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                                RULE CR 10
                    FORM OF PLEADINGS AND OTHER PAPERS

(a)  Caption. Every 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 an identification as to the nature of the
     pleading or other paper.

     (1)  Names of Parties. 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.

     (2)  Unknown Names. 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.

     (3)  Unknown Heirs. When the heirs of any deceased person are proper
          parties defendant to any action relating to real property in this
          state, and when the names and residences of such heirs are
          unknown, such heirs may be proceeded against under the name and
          title of the "unknown heirs" of the deceased. In any action
          brought to determine any adverse claim, estate, lien, or interest
          in real property, or to quiet title to real property, unknown
          parties shall be designated as "also all other persons or parties
          unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in
          the real estate described in the complaint herein."

(b)  Paragraphs; Separate Statements. All averments of 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, shall be stated in
     a separate count or defense whenever a separation facilitates the
     clear presentation of the matters set forth.

(c)   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.

(d)  Format Requirements. [Reserved. See GR 14.]

(e)  Format Recommendations. It is recommended that all pleadings and other
     papers include or provide for the following:

     (1)  Service and Filing. Space should be left at the top of the first
          page to provide on the right half space for the clerk's filing
          stamp, and space at the left half for acknowledging the receipt
          of copies.

     (2)  Title. All pleadings under the space under the docket number
          should contain a title indicating their purpose and party
          presenting them. For example:

                      USE                                DO NOT USE
     Petition for Dissolution                              Petition
     Defendant's Motion for Support, etc.                  Motion
     Order for Support                                     Order
     Plaintiff's Trial Brief                               Trial Brief

     (3)  Bottom Notation. At the left side of the bottom of each page of
          all pleadings and other papers an abbreviated name of the
          pleading or other paper should be repeated, followed by the page
          number. At the right side of the bottom of the first page of each
          pleading or other paper the name, mailing address and telephone
          number of the attorney or firm preparing the paper should be
          printed or typed.

     (4)  Typed Names. The names of all persons signing a pleading or other
          paper should be typed under their signatures.

     (5)  Headings and Subheadings. Headings and subheadings should be used
          for all paragraphs which shall be numbered with roman and/or
          arabic numerals.

     (6)  Numbered Paper. Use numbered paper.

(f)  Personal Idenifiers Prohibited. [Reserved. See GR 31(e).]

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

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

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