Section 34-18-11-3 - Time for reply to motion; rulings(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.Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-11-3.
As added by P.L. 1-1998, SEC.13.