Licking County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Format

PAPER

Except for wills, filings must use 8.5-by-11-inch paper without backings and paper stock that can be microfilmed.

( A) All filings, except wills, shall be on ei&ht and one,hllif by eleven inch paper, witho)lt backings, of ~tock that can be micro filmed.

CRITICAL

A motion for a continuance after a cause is set for trial must be in writing, subject to the stated emergency and Court-initiated exceptions.

Except in cases of emergency or by order of the Court on its own motion, a motion for a continuance of a cause after it has been set for trial must be in writing which shall set forth the reason for a continuance.

CRITICAL

A filed pleading or motion may not be amended by interlineation or obliteration without leave of court shown by a Journal Entry.

No pleading or motion subsequent to filing shall be amended by interlineation or obliteration except by leave of the Court, as shown by a Journal Entry.

CRITICAL

Pleadings and forms filed in Probate Court must be on 8-1/2-by-11-inch paper.

All pleadings and forms to be filed in the Probate Court shall be on 8-1/2 • x 11 • piq,er.

CRITICAL

Each civil action must use the Probate Case number of the related proceeding followed by a consecutive alphabetic letter beginning with A.

Civil ucHons .shall· bo:ir the Probate Cnsc.numbcr of the. proceeding to which they are incident followed by a lcucr or the alpllabct, beginning witlt the letter •A•, con.sccuii:vely as each is filed under the same ease number.

CRITICAL

A Certificate of Transfer may not have a separate description attached as Exhibit A; the description must use page one fully before continuing on later pages.

The Coµn will no; accept fot :filing any certificate ofUlillsfer th;u has .attached to it a separate description refomd t\l as lild)ii!Jt A. All !lescriptions musl ~in.on page one Md completely µtjlize page one before being continued on subsequent pages.

CRITICAL

Pleadings and other documents filed in the Juvenile Division must be on letter-size paper.

All plea<Iings and.other doculllents file<) in the Juvenile Divisi1,n of this Coun shall be on 8 l /2" x JI· paper.

CRITICAL

Pleadings and other documents filed in the Juvenile Division must use 8.5-by-11-inch paper.

All pleadings and other documents filed in the Juvenile Division of this Court shall be on 8-!" x 11" paper.

CRITICAL

The guardian-compensation computation must use a form set forth in a local rule adopted and filed in accordance with C.P. Sup. R. 44.

The compuu,tion shall be on a form as set fQrth in conformity with a local rule adopted ood filed in accorWlllCC with C.P. Sµp. R. 44.

CRITICALCivil cases

Fax transmissions must use the Court-prescribed cover-page format and may pertain to only one case.

(2) The attorney sending the document must provide all required identification on the cover page of the transmission in a format prescribed by the Court. Transmissions without such information will not be accepted for filing. A transmitted document must pertain to only one case.

CRITICALCivil cases

Subpoenas must conform to Civ. R. 45(A).

The form of the subpoenas shall be in accordance with the provision of Civ. R. 45(A).

CRITICAL

Pleadings must be typed or printed and correctly captioned.

(El All pleadings l!l"c to be typed or printed and correctly captioned,

CRITICAL

A Certificate of Transfer may not attach a separate description as an exhibit, and its description must begin on page one and use all of page one before continuing.

the fororrnation set fortb above. Tile Coun will not accept for filing any cenifieate of transfer tllat bas atlaChed .to it a separate description referred to as an "Exhibit". All descriptions mµst begin on page one and completely utilize page one before being continued on subsequent pages.

WARNING

Papers with partially or wholly illegible signatures may be refused or stricken unless the signer’s typewritten or printed name appears below the signature.

Papers containing panially or wholly illegible s\gnatures of counsel, parties or officers administering oaths may .Ile refused for tiling, or., lf filed, stricken ff01t1.ille.ul!:$, unless lhe typc,vritten or printed name of the person whose signature it purports to be I.IPPe~ belQw it.

WARNING

Both divisions use 8.5-by-11-inch paper.

We hope to begin microfilming in 1985 and that is the reason for the 8 l/2 x 11 paper in both divisions.

INFO

The Court accepts the uniform Certificate of Transfer form and the short and long forms used specifically in Licking County.

The Court will accept the w:iifonn Cenificate of Tr~fer from .as well as the shon and long form used specifically in Licking County.

INFO

The Court accepts the uniform Certificate of Transfer form and the short and long forms used in Licking County.

The. Couit will accept the uniform Ceitificate of Trl!l!Sftt tonn as well as ihe shon and long fortn used specifically in Licking County.