(1) The court encourages brevity in all pleadings and other documents. Documents which, in the court's opinion, are rambling or verbose may be returned to the party who submitted the document with instructions to correct any deficiencies and make the document more concise.

(2) All documents filed with the court must be typewritten or legibly printed on 8 1/2 x 11-inch unnumbered, unlined paper.

(a) Typewritten or machine-printed documents must use a font size of no smaller than 12 points.

(b) The court requests that parties produce all documents using a sans-serif font, preferably the font commonly known as Arial. Documents produced with a legible typeface are not rejected as nonconforming.

(3) The name of the attorney, if any, representing a petitioner or a respondent, or the name of the party appearing without an attorney, together with an address, phone number, fax number, and e-mail address, if available, must appear in the upper left-hand corner of the first page of any pleading filed with the court.

(4) All documents must be on standard quality, white or unbleached, unglazed, acid-free recycled paper, and be a minimum of 25% cotton fiber content and a minimum of 50% recycled content, of which 10% must be post-consumer waste.

(5) All documents filed with the court must be single-spaced with double spacing between paragraphs, printed on one side of the paper, and with margins of 1 inch on all sides except the top margin which must be 1 1/2 inches.

(6) At the bottom of the second and all subsequent pages, the title of the document and the page number must appear as a footer.

(7) Lines 1 through 7 of the right one-half of page 1 must be left blank for the use of the clerk.

(8) Nonconforming papers may not be filed without leave of the court except in the case of an unrepresented party.