700 Service of Process (Civil)
701 Workers' Compensation Appeals
702 Poverty Affidavit in Lieu of the Docket Fees
703 Name of Judge on Journal Entries and Orders
704 Closing of Cases on Clerk's Docket
705 Typed Name
706 Enforcement of Rules
707 Order Withdrawing Bench Warrant
Rule 700
SERVICE OF PROCESS
All civil process shall be directed to and served by the Sheriff of Sedgwick County unless otherwise directed by a Judge of the District Court.
Rule 701
WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS
The Clerk shall immediately, upon the filing of an appeal from the award in a workers' compensation case, assign such case to a Judge of the Civil Department on a rotation basis.
Rule 702
POVERTY AFFIDAVIT IN LIEU OF THE DOCKET FEES
No poverty affidavit in lieu of the docket fee may be filed in any case by parties possessing income or funds of any kind, unless approved by the Administrative Chief Judge or by a Judge of the Department to which the case has been assigned; and any case so filed without such approval shall be subject to dismissal by the Court.
Rule 703
NAME OF JUDGE ON JOURNAL ENTRIES AND ORDERS
All Journal Entries and Orders shall show the name of the Judge who heard the matter, unless it is an uncontested matter or it is an agreed order.
Rule 704
CLOSING OF CASES ON CLERK'S DOCKET
The Clerk shall not close any civil or domestic case on the appearance docket until a Journal Entry of final disposition in the case is filed in the office of the Clerk.
Rule 705
TYPED NAME
All pleadings shall have typed thereon, immediately below the signature line of the pleadings, the name of the attorney or person signing the pleading.
Rule 706
ENFORCEMENT OF RULES
The Court may enter any order authorized by law for failure to follow these local rules.
Rule 707
ORDER WITHDRAWING BENCH WARRANT
Commencing December 1, 2006 all Orders Withdrawing Bench Warrants issued in the Eighteenth Judicial District shall be on a form as set forth below.
This form can be found on the Eighteenth Judicial District website at www.dc18.org on the home page under the category of Forms.
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