Rule 3 - Pleadings
Rule 3.1 - Caption
RULE 3.1 - CAPTION
1. All pleadings and other papers offered for filing, except exhibits and wills, shall be legibly written in ink, typed or printed on paper which is 8 ½ x 11 inches in size.
2. If filed by an attorney on behalf of a client, pleadings shall be signed by at least one attorney of record and shall include the attorney’s address, telephone number, facsimile number and e-mail address, if available, and attorney’s bar number assigned by the Supreme Court. The Court shall be designated in the caption as follows: "In the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, at Kansas City" or "In the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, at Independence.”
3. On pleadings in associate circuit, family court and probate division cases, the further designation "Associate Circuit Division" or “Family Court Division" or "Probate Division," respectively, shall appear beneath the court caption as follows:
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI, AT
KANSAS CITY
(OR)
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI, AT INDEPENDENCE
ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT DIVISION
(OR)
FAMILY COURT DIVISION
(OR)
PROBATE DIVISION
4. All petitions and counterclaims shall include the case type code upon which the petition or counterclaim is based. The case type code shall be placed in parentheses following the heading, which shall designate by name the nature of the pleading. A listing of case type codes is available to attorneys at the Court’s website at www.16thcircuit.org.
Adopted 5/20/16
Effective 6/17/16