Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County Filing Bundling Requirements

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Motions, responses, replies, and other Court-requested filings must be submitted individually.

The Division requires that all motions, responses, replies, and other Court-requested filings in your case must be submitted individually.

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Pleadings filed in combination with another pleading will not be accepted.

No pleadings filed in combination with another will be accepted.

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Each filing may contain only one motion, and every motion must be filed separately.

Each filing must contain only one motion and each motion must be filed separately.

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Motions, responses, replies, and other court-requested filings must be submitted individually; motions must be filed separately and designated as motions, and combined pleadings will not be accepted.

The Division requires that all motions, responses, replies, and other Court requested filings in this case must be submitted individually. Do not combine any motion with a responsive pleading. All motions are to be filed separately and designated as such. No pleadings will be accepted if filed in combination with another.

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Civil cases

Motions, responses, replies, and other court-requested filings must be submitted individually; combined filings and omnibus motions will not be accepted.

The Division requires that all motions, responses, replies, and other Court requested filings in this case be submitted individually. Do not combine any motion with a responsive pleading (No omnibus motions). All motions are to be filed separately and designated as such. No pleadings will be accepted if filed in combination with another.

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Motions, responses, replies, and other filings must be submitted separately; combined filings will not be accepted.

All motions, responses, replies and other filings must be submitted individually. Counsel shall not combine any motion with a responsive pleading. All motions are to be filed separately and designated as such. No filing will be accepted if filed in combination with another.

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Motions, responses, replies, and other filings must be submitted individually; combined filings will not be accepted.

All motions, responses, replies and other filings must be submitted individually. Counsel shall not combine any motion with a responsive pleading. All motions are to be filed separately and designated as such. No filing will be accepted if filed in combination with another.

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The Court prefers individual submissions and directs that motions be filed separately rather than combined with a response to another party’s motion.

I prefer that all motions, responses, replies, and other filings in this be submitted individually. Do not combine any motion with your response to the other part's motion. All motions are to be filed separately.

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If an opposing party does not participate in good faith, a party may file separately and notify the Court of the conduct or inaction that required separate filing.

If an opposing party fails to participate in the joint filing in good faith, a party may file the document separately and notify the Court of the opposing party’s conduct or inaction that necessitated the separate filing.

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A single petition may include multiple requested forms of relief for the specified modifications or enforcement.

For petitions asking for changes to legal decision-making, parenting time, and/or child support orders, one petition for all forms of relief requested is acceptable. Similarly, petitions to enforce legal decision-making, parenting time, and/or child support orders only require a single filing.

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Do not combine any motion with a responsive pleading.

Summary: A motion may not be combined with a responsive pleading.

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All motions are to be filed separately and designated as such.

Summary: File each motion separately and designate it as a motion.

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No party should include more than one motion in a single filing or combine a response and a motion or a reply and a motion in one filing. This applies to requests for attorneys' fees or sanctions. Such requests should be made by separate motion. Each motion, including dispositive motions, must deal with one discrete subject. Cross-motions are strongly discouraged. DO NOT combine a dispositive motion with ANY other motion and DO NOT respond or reply to more than one motion in each response or reply. Please label responses and replies to motions by identifying the IDENTICAL TITLE of the motion being responded to: e.g. “Defendant’s Response to Plaintiff’s Motion Summary Judgment Re: Vulnerable Adult Abuse claim.” Because of electronic filing, we can track the single filing only as a response, as a reply or as a new motion. Again, do not combine a response or a reply to one motion with a new motion for affirmative relief (i.e. a cross-motion), even if on a related topic; they should be filed separately from responses and replies.

Summary: File each motion separately, keep each motion to one discrete subject, do not combine motions with responses or replies, and identify the motion's identical title in any response or reply; cross-motions are strongly discouraged.

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Please do not combine two or more motions with a single filing. When requesting different forms of relief in a motion (not a petition), please file a separate and distinct motion to address each form of relief requested. For example, if you are requesting that the court grant leave to serve the opposing party by alternative means and you are asking the Court for a continuance, please file two separate motions: (1) a motion to serve the opposing party by alternative means and (2) a motion for a continuance.

Summary: File separate motions for separate motions or forms of relief rather than combining them in one filing.

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Do not, however, combine petitions for modification with petitions to enforce.

Summary: File modification petitions separately from enforcement petitions.

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Civil cases

No party should include more than one motion in a single filing or combine a response and a motion or a reply and a motion in one filing (with the exception of a true cross-motion for summary judgment). This applies to requests for attorneys' fees or sanctions. Such requests should be made by separate motion.

Summary: Do not combine multiple motions, a response or reply with a motion, or fee or sanctions requests with another motion; a true cross-motion for summary judgment is excepted.

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No party should include more than one motion in a single filing or combine a response and a motion or a reply and a motion in one filing (with the exception of a true cross-motion for summary judgment). This applies to requests for attorneys' fees or sanctions. A separate petition/application/motion should make such requests.

Summary: Do not combine multiple motions, a response and motion, or a reply and motion in one filing, except for a true cross-motion for summary judgment; fee and sanctions requests require a separate filing.

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No party should include more that one motion in a single filing or combine a response and a motion or a reply and a motion in one filing. This applies to requests for attorneys' fees or sanctions. Such requests should be made by separate motion.

Summary: Do not include multiple motions in one filing or combine a response or reply with a motion; requests for attorney fees or sanctions must be made by separate motion.

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• Parties shall not file combination pleadings. All petitions, objections, applications, and motions are to be filed separately and designated as such. No filing will be accepted if filed in combination with another. Additionally, all filings shall be fully self-contained and shall not “incorporate by reference” other separate filings for review and consideration as part of the pending filing.

Summary: Combination pleadings are prohibited; petitions, objections, applications, and motions must be filed separately, and filings must be self-contained without incorporating other filings by reference.

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No party should include more than one motion in a single filing or combine a response and a motion or a reply and a motion in one filing. This applies to requests for attorneys’ fees or sanctions. Such requests should be made by separate motion.

Summary: Do not combine multiple motions, a response and motion, or a reply and motion in one filing; requests for attorney fees or sanctions must be made by separate motion.

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When a rule requires a document to be filed jointly, or the Court so orders, the document must be filed jointly. If an opposing party fails to participate in the joint filing in good faith, a party may file the document separately and notify the Court of the opposing party’s conduct or inaction that necessitated the separate filing.

Summary: Required or court-ordered joint documents must be filed jointly, unless an opposing party fails to participate in good faith, in which case a party may file separately and notify the Court why.

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When a Rule requires a document to be filed jointly, or the Court so orders, the document must be filed jointly.

Summary: A document must be filed jointly when a Rule or Court order requires joint filing.

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Civil cases

No party should include more than one motion in a single filing or combine a response and a motion or a reply and a motion in one filing (with the exception of a true cross-motion for summary judgment). This applies to requests for attorney’s fees or sanctions. Such requests should be made by separate motion.

Summary: Motions generally must be filed separately; the stated exception is a true cross-motion for summary judgment, and fee or sanctions requests must be separate motions.

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Civil cases

No party should include more than one motion/petition in a single filing or combine a response/objection and a motion/petition or a reply and a motion in one filing (with the exception of a true cross-motion for summary judgment). This applies to requests for attorneys' fees or sanctions. A separate petition/application/motion should make such requests.

Summary: Do not combine multiple motions or petitions, or combine a motion with a response, objection, or reply, in one filing; a true cross-motion for summary judgment is excepted, and fee or sanctions requests require a separate filing.

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The practice of combining more than one motion in a single document is strongly discouraged (i.e. motion to strike and motion to reconsider).

Summary: Combining multiple motions in one document is strongly discouraged.

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Civil cases

Judge Lang expects counsel to try to stipulate to non-contested issues.

Summary: Counsel are expected to try to stipulate to non-contested issues.

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Civil cases

Motions should be single subject over omnibus.

Summary: The Court prefers single-subject motions over omnibus motions.

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Jury exhibit notebooks are encouraged. Counsel should discuss the notebooks and try to agree on what goes in the notebook. If they disagree, then this can be discussed at the pre-trial management conference.

Summary: Jury exhibit notebooks are encouraged; counsel should discuss their contents and try to agree, with disagreements addressed at the pretrial management conference.