Buckalew v. Buckalew

Concluding that a local court rule requiring the filing of an income and property disclosure form was jurisdictional, the Court of Appeals held a dissolution decree was void due to the trial court's failure to follow its own rule. Buckalew v. Buckalew, 744 N.E.2d 504 (Ind.Ct.App.2001). Having previously granted transfer, we hold that the local rule was not jurisdictional, and we reject the claim that noncompliance with the local rule requires the dissolution decree to be vacated.

The parties do not dispute that at all times relevant to this case, Howard County Local Civil Rule 16(B) required…