Hocking County Court of Common Pleas, General & Domestic Relations Divisions Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Documents requiring a signature, proposed findings of fact, and closing arguments must be filed in Microsoft Word format.

All documents requiring a signature shall be filed in Microsoft Word format as well as proposed findings of fact and closing arguments.

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

All documents other than those specified for Microsoft Word format must be submitted as PDF.

All other documents shall be submitted in Portable Document Format (PDF).

CRITICAL

Pleadings, motions, and memoranda must be legible, use at least 12-point type on 8.5-by-11-inch paper, be securely bound and paginated, and identify the case name, case number, and judge.

Every pleading, motion and memorandum filed must be legibly typed or printed using a minimum font size of 12 points on 8.5-inch by 11-inch paper, be securely bound and paginated, and have typed or printed the case name, the case number, and the name of the judge.

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

Documents requiring a signature, proposed findings of fact, and closing arguments must be in Microsoft Word; all other documents must be PDF.

(g) Document Format. All documents requiring a signature shall be filed in Microsoft Word format as well as proposed findings of fact and closing arguments. All other documents shall be submitted in Portable Document Format (PDF).

CRITICAL

Pleadings, motions, and memoranda must be legible, at least 12-point type, on 8.5-by-11-inch paper, securely bound, paginated, and identify the case, case number, and judge.

7.01 Form & Case Caption. Every pleading, motion and memorandum filed must be legibly typed or printed using a minimum font size of 12 points on 8.5-inch by 11-inch paper, be securely bound and paginated, and have typed or printed the case name, the case number, and the name of the judge.

WARNING

Deposition filings must conform to the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure, and an envelope containing more than one deposition will not be accepted for filing.

(A) All filings of depositions must conform to the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure. The clerk will not accept for filing an envelope containing more than one deposition.

WARNING

All exhibits must be copied before trial or an evidentiary hearing.

All exhibits shall be copied prior to the trial or evidentiary hearing.

WARNING

Unless the Court orders otherwise, original exhibits must be marked when presented and identify whether submitted by the plaintiff or defendant.

Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the original exhibits shall be marked as they are presented at the trial or evidentiary hearing and indicate whether submitted by plaintiff or defendant.

WARNING

Plaintiff exhibits must use numbers, and defendant exhibits must use letters.

Plaintiff shall use numbers and defendant shall use letters.

WARNING

Exhibits must be presented sequentially starting with 1 or A, then placed in a party-provided tabbed three-ring binder kept at the witness stand.

Exhibits shall be presented sequentially (beginning with 1 or A) and then inserted into a tabbed three-ring binder provided by the party and kept at the witness stand.

WARNING

Deposition filings must comply with Ohio Civil Rules, and each filing envelope may contain only one deposition.

(A) All filings of depositions must conform to the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure. The clerk will not accept for filing an envelope containing more than one deposition.

INFO

Format

PDF

Attachments or exhibits may be filed in multiple parts if the file is too large to upload.

If the file size is too large to upload, the attachments or exhibits can be filed in multiple parts.