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IN THE SUPREME COURT , STATE OF W YOMING APRIL TERM , A.D. 2012 In the Matter of the Adoption of ) Rule 3 .1 of the Wyoming Rules ) of Civil Procedure ) ORDER ADOPTING RULE 3.1 OF THE WYOMING RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE This matter came before the Court upon recommendation of the Board of Judicial Policy and Administration. The Court has determined that Rule 3 .1 of the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure should be adopted . It is, therefore, ORDERED that Rule 3 .1 of the Wyoming Rules of Civil Pr ocedure is hereby adopted as shown on the attachment hereto effective on November 1 , 2012. It is further ORDERED that this Order and the Rule be published in the advance sheets of the Pacific Reporter; this Order and Rule be published in the Wyoming Co urt Rules Volume; and that this Order and Rule be made available online at the Wyoming Judicial Branch’s website, http://www.courts.state.wy.us . The Rule shall thereafter be spread at length upon the journal of this Court. DATED this 23rd day of August , 2012. BY THE COURT : /s/ MARILYN S. KITE Chief Justice Rule 3.1 CIVIL COVER SHEET (a) Civil Cover Sheet. Every complaint or other document initiating a civil action shall be accompanied by a completed civil cover sheet form available on the Court’s website or from the Clerk of Court. This requirement is solely for administrative purposes and has no legal effect in the action. If the complaint or other document is filed withou t a completed civil cover sheet, the Clerk of Court shall at the time of filing give notice of the omission to the party filing the document . If, after notice of the omission the coversheet is not filed within 11 calendar days, the court may impose an appr opriate sanction upon the attorney or party filing the complaint or other document. CIVIL COVER SHEET This civil cover sheet and the information contained herein neither replace s nor supplement s the filing s and service of pleadings or other papers as required by law. This form, approved by the Wyoming Supreme Court, is required for the use of the Clerk of Court f or the purpose of initiating the civil docket sheet. ( SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE SECOND PAGE OF TH IS FORM ) I. CAPTION ____________________ ____ ______________________________ _________ _____________________ Plaintiff Name and Current Address v. ______________________________ Defendant. Docket # ________________________ II. NATURE OF SUIT (Place an “X” in One Box Only) GENERAL CIVIL OTHER CIVIL CONTRACT DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE PROBATE □ Appointment/Removal of a Fiduciary □ Business Organization Litigation □ Divorce w/Minor Children □ Ancillary Admin/Foreign Prob □ Arbitration Award Confirmation □ Com. Const. Contract Litigation □ Divorce w/o Minor Children □ Decree of Title Distribution □ Birth Certific ate Amendment/Establishment □ Contract Other (not Debt Collection) □ Judicial Separation □ Determination of Heirship □ Debt Collection □ Annulment □ Letters of Administration □ Declaratory Judgment □ Estate Unspecified □ Emancipation of Minor TORT DOMESTIC RELATIONS □ Summary Probate □ False or Frivolous Lien □ PI or WD - Environmental or Toxic To rt □ Custody/Parental Visitation □ Testate/Intestate Estate □ Foreign Judgment □ PI or WD - Fed Employer Liability Act □ Grandparental Visitation □ Will Only Filings □ Foreign Protection Order/Foreign Stalking Order □ PI or WD - Medical Malpractice □ Paternity □ Trust Matters □ Forfeiture of Property □ PI or WD - Product Liability □ Child Support/Parental Contribution □ Guardianship □ Governmental Action Environmental Case □ PI or WD - Vehicular □ Child Support w/ Paternity □ Conservatorship □ Injunction □ Personal Injury Unspecified □ UIFSA w/Paternity □ Guardian & Conservatorship □ Material Witness/Foreign Subpoena □ Property Damage □ UIFSA □ Name Change □ Tort Unspecified □ Dom Register Foreign Judgment ADOPTION □ Involuntary Hospitalization □ Wrongful Termination of Employment □ TPR State/DFS □ Adoption □ Public Nuisance □ TPR Family/Private □ Confidential Intermediary □ Specific Relief □ Structured Settlement Protection Act □ Successor to Civil Trust Appointment CIRCUIT COURT PROPERTY □ Transcript Judgment from Circuit Court □ Small Claims □ Property with Mineral Rights □ Writ of Habeas Corpus □ Forcible Entry and Detainer □ Property w/o Mineral Rights □ Writ of Mandamus □ Stalking Protection Order □ Writ of Replevin □ Family Violence Protection Order □ Unspecified □ III. RELATED CASE(S) IF ANY (see instructions) Docket No. _____________ Judge _______________________ Court (if different ) _________________________ Docket No. _____________ Judge _______________________ Court (if different) _________________________ IV . $ AMOUNT IN CONTROVERSY, (estimated) (see instructions) $____________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________ SIGNATURE OF ATTORNEY OF RECORD OR PRO SE LITIGANT DATE INSTRUCTIONS FOR ATTORNEYS OR PRO SE LITIGANTS COMPLETING THE CIVIL COVER SHEET Authority for Civil Cover Sheet The civil cover sheet and the information contained herein neither replace s nor supplement s the filing s and service of pleadings or other papers as required by law. This form, approved by the Wyoming Supreme Court, is requ ired for the use of the Clerk of Court for the purpose of initiating the civil docket sheet. Consequently , a civil cover sheet is submitted to the Clerk of Court for each civil case filed. The attorney or pro se litigant filing a case should complete the form as follows: I. Caption. Enter names of the plaintiff and defendant and the address for the plaintiff . If the plaintiff or defendant is a government agency, use only the full name or standard abbreviations. If the plaintiff or defendant is an offici al within a governmental agency, identify first the agency and then the official, giving both name and title. II. Nature of Suit. Place an “X” in the appropriate box. ONE AND ONLY ONE BOX SHOULD BE CHECKED. If the nature of suit cannot be determined, because the cause of action fits more than one nature of suit, select the most determinative. Some descriptions may require clarification . See below: Contract Subtypes Business Organization Litigation (Corporate, Partnership or L.L.C. dissolution or acc ounting) Contract Other (not debt collection) (including Specific Performance but not Wrongful Termination) Property Subtypes Property with Mineral Rights ( e.g., Quiet Title, Ejectment) Property w/o Mineral Rights ( e.g., Adverse Possession, Condemnation, Easements, Ejectment, Gifts, Historic Preservation Rights, Quiet Title, Solar Rights, Survivor Rights, Title, Trust, Unclaimed Property, Uniform Transfer to Minors, Property Conveyance including Mortgages and Deeds of Trust) Tort Subtypes PI or WD = Pers onal Injury or Wrongful Death Personal Injury Unspecified (e.g. , slip and fall, defamation, assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, false imprisonment, invasion of privacy) Property D amage (e.g., negligence, trespass, nuisance) Tort Un specified ( e.g., fraud, restraint of trade, conversion, replevin) Wrongful Termination of Employment ( sounding in Contract, Title VII, ADEA, or Breach of Implied Covenant of Goo d Faith and Fair Dealing ) Domestic Relations Subtypes A petition containing a child support action should be labeled a child support case even if other actions (i.e., custody, visitation, paternity) are included in the petition. III. Related Cases. This section is u sed to reference related cases, if an y. If there are related cases, involving the same parties or children, insert the docket numbers and the corresponding judge names for such cases. IV. $ Amount in Controversy. In this space, enter the dollar amount (in thousands of dollars) being demand ed or indicate other demand such as preliminary injunction. Attorney or Pro Se Litigant Signature and Date. Sign and date the civil cover sheet.