Benton/Franklin Counties
                          Superior Court Local Rules

                             Table of Local Rules


Local General Rules (LGR)

2      Administrative Presiding Judge and Assistant Administrative Presiding Judge


Local Civil Rules (LCR)

4      Civil Case Schedule
4.1    Cancellation or Confirmation of Status Conference
4.2    Status Conference; Noncompliance Hearing
5      Briefs
7      Pleadings Allowed; Form of Motions
16     Pre-Trial Procedure
40     Assignment of Cases
42     Consolidation; Separate Trials
47     Jurors
48     Juries of Less Than Twelve
51     Instructions to Jury and Deliberation
52     Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law
53.2   Court Commissioners
56     Summary Judgment
58     Entry of Judgment
59     New Trial, Reconsideration, and Amendments of Judgments
4      Seizure of Person or Property
65     Injunctions
77     Superior Courts and Judicial Officers
79     Books and Records Kept by the Clerk
81     Applicability in General


Local Domestic Relation Rules

94.04W Domestic Relations
94.05W Mandatory Parenting Seminars
94.06W Mandatory Mediation of Child Placement and Visitation Issues
94.07W Domestic Relations Motions
95.00W Domestic Relations Waiver of Age to Marry
96.00W Change of Name of Stepchild


Local Special Proceedings Rules (LSPR)

98.18  Court-Created Trusts
98.20  Estates-Guardianships



Local Guardian Ad Litem Rules (LGAL)

1      Scope
2      Registry Administration
5      Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem
7      Grievance Procedure


Local Mandatory Arbitration Rules (LMAR)

1.1    Application of Rules
1.2    Matters Subject to Arbitration
2.1    Transfer to Arbitration
2.3    Assignment to Arbitrator
3.1    Qualification of Arbitrators
3.2    Authority of Arbitrators
4.2    Discovery
4.4    Notice of Settlement
5.1    Notice of Hearing
5.2    Pre-Hearing Statement of Proof - Document Filed with Court
6.1    Form and Content of Award
6.2    Filing of Award
7.1    Trial De Novo
8.3    Effective Date
8.4    Title and Citation
8.6    Compensation of Arbitrator
8.7    Administration


Local Criminal Rules (LCrR)

2.3    Review of Sealed Affidavits and Search Warrants
3.1    Rights to and Assignment of Counsel
3.2    Release of Accused
3.4    Court Appearance of Defendants
4.2    Pleas and Continuances
4.5    Omnibus Hearings
4.9    Pre-Trial Hearings
4.11   Trial Confirmation
7.1    Procedure Before Sentencing
7.2    Sentencing


Local Juvenile Court Rules (LJUCR)

Title I.  General Provisions Scope and Application Of Rules

1.1    Scope of Rules, Purpose of Rules, Effective Date, Amendments
1.6    Juvenile Court Administrator Duties and Authority
1.7    Court Forms
1.8    Publication
1.9    Continuances
1.10   Issuance and Service
1.11   Medical Consent Authorization
1.12   Briefs and Other Documents


Title II. Shelter Care Proceedings

2.3    Shelter Care Hearings
2.4    Case Schedule


Title III.  Dependency Proceedings

3.2    Dependency Petitions
3.3    Case Conference
3.4    Telephone Status Conference
3.5    Uncontested Fact-Finding Date
3.6    Contested Fact Finding Hearings
3.7    Disposition Hearing
3.8    Dependency Review Hearing
3.9    Guardianship in Juvenile Court


Title IV. Proceedings to Terminate Parent-Child Relationship

4.1    Invoking Jurisdiction of Juvenile Court
4.2    Pleadings
4.3    Notice of Termination Hearing
4.4    Discovery in Proceedings to Terminate Parent-Child Relationship
4.5    Scheduling the Termination Hearing of Parental Rights


Title V.  Proceedings for Alternative Residential Placement

5.2    Alternate Residential Placement Petitions
5.6    Disposition Hearing
5.7    Review Hearings; Alternative Residential Placements


Title VI. Juvenile Offense Proceedings Diversion Agreements

6.6    Termination/Modification of Diversion Agreements


Title VII. Juvenile Offense Proceedings in Juvenile Court

7.3    Detention and Release
7.6    Arraignment and Pleas
7.7    Pleas of Guilty
7.12   Dispositional hearing - Offender Proceedings
7.15   Motions - Juvenile Offense Proceedings
7.16   Bail
7.17   Bench Warrants
7.18   Violations of Community Supervision


Title VIII.  Declining Juvenile Court Jurisdiction Over an Alleged Juvenile Offender

8.3    Declining Juvenile Court Jurisdiction Over an Alleged Juvenile Offender


Title IX. Right to Lawyer and Experts in All Juvenile Court Proceedings

9.2    Right to Counsel
9.4    Appointment of Non-lawyer Guardian Ad Litem


Title X.  Juvenile Court Records

10.2   Recording Juvenile Court Proceedings
10.3   Inspection/Release of Information
10.10  Notice and Advisement Juvenile Offender Records


Title XI. Supplemental Provisions [Reserved]