{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-30.223","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 30.223","heading":"What is a prehearing conference?","body":"Before a hearing, the judge may order the parties to appear for a conference to:\n(a) Simplify or clarify the issues;\n(b) Obtain stipulations, admissions, agreements on documents, understandings on matters already of record, or similar agreements that will avoid unnecessary proof;\n(c) Limit the number of expert or other witnesses to avoid excessively cumulative evidence;\n(d) Facilitate agreements disposing of all or any of the issues in dispute; or\n(e) Resolve such other matters as may simplify and shorten the hearing.","path":["Title 43—Public Lands: Interior","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of the Interior","PART 30—INDIAN PROBATE HEARINGS PROCEDURES","Subpart J—Formal Probate Proceedings"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-43.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:15Z","sha256":"b63ed2d8ce7767bab56feb76af31af2f6613078c35985562267b743e36c3a3dc","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-30.222","next":"us/43-cfr-30.224"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}