Rule 1-003.1. Commencement of action; domestic relations information sheet.

A. Information sheet. A domestic relations information sheet substantially in the form approved by the Supreme Court shall be submitted with the petition initiating a domestic relations case, a motion to reopen a closed domestic relations case, and with a party’s first responsive pleading in a domestic relations case. A blank copy of the domestic relations information sheet shall be served on the respondent with the summons and petition. Information in the court automated information system which is obtained from the domestic relations information sheet is confidential and shall not be disclosed except that it may be disclosed to: (1) the parties in the proceeding, unless otherwise ordered by the court; (2) state and federal agencies required by law to collect the information disclosed; and (3) court personnel for enforcement, data collection and record keeping purposes. B. Legal effect. Information appearing on the information sheet will have no legal effect in the action. C. Failure to comply. The clerk will file a pleading even if it is submitted without an information sheet or is filed with an information sheet that is incomplete. If a party fails to file or complete an information sheet, the clerk will give written notice to the party of the deficiency. If a party fails to cure the deficiency within thirty (30) days, the court may enter an order which provides for dismissal of the party’s claim without prejudice. The clerk shall serve a copy of the court’s order of dismissal on all parties. [Provisionally approved, effective November 1, 1999 until November 1, 2000; approved, effective November 1, 2000; as amended by Supreme Court Order No. 14-8300-011, effective for all cases filed on or after December 31, 2014.]