Bryan Municipal Court, Ohio Adjournment & Extension Requirements

CRITICAL

A case may be continued only upon motion and an order of the Court.

Case(s) shall not be continued except upon motion and order of this Court.

CRITICAL

No continuances shall be granted longer than eight (8) days but for good cause and only in accordance with Ohio Revised Code Section 1923.08.

No continuances shall be granted longer than eight (8) days but for good cause and only in accordance with Ohio Revised Code Section 1923.08.

CRITICAL

A party seeking to continue a trial, pre-trial, or hearing must submit a written motion stating the reason.

No party shall be granted a continuance of a trial, pre- trial or hearing without a written motion from the party or his counsel stating the reason for the continuance.

CRITICAL

Once a hearing is set, continuance motions must be received in writing and should be filed at least five days beforehand unless the Court approves otherwise.

Once a hearing has been set, motions for continuance must be received in writing. Said motions should be filed at least five (5) days prior to the hearing unless otherwise approved by the Court.

CRITICAL

If the written continuance request was not received before the scheduled court date, the request must be made on the record that date.

If the written request for a continuance is not received prior to the schedule court date, said request must be made on record on the scheduled date.

CRITICAL

Only one continuance will be granted for a case assigned for a debtor’s examination.

Only one continuance wil be granted for cases assigned for a debtor's exam.

CRITICAL

The Court will grant no more than one continuance for a case assigned for a debtor’s examination.

The Court will grant only one continuance for cases assigned for a debtor's exam.

WARNING

If the defendant complies with the counterclaim procedure, the case will be continued for no more than three weeks to resolve all issues.

If the defendant complies, the case shall be continued no more than three (3) weeks for resolution of al issues between the parties.

WARNING

The case set first for trial has priority, criminal cases take priority over civil cases, and felonies take priority over misdemeanors.

The case which was set first for trial shall have priority and shall be tried on the date assigned. Criminal cases will have priority over civil cases and felonies have priority over misdemeanors.

WARNING

Time attributable to a continuance is charged to the party who filed the motion when computing the time for resolving the case.

The time shall be taxed to the party filing the motion for continuance for purposes of computing the time in which a case must be resolved.

WARNING

Granting other continuance requests for scheduled trials, hearings, or pre-trials is within the Trial Court’s discretion.

The granting of any other request for continuance of a scheduled trial, hearing or pre-trial is a matter within the discretion of the Trial Court.