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                                       RULE NO. 11
                                      GENERAL RULES


I.   Filing and Endorsement of Papers

     A.  Every paper presented to a Judge for signature and every paper presented
         for filing shall bear a designation of what it purports to be, the number
         and title of the case and the name of counsel presenting or filing the same.
         Every order presented to a Judge for signature shall bear the signature of
         the individual attorney presenting it on the lower left hand corner of the
         page to be signed by the Judge.

II.  Accounting Procedures

     A.  Before a trial is set in any matter involving an accounting, the party required
         to account shall submit to opposing parties and the Court a formal statement
         in detail of cash and other property transactions in a form which will furnish
         information to enable a party to make a reasonable test of the accuracy and
         honesty thereof.

         The opposing party, by pre-trial discovery procedures, shall test the validity
         of the accounting statements submitted.

         Issues shall be made up for trial only by specific exception to separate and
         specific transactions shown or not shown in the accounting statement.

         Items that are set forth in the accounting statement to which no exception is
         taken shall be deemed correct.

III. Attorney Fees

     A.  Appointed Counsel submitting motions for fixing or payment of attorney fees
         and counsel requesting the Court fix fees in any other case, shall itemize
         their time, services rendered or other detailed basis for the fee requested
         and attach a copy thereof to the motion. Orders for payment of Court appointed
         attorneys' fees shall be presented in duplicate.

         No fees will be paid or approved, except interim fees and fees on juvenile
         dependencies made on special request, until the case is concluded of record
         with all papers and documents required therefor signed by the Court.

IV.  Suspension of Rules

     A.  The Court may modify or suspend any of these rules in any given case upon
         good cause being shown therefor or upon the Court's own motion.

V.   Restitution

     A.  The Clerk shall pay to the person authorized by Court order to receive the
         same all restitution monies paid through his/her office at such times as
         he/she shall find convenient but not less frequently than quarterly.


(Adopted effective September 1, 1996)
	

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