First Adopted: January 19, 1973
Most Recently Effective: July 01, 2025
Rule 55 | Rules of Civil Procedure | Rules Governing Civil Procedure in the Circuit Courts | Pleadings, Motions, and Hearings
55.29 | Place of Hearing and Acts in Chambers
All trials upon the merits shall be conducted in open court and so far as convenient in a regular courtroom. All other acts or proceedings may be done or conducted by a judge in chambers, without the attendance of the clerk or other court officials, and at any place either within or without the county where the action is pending, but no trial or evidentiary hearing, other than an authorized ex parte hearing, shall be conducted outside the county where the case is pending without the consent of all parties affected thereby.
Comment
[1]
Nothing in this Rule affects a judge's duty to conduct hearings at a
courthouse or court facility under Rule 2-2.1 absent exigent
circumstances.
(Adopted January 19, 1973, effective September 1, 1973. Amended June 1, 1993, effective January 1, 1994; amended October 1, 2024, effective July 1, 2025.)