Rule 4.05 File Numbers: Criminal, Juvenile, Dissolution and Paternity Cases
Court Operating Rule 4: Uniform Record Keeping System
Rule Text
1) A separate file number shall be assigned to each defendant named in a criminal complaint or information and the file numbers shall be related in the automated case management system for scheduling and other processing. 2) A separate file number shall be assigned to each child named in a petition filed pursuant to section 211.091, RSMo, and the file numbers shall be related in the automated case management system for scheduling and other processing. 3) Dissolutions and paternity actions shall be filed separately. A separate case number shall be assigned for each dissolution and each paternity action filed and shall be related in the automated case management system for scheduling and other processing.
Amendment history: (Adopted December 1, 1976, effective March 1, 1977. Approved for publication August 21, 1995. Amended May 4, 1988, effective May 4, 1988; amended December 23, 2003, effective January 1, 2004; amended September 10, 2009, effective January 1, 2010.)