The following Rules of Practice and Procedure are adopted in order to promote and facilitate the fair and efficient administration of justice in the District Courts of the 41^st Judicial District. There rules are designed to inform the public as to how the court system operates, to assist the practitioner in the practicing of cases, and generally to seek to promote the dignity of and respect for the local court system. The overriding purpose of these rules is to provide for the fair, prompt and consistent administration of justice in the local court system.