Rule 7.1A - Practice as to Depositions, Discovery, Production of and Perpetuation of Testimony(a) The parties may agree to the scope and deadlines for discovery, and may agree to any or all of the following: responses to written interrogatories, document production, requests for admissions and depositions, including depositions to preserve testimony for trial, and may agree to the specific dates, times and places for depositions.(b) The parties may, upon agreement, request the entry of a court order setting a deadline for the completion of discovery, or the court may set a deadline for completion of discovery on its own motion.(c) In the absence of an agreement, leave to take any form of discovery or to preserve testimony shall be granted only by court order following a petition setting forth the nature of the proposed discovery, the scope of the proposed discovery, and the need for the proposed discovery, and shall describe the good faith efforts made to reach an agreement regarding discovery. A petition seeking leave to take discovery shall include the notice required under 3.5(b) and an answer to the petition shall be filed within twenty (20) days of service of the petition. The court may set a schedule for briefing or argument, if necessary, following the filing of an answer to the petition, or may rule on the petition and answer without argument or briefing.(d) Discovery material shall not be filed with the court unless relevant to a motion or petition or other pre-trial proceeding, ordered by the court or required by statute.