Litigation Section

Rule Change Alerts

The below changes have already gone into effect:

• Changes to the Rules of Trial Procedure went into effect on October 1, 2019.  You can check the changes out at this link https://www.in.gov/judiciary/files/order-rules-2019-0926-trial-proc.pdf.

• You can find the revisions to the Administrative Rules effective October 17, 2019 here https://www.in.gov/judiciary/files/order-rules-2019-1017-admin.pdf

These changes will go into effect on January 1, 2020:

• The Indiana Rules for Admission to the Bar and the Discipline of Attorneys updates that go into effect on January 1, 2020 are here https://www.in.gov/judiciary/files/order-rules-2019-1017-admis-disc.pdf

• These Rules of Appellate Procedure changes go into effect on January 1, 2020 https://www.in.gov/judiciary/files/order-rules-2019-1010-app-proc.pdf

• Indiana’s Child Support Guidelines will be amended effective January 1.  These changes are more involved than the prior noted changes.  See the order of amendment at https://www.in.gov/judiciary/files/order-rules-2019-0726-child-supp.pdf

Additional Orders Amending various Rules of Court can be found at this link https://www.in.gov/judiciary/2784.htm