procedural guides

Request for Production in Virginia Circuit Court – At A Glance

Use this At A Glance Guide to learn the Virginia Supreme Court Rules related to Motion for Protective Order in Virginia Circuit Courts. For more detailed information, please see the SmartRules Request for Production Guide for the court where your action is pending. Any party may serve on any other party a request (1) to produce and permit the … Read Article

Deposition Notice in Virginia Circuit Court – At A Glance

Use this At A Glance Guide to learn the Virginia Supreme Court Rules related to Motion for Protective Order in Virginia Circuit Courts. For more detailed information, please see the SmartRules Deposition Notice Guide for the court where your action is pending. The notice shall state the time and place for taking the deposition and the name and … Read Article

Motion for Protective Order in Virginia Circuit Court – At A Glance

Use this At A Glance Guide to learn the Virginia Supreme Court Rules related to Motion for Protective Order in Virginia Circuit Courts. For more detailed information, please see the SmartRules Motion for Protective Order Guide for the court where your action is pending. The moving party must show that an order is reasonably necessary to protect … Read Article

Amended Answer in Virginia Circuit Court – At A Glance

Use this At A Glance Guide to learn the Virginia Supreme Court Rules related to amended answer in Virginia Circuit Courts. For more detailed information, please see the SmartRules Amended Answer Guide for the court where your action is pending. Leave to amend shall be liberally granted in furtherance of the ends of justice. V.S.C.R. 1:8. A … Read Article

Motion to Dismiss in Virginia Circuit Court – At A Glance

Use this At A Glance Guide to learn the Virginia Supreme Court Rules related to bringing a motion to dismiss in Virginia Circuit Courts. For more detailed information, please see the SmartRules Motion to Dismiss Guide for the court where your action is pending. There are no provisions of the Virginia Supreme Court Rules that set forth the grounds … Read Article

Response to Interrogatories in Virginia Circuit Court – At A Glance

Use this At A Glance Guide to learn the Virginia Supreme Court Rules related to propounding interrogatories in Virginia Circuit Courts. For more detailed information, please see the SmartRules Response to Interrogatory Guide for the court where your action is pending. Any party may serve upon any other party written interrogatories to be answered by the party … Read Article

Virginia Court Rule Amendments Effective July 1, 2009.

Virginia is amending its Circuit court rules effective July 1, 2009. Amended rules are 4:5 Depositions Upon Oral Examination. 4:9 Production by Parties of Documents, Electronically Stored Information, and Things; Entry on Land for Inspection and Other Purposes; Production at Trial. 5:7B Petition for a Writ of Actual Innocence. 8:3 Contents of Petitions in Certain Proceedings. To see how … Read Article

Interrogatories in Virginia Circuit Court – At A Glance

Use this At A Glance Guide to learn the Virginia Supreme Court Rules related to propounding interrogatories in Virginia Circuit Courts. For more detailed information, please see the SmartRules Interrogatory Guide for the court where your action is pending. The Virginia rules do not contain explicit requirements for the format of interrogatory papers. As a matter of custom … Read Article