Jackson County Court of Common Pleas, General & Domestic Relations Divisions Filing Timing and Cure Windows

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Deadline

3 business days

The Clerk must give notice of the filing fee due within three business days after transfer.

The Clerk shall give notice of the filing fee due within three (3) business days of the transfer.

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A document due on a specific date must be filed by 4:00 p.m. that day.

B. Documents required to be filed by a date certain must be filed by 4:00 p.m. on said date.

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An accepted E-Filing receives a timestamp and effective filing date and time corresponding to its submission to the system.

E. If a document submitted for E-Filing is accepted by the Clerk, the document will be entered into the Court’s case management system and will receive an electronic timestamp indicating the date and time of the E-Filing. F. The electronic timestamp, and the effective date and time of filing, will correspond to the date and time the E-Filing was submitted to the E-Filing system.

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A rejected submission is not part of the official record, and electronic submission or rejection does not change the filing deadline.

H. If the Clerk rejects a submitted document, the document will not become part of the official Court record. The Clerk will notify the E-Filer by e-mail if the E-Filer’s submission has been rejected. Filing a document electronically or the Clerk’s rejection of a document does not alter the filing deadline for that document.

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the Court to file a document instanter no later than the next business day following the resolution of the party’s technical problems.

the Court to file a document instanter no later than the next business day following the resolution of the party’s technical problems.

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Technical failures do not extend jurisdictional deadlines, including statutes of limitation and appeal deadlines.

1. Technical failures, whether the fault of the Court’s E-Filing system or otherwise, cannot extend jurisdictional deadlines (such as statutes of limitation or deadlines for appeal).

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The Clerk must reject and return any pleading that does not comply with Rule 4.

4.6 Any pleading tendered for filing that does not comply with this rule shall not be accepted for filing by the Clerk and shall be returned to the tendering party.

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The Clerk must reject and return pleadings that do not comply with the rule, and the Court may strike a noncompliant pleading mistakenly accepted as a sanction.

16.11 Any pleading tendered for filing that does not comply with this rule shall not be accepted for filing by the Clerk and shall be returned to the tendering party. Any pleading mistakenly accepted by the Clerk may be stricken by the Court as a sanction for violation of this rule.

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The Clerk must reject and return any pleading tendered for filing that does not comply with Rule 18.

18.7 Any pleading tendered for filing that does not comply with this rule shall not be accepted for filing by the Clerk and shall be returned to the tendering party.

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When a civil action or proceeding and the specified affidavit of indigency are filed, the clerk must accept the action, motion, or proceeding for filing.

Pursuant to R.C. 2323.311(B)(3), upon the filing of a civil action or proceeding and the affidavit of indigency under division (B)(1) of this section, the clerk of the court shall accept the action, motion, or proceeding for filing.

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The party requesting a transcript is responsible for filing it with the Court or Court of Appeals within the time limits prescribed by law.

The party requesting the transcript shall be solely responsible for filing the transcript with the Court or the Court of Appeals within the time limits prescribed by law.

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The Clerk must accept, docket, and scan a paper filing by the end of the next business day or as soon as practicable, and retain the original.

The Clerk must accept the paper document for filing, docket the document, and scan the document before the end of the next business day or as soon as practicable, and retain the original for placement in the case file.

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The Clerk reviews submissions during normal business hours and accepts or rejects them.

D. The Clerk will perform a Clerk review of the submission during normal business hours and will either accept or reject the submission.

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Revised document

A revised document properly filed under this rule supersedes the original, which is treated as withdrawn and will not be considered.

4. The revised document properly filed under this rule will supersede the original and the original will be considered withdrawn. The Court will not consider the original.

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Applies to

Revised document

The response period for a properly filed revised document runs from the date the revised document is filed.

5. The time for filing a response to a revised document properly filed under this rule begins to run from the date the revised document is filed.

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The Clerk must notify the Court and the public of any E-Filing system malfunction lasting more than one hour.

A. Technical Malfunctions with the E-Filing System. The Clerk must notify the Court and the public of any malfunction with the E-Filing system greater than one hour.

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A filer prevented from submitting by an outage may move to have the filing deemed submitted on its attempted electronic submission date if it submits no later than the next business day after official acknowledgment and files a properly supported motion.

3. Motion to Deem filed as of Date Electronically Submitted. Filers who are unable to electronically submit their filings due to a system outage, and who then submit their filings no later than the next business day after an official acknowledgment of the system outage, may file a properly supported motion for an order permitting the document to be deemed filed as of the date it was electronically submitted.

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If the Court finds that a system failure prevented E-Filing, it must order the document deemed filed as of the attempted submission date.

4. Order to Deem Filed as of Date Electronically Submitted. If the Court determines from the motion described in Part C of this Section that a system failure prevented a filer from E-Filing a document, the Court must enter an order deeming the document filed as of the date of the attempted electronic submission.

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The Court may strike a pleading mistakenly accepted by the Clerk as a sanction for violating Rule 4.

Any pleading mistakenly accepted by the Clerk may be stricken by the Court as a sanction for violation of this rule.

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A QDRO must be prepared and submitted to the Court with the final decree or as soon as possible afterward.

The QDRO shall be prepared and submitted to the Court with the final decree, or as soon as possible thereafter.

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The administrative-appeal briefing schedule does not apply to determinations of the Child Support Enforcement Agency.

43.2 This rule shall not apply to any determinations of the Child Support Enforcement Agency.

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Consult local court rules to determine when to file the form.

Instructions: Check local court rules to determine when this form must be filed.

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The Clerk of Court's Office will mail a certified copy of the Dissolution Decree and Separation Agreement one week to 10 days after the Final Hearing.

A week to 10 days after the Final Hearing has been held, a certified copy of the Dissolution Decree and Separation Agreement will be mailed to you by the Clerk of Court's Office.

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The E-Filing system confirms receipt when a document is submitted.

C. Upon receipt of documents submitted for E-Filing, the E-Filing system will issue a confirmation that the submission has been received.

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The Judge or Magistrate has discretion to grant or deny the motion.

3. The Judge or Magistrate may grant or deny such motion in his or her discretion.

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For planned and unexpected outages, the Clerk must post an outage message on the Clerk’s website and E-Filing portal, officially acknowledging the outage and its identified timeframe.

1. Anticipated Outage. If the system outage is planned or anticipated ahead of time, the Clerk must post a message on the Clerk’s website and on the E-Filing portal – alerting filers of a possible system outage. This message is an official acknowledgement of a system outage that may have prevented some filers from submitting their filings within a certain timeframe, as identified in the message. 2. Unexpected Outage. If the system outage is unexpected, the Clerk must post a message on the Clerk’s website and on the E-Filing portal. This message is official acknowledgement of a system outage that may have prevented some filers from submitting their filings within a certain timeframe, as identified in the message.

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The dissolution hearing must be scheduled no earlier than 30 days and no later than 90 days after the Petition is filed.

The hearing date must be scheduled at least 30 days after the date of filing the Petition, but within 90 days from the date of filing.

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Each party’s financial disclosure affidavit must be filed in the Court’s Family File no later than the date the Agreement is filed.

Each party's financial disclosure affidavit(s) shall be filed in the Court's Family File pursuant to Sup.R. 44(C)(2)(h) no later than the date upon which this Agreement is filed.

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Any required QDRO, DOPO, or other order must be submitted to the Court within 90 days after the final hearing.

A Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO), Division of Property Order (DOPO), or other required Order may be necessary to divide some of these assets. The QDRO, DOPO, or other required Order shall be prepared by: ________________________ and submitted to the Court within ninety (90) days after the final hearing.

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Applies to

Revised document

A revised document must be filed within the time allowed for filing the original.

2. The revised document must be filed within the time permitted for the filing of the original document.

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Unless the Court grants an extension for good cause or orders otherwise, an opposition memorandum or co-party supporting memorandum is due within 14 days after the motion is filed.

Unless an extension of time is granted for good cause shown or otherwise ordered by the Court, any memorandum in opposition to a motion, or a co-party’s memorandum in support of the motion, shall be filed within fourteen (14) days of the filing of the motion.

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The movant must file any reply memorandum within 7 days after the last opposing-party opposition memorandum is filed.

The movant shall file any reply memorandum within seven (7) days of the filing of the last memorandum in opposition by an opposing party.

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Depositions cited in a summary-judgment memorandum must be filed no later than the motion's filing date.

Any depositions cited in the memorandum must be filed no later than the filing date of the motion.

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Motions filed for purposes other than trial must be served on the opposing party and filed with the Court at least 14 days before the scheduled hearing.

Motions filed for purposes other than trial shall be served on the opposing party and filed with the Court no later than fourteen (14) days prior to a scheduled hearing.

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A motion filed for purposes of trial must be filed at least 28 days before trial.

A motion filed for purposes of trial shall be filed no later than twenty-eight (28) days prior to trial.

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A response to a motion must be filed within 14 days after the motion is served.

A response to the motions must be filed within fourteen (14) days of service of the motion.

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Deadline

5 business days

An entry must be submitted for signature within five business days of the Court’s decision, with notice that it will be offered to the Court on the fifth business day after submission.

Entries shall be submitted to opposing counsel or to a self-represented party for signature within five (5) business days of the Court’s decision, along with notice that the entry will be offered to the Court on the fifth business day after the proposed entry is submitted.

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Deadline

5 business days

Objections to a proposed entry must be filed with a copy of the entry and a supporting memorandum within five business days after submission of the proposed entry.

If the opposing counsel or self-represented party objects to the proposed entry, he or she shall file written objections together with a copy of the proposed entry and a memorandum in support of the objections within five (5) business days after the proposed entry was submitted.

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Deadline

15 business days

If the Court does not receive an entry or objections within fifteen business days of its decision, it may dismiss the matter, direct entry of judgment, or take other appropriate action, including sanctions.

If an entry or objection(s) to a proposed entry is not received by the Court within fifteen (15) business days of its decision, then the Court may dismiss the matter, order the Clerk to enter judgment in accordance with the decision rendered, or take other appropriate action including the imposition of sanctions.

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The assignment must be recorded with the county recorder before a motion for summary judgment or default judgment is filed.

assignment shall be recorded with the county recorder prior the filing of any motion for summary judgment or default judgment.

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Deadline

7 business days

If a stay notice is received, the party granted foreclosure must present a proposed entry staying the case within seven business days after the notice is filed with the Clerk of Court.

If a notice of a stay is received, the party granted the foreclosure shall present a proposed entry staying the case to the Court within seven (7) business days of the filing of the notice of stay with the Clerk of Court.

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The party granted foreclosure must present the sale-confirmation and distribution entry for court approval within 15 days of the sale, unless exceptions to the proposed distribution have been filed.

16.8 The entry confirming sale and ordering distribution of the proceeds of sale must be presented to the Court for approval within fifteen (15) days of the sale date by the party granted the foreclosure unless exceptions of the proposed distribution have been filed.

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If the property does not sell after the second sheriff’s sale, the Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney must submit the entities entitled to notice for forfeiture to the Court within 14 days.

If the property does not sell after the second sheriff’s sale, the Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney shall submit to the Court the entities that are entitled to Notice pursuant to R.C. 5723.02(A)(3) for forfeiture of the property within fourteen (14) days.

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A political subdivision, school district, or Jackson County Land Reutilization Corporation electing to accept the property must file a petition within 10 days after receiving notice.

Any political subdivision, school district, or Jackson County Land Reutilization Corporation which elects to accept the property must file a petition with the Court within ten (10) days of receipt of the Notice.

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If no eligible entity petitions to accept the property, the Jackson County Prosecutor must file the judgment entry forfeiting it to the State within 14 days.

If no political subdivision, school district, or Jackson County Land Reutilization Corporation files a petition to accept the property the Jackson County Prosecutor shall file the judgment entry for forfeiture of the property to the State within fourteen (14) days.

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Proof of completed financial counseling must be filed with the Court at least five days before the scheduled hearing in foreclosure mediation cases.

In foreclosure cases, the homeowners requesting mediation shall be required to complete financial counseling and to file proof thereof with the Court at least five (5) days before the scheduled hearing.

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Deadline

5 business days

The joint entry for partially settled mediation must be submitted within five business days after mediation terminates.

If some, but not all, issues in the case are settled during mediation, then the parties shall submit a joint entry to the Court listing the issues settled and that remain disputed within five (5) business days of the termination of the mediation.

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A motion to appoint a GAL must be filed no later than 180 days before trial.

Motions for the appointment of a GAL shall be filed no later than 180 days prior to trial.

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GAL interim reports must be provided to the Court at least 14 days before the hearing set to review the report, in order of appointment.

GAL interim reports shall be provided to the Court at least fourteen (14) days prior to the hearing set for review of the report in order of appointment.

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Additional GAL reports must be filed at least 14 days before the pretrial or final hearing, unless the Court orders otherwise.

The GAL shall provide the Court with any additional reports as may be necessary during the pendency of the case. Said reports shall be filed at least fourteen (14) days in advance of the pre-trial or final hearing unless the Court otherwise orders.

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The evaluator must provide the original report to the Court at least seven days before the hearing, unless otherwise ordered.

The psychologist or psychiatrist will provide the Court with the original written report and recommendation(s) (including case name, case number, date of hearing) no less than seven (7) days prior to the hearing unless otherwise ordered, with copies mailed to counsel for each party, or to a party, if unrepresented.

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A motion for contempt or to compel the property division or exchange must be filed by a party on or before the 30th day after the initial 30-day period expires.

The Court will only entertain these motions if filed by a party on or before the 30th day after the expiration of the 30-day period.

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Deadline

5 business days

Unless otherwise ordered, prevailing counsel must prepare the appropriate document and forward it to opposing counsel within five business days after the Court announces its decision.

After the Court has announced its decision on any matter requiring an entry, order, decision or decree, unless otherwise ordered, counsel for the prevailing party shall prepare the appropriate document and forward it to the opposing counsel within five (5) business days.

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Deadline

5 business days

Opposing counsel must sign and return the document within five business days after receiving it.

Opposing counsel shall sign and return the document within five (5) business days of receipt.

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Deadline

15 business days

The document must be submitted to the Court within fifteen business days after the Court announces its decision.

The document shall be submitted to the Court within fifteen (15) business days after the Court announces its decision.

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Deadline

5 business days

Counsel shall then prepare his or her own entry, sign it and submit the original to the prevailing attorney along with the entry previously submitted to him or her by the prevailing attorney and file a request of ruling on the entry with the Court within five (5) business days.

Counsel shall then prepare his or her own entry, sign it and submit the original to the prevailing attorney along with the entry previously submitted to him or her by the prevailing attorney and file a request of ruling on the entry with the Court within five (5) business days.

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A petition will be dismissed if the decree of dissolution is not presented within the 90-day jurisdictional period, even if a hearing has occurred.

If a decree of dissolution has not been presented within ninety (90) day jurisdictional period, the petition will be dismissed even if a hearing has already occurred.

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Deadline

5 business days

The opposing party has five business days to file an opposing memorandum and documentation.

The opposing party shall have five (5) business days to file a memorandum and documentation opposing the motion.

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The movant must file a written supporting memorandum within fourteen days after the transcript is filed.

The movant shall file a written memorandum in support of the objections within fourteen (14) days of the filing of the transcript.

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The opposing party must file its opposition memorandum within fourteen days after receiving the movant’s memorandum.

The opposing party shall file a memorandum in opposition within fourteen (14) days of receipt of the movant’s memorandum.

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A motion to compel payment of medical bills must be filed within 24 months of the date the bill was initially submitted to the submitting party.

32.7 All motions to compel the payment of medical bills shall be filed within twenty-four (24) months of the initial date that the bill was submitted to the submitting party.

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The appellant must file a brief within 30 days after the administrative agency files the record.

A. The appellant’s brief shall be filed within thirty (30) days after the record is filed by the administrative agency;

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The appellee must file a brief within 14 days after service of the appellant’s brief.

B. The appellee’s brief shall be filed within fourteen (14) days after the service of appellant’s brief;

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Trial briefs are required in all cases and must be filed at least seven days before the final pretrial conference.

Trial briefs are required in all cases and must be filed with the Court on or before seven (7) days prior to the final pretrial conference.

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Motions in limine must be submitted at least 21 days before the final pretrial conference and served on opposing counsel when filed.

Motions in Limine shall be submitted to the Court on or before 21 days prior to the final pretrial conference and are to be served on opposing counsel at the same time as filing.

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Responses to motions in limine are due 14 days later, in compliance with Gen R 5.04(0).

Responses are due fourteen (14) days later, in compliance with Gen R 5.04(0).

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Reply briefs on motions in limine are due seven days later.

Any Reply Briefs are due seven (7) days later.

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Deadline

10 court days

Proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law in non-jury cases must be filed no later than 10 court days before trial.

In all non-jury cases, counsel for each of the parties shall prepare proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of law, which shall be filed with the Court and served upon opposing counsel not later than ten (10) Court days before the date set for trial.

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1. Defendant shall file for discovery within fourteen (14) days of the date of this Order;

1. Defendant shall file for discovery within fourteen (14) days of the date of this Order;

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2. State shall provide discovery within fourteen (14) days of the Defendants request for discovery.

2. State shall provide discovery within fourteen (14) days of the Defendants request for discovery.

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Pretrial motions must be filed seven days before the pretrial report.

b. Pretrial motions shall be filed seven (7) days prior to the pretrial report.

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Trial-related issues, including inability to proceed or witness unavailability, must be raised in a motion filed no later than seven days before the Final Pre-Trial.

Any issues relating to trial, the ability of the parties to proceed to trial, witness unavailability, or any other issue that would impact the trial date shall be set forth in a motion filed no later than seven (7) days prior to the Final Pre-Trial.

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The Defendant and the State must submit a complete set of closing jury instructions seven days before trial.

6. Trial is set for beginning at 9:00 a.m. each day. 7. The Defendant and State shall submit a complete set of closing jury instructions seven (7) days prior to trial.

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The Defendant must file for discovery within seven days of the order.

Defendant shall file for discovery within seven (7) days of the date of this order.

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The State must provide discovery within seven days of the Defendant’s discovery request.

The State shall provide discovery within seven (7) days of the Defendant's request for discovery.

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The Defendant must file any pretrial motions within seven days after receiving discovery.

Defendant shall file any pre-trial motions no later than seven (7) days after receiving discovery.

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Each party's financial disclosure affidavits must be filed in the Court's Family File no later than the date the Separation Agreement is filed.

Each party's financial disclosure affidavit(s) shall be filed in the Court's Family File pursuant to Sup.R. 44(C)(2)(h) no later than the date upon which this Agreement is filed.

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If a QDRO, DOPO, or other order is required to divide retirement assets, it must be prepared and submitted to the Court within 90 days after the final hearing.

A Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO), Division of Property Order (DOPO), or other required Order may be necessary to divide some of these assets. The QDRO, DOPO, or other required Order shall be prepared by: ________________________ and submitted to the Court within ninety (90) days after the final hearing.

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On a party's motion and for good cause, the Court may shorten or extend 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.

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The motion timing and response requirements in Rule 6.4 do not apply to motions under Ohio Civil Rules 55, 65, or 75 or to specified procedural motions, which may be decided immediately without a response.

This rule shall not apply to motions filed under Ohio Civil Rules 55, 65, 75, or to procedural motions such as motions for extension of time deadlines, continuances, leave to file a pleading, leave to withdraw as counsel and similar motions which may be decided immediately by the Court without a response from the other parties to the action.

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

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Deadline

5 business days

The opposing party may submit a memorandum opposing objections within five business days after the objections are filed.

The opposing party may submit a memorandum in opposition to the objections within five (5) business days after the filing of the objections.

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The movant may file a reply memorandum within seven days after receiving the opposing memorandum.

Movant may file a reply memorandum within seven (7) days of receipt of the opposing memorandum.

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The appellant may file a reply brief within 7 days after service of the appellee’s brief.

C. The appellant may file a reply brief within seven (7) days after service of appellee’s brief.

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The Court will not consider motions in limine filed after the deadline unless good cause is shown.

The Court will not consider any Motions in Limine filed after this deadline, absent a showing of good cause.