6 CAR § 130-1033 – Conduct of the hearing — Documentary evidence

(a)
1. (1) Prior to the date of the hearing, the parties to the hearing shall meet for the purpose of reviewing the documentary evidence to be submitted by each party at the hearing.
2. (2) The documentary evidence should be assembled for the purpose of the hearing in the following order:
  1. (A) Joint exhibits or exhibits to which there is no objection;
  2. (B) Petitioner’s exhibits to which the respondent objects;
  3. (C) Respondent’s exhibits to which the petitioner objects;
  4. (D) Petitioner's evidence introduced through a sworn affidavit; and
  5. (E) Respondent’s evidence introduced through a sworn affidavit.
(b) Documentary evidence should be assembled in chronological order with each separate document tabbed and numbered consecutively.
(c) Separate and complete volumes of the documentary evidence shall be assembled and placed in a three-ring binder or binders and distributed to all parties to the hearing.
(d) Documents not contained in the documentary evidence volume shall be excluded from the hearing by the hearing officer unless their admission is agreed to by all parties.
(e)
1. (1) Documentary evidence shall be provided to the hearing officer in the required format no later than the beginning of the hearing unless directed otherwise by the hearing officer.
2. (2) Joint exhibits and testimony presented through a sworn affidavit shall be admitted as evidence when the hearing officer acknowledges receipt of the documentary evidence volume on the record.
3. (3) Objections by any party to documentary evidence pursuant to 6 CAR § 130-1032(b)(2) shall be considered and ruled on at the time the documentary evidence is received by the hearing officer.
4. (4) Objections by any party to documentary evidence pursuant to subdivisions (a)(2)(B) and (C) of this section shall be considered and ruled on at any appropriate stage in the hearing.