A. Whenever any legal issue is submitted to a judge, either formally or informally, and the judge indicates a ruling, and thereafter the same legal issue is submitted to another judge, it shall be the duty of counsel to make a full disclosure of the fact of submission to the first judge and the ruling or indicated ruling thereon.

B. No order shall be presented to a judge for signature in any case, other than those cases pending in the Juvenile Division, unless the parties have been properly named or identified.

C. No instrument shall be presented to a judge for signature unless it has been approved by the attorneys of record affected by it except where the matter has been settled in accordance with Rule 11.

D. Attorneys whose offices are located within the county shall not present orders for signature by mail or fax.

E. Attorneys whose offices are located out of county may present orders for signature by mail or fax, provided the matter was previously presented in person and provided the order contains the approval by the attorneys of record affected by it.

F. No other matters may be presented by mail. Counsel shall not mail or fax orders to the Court Clerk with an accompanying letter asking the clerk to obtain a judge's signature and to then file or issue the order or request the setting of a motion on an assigned judge's docket.

G. Only attorneys, pro se litigants, and legal interns knowledgeable of the case may present instruments to a judge for signature.

H. Every order or journal entry pertaining to an assigned case shall be presented to the assigned judge.

I. For matters not yet assigned, such as friendly suits, applications for temporary restraining orders, and name changes, the petition shall be filed, the case assigned to a judge and the suit or application shall then be taken to the assigned judge to be heard or set for hearing as may be ordered.