LR2-125 NMRA
Local Rule LR2-125. Orders, judgments, and decrees.
Length: 371 wordsOfficial source
[Related Statewide Rules 1-058, 5-121, and 5-701 NMRA]
A. Judge shopping prohibited. Any order, judgment, decree, or other matter
(hereinafter “order”) once presented to a judge for signature and refused shall not be
presented to any other judge. Proposed orders shall be presented to the assigned judge
unless unavailable. The assigned judge’s name shall be typed or printed on all
proposed orders, directly below the judge’s signature line.
B. Date of filing and entry. The date of entry of any order shall be the same as the
date of filing and shall be shown by the clerk’s stamp unless the order is filed in open
court.
C. Parties’ signatures required. Orders shall not be signed by the court unless
signed by all parties entitled to notice except on presentment hearing or consideration
by the court under Paragraph D of this rule, or as otherwise provided by Supreme Court
rule, second judicial district local rule, or statute.
D. Deadline for presentment; presentment hearing. Unless otherwise ordered by
the court, all proposed orders shall be presented to the court within fourteen (14) days
after the court’s decision. The prevailing party shall be responsible for the presentment,
except in domestic relations court cases, unless the court orders otherwise both parties
shall bear the responsibility.
If the signatures of all parties entitled to notice cannot be obtained by the fourteenth
day, the prevailing party shall, no later than the fourteenth day, request a hearing on the
issue in the manner set forth in LR2-119 NMRA. Before the hearing, all parties shall
submit proposed forms of order. The court may review the proposed forms of order and
rule on the form without hearing.
E. Filing; notice. The submitting party shall promptly file the order after it is signed
and mail or deliver endorsed copies to all parties entitled to notice. The court takes no
responsibility for the filing of such orders.
F. Service of orders filed by the court. The court will mail or deliver endorsed
copies of all orders filed by the court to all parties entitled to notice.
[LR2-130 recompiled and amended as LR2-125 by Supreme Court Order No. 16-8300-
015, effective for all cases pending or filed on or after December 31, 2016.]