Brown County District Court Filing Timing and Cure Windows

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Criminal cases

Brown and Mills Counties must submit the Indigent Defense Expenditure Report annually by November 1.

Brown and Mills Counties shall submit the Indigent Defense Expenditure Report each year by November 1.

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After ADR concludes, the parties must file a written statement with the Court no later than seven days before the trial on the merits stating when ADR occurred and whether it settled the dispute.

At the completion of the ADR procedure, but not later than seven (7) days prior to the trial on the merits, the parties shall file a written statement advising the Court when the ADR procedure was conducted and whether a settlement resulted.

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Unless the Court agrees otherwise, counsel must reduce judgments, decrees, or orders to writing within ten days after rendition, announcement of the ruling, or announcement of settlement, send a copy to opposing counsel for objections as to form, and deliver the original to the Court for signing; the order will be signed if no objection is received within ten days after the Court receives it.

Unless agreed by the Court otherwise, within ten (10) days after rendition, announcement of the Court's ruling or announcement of settlement by counsel, counsel shall cause all judgments, decrees or orders of any kind to be reduced to writing with a copy forwarded to opposing counsel for objection as to form, and the original delivered directly to the Court for signing. If no objection is heard from opposing counsel within ten (10) days from the date it is received by the Court it will be signed.

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The petitioner must initiate the composite inventory and send it to the respondent for completion at least 14 days before trial.

The Petitioner shall initiate the composite Inventory and forward it to the Respondent for completion not less than fourteen (14) days prior to trial.

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The respondent must complete and file the composite inventory and serve a copy on the petitioner at least 7 days before trial.

The Respondent shall complete and file the composite Inventory with the Court and serve a copy of the same on the Petitioner not less than seven (7) days prior to trial.

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The completed plea information form must reach the Criminal Liaison at least seven days before the scheduled hearing, and a late or missing form causes the hearing to be rescheduled unless the Court approves otherwise.

A completed plea information form shall be delivered to the Criminal Liaison at least seven days prior to the scheduled hearing date. If the completed plea information form is not delivered timely to the Criminal Liaison, the plea hearing shall be re-scheduled until a completed plea information form has been filed with the Criminal Liaison, unless approved otherwise by the Court.

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Civil cases

An attorney seeking a party's virtual appearance in exigent circumstances must file a motion or order at least 3 days before the hearing, or promptly when the emergency becomes known.

If there are exigent circumstances and an attorney is requesting that a party appear virtually, they must file a motion/order for virtual appearance no less than 3 days prior to the hearing, or as soon as the emergency need becomes known.

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Civil cases

A party seeking a witness's virtual appearance must file a motion and order at least 3 days before the setting.

Witnesses: The Court will accommodate out-of-town and/or professional witnesses when practicable. If a party knows of a request for a witness to appear virtually, they must file a motion and order for virtual appearance no less than 3 days prior to the setting.

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Civil cases

An advisement containing the specified information must be filed with the court immediately.

**IT IS ORDERED** that an advisement shall immediately be filed with the court that includes the following information (TFC §266.0042, 264.018):

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Failure to furnish a dispositive judgment, order, or decree within ten days may result in placement on the next regularly scheduled dismissal docket, possible dismissal, and discretionary taxation of costs.

Upon failure to furnish the Court with a judgment, order or decree disposing of the case within the ten (10) day period, the Court may place the case on the next regularly scheduled dismissal docket, whereupon the case may be dismissed and costs may be taxed at the Court's discretion.

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For guilty or nolo contendere plea cases, plea papers should be completed before the plea hearing, and the prosecutor is responsible for preparing and delivering them to defense counsel beforehand.

Where cases are set for guilty or nolo contendere pleas, all plea papers should be filled out prior to the time a case is scheduled to begin for the plea hearing. The prosecutor handling the case will be responsible for the timely preparation of the plea papers and delivery of these documents to the defendant's attorney prior to the day scheduled for the plea hearing.

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each party shall file, not less than thirty (30) days prior to trial, a sworn inventory and appraisement

Summary: The initial sworn inventory and appraisement must be filed no later than 30 days before trial.