Generally, a motion for summary judgment is accompanied by one or more affidavits executed by the moving party or by others having knowledge of the facts. The affidavit or declaration should recite all the material facts and show that the affiant would be competent to testify to the facts stated in the affidavit.
This form is a generic example of an affidavit of the defendant in support of his motion for summary judgment.
Rule 1.509(2) adds to the permissible scope of interrogatories the amounts claimed for items of damages approved by the court in Gordon v. Noel, 356 N.W. 2d 559 (Iowa 1984), and the addresses of trial witnesses.
Unless otherwise ordered by the court, no deposition, notice of deposition, interrogatory, request for production of documents, request for admission, or response, document or thing produced, or objection thereto shall be filed with the clerk.
An attorney can issue a subpoena without a court file being opened, but if the clerk issues a blank subpoena, a court file must be opened and will collect a $50 fee. Rule 1.1702(5). A court file will also be opened for any motions relating to the subpoena and the clerk will collect a $50 fee then as well.
944(1) It is the declared policy that in the exercise of reasonable diligence every civil and special action, except under unusual circumstances, shall be brought to issue and tried within one year from the date it is filed and docketed and in most instances within a shorter time.
Rule 1.910 - Motions for continuance 1. 910(1) Motions for continuance shall be filed without delay after the grounds therefor become known to the party or the party's counsel. Such motion may be amended only to correct a clerical error.
Rule 1.303 - Time for motion or answer to petition 1. 303(1) Unless otherwise provided, the defendant, respondent, or other party shall serve, and within a reasonable time thereafter file, a motion or answer within 20 days after the service of the original notice and petition upon such party.
Each party may file no more than one motion for summary judgment under rule 1.981. The motion may include more than one ground authorized under rule 1.281(3)(b)(1). (3) Deadline. Motions for summary judgment under rule 1.981 must be filed no later than 90 days before trial.
In addition, rule 1.943 allows for voluntary dismissal of the plaintiff's petition without prejudice once as a matter of right. Id. r. 1.943.
In addition to proceedings encompassed by rule 1.904(1), a rule 1.904(2) motion to reconsider, enlarge, or amend another court order, ruling, judgment, or decree will be considered timely if filed within 15 days after the filing of the order, judgment, or decree to which it is directed.
In ordering discovery of such materials when the required showing has been made, the court shall protect against disclosure of the mental impressions, conclusions, opinions, or legal theories of an attorney or other representative of a party concerning the litigation.
