Highland County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Plaintiffs’ exhibits must be numbered from 1, Defendants’ exhibits lettered from A, joint exhibits marked with Roman numerals from I, and exhibits must identify the marking party when there are multiple Plaintiffs or Defendants.

Exhibits attached to pleadings by Plaintiffs shall be marked numerically beginning with the number 1. Exhibits attached to pleadings filed by Defendants shall be marked alphabetically beginning with the letter A. Joint exhibits attached to Pleadings shall be marked by roman numerals beginning with the number I. If there are multiple Plaintiffs or Defendants, the exhibit will include the name of the party that has marked it.

CRITICAL

Margins

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Pleadings must be flat on white letter-size paper, use 11- to 12-point regular font, have a minimum 1.5-inch head margin, and be paginated sequentially; spacing varies by document section.

All pleadings shall be filed flat, with no backing required, printed or typed on 8-1/2" by 11" white paper using not less than 11 point nor more than 12 point regular font with a minimum head margin of one and one half inches and paginated sequentially. The caption of the case, the information regarding the attorney or party filing the pleading, certificates of service and quotes in the body of the document shall be single spaced. The body of the pleading including memoranda in support shall be double spaced.

CRITICAL

Trial exhibits must be marked before trial unless they were not reasonably anticipated, and State, Defendant, and joint exhibits must use numbers, letters, and Roman numerals, respectively.

All exhibits that are intended to be offered into evidence shall be marked prior to trial. This shall not apply to exhibits that were not reasonably anticipated to be offered into evidence prior to trial. The State’s exhibits shall be identified by number and the Defendant’s exhibits by letters. Joint Exhibits will be identified by Roman Numerals.

CRITICAL

A fax or email filing cannot include a document larger than 8½ by 11 inches.

Any document that is larger than 8 ½ x 11.

CRITICAL

A motion for default judgment must be in writing and may be filed only after the time to answer has expired.

Motions for default judgment shall be filed in writing any time after the answer time has expired.

CRITICAL

Joint exhibits must be pre-marked with sequential Roman numerals, plaintiff exhibits with sequential Arabic numbers, and defendant exhibits with sequential letters.

The parties shall pre-mark all joint exhibits with sequential roman numerals (Jt. Ex. I, etc.). Each party shall pre-mark all of that party’s prospective separate exhibits, with the plaintiff using sequential Arabic numbers (Pl. Ex.1, etc.) and the defendants using sequential letters (Def. Ex. A, etc.).

CRITICAL

Proposed jury instructions and verdict forms must be presented at Final Pre-trial as hard copies and on CD in Microsoft Word.

Proposed jury instructions and proposed verdict forms shall be presented to the Court at Final Pre-trial on hard copy and on CD, in Microsoft Word.

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

Electronically filed documents must be typed or computer-generated PDFs, double-spaced, 11 to 12 point, sequentially paginated, and no larger than 1000 KB; larger filings must be split into smaller documents.

All electronically filed pleadings and documents shall be typewritten or computer generated in pdf form, shall be double spaced, have no less than 11 and no more than 12 regular font, shall be paginated sequentially, and shall not exceed 1000 KB in size. Pleadings or documents exceeding 1000 KB shall be split into multiple documents of less than 1000 KB each.

WARNING

Mark plaintiff exhibits numerically from 1, defendant exhibits alphabetically from A, and joint exhibits with Roman numerals from I; identify the party when there are multiple plaintiffs or defendants.

Exhibits attached to pleadings by Plaintiffs shall be marked numerically beginning with the number 1. Exhibits attached to pleadings filed by Defendants shall be marked alphabetically beginning with the letter A. Joint exhibits attached to pleadings shall be marked by roman numerals beginning with the number I. If there are multiple Plaintiffs or Defendants, the exhibit will include the party’s name.

WARNING

A praecipe and subpoena may include no more than five names and addresses if everyone is to appear at the same time and date.

A precipe and subpoena may include up to five (5) names and addresses provided that all persons are to appear at the same time and date.

WARNINGCivil cases

Any section that lacks room for full disclosure must be continued and completed on an attached page.

Any section not having enough room for full disclosure has been continued and completed on an attached page.

WARNINGCivil cases

Attach additional information to the form if more space is needed to list assets or debts.

If you need additional space to list assets and/or debts attach additional information to this form.

INFO

The Clerk shall also accept any format for a subpoena that clearly states the following information:

The Clerk shall also accept any format for a subpoena that clearly states the following information:

INFO

The Court will accept required pleadings and other documents on forms adopted by the Ohio Supreme Court for domestic-relations cases.

The Court will also accept for filing any pleadings or other documents required under this rule on forms that have been adopted by the Ohio Supreme Court for use in domestic relations cases in the courts of this state.

INFO

Attorneys are encouraged and permitted to store and use approved subpoena formats on their computers when preparing subpoenas.

Attorneys are encouraged and authorized to use any approved formats for inclusion in their computers for use in preparing the subpoenas.