Highland County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio Adjournment & Extension Requirements

CRITICAL

A party with a pre-existing conflict with a date in a scheduling order must immediately move for a continuance or rescheduling upon receiving the order.

If a party has a pre-existing conflict with any of the dates, that party shall file a motion for a continuance or rescheduling of the proceeding immediately upon receipt of the order.

CRITICAL

Trials or pleas must be completed within 150 days of arraignment and sentencing within 180 days; a continuance that would make the case miss the Supreme Court guidelines will not be granted unless necessary to avoid a miscarriage of justice.

The Court will complete all criminal cases within the time guidelines set by the Ohio Supreme Court. Trials or pleas shall be completed no later than 150 days after arraignment. Sentencings will be completed within 180 days of arraignment. Unless necessary to avoid a miscarriage of justice, no continuance will be granted that will result in the case not being completed within the Supreme Court guidelines.

CRITICAL

A continuance requires a written motion served on the opposing party and an entry approved by the court and reflected on the docket.

No continuances of any court proceeding will be granted except upon written motion served upon the opposing party and by entry approved by the court and reflected upon the court’s docket.

CRITICAL

Every motion to continue a court date must set forth good cause.

13.2 Any motion to continue any court date shall set forth good cause for the continuance.

CRITICAL

A continuance requires a written motion served on the opposing party and an entry approved by the court and reflected on the docket.

13.1 No continuances of any court dates will be granted except upon written motion served upon the opposing party and by entry approved by the court and reflected upon the court’s docket.

CRITICAL

A motion to continue must state good cause; a conflict with counsel’s required appearance in another court warrants a continuance only if the assignment notice is attached and that court date was scheduled first.

Any motion to continue any court date shall set forth good cause for the continuance. No motion for continuance due to a conflict with counsel’s appearance being required in another court shall be granted unless there is attached to the motion a copy of the assignment notice for said court date, and that court date was scheduled prior to the scheduling of the date in this court.

CRITICAL

A hearing will not be continued because of a settlement unless the agreement was put in writing and signed by both parties before the hearing.

27.3 A hearing will not be continued for the reason that the parties have reached a settlement agreement unless it has been reduced to writing and signed by both parties prior to the hearing.

CRITICAL

The absence of a proposed decree at the final hearing is just cause to continue the hearing, but the petition may be dismissed if another hearing cannot be scheduled within the 90-day jurisdictional period.

Failure to have a proposed decree at the final hearing shall be just cause for continuance of the hearing and dismissal of the petition if it cannot be scheduled for another hearing within the required ninety (90) day jurisdictional period.

CRITICAL

13.3 Continuances of a trial date beyond the time guidelines set by the Ohio Supreme Court shall not be granted without a showing of extraordinary circumstances, and only then when there

13.3 Continuances of a trial date beyond the time guidelines set by the Ohio Supreme Court shall not be granted without a showing of extraordinary circumstances, and only then when there

CRITICAL

A continuance entry must include the next court date and time or blank spaces for them.

No entry of continuance of a court date shall be granted unless the entry submitted includes a new date and time for the next court date or blank spaces to insert them.

CRITICAL

A scheduled mediation may be continued only for good cause after the parties determine a mutually acceptable future date; the referring mediator, judge, or magistrate may continue the case.

Continuances of scheduled mediations shall be granted only for good cause shown after a mutually acceptable future date has been determined. The case may be continued by the court appointed mediator, judge or magistrate who referred the case.

CRITICAL

A continuance based on counsel’s required appearance in another court will not be granted unless the motion includes that court’s assignment notice and the other court date was scheduled first.

No motion for continuance due to a conflict with counsel’s appearance being required in another court shall be granted unless there is attached to the motion a copy of the assignment notice for said court date, and that court date was scheduled prior to the scheduling of the date in this court.

CRITICAL

The court will not continue a trial or final hearing beyond the Ohio Supreme Court’s time guideline deadline unless good cause exists to avoid a miscarriage of justice.

11.2 It is the policy and practice of this Court to complete all cases within the time guidelines set by the Ohio Supreme Court. In the absence of good cause to avoid a miscarriage of justice, the Court will not continue the trial or final hearing of any case to a date beyond that deadline.

CRITICAL

A trial-date continuance beyond Ohio Supreme Court time guidelines requires extraordinary circumstances, no alternative means of preventing substantial injustice, and a delay not caused by the moving party’s neglect or purposeful act.

Continuances of a trial date beyond the time guidelines set by the Ohio Supreme Court shall not be granted without a showing of extraordinary circumstances, and only then when there is no alternative means of preventing a substantial injustice and the cause for the delay is not due to neglect or purposeful act of the moving party.

CRITICAL

Mediation attendance is mandatory, and a party must request rescheduling at least 48 hours before the session to avoid the current non-cancellation fee.

Attendance at the mediation shall be mandatory. Any party that fails to appear at the mediation or fails to request a rescheduling of the session at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the time that it is scheduled shall be assessed the current non- cancellation fee.

WARNING

Any requests for extensions of discovery deadlines should be filed as soon as it becomes evident that an extension is needed but no later than the first pre-trial.

Any requests for extensions of discovery deadlines should be filed as soon as it becomes evident that an extension is needed but no later than the first pre-trial.

WARNING

On a party’s motion and for good cause, the Court may reduce or enlarge the time to file motions or responses.

Upon motion of a party and for good cause, the Court may reduce or enlarge the time within which to file motions or responses.

WARNING

On motion and for good cause shown, the Court may reduce or enlarge the deadlines as authorized by Civil Rule 6.

The Court may upon motion and for good cause shown, reduce or enlarge the time deadlines as authorized by Civ. R. 6.