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calendar. If final orders are entered after the Settlement Conference but before the trial date, the

trial date is removed from the court’s calendar.

If you are represented by an attorney, notice of the Trial Scheduling Conference will be sent to

your attorney, and your attorney will participate in the Trial Schedule Conference on your behalf.

Before the Trial Scheduling Conference, YOU MUST HAVE COMPLETED THE CHILDREN IN THE

MIDDLE CLASS OR YOUR CASE WILL NOT BE SET FOR TRIAL AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO DISMISSAL.

If you are representing yourself without an attorney, you will receive the notice of the Trial

Scheduling Conference, and you must participate in the Trial Scheduling Conference at the specified

time and date. In Scott County, Trial Scheduling Conferences are conducted in-person in Room

258 on the 2

floor of the Scott County Courthouse. For cases filed in Scott County, if you cannot

attend in person at the specified time and date, call Court Administration at 563-326-8783 and ask

permission to participate by phone. At this conference, you must report (1) whether you have

completed the mandatory Children in the Middle Class and (2) if the case goes to trial the estimated

length of trial, in other words, how long you think it will take both parties and their witnesses to tell

their story to the judge.

If you have not completed the required Children in the Middle Class at the time of Trial Scheduling

Conference your conference will be rescheduled to the next month.

4. Temporary Custody Hearing: At the request of EITHER party, the Court will schedule a hearing to

determine temporary custody and child support. Once a request is made, a hearing will be set on a

Thursday within 30-60 days from the request. The hearing times will be 9 a.m., 10:35 a.m., 1:30

p.m. and 3:05 p.m. Both parties must participate at the hearing. The hearings will be conducted in

the following manner:

1. The total length of the hearing will be 80 minutes with the time split evenly between

the parties. There will be a 15 minute recess between the two morning and two afternoon

hearings.

2. Start and stop times will be STRICTLY enforced.

3. Per local rules the ONLY evidence submitted at this hearing will be sworn testimony

of the parties and signed and sworn affidavits.

4. Testimony from both parties will be given before cross-examination is allowed.

5. The Court will enter a template type order either contemporaneously or shortly after the

hearing.

5. Settlement Conference. A settlement conference will be set approximately 30 days before the

scheduled trial date. The parties and their attorneys, if any, will meet to discuss the status of their

case. At this conference, the parties will fill out a form called “Stipulation of Assets and Liabilities.”

This form can be obtained from the Judicial Branch website (found in #6 of this order) or the Clerk of

Court. In this form, the parties shall list and value all of their assets and liabilities and they shall

identify the issues they have agreed upon and the issues still in dispute. At the conclusion of the

settlement conference, the parties shall file their completed Stipulation of Assets and Liabilities.

6. Notice. You must keep the Scott County Clerk of Court, and the other party and his/her counsel

advised of your address and phone number at all times. ANY CHANGE OF ADDRESS OR PHONE

NUMBER MUST BE IN WRITING FILED WITH THE CLERK. If you are a self-represented litigant you

must still comply with all district court rules, and the rules of civil procedure and evidence.

7. Judicial Branch Website. The following internet link will provide access to the 7

Judicial District’s

local rules.

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