Lewis County Superior Court Document Filing Requirements

CRITICAL

Applies to

Attendance certificate

Except for the specified temporary-orders motion, parties may not continue to seek affirmative relief until the seminar is completed and a copy of the attendance certificate is filed with the Clerk.

Other than one motion made by either party for temporary orders that is filed within sixty (60) days of the filing of a petition requesting a parenting plan, residential plan or custody order, neither Petitioner nor Respondent shall be allowed to continue to seek affirmative relief in the pending action or any subsequent action between the same parties until the seminar has been successfully completed and a copy of the attendance certificate is filed with the Clerk of the Court.

WARNING

Applies to

Document filed in multiple cases

Except in consolidated cases, a document may be filed under multiple case numbers only if sufficient copies are provided for each case at the same time; otherwise, the clerk files it only under the first designated case number.

Except in consolidated cases, no documents shall be filed with more than one case number, unless sufficient copies are simultaneously provided for each case. Where there are multiple case numbers and no copies provided, the clerk shall place the documents only in the first case number designated.

WARNING

Applies to

Guardian ad litem registry application

Anyone seeking placement on a Guardian ad Litem registry must submit an application annually using the Court’s current form.

Each person requesting to be listed on any Guardian ad Litem registry shall annually submit an application on the current form provided by the Court and maintained by the

WARNING

Applies to

Committee request

The Committee’s request to the guardian ad litem must be written and identify the issues on which the Committee seeks a response.

Upon receipt of a written response to a complaint from the guardian ad litem, the Complaint Review Committee shall, within ten (10) business days, make a finding s to each of the issues delineated in the Committee’s written request to the guardian ad litem that based on the response, there is either no merit to the issue, or that there is merit to the issue.

WARNING

Applies to

Committee decision notice

Notice of the Committee’s decision to the complaint and the guardian ad litem must be in writing.

The complaint and the guardian ad litem shall be notified in writing of the Committee’s decision within ten (10) business days of the entry of the Committee’s findings and decision being signed.

WARNING

Applies to

Lei form

If required information is unknown and cannot practically be obtained, the party or clerk must enter “Unknown” on the LEI Form.

If, when filling out an LEI Form, a party or clerk does not know and cannot practically obtain information required therein, the party or clerk shall write “Unknown” in the blank.

WARNING

Applies to

Prehearing statement

Each party must furnish the arbitrator copies of relevant pleadings and other documents in the court file.

In addition to the requirements of MAR 5.2, each party shall also furnish the arbitrator with copies of pleadings and other documents contained in the court file which that party deems relevant.