General Civil Case Cover Sheet - Preparation Worksheet - Mississippi

MISSISSIPPI CIVIL CASE FILING FORM PREPARATION WORKSHEET

DO NOT FILE THIS WORKSHEET. USE THE CURRENT OFFICIAL AOC/01.

The official PDF fetched for this review identifies itself as Mississippi Supreme Court Administrative Office of Courts Form AOC/01 (Rev. 2020) and includes party continuation pages and a child-support information sheet. This worksheet records inputs only. It does not establish when a cover sheet is required, which court has authority, which category applies, what fee is due, how filing or service must occur, or whether another form is required.

1. Current Form and Clerk Control

Do not rely on a saved fee, service period, MEC practice, jury-demand period, jurisdictional threshold, case code, or filing method from an earlier packet. Attach the current instruction or clerk communication.

2. Clerk Identification Fields

These fields correspond to the identification area visible on the fetched official form. Leave clerk-only fields for the clerk.

3. Origin of Suit

Transcribe one selection from the current official form after counsel review:

• ☐ Initial filing
• ☐ Reinstated
• ☐ Foreign judgment enrolled
• ☐ Transfer from other court
• ☐ Other: [________________________________]
• ☐ Remanded
• ☐ Reopened
• ☐ Joining suit / action
• ☐ Appeal

Supporting docket or transfer record: [________________________________]

4. First Plaintiff

Individual

Business or Other Entity

Address and Filer

5. First Defendant

Individual

Business or Other Entity

6. Additional-Party Pages

The fetched official PDF includes continuation pages for additional plaintiffs and defendants.

Total plaintiff continuation pages: [____]

Total defendant continuation pages: [____]

7. Nature-of-Suit Classification

The official form directs the filer to select one nature-of-suit box. Do not invent a code or force a claim into a category from this worksheet.

The fetched form groups choices under categories including domestic relations, appeals, business / commercial, probate, alcohol or drug commitment, children / minors — non-domestic, civil rights, contract, statutes / rules, real property, and torts. Use the exact current form rather than this summary.

8. Child-Support Supplement Check

The fetched AOC/01 states that if child support is contemplated as an issue, a completed Child Support Information Sheet should be submitted with the cover sheet.

• Child support contemplated as an issue: ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Counsel review
• Current supplement obtained: ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Not applicable
• Sensitive-information handling instructions reviewed: [________________________________]
• Person responsible for completing official supplement: [________________________________]

Do not place Social Security numbers, birth dates, driver's-license numbers, or other protected information in this worksheet unless the approved secure workflow requires it.

9. Attachments and Record Reconciliation

10. Transfer to Official Form

Before using the official form:

• ☐ The official form number and revision were rechecked.
• ☐ The court or clerk confirmed the accepted form and any local supplement.
• ☐ Names, capacities, attorneys, and Bar numbers match the pleading.
• ☐ One origin selection was made from the official form.
• ☐ One nature-of-suit selection was made from the official form.
• ☐ Additional-party pages are complete and numbered.
• ☐ The child-support supplement was handled if applicable.
• ☐ No invented case code, fee, service instruction, jury instruction, jurisdictional conclusion, or MEC procedure was copied from this worksheet.
• ☐ The official form—not this worksheet—was reviewed and signed as required.

Prepared by: [________________________________]

Reviewed by Mississippi counsel: [________________________________]

Review date: [__/__/____]

Official form stored at: [________________________________]