Brad King

Click here to view the Standing Order on Probate and Guardianship Hearings.

**IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING SUBMISSION OF PROPOSED ORDERS**

ALL PROPOSED ORDERS shall be submitted for entry through the E-portal.

PLEASE SUBMIT ORDERS IN WORD FORMAT (.docx) ONLY

(NO WORD 97 OR PDF DOCUMENTS CAN BE ACCEPTED, THEY WILL NOT WORK IN THE ELECTRONIC SIGNING PROGRAM)

YOU MUST USE THE CODES IN THE FORMAT FOR THE PROGRAM TO READ AND SIGN THE DOCUMENT.

USING THE CODES LISTED IN THE ATTACHED SAMPLE ORDER (CLICK HERE). FOR INSTRUCTIONS (CLICK HERE).

• The attorney submitting the proposed order shall ensure that any pro se party receives a copy of the order via U.S. Mail and shall file a certificate of compliance confirming compliance with this requirement.
• Your order submission must have a certificate of service as follows:

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY a copy of the foregoing Order has been furnished by e-Service to:

CCCC

This MMMM.

AAAA

Please note that we do not have time to correct the 75-100 orders a day that are processed. Failure to comply with the above procedures will result in the Proposed Orders being Rejected and a delay in processing your case(s).

Instructions for Successful Submissions of Proposed Orders

THIS WILL ENSURE THAT THE COURT’S ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE SYSTEM WILL ACCEPT DOCUMENTS.

Proposed Orders must be created in the latest version of Word (.docx)

You must use the codes as pairs (e.g., DDDD and JJJJ for Date and Judge’s signature). Below are the required pairs.

DDDD = Judge Signature Date

JJJJ = Judge Signature

Certificate of Service:

MMMM = Mailing Date

CCCC= Service List

AAAA = Judicial Assistant Signature

The codes must be all capital letters.

You must add all 4 letters for each field.

These codes should only be used once per line.

Since becoming more familiar with ICMS, we have come to find that there are additional nuances that should also be mentioned in conjunction with the DJMCA formatting listed above. For example:

• Do not put spaces in front of the JJJJ or AAAA. To move the signature fields to the preferred location you should only use the Right Alignment Button. Failure to do this will result in the signature(s) not adhering and possible rejection of your document.
• Do not use page breaks or section breaks in your document. This causes blank pages to occur in the system. This will also result in the rejection of your document because the clerk’s office cannot delete pages once filed. It will look as though a page of the filing is missing, even though it was only a blank page.
• Do not insert memos, notes, comments or other hidden features into your documents. Hidden formatting like this will show up in the system and is difficult to remove for the recipient. This can also result in the rejection of your document.
• If a Proposed Order is submitted with errors, it will be sent back to the creator to correct. If there is no eservice address listed to send it back to the sender, it will be deleted.

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