Rule 6.3 Parties' Order of Proceeding

Here's a plain English summary of this rule:

When a case goes to court, someone has to go first and someone has to go second. This rule says that order usually follows how the parties are listed in the original paperwork filed with the court. In most cases, this means the order stays simple and predictable, based on who filed what and when.

Things can get more complicated when cases are combined together, when someone brings in a third party, or when a situation comes up that the normal rules don't cover. In those cases, the judge decides who goes first and who goes next. This gives the court flexibility to keep things fair and organized when a case doesn't fit the usual pattern.

For anyone involved in a case, this means you can generally expect the proceeding order to match how you appear in the filed documents, unless the judge says otherwise.