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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