How To Make Pleading Paper

The phrase "Pleading Papers" has two definitions. One is the careful and important wordings and concepts that create an official motion or a response for a court purpose, and this article is not on that topic. This article discusses the alternative meaning of the term "pleading paper", which is the basic formatting needed for every court filing.

Every court has rules about the format your papers (pleading papers) needs to conform to, before they will be accepted for filing in their court. Each state has common court rules. In California, one would search for "California rules of civil court".

The most common rules on pleading paper specify the use of spacings, fonts, styles, colors, margins, and line numbering. Other court rules specify more significant matters like designating records, citing methodologies, transcripts, etc.

There are many reasons for the laws and rules concerning pleading paper. One reason is to permit a court and all parties to find what they are looking for quickly. Most courts require pleading paper with 28 lines, so all will know line 26 is near the bottom of the page.

Even a simple court motion has to be typed with pleading paper, and comply with the court rules. The most common rule on pleading paper are having 28 lines down the left-hand side of each page, and using an easy to see font. Most courts have rules where specific items such as the court's name must be, as an example, not higher than the 8th line on a 28-line page.

How do you make pleading paper? If you own OpenOffice or Microsoft Office, just do a web search for "Microsoft office pleading paper". You can find a free template which can be downloaded, opened, and then saved by most word processing programs.

When you download and save the template, make a copy of it. Open the copy, and type your contact information, your city and state, and the text you'll most often include in basic motions or notices to the court. Then use "Save As" for every new document you want to make.

I have read that OpenOffice users have better luck using Microsoft template for pleading paper, than they do when using the bundled pleading paper template in OpenOffice. Another way to go, is to go to a court and request that the clerk to pull some average case file, and then to copy a page or two for you. Pick pages with examples of usual format of pleading papers for that court.

You can also program a database, buy templates, or find other software programs to make pleading papers that work in courts. Another option is to visit your local law library. A law library has books having titles such as "Forms of Pleading and Practice" and "Practice Guides", that have examples showing how to create pleading paper, with examples of various kinds of court documents.

Certain courts are very fussy, and some have rules unique to their court. Some require pleadings in a certain style, with attached exhibits when relevant. Some require a separate proposed order pleading, and don't allow proposed orders to be included in the same pleading papers that an affidavit as might be on, for example, on an affidavit of identity.

Always check the local court rules, and consider calling the court clerk before you attempt to file papers. Some courts require you to give them 4 copies, to be returned 1 copy of the court-endorsed papers back to you.

Sometimes, some rules of courts are rarely mandatory. The California Rules of Court requires two-page Judicial Council forms to be printed on both sides of the same piece of paper. Most courts in California do not enforce that rule.

In the few courts that do enforce this particular rule, it's usually a requirement to "tumble" the pages, with the 2nd side being "upside-down", relative to the first side. The reason for this, is so that if the papers are pinned at the top, both sides of each page can be viewed, without needing to rotate the physical file itself.

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