Ind. Trial Rule 10

briefs

Effective January 1, 2025

Pleadings, motions, memoranda, and briefs filed by counsel must be consistent with the following:

(A) Page Size.

The page size must be 8 1/2 by 11 inches. Conventionally filed documents must use white

paper of a weight normally used in printing and typing.

(B) Production.

The document must be produced in a neat and legible manner using black type. It may be

typewritten, printed, or produced by a word processing system. For conventionally filed documents, text must appear on only one side of the paper.

(C) Print Size.

The font must be Arial, Baskerville, Book Antiqua, Bookman, Bookman Old Style, Century, Century Schoolbook, Calisto MT, CG Times, Garamond, Georgia, New Baskerville, New Century

Schoolbook, Palatino, or Times New Roman and the typeface must be 12-point or larger in

both body text and footnotes.

(D) Spacing.

All text must be double-spaced except that footnotes, tables, charts, or similar material and

text that is blocked and indented must be single-spaced. Single-spaced lines must be sep-

arated by at least 4-point spaces.

(E) Numbering.

All pages must be consecutively numbered at the bottom beginning with numeral one.

(F) Margins.

All four margins for the text of the document must be at least one inch from the edge of the

page.

(G) Caption--Names of parties.

Every pleading shall contain a caption setting forth the name of the court, the title of the

action, the file number, and a designation as in Rule 7(A). In the complaint the title of the

action shall include the names of all the parties, but in other pleadings it is sufficient to state

the name of the first party on each side with an appropriate indication of other parties.

(H) Paragraphs--Separate statements.

All averments of a claim or defense shall be made in numbered paragraphs, the contents of

each of which shall be limited as far as practicable to a statement of a single set of

circumstances, and a paragraph may be referred to by number in all succeeding pleadings.

Each claim founded upon a separate transaction or occurrence and each defense other than

denials may be stated in a separate count or defense whenever a separation facilitates the

clear presentation of the matters set forth.

(I) Self-represented litigants.

Self-represented litigants must submit documents in a neat and legible manner, with text

appearing on only one side of the paper. Self-represented litigants must comply with sub-divisions (G) and (H).

(J) Substantial Compliance and Opportunity to Cure.

A court may consider a filing in substantial compliance with this rule. The court must allow a

party to cure a nonconforming filing within a reasonable time.