Index

COURT RULES 21st JUDICIAL CIRCUIT INDEX TO ST. LOUIS COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT RULES -ARule Absence of Judge ....................................................... Absence of Presiding Judge ......................................... Administration Rules ..................................................... Administrative Reviews ................................................. Adoption Filing Requirements ................................................. Where Filed ............................................................. Adult Abuse Where Filed ............................................................. Agreement of Attorneys ................................................. Alternative Dispute Resolution....................................... Appeal - Associate Circuit Cases .................................. Appearance Bonds ....................................................... Appearance Bonds, Setting before indictment, information or complaint ........................ Appearance of Attorney Entry of .................................................................... Withdrawal of ........................................................... Appointment of Qualified Interpreter or Translator......... Arraignment Docket, Criminal Cases............................. Assignment of Cases to Associate Circuit Judges .......................................... Circuit Judges [Other than Family Court] ................. Family Court ............................................................ Assignment of Cases to Family Court Commissioners ........................................................ Associate Circuit Cases ................................................ Duty Division ............................................................ Associate Circuit Divisions Designated ............................................................... Associate Circuit Judges Cases heard by ....................................................... Hearing Cases Under Practices and Procedures Applicable Before Circuit Judges [Repealed September 6, 2001] ........................... Attempt to Resolve, Certification of ......................... 6.7 6.8 71 100 61.1 4.4 4.7 21.7 38 6.4.1 12.5 67.1.3 21.2 21.4 25.1 67.5 6.1 6.3 6.2 6.9.1 6.4 63 1 6.1 6.6.4 33.5 March 11, 2009 Attorneys 21 Advice to Client and Witness of Courtroom Procedure Bar Number on Pleadings ........................................ Entries of Appearance ............................................. Non-Resident ........................................................... Resolution of Conflicting Trial Setting ....................... Signature on Pleadings ........................................... Withdrawal of ........................................................... -B- 21.8 3.1 21.2 21.2(2) 21.1 3.1 21.4 Bail Bond ...................................................................... 12.2 Bankruptcy..................................................................... 75 Bi-State Development Agency Citations ....................... 62.1 Board of Jail Visitors [Repealed September 9, 1998] .... 100.8 Bond in, Criminal Cases ........................................................ 12.2 Infraction Cases ...................................................... 12.3 Traffic Cases............................................................. 12.4 Bond Refunds ............................................................... 12.2 Bond, Setting of and Reduction of ................................. 67 Bonds, Appearance ....................................................... 12.5 Budget Committee ........................................................ 100.1.5 Budget, Court................................................................. 14 -CCall of Dockets Civil and Criminal Jury Cases ................................... Domestic Relations Cases........................................ Equity Cases ............................................................ Cases Before Traffic Commissioners . .......................... Cases Heard by Commissioners ................................... Caption of Pleadings ..................................................... Certificate of Attempt to Resolve ................................... Certification to Circuit Division Consolidated Claim .................................................. Counter Claim ........................................................... Cross-Claim ............................................................. Certification to Circuit Court ...................................... Jury Demand, Municipal Division Case ................... Jury Trial Requests .................................................. 36.1 36.2 36.3 62 6.9 3.1 33.5 6.4.2 6.4.2 6.4.2 6.4.3 69.2 6.4.1 March 11, 2009 Third Party Petition .................................................. Change of Judge Associate or Circuit Judge [Repealed September 6, 2001] ........................... Cases assigned to Divisions .................................... Family Court Judge .................................................. Municipal Judge ....................................................... Probate Judge ........................................................ Child Custody Affidavit Required .................................. Child Support Calculations (Form 14) presumed .......... Child Support Retroactive Payments ............................. Circuit Clerk Bond in Criminal Cases ........................................... Dismissal Docket ..................................................... Filing fee and cost deposit ...................................... Registry Funds.......................................................... Circuit Divisions - Designated .................................. Civil Cases, Where Filed ............................................................. Conferences-Pre-Trial ............................................. Civil Jury Case, Request for Trial Setting ........................................... Clerks ............................................................................ Clerk’s Office Hours ....................................................................... Removal of Files From, When ................................. Complaints (Criminal), Where Filed ............................... Condemnation Cases ................................................... Assignment in Divisions .......................................... Fees and Costs........................................................ Notice of Payment of Award .................................... Reports of Commissioners....................................... Conference, Pre-Trial .................................................... Confession of Judgment ............................................... Consent to Judgment ................................................... Consolidated Claim - Certification due to excessive ..... Consolidation of Cases ................................................. Continuance of Cases Civil Cases ............................................................... Criminal Cases ......................................................... Copies of Court Records ............................................... Cost Deposit .................................................................. Costs in Execution Sales ............................................... 6.4.2 6.6.1 6.5.4 6.6.3 69.5 6.6.2 68.1(1) 68.4 68.9 12.2 37.1 5.1 12 1 4.2 35.1 36.1 15 2.1(2) 7.1 4.1(1) 66 6.2(4) 5.6 66.2 66.1 35 27 27 6.3.2 33.7 34.1 34.2 7.2 5 81.1 March 11, 2009 Counsel Table, Use of ................................................... Counter Claims, Cross Claims, Third Party Petitions, or Consolidated Claims Exceeding the Limits Set Forth In Chapter 517 ............................................................... Court Budget.................................................................. Court en Banc Meetings ................................................ Court Reporters ............................................................. Courtroom Decorum and Dress ..................................... Courtroom Procedure, Advice to Client/Witness of ....... Criminal Cases Appearance Bonds .................................................. Arraignments ............................................................ Conferences - Pre-trial.............................................. Pre-Trial Release ...................................................... Trial Setting............................................................... Where Filed .............................................................. Criminal Discovery ......................................................... -DDefault ........................................................................... Depositions .................................................................... Disclosure of Experts [Repealed-Effective March 27, 1995]....................... Discovery ....................................................................... Discovery, Criminal ........................................................ Dismissal Dockets Circuit Cases ............................................................ Publication of ............................................................ Removal from ........................................................... Disqualification of Judge Associate or Circuit Judge [Repealed September 6, 2001] ............................. Family Court Judge [Repealed September 6, 2001] ............................. Municipal Judge .......................................................... Probate Judge [Repealed September 6, 2001] ............................. Dissolution of Marriage .................................................. Divisions of Court........................................................... Division Numbers - Designated ..................................... Dockets Arraignment Criminal Cases ..................................... 9.3 6.4.2 14 100.7 10 21.8 21.8 67.1.3 67.5 35.2 67.1 36.1 4.1 67.6 42 32.2 32.5 32 67.6 37.1 8.2 37.1 6.6.1 6.6.3 69.5 6.6.2 68 1 1 67.5 March 11, 2009 Civil Jury Cases ........................................................ 36.1 Criminal Jury Cases ................................................. 36.1 Domestic Relations .................................................. 36.2 Equity Cases............................................................. 36.3 Publication of ............................................................ 8 Sign Up Motion ......................................................... 2.4 Domestic Relations Cases Conferences, Pre-Trial.............................................. 35.3 Dismissal Dockets..................................................... 37.1 Entry of Judgment Upon Affidavit - Requirements ... 68.8 Filing Requirements .................................................. 68.1 Financial Statements ................................................ 68.4(2) Income and Expense Statement, Filing of ................ 68.4 Interrogatories to Parities in Domestic Cases .......... 57.1 Non-Contested Hearing Where/When ...................... 2.4 Presumed Child Support Calculations (Form 14) .... 68.4(3) Production of Documents in Domestic Cases .......... 58.1 Retroactive Payment of Child Support ..................... 68.9 Schedules of Property............................................... 68.6 Statement of Property Filing of ................................. 68.4 Trial Setting, Request for ...................................... 36.2 Where Filed ......................................................... 68.1(3) Dress and Decorum in Courtroom ................................. 21.8 Duplication of Court Records - Charges ........................ 7.2 Duties of Presiding Judge .............................................. 100.1.2 Duty Division .................................................................. 63 -EElectronic Recording of Judicial Proceedings ............... Electronic Recording, Transcript of ............................... Entry of Attorney’s Appearance ..................................... Entry of Judgment Upon Affidavit-Requirements........... Equipment Use in Courtroom......................................... Request to Use Equipment ....................................... Requirements for Equipment Use............................. Discretion of Court not Limited by this Rule.............. Waiver of Liability Requirement ................................ Equity Cases, Request for Trial Setting ........................ 11 10 21.2 68.8 29 29.1 29.2 29.3 29.4 36.3 March 11, 2009 Executions .................................................................... Costs in Execution Sales .......................................... Exhibits ......................................................................... Experts, Disclosure of .................................................... -F- 81 81.1 24 32.6 Facsimile Filing .............................................................. 3.4 Fees and Costs.............................................................. 5 Condemnation Cases ............................................... 5.6 Fees Fund Time Payments............................................ 100.9 Fee Deposit for Interpreter or Translator For NonEnglish Speaking Person............................. 12.8 Felony Complaints, Indictments and Informations, Where Filed......................................... 4.1(1) Files, Removal of, When................................................ 7.1 Filing by Facsimile Transmission ................................... 3.4 Filing Fees and Cost Deposit......................................... 5.1 Waiver of .............................................................. 5.4 Filing, Where Adult Abuse Cases ............................................... 4.7 Civil Cases............................................................ 4.2 Criminal Cases ..................................................... 4.1(1) Financial Statements ............................................ 68.4(2) Income and Expense Statement in Domestic Relations Case .............................. 68.4(3) Juvenile Cases .................................................... 4.4 Motion to Modify Domestic Relations Case .......... 68.1(3) Municipal Ordinance Cases ................................. 4.6 Presumed Child Support Calculations (Form 14) ................................. 68.4 Probate Cases...................................................... 4.3 Schedules of Property .......................................... 68.6 Small Claims Cases ............................................. 4.5 Statement of Property in Domestic Relations Cases............................ 68.4 Traffic (State & County) Cases ............................. 4.1(3) Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, Preparation of ...................................................... 51.3 Fines, Traffic Violations Bureau [Repealed 06/11/01].... 69.6 Forms of Pleadings ........................................................ 3.2 March 11, 2009 -GGarnishments ............................................................... Grand Jury ..................................................................... Guilty Plea in Criminal Case where Entered.................. -HHardship Driving Privilege Application for, Where Filed ................................ 62 [Repeal Rules 62 and 62.1, Effective January 1, 2002, Replace with Cases Before Traffic Commissioners] Hearings, When Domestic Relations Non-Contested Cases ......... 2.4 Holidays ....................................................................... 2.1 Hours & Terms of Court ................................................. 2.1 Hours of Court ...................................................... 2 Particular Matters on Particular Days ................... 2.4 Terms of Court...................................................... 2.2 -IIncome and Expense Statement Filing of in Domestic Relations ............................. Indictments, Where Filed ............................................... Indigence, Municipal Division Case ............................... Informal Matters, Presentation of................................... Informations, Where Filed.............................................. Instructions in Jury Trials ............................................... Interlineation, Amendment by ........................................ Interlocutory Judgment by Default ................................. Interpreter or Translator ................................................. Interrogatories, Civil Cases............................................ Objections............................................................. Parties in Domestic Cases, to .............................. -JJail Visitors, Board of ..................................................... Judgment Entry, Preparation of ..................................... 68.4 4.1(1) 69.4 26 4.1(1) 53.1 3.3 42 25.1 32.1 32.2 57.1 100.8 54 March 11, 2009 82 67.3 67.9.1 Judicial Proceedings, Recording of................................ Jury, Civil Case, Request for Trial Setting in ................................... Jury Closing Arguments................................................. Jury, Criminal Case, Request for Trial Setting in .................................. Jury, Deferred Service ................................................ . [Repealed September 8, 2004] Jury Instructions............................................................. Counsel/Party Contact with Jurors ....................... Jury Questionnaires ....................................................... Jury Trials ..................................................................... Associate Circuit Case ........................................ Municipal Division Case ...................................... Juvenile Cases, Where Filed ......................................... -LLaw Days ...................................................................... Law Library Fund ........................................................... Local Court Rules, Formulation of ............................... Location of Counsel Table ............................................. -M- 11 36.1 53.2 36.1 52.2 53.1 53.3 52.1 6.3.1 6.4.1 69.2 4.4 2.3 100.3 100.2.1 9.3 Memorandum to Accompany Pleading ......................... 3.2(2) Minute Entry, Proposed to be filed ................................ 3.2(2) Misdemeanor Cases, Where Filed ................................ 4.1 Money and Property Paid into Court ............................ 12 Motions After Findings of a Traffic Court Commissioner . .62.1 [Repeal Rules 62 and 62.1, Effective January 1, 2002 Replace with Cases Before Traffic Commissioners] Bond set and Bond Reduction .............................. Certificate of Attempt to Resolve ......................... Civil, Post-Trial .................................................... Civil, Pre-Trial ...................................................... Consolidation of Cases ........................................ Continuances ...................................................... 67.1.1 33.5 2.4 2.4 33.7 34 March 11, 2009 Criminal Cases .................................................... Format of ............................................................. Interrogatories, re ................................................ Motion to Modify, Where Filed .............................. Non-Testimony .................................................... Post Conviction Relief .......................................... Post Trial ............................................................. Pre-Trial .............................................................. Psychiatric Examinations, for ............................... Sanctions, for ....................................................... Setting of ............................................................. Suggestions in Support, When Required.............. Summary Judgment ............................................. Testimony ............................................................. Municipal Division - Designated..................................... Municipal Division, Jury Trial ......................................... Municipal Division, Trial De Novo from .......................... Municipal Judge Absence of [Repealed September 6, 2001]............................. Change or disqualification of ................................ Registration of ...................................................... -NNon-Contested Matters.................................................. Non-Resident Attorney, Entry of .................................... Non-Testimony Motions, Setting of................................ Notice of Settlement ...................................................... -OOfficial Files, Removal From Clerk’s Office, When Allowed ............................... -PPayment by Credit Card ................................................ Petition, Filing of ........................................................... Petitions for Review Administrative Reviews ....................................... Assignment........................................................... 67.6 3.2(1) 32.2 68.1(3) 2.4(1) 67.7 2.4(2) 33 67.6 32.3 2.4 33.2 33.6 2.4 1 69.2 69.3 6.6(3) 69.5 69.1 2.4 21.2(2) 2.4 41.1 7.1 12.7 4 71 6.3(3) March 11, 2009 Drivers’ Cases ..................................................... 62 [Repeal Rules 62 and 62.1, Effective January 1, 2002, Replace with Cases BeforeTraffic Commissioners] Photocopies of Court Records, Costs of........................ 7.2 Photographing or Recording of Judicial Proceedings .... 9.5 Pleadings Caption (Petition) ................................................. 3.1 Format .................................................................. 3.2 Minute entry.......................................................... 3.2(2) Paper size............................................................. 3.2(1) Signatures on ...................................................... 3.2 Style of ................................................................. 3.1 Pleading Shall be Stapled and Contain Punched Holes ..................................................... 3.5 Poor Person, Waiver of Fees ........................................ 5.4 Post Conviction Relief - Motion for ................................ 67.7 Post Trial Motions .......................................................... 2.4 Presiding Judge Absence of ........................................................... 6.8 Assistant, Election of ........................................... 100.1.1(5) Death or Resignation............................................ 100.1.7 Duties of .............................................................. 100.1.2 Election of ............................................................ 100.1.1 Removal of .......................................................... 100.1.4 Presumed Child Support Calculations (Form 14) ................................. 68.4 Pre-Trial Matters Conferences ....................................................... 35 Motions, Filing of, Criminal Cases ........................ 67.6 Motions, Suggestions in Support ........................ 33.2 Release, Criminal Cases ..................................... 67.1 Probate Cases .............................................................. 72 Probate Cases, Where Filed ......................................... 4.3 Probate Division - Designated ..................................... 1 Process, Special Servers .............................................. 28 Production of Documents in Domestic Cases ............... 58.1 Property, Schedules of, Domestic Cases ..................... 68.6 Property and Money Paid into Court.............................. 12 Psychiatric Examination, Motion for .............................. 67.6(1) Publication of Dockets [Repealed 10-11-96] ................. 8 March 11, 2009 -QQuorum, Court en Banc Meetings ................................ -RReassignment of Case Following Change or Disqualification of Judge [Repealed September 6, 2001] ............................. 6.6 Recording of Judicial Proceedings ................................ 11 Recordings, Transcript of Electronic ............................. 10 Registration of Municipal Judge .................................... 69.1 Registry, Monies Paid Into ............................................ 12 Removal of Files, When Allowed .................................. 7.1 Removal of Presiding Judge ......................................... 100.1.4 Retroactive Payment of Child Support .......................... 68.9 Review of Final Agency Decisions, except drivers’ cases ........................................... 71 Assignment of Petition (Driver’s cases) ........ 6.1 Assignment of Petition (Except Driver’s cases) 6.2(3) Revocation of Drivers’ License, Petition to Review ...... 62 [Repeal Rules 62 and 62.1, Effective January 1, 2002, Replace with Cases Before Traffic Commissioners] Rules Committee .......................................................... 100.1.6 Rules, Formulation of Local Court ................................ 100.2.1 -SSafekeeping, Property Delivered into Court for ............ Sanctions, Motions for ................................................... Schedule of Property .................................................... Scope of Authority of Commissioners............................ Search Warrants ........................................................... Selection of Jury ........................................................... Separation Agreement, Domestic Relations Cases ...... Setting Cases for Trial ................................................. Settlement .................................................................... Settlement Conferences ............................................... Signature of Attorney on Pleadings .............................. Size of Paper, Pleadings and Motions ........................... Small Claims Case, Where Filed ................................. Special Process Servers ............................................... Statement of Property, Filing of in 12 32.3 68.6 6.9.2 67.12 52 68.2 36 41 35.4 3.2 3.2 4.5 28 100.7 March 11, 2009 Domestic Relations Cases .................................. Style of Pleadings .......................................................... Subpoenas, Witness for Depositions, Costs of ............. Summons in Lieu of Warrant ........................................ Summary Judgment, Motion for .................................... -TTaxed as Costs, Depositions ........................................ Terms of Court ............................................................. Third Party Petition, Certification due to ........................ Traffic Violations Bureau Municipal Division Cases [Repealed June 11, 2001] Transcripts, Preparation of ............................................ Transfer of Cases ......................................................... Transfer of Supervision of Probation ............................. Transmittal of Findings, Proposals, or Recommendations For Final Resolution to the Court.......................... Trial De Novo Associate Circuit Judge Divisions......................... Municipal Division ................................................ Trial Settings ................................................................ Associate Circuit Cases........................................ Civil Jury Cases ................................................... Criminal Cases ..................................................... Domestic Relations Cases .................................. Equity Cases ........................................................ -U-VVital Statistics, Certificate Required by Law Adoption Case ..................................................... Domestic Relations case ...................................... Voir Dire Examination ................................................... 68.4 3.2 32.3 67.1.4 33.6 32.3 2.2 6.4.2 69.6 10 6 67.13 6.9.3 6.5.1 69.3 36 36.4 36.1 36.1 36.2 36.3 61.1 68.1 52.1 -WWaiver of Fees............................................................... 5.4 March 11, 2009 Warrant, Summons in Lieu ............................................ Withdrawal of Attorney................................................... Withdrawal of Files, When Allowed ............................... Witness, Advise of Courtroom Procedure ..................... -X, Y, Z- 67.1.4 21.4 7.1 21.8 March 11, 2009