Authority: IC 22-9-1-6

Affected: IC 22-9-1-6

Sec. 10. (a) Any person named as a respondent may file a motion in writing within ten (10) days after service of a complaint requesting that the allegations in the complaint be made more definite and certain. Such motion shall set forth the deficiencies in the complaint. If a presiding officer:

1. (1) has not been appointed under this article, the chair, vice chair, or, if both are unavailable, any commissioner shall:

   1. (A) rule on the motion; and
   2. (B) if the motion is granted, fix the time within which the complainant shall comply; or

2. (2) has been appointed under this article, the presiding officer shall:

   1. (A) rule on the motion; and
   2. (B) if the motion is granted, fix the time within which the complainant shall comply.

(b) The motion to make more specific shall be utilized only to clarify the issues sufficiently to enable the moving party to prepare his or her defense to the allegations raised in the complaint.

(Civil Rights Commission; Rule 2, Sec 2.10; filed Mar 29, 1974, 4:16 p.m.: Rules and Regs. 1975, p. 200; filed Feb 7, 2000, 3:15 p.m.: 23 IR 1388; readopted filed Oct 25, 2001, 2:15 p.m.: 25 IR 942; readopted filed Oct 29, 2007, 2:55 p.m.: 20071128-IR-910070566RFA; readopted filed Nov 19, 2013, 9:07 a.m.: 20131218-IR-910130454RFA; readopted filed Sep 27, 2019, 2:32 p.m.: 20191030-IR-910190407RFA)