Hamilton County Circuit Court Filing Timing and Cure Windows

CRITICALCivil cases

The list of marked exhibits must be filed no later than the morning of trial.

The parties shall file a list of any marked exhibits no later than the morning of trial.

CRITICALCivil cases

Deadline

10 calendar days

The service-charge payment and a copy of the email filing cover sheet must be received by the Clerk within 10 calendar days after the email filing.

Payment of the service charge, accompanied by a copy of the email filing cover sheet, shall be received by the Clerk not later than ten (10) calendar days after the email filing.

CRITICALCivil cases

Deadline

2 business days

A required response must be filed by 4:00 p.m. at least two business days before the motion is called; failure to meet that deadline may result in the motion being granted.

Failure to file a required response by 4:00 p.m. at least two (2) business days preceding the date that the motion is to be called may result in the granting of the motion.

CRITICALCivil cases

Deadline

5 business days

The responding statement and supporting documentation must be filed within 5 business days after receipt of the motion.

If the non-custodial party contests any such estimate, within five (5) business days after receipt of the motion from the custodial party, that party shall file and serve his or her own Verified Statement of Income with supporting documentation.

CRITICALCivil cases

Unless an expedited hearing is granted, the proposed temporary parenting plan is due at least 10 days before the hearing.

Unless an expedited hearing is granted by the Court, at least ten (10) days before any temporary parenting hearing before the Court or a Master, each party (and, if necessary, any guardian ad litem) shall file with the Court and, by email or by hand, serve opposing counsel or pro se party the proposed temporary parenting plan.

CRITICALCivil cases

When a bond is required, it must be executed before the Clerk issues letters.

Where required, bonds must be executed prior to the issuance of letters by the Clerk.

CRITICALCivil cases

Deadline

5 business days

Objections to an exhibit’s authenticity must be filed and served within five business days after receipt of the exhibit list or they are deemed waived.

Within five (5) business days of the receipt of an exhibit list, the recipient shall file with the Court and serve opposing counsel (or pro se party) by email or by hand any objections to authenticity of any exhibit or such objection shall be deemed waived.

CRITICALCivil cases

The Verified Financial Statement and Proposed Division of Marital Estate is due at least 10 days before trial or a hearing before a Master.

In all contested divorce cases, at least ten (10) days before trial or hearing before a Master each party shall file with the Court and, by email or by hand, serve opposing counsel or pro se party a Verified Financial Statement And Proposed Division of Marital Estate.

CRITICALCivil cases

Deadline

48 hours

Unless a pretrial order provides otherwise, evidence must be submitted at least 48 hours before trial, a hearing, or a motion docket.

Except as provided in a pretrial order: (1) All evidence must be submitted no later than 48 hours before trial, hearing, or motion docket using ECF;

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Pretrial filings

Pretrial filings required under LRCP 10 must also be filed with the Court at least ten days before a hearing before a Master.

Any pretrial filings required under LRCP 10 must also be filed with the Court at least ten (10) days before any hearing before a Master.

CRITICALCivil cases

Other parties must file proposed changes to the jury charge or verdict-form proposals at least five days before trial.

At least five (5) days before trial, the other parties shall file any proposed changes to the proposals.

WARNINGCivil cases

Business days are computed under Rule 6.01 of the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure.

"Business days" shall be computed in accordance with Rule 6.01 of the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure.

WARNINGCivil cases

The Court may dismiss a case if no action is taken for 270 days.

If no action is taken in a case for two hundred seventy (270) days, the Court may dismiss the case.

WARNINGCivil cases

Thirty days before a dormant-case dismissal, the Clerk or Judge must notify counsel or prominently post a list identifying each case by name and docket number.

Thirty (30) days before such a dismissal, the Clerk or Judge shall notify counsel or post a Procedural Steps List containing the name and docket number of each case to be dismissed. The Procedural Steps List shall be prominently posted in the Clerk’s office and on the web site (http://www.hamiltontn.gov/courts).

WARNINGCivil cases

Authorized Users must log in to ECF and review NEFs within 90 days after posting because the notices and their information are then removed from the account.

The NEF is distributed as an email and posted in the ECF web interface for access. The email is not always reliable and considered a courtesy notice. It is the responsibility of each Authorized User to login to the ECF and review their NEFs prior to ninety (90) days from the time the NEF is posted to their user account. After ninety (90) days, the NEFs are cleaned up, and the information is removed from the Authorized User’s account.