-filed document untimely.

The Clerk must serve all parties with judicial filings and record the service method, except that an entry solely ordering the transportation of a person in custody need not be served on all parties.

Filers should combine attachments and exhibits into one PDF, but may submit them in numbered parts if the file is too large to upload.

E-filers should identify in the e-filing system’s comment field which filing the attachments or exhibits belong to.

If a problem on the e-filer's end prevents electronic filing, the document must be filed with the Clerk in person, by mail, or by fax.

Motion briefing consists of the motion, an opposition or response, and a reply; other briefs require prior leave of Court upon a showing of good cause.

Parties should try to avoid trial-continuance motions, but must file a motion to continue a trial or other hearing as soon as they realize a continuance is needed.

Filings must refer to victims by initials and, if necessary, be redacted before filing to comply.

When a filing requires a hearing to be scheduled or a court ruling, the filer must immediately deliver a time-stamped copy to the assigned judge’s assignment clerk.

Fax filings are limited to 30 pages, including exhibits but excluding the cover sheet.