Jefferson County Courts at Law Filing Bundling Requirements

In cases designated as E-File, pleadings must address only one subject matter and separate matters must be separately pleaded and filed; gang filing is prohibited.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that each pleading in cases designated as E-File shall be fully and properly labeled, and a pleading shall deal with only one subject matter. Thus, for example, a Motion to Require State to List Witnesses may not be combined with a Motion for Request for Discovery and Inspection of Evidence, but they shall be two separate pleadings, each labeled accordingly and filed separately. In similar fashion, all matters shall be separately pleaded, labeled, and filed, and there shall be no "gang filing". The purpose of this requirement is so that separate matters may be readily indexed and located in the electronic file.

Civil cases

In cases designated as E-file, different matters must be filed as separate pleadings rather than combined in a gang filing.

Thus, for example, a Motion To Transfer Venue may not be combined with an Answer, but they shall be two separate pleadings, each labeled accordingly and filed separately, In similar fashion, all matters shall be separately pleaded, labeled, and filed, and there shall be no "gang filing".

Civil cases

Separate matters must be separately pleaded, labeled, and filed; combining them in a gang filing is prohibited.

Thus, for example, a Motion to Transfer Venue may not be combined with an Answer, but they shall be two separate pleadings, each labeled accordingly and filed separately. In similar fashion, all matters shall be separately pleaded, labeled, and filed, and there shall be no "gang filing".

The Ad Litem fee payment order and Motion for Payment must be filed together.

It must be completed and e-filed along with a Motion for Payment.