Ind. Porter Cnty. Local Rule LR64-AR00-3400

3400.10 Required Number of Orders and Briefs. All orders submitted to the

Court shall be accompanied by a sufficient number of copies and the same number of postage paid

addressed envelopes, so that a copy may be mailed to each party or counsel of record. The original

and one copy of all orders shall be retained by the Clerk.

3400.20 Flat Filing. The files of the Court shall be kept under the "flat-filing"

system. All pleadings, documents and papers presented for filing to the Clerk shall be flat,

unfolded, arranged in chronological order and affixed in flat file folders by standard prong

fasteners.

3400.30 Court Files. No court file nor any part thereof may be removed from the custody

of the Court or Clerk by any person, including any attorney, except upon authorization by a Judge

of the Court and then only upon such terms and conditions as may be provided by the Judge, one

unalterable and invariable condition to be the written acknowledgment of such person that they

have such file in their personal possession.

3400.40 Chronological Case Summary. Indiana Trial Rule 77(B) requires that attorneys

assist the Court in preparing an accurate and prompt entry into the Chronological Case Summary.

The date of every notation in the Chronological Case Summary should be the date the notation is

made, regardless of the date the notation was received in the Clerk’s Office. For example, the court

may issue an order on one date but the order does not arrive in the trial court clerk’s office for

several days. Such an entry might be as follows: “order for discovery signed by the judge on

January 15, 2015 and received in this office January 20, 2015.”. The Court shall reject any

inaccurate submitted proposed entry. Attorney and litigants are advised to be familiar with the

following Indiana Courts Websites: Trial Rule 77 Quick Guide and the Trial Court Administration

Manual for Judges and Clerks, Chapter 6—Trial Rule 77: Court Records.

3400.50 Service of Copies on Counsel and Unrepresented Parties. Every

filing required to be served by T.R. 5 shall be served on all counsel of record either before it is filed

or on the day it is filed with the Court. A copy of the entry form of the filing shall also be served

on all counsel of record whenever the entry is the appearance of counsel or contains a setting for a

Court hearing date. All proposed forms of order shall be submitted in sufficient number that

distribution may be made to all parties.

3400.60 Routine Entries. Entries, either routine in nature or uncontested including, for

example, those setting or continuing a hearing, shall be set out on an entry form only, which shall

contain the concise substance of the entry.