Lewis County Superior Court Document Format Requirements

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Motion affidavits and declarations must be based on personal knowledge, contain admissible facts, establish the affiant’s or declarant’s competence, and exclude argument, comment, and nonexpert opinion.

Affidavits and declarations in support of or in opposition to any motion or part thereof shall be made only on personal knowledge, shall set forth only such facts as would be admissible in evidence, and shall show affirmatively that the affiant or declarant is competent to testify to the specific matters set forth therein. Argument, comment, and nonexpert opinion shall be excluded from affidavits and declarations.

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The oath of office must use the form prescribed by the court.

The oath of office on the form prescribed by the court must be completed and filed prior to an applicant being placed on the panel.

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The statement of arbitrability must use the form provided by the court.

In every civil case the party filing the note for trial assignment shall upon the form provided by the court, complete a statement of arbitrability, and serve it upon opposing counsel or party, if not represented by counsel.

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Motions, responses, and replies must be written, typewritten or hand printed, on letter-size paper with numbered left margins, and double-spaced.

2. Form. All motions and responses or replies thereto shall be in writing, shall be typewritten, or hand printed and shall be presented on paper 8-1/2 by 11 inches in size, on paper containing a vertical line of numbers at the left margin, and shall be double spaced.

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The arbitrator information sheet must use the form prescribed by the court.

A person desiring to serve as an arbitrator shall complete an information sheet on the form prescribed by the court.

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Handwritten cursive pleadings require an attached typed or hand-printed version, and the court will not consider a handwritten or cursive pleading without one.

No pleadings shall be filed or presented which are hand written in cursive form, unless a typed or hand printed version of such pleading is attached to such pleading. The court shall not consider any hand written or cursive pleading without such a typed or hand printed version attached, for any purpose.

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The response must use the form prescribed by the court.

Prior to the trial-setting date, any party disagreeing with the statement of arbitrability or willing to stipulate to arbitration shall serve and file a response to the statement or arbitrability as filed, upon the form prescribed by the court.

WARNING

The settlement conference statement must use the form required by the court, which is available from the Court Administrator electronically or in hard copy.

The settlement conference statement shall be in such form as required by the court and shall be available from the Court Administrator in electronic format or hard copy.

WARNING

An arbitration award must be prepared on the court-prescribed form.

(a) Form. The award shall be prepared on the form prescribed by the court.

WARNING

The information listed below this instruction on the Order to Transfer to Mandatory Mediation form must be printed or typed.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION SHALL BE EITHER PRINTED OR TYPED: