§ 34-8-1-1 Purpose

34-8-1-1 Purpose

    Sec. 1. The purpose of this chapter is to enable the supreme court to:

    (1) simplify and abbreviate the pleadings and proceedings;

    (2) expedite the decision of causes;

    (3) remedy abuses and imperfections that exist in the practice;

    (4) abolish unnecessary forms and technicalities in pleading and practice; and

    (5) abolish fictions and unnecessary process and proceedings.