Fill and Sign the Fillable Online Local Rules of Court Courts Porter County Form

Page 1 of 2 Approved by Coalition for Court Access Best Practices Group CCA - GF - 0518 - 3003 STATE OF INDIANA ) IN THE ______________ ____________________ COURT ) SS: CIVIL DIVISION, ROOM ____________ CAUSE NO. ___________________________ COUNTY OF ________________ ) IN RE THE _______________ OF: ________________________ Petitioner, v. ________________________ Respondent. APPEARANCE BY UNREPRESENTED PERSON IN CIVIL CASE This Appearance Form must be filed on behalf of every party in a civil case. 1. My name is: _____________________________ and I am _____ Initiating (filing) _____ Respondi ng (answering or defending) _____ Intervening in this case I am not represented by a lawyer. 2. Contact information for receiving legal service of documents and case information as required by Court Rules. (NOTE: If you are the Initiating party and this case , or a related case, involves a protection from abuse order, a workplace violence restraining order, or a no - contact order, you must provide an address for the purpose of legal service of documents but that address should not be one that exposes the wherea bouts of the petitioner.) Address: Email address: I will accept service at the above email address Phone: Fax: OR, if in the related case, you have used the Attorney General Confidential address, you may check the box below: Attorney General confidential address Page 2 of 2 Approved by Coalition for Court Access Best Practices Group CCA - GF - 0518 - 3003 3. This is a _____________ case type as defined in Administrative Rule 8(B)(3). (This clerk will tell you the case type if you don’t know it, so you may handwrite your response at the Clerk’s Office.) 4. There are related cases: (If yes, please indicate below) ______ Yes ______ No Caption and case number of related cases: Additional information as required by local rule: CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that I sent a copy of this Appearance by first class mail to the opposing party if the opposing party is not represented by an attorney on ____________________________. Signature _____________________________________ SignatureCaption: _________________________________ Case No.: _____________________ Caption: _________________________________ Case No.: _____________________ Caption: _________________________________ Case No.: _____________________ Caption: _________________________________ Case No.: _____________________ Caption: _________________________________ Case No.: _____________________ Caption: _________________________________ Case No.: _____________________ Page 1 of 3 Approved by the Coalition for Court Access Best Practices Group CCA-DC-0518-1030 STATE OF INDIANA ) ) SS: COUNTY OF _______________ ) IN THE ________________________________ COURT CAUSE NO. ____________________________________ IN RE THE ____________________ ) OF: ) ) ) ____________________________ ) Petitioner, ) ) and ) ) ____________________________ ) Respondent. VERIFIED PETITION FOR RULE TO SHOW CAUSE REGARDING CUSTODY OR PARENTING TIME Comes now the ___________________________________, and being first duly sworn upon _____ oath, requests this Court to issue upon the _____________________ a Rule to Show Cause pursuant to IC 31-16-12-6, and Order to Appear, and in support of _____________________________________, Petition alleges and says: 1. The Petitioner and Respondent are parents of the following children: ______________________________, age ________ ______________________________, age ________ ______________________________, age ________ ______________________________, age ________ ______________________________, age ________ 2. On or about ____________________, this Court entered the following order in the above captioned matter concerning the parties’ minor children: Page 2 of 3 Approved by the Coalition for Court Access Best Practices Group CCA-DC-0518-1030 ________________________________________________________________________x ________________________________________________________________________x ________________________________________________________________________x ________________________________________________________________________x ________________________________________________________________________x ________________________________________________________________________x ________________________________________________________________________x ________________________________________________________________________x 3. _________________________________ willfully disobeyed the Court’s Order regarding __________________________________ as follows: ________________________________________________________________________x ________________________________________________________________________x ________________________________________________________________________x ________________________________________________________________________x ________________________________________________________________________x ________________________________________________________________________x ________________________________________________________________________x ________________________________________________________________________x ________________________________________________________________________x 4. Based upon the above representations, __________________________ respectfully requests that this Court set this matter for hearing and order the ______________________ to appear and show cause as to why ____________________ should not be found in contempt of the Court’s Order. 5. In the event that this Court finds _________________ in contempt for willful disobedience of its order, _________________________ requests this Court order _______________________________________ to reimburse ___________________________________________ for any reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred for the prosecution of this petition. WHEREFORE, ______________________________ requests that this Court s et this matter for hearing on the matters alleged and order __________________________ to appear and show cause why he should not be found in contempt of the Court’s Order. Page 3 of 3 Approved by the Coalition for Court Access Best Practices Group CCA-DC-0518-1030 In the event that the Court finds ____________ _______________ to be in contempt, _____________________________ requests that the Court order ___________________________ to reimburse the ___________________________ for reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred for the prosecution of this petition, and grant all just and proper in the pr emises. I SWEAR AND AFFIRM, SUBJECT TO PENALTIES FOR THE CRIME OF P ERJURY, THAT THE FOR EGOING REPRESENTATIONS ARE TRUE. __________________________________________ Signature __________________________________________ Printed Name CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that I have served a true and exact copy of the foregoing upon _________________________________ via United States first class mail at the following address or via the court’s electronic filing system using the following e-mail address on ______________________________. Address or e -mail address: ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ____________________________________ Signature Page 1 of 2 Approved by Coalition for Court Access Best Practic es Group CCA -DC-0518-1031 STATE OF INDIANA ) ) SS: COUNTY OF ___________ ) IN THE ________________________________ COURT CAUSE NO. ____________________________________ IN RE THE ____________________ ) OF: ) ) ) ____________________________ ) Petitioner, ) ) and ) ) ____________________________ ) Respondent. ORDER TO APPEAR AND RULE TO SHOW CAUSE REGARDING CUSTODY OR PARENTING TIME The _____________________________ having filed a Ver ified Petition for Rule to Show Cause Regarding Custody or Parenting Time, this Court now issues upon the _____________________________ a Rule to Show Cause and ORDERS the _________________________________ to APPEAR before this court on ________________________, at ___________ a.m./p.m., and show cause as to why __________________________ should not be found in contempt of this Court’s Order concerning ______________________ issued on __________________________. 1. ________________________________________ has alleged willful disobedience of the following provision of this Court’s order dated ________________________concerning _____________________________: ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ Page 2 of 2 Approved by Coalition for Court Access Best Practic es Group CCA-DC-0518-1031 2. Specifically, ________________________ has alleged: ______________________ willfully disobeyed the provisions of the Court’s Orde r set out in paragraph 1 above as described below: ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ 3. ____________________________________ must appear on the date given above unless a Motion to Continue has been filed and GRANTED by this Court. _________________________________’s failure to appear on the hearing date may result in ______________________________’s arrest. SO ORDERED on ______________________________________. _____________ _______________________ Judicial Officer Distribution to: