Time for reply to motion; rulings
Sec. 3. (a) Each nonmoving party to the proceeding, including the
commissioner and the chairman of the medical review panel, if any,
shall have a period of twenty (20) days after service, or a period of
twenty-three (23) days after service if service is by mail, to appear
and file and serve a written response to the motion, unless the court,
for cause shown, orders the period enlarged.
(b) The court shall enter a ruling on the motion:
(1) within thirty (30) days after the motion is heard; or
(2) if no hearing is requested, granted or ordered, within thirty
(30) days after the date on which the last written response to the
motion is filed.
(c) The court shall order the clerk to serve a copy of the court's
ruling on the motion by ordinary mail on the commissioner, each
party to the proceeding, and the chairman of the medical review
panel, if any.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
Last modified: May 24, 2006