Superior Court of DeKalb County Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

The consolidated pretrial order must follow the form prescribed by Uniform Superior Court Rule 7.2.

The CPTO shall be presented in the form prescribed by Rule 7.2 of the Uniform Rules of the Superior Court.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Noncompliant filings and filings exceeding the page limits without court permission may be stricken from the record.

Documents filed not in compliance with these instructions, or exceeding the above page limits without permission from the Court, may be stricken from the record.

CRITICAL

Motions, proposed orders, and other court submissions must use at least double line spacing, except for block quotations and footnotes.

All Motions, proposed orders, and other submissions to the Court shall be printed or typed with not less than double-spacing between the lines, except in block quotations or footnotes.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Margins

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Motions, proposed orders, and other court submissions must use at least double spacing, one-inch margins, and a standard font of at least 12 points, except block quotations and footnotes are exempt from the spacing requirement.

All Motions, proposed orders, and other submissions to the Court shall be printed or typed with not less than double-spacing between the lines, except in block quotations or footnotes. Margins shall be no less than one inch at the top, bottom and sides. The type size shall not be smaller than 12 points in a standard font (Georgia, Times New Roman, etc.).

CRITICAL

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All motions, proposed orders, and other court submissions must use at least double spacing except in block quotations and footnotes, have margins of at least one inch, and use standard-font type no smaller than 12 points.

All Motions, proposed orders, and other submissions to the Court shall be printed or typed with not less than double-spacing between the lines, except in block quotations or footnotes. Margins shall be no less than one inch at the top, bottom and sides. The type size shall not be smaller than 12 points in a standard font (Times New Roman, Courier, Georgia, etc.).

CRITICAL

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Court submissions must have at least one-inch margins on all sides and use a standard font no smaller than 12 points.

Margins shall be no less than one inch at the top, bottom and sides. The type size shall not be smaller than 12 points in a standard font (Times New Roman, Courier, Georgia, etc.).

CRITICALCriminal cases

Format

DOCX

A proposed verdict form must be emailed to the court in Word format.

d. Proposed verdict form. A proposed verdict form in Word format must be emailed to the Court.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Format

DOCX

Proposed orders must be emailed to the court in Word format and copied to all counsel of record; a PDF may also be included when original consent signatures are present.

Proposed orders must be emailed to the Court in Word format (a PDF copy may also be included if there are original consent signatures) and cc’d to all counsel of record.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Format

DOCX

Proposed jury charges must be consecutively numbered under USCR 10.3 and emailed to the court in Word format.

c. Proposed jury charges. All requests to charge must be numbered consecutively in accordance with USCR 10.3, and must be emailed to the Court in Word format.

WARNING

Format

DOCX

The emailed courtesy copy of a civil or domestic proposed order must be in Word format.

All civil/domestic proposed orders must be eFiled with the Clerk of Superior Court and a courtesy copy must be emailed to the staff attorney in Word format for consideration

WARNING

Format

DOCX

Proposed orders and similar documents emailed for Judge Lake’s signature should be submitted in Microsoft Word format.

Documents emailed for Judge Lake’s signature (proposed orders, etc.) should be sent in Microsoft Word format.

WARNING

Format

PDF

Documents emailed for the Court’s review, including motions and other pleadings, should be sent in PDF format.

Documents emailed for the Court’s review (Motions and other pleadings) should be sent in .PDF format.

WARNING

Format

DOCX

Proposed orders should be emailed directly to Ms. Warner in Microsoft Word format.

As stated above, all proposed orders should be submitted electronically via email directly to Ms. Warner in Microsoft Word format.

WARNINGCriminal cases

Format

DOCX

Documents such as proposed orders that are emailed for Judge Lake's signature should be submitted in DOCX format.

Documents emailed for Judge Lake's signature (proposed orders, etc.) should be sent in Microsoft Word format.

WARNINGCriminal cases

Format

PDF

Motions and other pleadings emailed for the Court's review should be submitted in PDF format.

Documents emailed for the Court's review (Motions and other pleadings) should be sent in .PDF format.

WARNING

Documents emailed for Judge Lake’s signature, including proposed orders, should be sent in Microsoft Word format.

Documents emailed for Judge Lake’s signature (proposed orders, etc.) should be sent in Microsoft Word format.

WARNING

Format

PDF

Motions and other pleadings emailed for court review should be submitted in PDF format.

Documents emailed for the Court’s review (Motions and other pleadings) should be sent in .PDF format.

WARNINGCriminal cases

Proposed voir dire questions must comply with the standing order's parameters and be emailed to the Court in Word format.

All proposed voir dire questions must be emailed to the Court in Word format. The parameters for voir dire are detailed in this Standing Order in a separate section set forth below. Voir dire questions must comply with those parameters and be emailed to the Court in Word format.

INFO

Format

DOCX

Proposed orders should be emailed directly to Ms. Warner in Microsoft Word format.

As stated above, all proposed orders should be submitted electronically via email directly to Ms. Warner in Microsoft Word format.