Order Amending Rules of Trial Procedure, 94S00-0502-MS-19 (Ind. 2-7-2005)

Full title: ORDER AMENDING RULES OF TRIAL PROCEDURE

Court: Supreme Court of Indiana

Date published: Feb 7, 2005

Case No. 94S00-0502-MS-19 (Ind. Feb. 7, 2005)

Opinion

Case No. 94S00-0502-MS-19.

February 7, 2005.

RANDALL T. SHEPARD, Chief Justice of Indiana

Under the authority vested in this Court to provide by rule for the procedure employed in all courts of this state and this Court's inherent authority to supervise the administration of all courts of this state, Rule 5 of the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure is amended to read as follows (deletions shown bystriking and new text shown by underlining):

INDIANA RULES OF TRIAL PROCEDURE

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Rule 5. Service and Filing of Pleading and Other Papers

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(G) Filing of Documents and Information Excluded from Public Access and Confidential Pursuant to Administrative rule 9(G)(1).

Every document prepared by a lawyer or party for filing in a case shall separately identify information excluded from public access pursuant to Admin. R. 9(G)(1) as follows:

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(3) With respect to documents filed in electronic format, the trial court, by order or local rule, may provide for compliance with this rule in a manner that separates and protects access to information excluded from public access.

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This amendment shall take effect immediately.

The Clerk of this Court is directed to forward a copy of this order to the clerk of each circuit court in the state of Indiana; Attorney General of Indiana; Legislative Services Agency and its Office of Code Revision; Administrator, Indiana Supreme Court; Administrator, Indiana Court of Appeals; Administrator, Indiana Tax Court; Public Defender of Indiana; Prosecuting Attorney's Council; Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission; Indiana Supreme Court Commission for Continuing Legal Education; Indiana Board of Law Examiners; Indiana Judicial Center; Division of State Court Administration; Indiana Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program; the libraries of all law schools in this state; the Michie Company; and the West Group.

The West Group is directed to publish this Order in the advance sheets of this Court.

The Clerks of the Circuit Courts are directed to bring this Order to the attention of all judges within their respective counties and to post this Order for examination by the Bar and general public.

DONE at Indianapolis, Indiana, this _______ day of February, 2005.

All Justices concur.