Ind. Porter Cnty. Local Rule LR64-AR00-3700

3700.10 Case Management Conferences. No sooner than 120 days after the filing

of any complaint in a civil plenary (PL), civil tort (CT), civil collection (CC), or mortgage

foreclosure (MF) case, a case management conference may be scheduled upon motion of any

party or the Court. Each party shall be represented at this conference by an attorney familiar

with the case, who shall be prepared to discuss and enter into stipulations concerning:

(1) the exchange of lists of witnesses known to have knowledge of the facts supporting

the pleadings. The parties thereafter shall be under a continuing obligation to advise

opposing parties of other witnesses as they become known;

(2) the exchange of all documents, and any other evidence reasonably available,

contemplated for use in support of the pleadings;

(3) a discovery schedule;

(4) the necessity for additional conferences in complex litigation;

(5) the necessity for amendments to the pleadings and the filing or hearing of dispositive

motions. Absent agreement, the Court shall schedule the filing, briefing, and hearing

thereof; and

(6) settlement and the feasibility of Alternative Dispute Resolution.

3700.20 Case Management Order. At the conclusion of the case management

conference, or if the Court chooses not to hold a case management conference, no sooner than

120 days after the filing of the complaint, the Court shall enter a case management order setting

forth:

(1) a time limit for completion of discovery;

(2) a time limit for filing all pre-trial dispositive motions;

(3) the scheduling of a pre-trial conference;

(4) time limits for filing, and the format of proposed preliminary and final jury

instructions and objections thereto;

(5) time limit(s) for filing Motions in Limine;

(6) time limit(s) for completion of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and filing of

any report required by the ADR rules; and

(7) any other matters which the parties or the Court have seen fit to address.