CHAPTER 1. AUTHORITY OF COURTS TO ADOPT RULES OF PROCEDURE
IC 34-8
ARTICLE 8. RULES OF PROCEDURE
IC 34-8-1
Chapter 1. Authority of Courts to Adopt Rules of Procedure
IC 34-8-1-1
Purpose of chapter
Sec. 1. The purpose of this chapter is to enable the supreme court
to:
(1) simplify and abbreviate the pleadings and proceedings;
(2) expedite the decision of causes;
(3) remedy abuses and imperfections that exist in the practice;
(4) abolish unnecessary forms and technicalities in pleading and
practice; and
(5) abolish fictions and unnecessary process and proceedings.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.3.
IC 34-8-1-2
Statutes in force and effect as provided in chapter
Sec. 2. All statutes relating to practice and procedure in any of the
courts of Indiana are in force and effect only as provided in this
chapter.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.3.
IC 34-8-1-3
Power of supreme court to adopt, amend, and rescind procedural
rules
Sec. 3. The supreme court has authority to adopt, amend, and
rescind rules of court that govern and control practice and procedure
in all the courts of Indiana. These rules must be promulgated and
take effect under the rules adopted by the supreme court, and
thereafter all laws in conflict with the supreme court's rules have no
further force or effect.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.3.
IC 34-8-1-4
Other courts; power to establish rules
Sec. 4. Other Indiana courts may establish rules for their own
government, supplementary to and not conflicting with the rules
prescribed by the supreme court or any statute.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.3.