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Rule 36 Unified Judicial System Forms and Sample Forms

RULE 34. FORM, CONTENT, AND SERVICE OF MOTIONS AND REQUESTS

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Rule Text

The Unified Judicial System forms and the sample forms contained in the Appendix of Forms to these rules are provided as general examples for use in the Unified Judicial System and should be modified to comport with the particular circumstances of each case; they have not been approved or adopted by the Alabama Supreme Court as officially approved forms.

[Amended January 10, 2001.]

Plain-English Summary (for reference only — not a substitute for the rule text above)

This summary is not the rule. The rule text controls.

Alabama's court system provides forms in the Appendix of Forms attached to these rules. These are meant to be examples that people can use as a starting point, not forms that must be followed word for word.

Because every case is different, you need to change these forms to fit your specific situation. What works for one case might not work for yours, so treat these forms as templates rather than final documents.

It's also worth knowing that the Alabama Supreme Court has not officially approved or adopted these forms. They are simply samples meant to help guide people through the court process, but they don't carry the same weight as official, court-approved paperwork.

Committee Notes

Committee Comment

Rule 36 is intended to inform the practitioner that strict compliance with the Appendix of Forms is not necessarily a prerequisite for complying with the rules. The forms are intended as aids to practice only and may be modified according to the requirements of a particular case.

Court Comment

The forms appearing in the Appendix of Forms are those that were included when the Court amended Rule 36 effective January 10, 2001. Those forms had not been approved by the Supreme Court as “officially approved forms.” See Rule 36. The revision date shown on each Unified Judicial System form indicates the date the Uniform Judicial System’s Forms Committee last updated that form. The sample forms are those that were included when the Supreme Court adopted the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure on May 31, 1990, and that have not been converted to Uniform Judicial System forms. The Unified Judicial System’s Forms Committee may from time to time draft additional forms, some of them to replace forms included in the Appendix of Forms. These new forms have been distributed to circuit court clerks and district court clerks for inclusion in the “Court Forms Manual.” Many of these forms, as periodically updated, may be found at the Administrative Office of Courts’ Web site: http://eforms.alacourt.gov.

Note from the reporter of decisions: The order amending Rule 36, effective January 10, 2001, is published in that volume of Alabama Reporter that contains Alabama cases from 782 So.2d

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