§ 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.