Title: In Re: Uniform Procedures for Data Collection Matters in Circuit, Chancery and County Courts

State: mississippi

Issuer: Mississippi Supreme Court

Document:

Serial: 229074 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI No. 89-R-99042-SCT IN RE: UNIFORM PROCEDURES FOR DATA COLLECTION MATTERS IN CIRCUIT, CHANCERY AND COUNTY COURTS ORDER This matter is before the Court on the Court’s own motion. In light of the Mississippi Guardianship and Conservatorship Act (S.B. 2828, 2019 Regular Session), which becomes effective January 1, 2020, we find that the Civil Case Filing Form Cover Sheet should be amended to add “Joint Conservatorship & Guardianship.” IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Civil Case Filing Form Cover Sheet is amended to add “Joint Conservatorship & Guardianship,” as set forth in the attached Exhibit A. The amendment is effective January 1, 2020. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall spread this order upon the minutes of the Court and send a certified copy to Thomson Reuters for publication in the advance sheets of Southern Reporter, Third Series (Mississippi Edition), and in the next edition of the Mississippi Rules of Court. SO ORDERED, this the 5th day of December, 2019. /s/ Dawn H. Beam DAWN H. BEAM, JUSTICE FOR THE COURT ALL JUSTICES AGREE. ― Initial Filing Reinstated Foreign Judgment Enrolled Transfer from Other court Other Remanded Reopened Joining Suit/Action Appeal _________________ Plaintiff - Party Initially Bringing Suit Should Be Entered First - Enter Additional Plaintiffs on Separate Form Individual M.I. Address of Plaintiff Signature of Individual Filing: Defendant - Name of Defendant - Enter Additional Defendants on Separate Form Individual M.I. Attorney (Name & Address) - If Known Check ( x ) if child support is contemplated as an issue in this suit.* Alcohol/Drug Commitment (Voluntary *If checked, please submit completed Child Support Information Sheet with this Cover Sheet Other ___________________ Adverse Possession Nature of Suit (Place "X" in one box only) Ejectment Accounting (Business) Adoption - Contested Eminent Domain Child Custody/Visitation Business Dissolution Adoption - Uncontested Eviction Child Support Debt Collection Consent to Abortion Minor Judicial Foreclosure Contempt Employment Removal of Minority Lien Assertion Divorce: Fault Foreign Judgment Other _____________________ Partition Divorce: Irreconcilable Diff. Garnishment Tax Sale: Confirm/Cancel Domestic Abuse Replevin Elections Title Boundary or Easement Emancipation Other ___________________ Expungement Other __________________ Modification Habeas Corpus Paternity Accounting (Probate) Post Conviction Relief/Prisoner Bad Faith Property Division Birth Certificate Correction Other _____________________ Fraud Separate Maintenance Mental Health Commitment Intentional Tort Term. of Parental Rights - Chancery Conservatorship Breach of Contract Loss of Consortium UIFSA (eff 7/1/97; formerly URESA) Guardianship Installment Contract Malpractice - Legal Other _____________________ Joint Conservatorship & Guardianship Insurance Malpractice - Medical Heirship Specific Performance Mass Tort Administrative Agency Intestate Estate Other _____________________ Negligence - General County Court Minor's Settlement Negligence - Motor Vehicle Hardship Petition (Driver License) Muniment of Title Bond Validation Premises Liability Justice Court Name Change Civil Forfeiture Product Liability MS Dept Employment Security Testate Estate Declaratory Judgment Subrogation Municipal Court Will Contest Injunction or Restraining Order Wrongful Death Other _____________________ Alcohol/Drug Commitment (Involuntary) Other _____________________ Other __________________ Appeals Probate Statutes/Rules Contract Torts Domestic Relations Business/Commercial Civil Rights Children/Minors - Non-Domestic Real Property Jr/Sr/III/IV Maiden Name, if applicable First Name Last Name ____ Check ( x ) if Individual Plainitiff is acting in capacity as Executor(trix) or Administrator(trix) of an Estate, and enter style: Attorney (Name & Address) First Name Maiden Name, if applicable Jr/Sr/III/IV ____ Check ( x ) if Individual Filing Initial Pleading is NOT an attorney. MS Bar No. In the Court of County Judicial District Origin of Suit (Place an "X" in one box only) Mississippi Supreme Court Administrative Office of Courts Form AOC/01 (Rev. 2016) Month Case Number if filed prior to 1/1/94 Docket Number Court ID (CH, CI, CO) County # Local Docket ID Date Year This area is to be completed by clerk. COVER SHEET Civil Case Filing Form (To be completed by Attorney/Party Prior to Filing of Pleading) Case Year Judicial District Court Identification Docket # D/B/A Estate of D/B/A or Agency ____ Check ( x ) if Business Planitiff is filing suit in the name of an entity other than the above, and enter below: Enter legal name of business, corporation, partnership, agency - If Corporation, indicate the state where incorporated ____ Check ( x ) if Individual Planitiff is acting in capacity as Business Owner/Operator (d/b/a) or State Agency, and enter entity: Business ____ Check ( x ) if Business Defendant is acting in the name of an entity other than the above, and enter below: D/B/A MS Bar No. Enter legal name of business, corporation, partnership, agency - If Corporation, indicate the state where incorporated Business Last Name ____ Check ( x ) if Individual Defendant is acting in capacity as Executor(trix) or Administrator(trix) of an Estate, and enter style: Estate of ____ Check ( x ) if Individual Defendant is acting in capacity as Business Owner/Operator (d/b/a) or State Agency, and enter entity: D/B/A or Agency A