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                                  RULE CRLJ 10
                             FORM OF PLEADINGS

    (a) Caption; Names of Parties. Every written pleading shall contain a
caption setting forth the name of the court, the title of the action, the
file number if known to the person signing it, 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 written pleadings it is sufficient to state
the name of the first party on each side with an appropriate indication of
other parties. When the plaintiff is ignorant of the name of the defendant,
it shall be so stated in his pleading, and such defendant may be designated
in any pleading or proceeding by any name, and when his true name shall be
discovered, the pleading or proceeding may be amended accordingly.

    (b) Adoption by Reference; Exhibits. Statements in a pleading may be
adopted by reference in a different part of the same pleading or in another
pleading or in any motion. A copy of any written instrument which is an
exhibit to a pleading is a part thereof for all purposes.

    (c) Form.  The requirements for pleadings, motions, and other papers
are as specified in GR 14, except exhibits and forms approved by the Office
of the Administrator for the Courts need not be on letter-size paper (8-1/2
by 11 inches).

    (d) Personal Identifiers Prohibited. [Reserved. See GR 31(e).]

    (e) Unpublished Opinions. [Reserved. See GR 14.1.]


[Amended effective September 1, 1990; September 1, 2000; September 1,
2007.]
	

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