Indiana procedural guides

Plain-English guides to the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure, each one tied to the rules it relies on. Every rule named in a guide has its own page with the official text.

• Responding to an Indiana complaint: 20 days, and 10 more if your motion is deniedIndiana Trial Rule 6(D) gives 20 days to respond to a pleading, and Trial Rule 12(A) gives only 10 days after an order denying a pre-answer motion — one of the shortest such periods anywhere.
• Indiana discovery deadlines: read the request, because it sets your deadlineIndiana does not fix a discovery response deadline. Trial Rules 33, 34 and 36 let the requesting party designate the period, subject to a floor of not less than thirty days.
• Indiana's motion to correct error: optional for most appeals, mandatory for twoIndiana Trial Rule 59 makes a motion to correct error unnecessary before most appeals — but required for newly discovered evidence and for a claim that a verdict is excessive or inadequate, within 30 days.
• The Indiana motion to dismiss: eight grounds, and one free amendment if you loseIndiana Trial Rule 12(B) lists eight defenses rather than the usual seven, and gives a plaintiff whose claim is dismissed ten days to amend once as of right.
• Indiana summary judgment: if you did not designate it, it does not existIndiana Trial Rule 56 gives 30 days to respond and considers only evidence specifically designated to the court — a judgment cannot be reversed on undesignated facts.
• The Indiana motion to compel: fees run both ways, and no certification is requiredIndiana Trial Rule 37 imposes no conference certification requirement but makes an expense award mandatory whether the motion is granted or denied.
• Indiana proceedings supplemental: an ex parte order, twenty days' notice, and six months before your house can be soldIndiana Trial Rule 69(E) lets a creditor open proceedings supplemental on a verified motion granted ex parte, with the hearing no less than 20 days after service, and 69(A) bars a real estate sale for six months.

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