Counsel and unrepresented parties shall submit to the judicial officer 14 days prior to trial proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law for cases to be tried to the court. Counsel and unrepresented parties shall exchange copies of the proposals prior to submission to the judicial officer. The suggested findings of fact should contain a detailed listing of the relevant and material facts that the party intends to prove. They should not be in formal language, but should be in simple narrative form. The proposed conclusions of law should contain a full discussion of the principles of law relied upon, with statutory and case citations.

Submissions pursuant to this local rule shall not be filed and made a part of the record unless ordered by the judicial officer.