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LexisNexis, publisher of the District of Columbia Official Code, offers you the most comprehensive set of rules volumes available in the District. The two-volume set has been edited, annotated and indexed by the legal staff of LexisNexis; it is published in soft cover and eBook, is supplemented in the autumn, and is replaced annually. All changes and additions to the Rules, the official Comments and Notes, and the Forms are reflected in each year's edition and the annotations are reviewed and updated, providing the user with the most current and useful information.
This edition includes all of the rules of the local courts, as well as the local rules of federal courts in and for the District of Columbia. The Rules have been arranged according to the various divisions and branches of the courts. The Table of Contents in this edition contains a complete listing of all of the Rules. Each set of Rules contains its own table of contents and index. The Court Rules are intended to accompany the District of Columbia Code. The format and style of the Code has been adhered to as closely as possible for purposes of consistency and for the convenience of the users of the Rules.
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Table of contents
Volume 1
Rules of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Internal Operating Procedures
Appendix of Forms
District of Columbia Bar Rules
Appendix A. Rules of Professional Conduct
Appendix B. Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts Program
Appendix C. Notice to the Bar
D.C. Bar Voluntary Standards for Civility in Professional Conduct
Code of Judicial Conduct
Superior Court Rules of Civil Procedure
Appendix of Forms
Appendix I — Model Interrogatories
Appendix II — Electronic Filing
Appendix III — Mandatory eFiling in Exemption from Electronic eFiling
Appendix III-A — Mandatory eFiling in Landlord and Tenant and Small
Claims and Conciliation Branches
Appendix IV — Mandatory eFiling of Complaints
Appendix V — 2018 General Order for Civil Cases
Superior Court Civil Arbitration Program Rules
Superior Court Rules of Procedure for the Small Claims and Conciliation Branch
Appendix of Forms
Superior Court Rules of Procedure for the Landlord and Tenant Branch
Appendix — Housing Conditions Civil Calendar
Appendix of Forms
Superior Court Rules of Criminal Procedure
Appendix A — Criminal Forms
Rules Governing Proceedings Under D.C. Code § 23-110
Appendix of Forms
Superior Court Crime Victims Compensation Program
Plan for Furnishing Representation to Indigents Under the District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act
Appendix
Volume 2
General Rules of the Family Division
Appendix I—District of Columbia Superior Court Child Support Guideline
Appendix II — Timeline for Resolution of Motions to Review Certain
Magistrate Judges’ Decisions
Appendix III—Practice Standards for Guardians Ad Litem in Custody and Related Consolidated Cases
Appendix IV — Applicability of District of Columbia Rules of Professional Conduct
Appendix of Forms
Superior Court Rules Governing Parentage and Support Proceedings
Rules Governing Domestic Relations Proceedings
Appendix of Forms
Rules Governing Adoption Proceedings
Rules Governing Proceedings in the Domestic Violence Division
Rules Governing Juvenile Proceedings
Appendix of Forms
Appendix — Attorney Practice Standards
Rules Governing Neglect and Abuse Proceedings
Appendix — Attorney Practice Standards
Superior Court Rules of Procedure for Mental Health
Superior Court Rules for Mental Retardation Proceedings
Superior Court Rules of the Probate Division
Appendix of Forms
Appendix — General Information for Heirs and Legatees
Probate Forms for Estates of Decedents Dying on or after July 1, 1995
Appendix — Probate eFiling Procedures
Rules of Practice and Procedure Before the Tax Division of the Superior
Court of the District of Columbia
Appendix of Forms
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure and Corresponding Circuit Rules of the District of Columbia Circuit
Appendix of Forms
Appendix I — Court of Appeals Fee Schedules
Appendix II — Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement
Appendix III — Appellate Mediation Program
Appendix IV — Administrative Order Regarding Electronic Filing
Appendix V — Plan to Implement the Criminal Justice Act of 1964
Handbook of Practice and Internal Procedures, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. District Court Rules for the District of Columbia Civil Rules
Appendix A — Civil Justice Expense and Delay Reduction Plan
Appendix B — Dispute Resolution Programs
Appendix C — Clerk’s Office General Information and Civil Filing Procedures
Appendix D — ECF Attorney Checklist
Criminal Rules
Administration of the Bankruptcy System
Local Rules for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia
Appendix A — Local Official Forms
Appendix B — Title VI — Administration of the Bankruptcy System
Appendix C — Clerk’s Office Operations
Appendix D — Electronic Case Filing; Registration
Appendix E — Interim Bankruptcy Rules Terminated
Appendix F — Undeliverable Addresses
Appendix G — Bounced Back E-mails
Appendix H — Electronic Case Filing; Procedure