DMR.2.3.050 Initial Order

Upon the filing of a petition, the Clerk of Court shall issue an initial order of the Judge or Magistrate, which may be pre-signed by the Judge or Magistrate, providing the following:

(a) Setting the date for an initial status conference before the Court, to occur no sooner than 30 days and no later than 75 days after the filing of the petition.

(b) Prohibiting both parties from engaging in any of the following acts, effective as to each party upon the receipt by the party of the initial order:

(1) Harassing, intimidating, physically abusing or imposing any restraint on the personal liberty of the other party or a minor child of either of the parties.

(2) Encumbering, concealing, damaging, destroying, transferring or otherwise disposing of property owned by either or both of the parties, without the consent of the other party or an order of the Court, except in the usual course of business, in order to secure necessities or in order to pay reasonable costs and expenses of the action, including attorney fees.

(3) Without the consent of the other party or an order of the Court establishing a residence with a minor child of the parties more than 100 miles from the residence of the other party, removing a minor child of the parties from the child's residence for more than 14 consecutive days, or concealing a minor child of the parties from the other party.

(c) Requiring the parties to complete a financial disclosure statement, on forms supplied by the Court, and to file and provide a copy to the other party no fewer than five days before the initial status conference.

(d) Requiring the parties to participate in any of the following, as the Court may determine by rule:

(1) Mediation of any disputes.

(2) Education on the effects of divorce or separation on children.

(3) Joint drafting of a parenting plan.