New York Supreme Court, Kings County Filing Rules

Every child-support application must include a Child Support Standards Act worksheet.

A proposed order seeking consolidation of actions must include the new caption.

A copy of each deposition intended for trial must be furnished to the Court when trial begins.

A proposed jury verdict sheet must be supplied to the court by the first day of trial or the charge conference, whichever is earlier.

A Microsoft Word version of proposed orders or judgments must simultaneously be emailed to the Part Clerk.

All written and oral communications must be civil, free of profanity, and respectful of the court process.

Requests for Interpreters: Requests for an interpreter should be made two weeks in advance of the motion date and are subject to availability. To request an interpreter, please email hbrathwa@nycourts.gov, and flcastagna@nycourts.gov.

Emails to the court should be sent only during courthouse business hours, although emergency emails are excepted from the discouragement of after-hours, weekend, and holiday transmission.

Pending-case and calendar-status inquiries must be directed to the Part 75 Clerk by email at ksccvpart75@nycourts.gov or by telephone at 347-296-1599.

Email subject lines must include the case index number and caption.

If fewer than all parties appear and report a settlement, a default order permits one adjournment of no more than 60 days for submission of settlement or discontinuance documentation.

An adjournment of a pending motion requires prior Part CVAP3 approval and must follow the standing adjournment procedure.

For filed summary-judgment motions, the stipulation of adjournment must be e-filed only and include a briefing schedule; emailed stipulations will not be considered.

After two ADR adjournments, the appearance is final and another adjournment requires a showing of good cause.

Hearings for compromise matters are scheduled by the court, and adjournments must be obtained through chambers.

A Note of Issue must be filed before the pretrial conference in accordance with the compliance-conference order, and the party must appear on time.

An adjourned default-judgment motion requires updated non-military affidavits in NYSCEF at least seven days before the adjournment date.

Proposed jury charges and verdict sheets are due no later than the close of the plaintiff's case.

The court will not accept stipulations extending the time to file a summary-judgment motion.

A notice withdrawing a motion must be filed through NYSCEF and emailed to Chambers at least five business days before the calendar date or as soon as the resolution is reached, whichever occurs first.

In e-filed cases, affirmations must be submitted through NYSCEF; in cases not converted to e-filing, they must be emailed to the Court at least one day before the appearance with notice to all sides.

All subpoenas in NYSCEF cases must be electronically filed for approval by the subpoena records room.

Immediately after settling a motion or action, the parties must upload a settlement stipulation, discontinuance, or the movant's withdrawal letter through NYSCEF.

Motion papers must be filed through NYSCEF, or with the Motion Support Office when the action does not participate in NYSCEF.

An infant compromise application must be filed through NYSCEF or, if the action does not participate, mailed to the Motion Support Office.

Each exhibit tab must immediately precede the actual exhibit rather than a blank exhibit-placeholder page.

Electronically filed motion exhibits must be separated by exhibit space pages rather than exhibit tabs.

The court’s signature line may not be placed on a page containing no other writing.

Motion papers must be double-spaced, printed on letter-sized paper, and have margins of at least one inch.

Proposed short-form orders submitted for signature must be legible and contain no crossed-out words.

Initial post-judgment applications must be personally served on the litigant unless the court or adversary waives service, and service on prior counsel is defective.

Motion and special-proceeding papers involving pro se or qualifying non-appearing parties require additional service methods beyond legally prescribed service and NYSCEF filing.

All motion papers must be served on all appearing parties through NYSCEF when contact information is listed, or by another authorized method.

Within 24 hours after a redacted filing, a filer must notify a non-party producing party and provide both the redacted filing and a version leaving that producer’s confidential information unredacted.

Proof of service for every pleading and motion in a merchant cash advance case must be filed on NYSCEF.

The referee or designee must provide a copy of the Terms of Sale, including known encumbrances, upon request.

A courtesy copy of a consent-adjournment stipulation must be emailed to both Chambers contacts and the adversaries.

A party expecting to use a deposition transcript at trial must provide courtesy copies to the court before trial begins.

A party intending or contemplating use of a deposition transcript at trial must provide courtesy copies to the court before trial begins.

At a motion to withdraw appearance, moving counsel must provide physical motion papers, proof of client notice of the motion, and proof that the client was notified of the hearing date.

The court will not conduct a second calendar call.

The court will not accept a sur-reply unless good cause is shown and the court grants a request to file it.

After sending the disclosure-dispute letter, the requesting party must contact Chambers to arrange a conference, preferably by telephone, and no discovery motion will be entertained without compliance.

Discovery disputes should be resolved through court conference when practicable, and counsel must first attempt resolution in good faith.

A fully briefed motion may be placed on the next available oral argument calendar, but oral argument will not occur on the day the application is made.

When counsel cannot resolve a disclosure dispute, the party seeking Court intervention must send a notice letter of no more than two pages describing the problem and requested relief.

The court may permit oversized motion papers upon oral or written application with notice to all parties.

A written motion in limine may not exceed three pages, must be double-spaced, and must include Official Reporter citations.

Letters to the court may not exceed two pages and must be e-filed through NYSCEF with a courtesy copy sent to Chambers by email or hand delivery.

The discovery-dispute letter must summarize every dispute or issue in bullet points and may not exceed three pages.

The unredacted and proposed-redacted sealing exhibits must be hand-delivered rather than e-filed, and this is the sole exception to the e-filing requirement.

Infant compromise papers filed on NYSCEF must be redacted, while the mailed hardcopy set must remain unredacted.

When plaintiff files a redacted expert affirmation, the unredacted version must be presented for in camera inspection on the oral-argument date.

Counsel may electronically file a redacted proposed infant-compromise order on NYSCEF and email the unredacted version to chambers.

The copy of the death certificate uploaded to NYSCEF should be redacted and an unredacted copy should be emailed to Chamber.

Every stipulation of discontinuance requires payment through the County Clerk’s office and filing in Motion Support.

A filing fee must accompany motion papers submitted in person or by mail to the Motion Support Office in a pro se non-NYSCEF action.

In Kings County Matrimonial parts, applications for substituted service, poor-person relief, or address confidentiality must be made by ex parte application using a no-fee RJI, and no notice is required.

The appropriate filing fee is required for an electronically filed discontinuance.

Discontinuances must continue to be filed electronically with the appropriate fee.

Discovery remains available while any motion is pending unless the court directs a stay.

An electronically filed motion must attach previously filed materials as new exhibits rather than incorporating them by NYSCEF docket number.

A motion must be fully briefed at least 10 days before its return date absent prior written permission, and submitted stipulations must meet that deadline.

Final accounts must be submitted as one consolidated accounting rather than multiple annual accounts.

Hard copies are optional, but parties may bring specified exhibits or affidavits in hard copy for the court.