Miami County Court of Common Pleas, General Division Filing Rules

Complaints, answers, counterclaims, dissolution petitions, and applicable post-decree motions must include all documents required by Appendix A or the filing will be rejected.

Attorneys must complete and return the Scheduling Assessment Form within seven days after receiving it from the Court.

A juror requesting a medical excuse must return a doctor’s note stating that the juror is unable to serve.

The Clerk must review electronically submitted data and documents for compliance before creating a docket entry or docketing the case.

The Scheduling Assessment Form must be returned within seven days after receipt from the Court.

When an indigency application is denied, the court gives the applicant 30 days to make the required advance deposit or security before dismissal or other action.

The security deposit for divorces, dissolutions with children, annulments, and legal separations is $330.

If the court determines that the applicant is not indigent, it denies the prepayment waiver.

Parties must serve electronically filed pleadings, briefs, transcripts, orders, and other covered documents in accordance with Ohio Civil Rule 5 unless the rule designates otherwise.

The Scheduling Assessment Form need not be filed but must be emailed or sent to Assignment Commissioner Kim Hebb.

Electronic filing does not apply to filings submitted by facsimile or email.

All electronically filed documents, pleadings, and papers must be filed in PDF format unless Subsection (F)(2)(b) provides otherwise.

The party seeking a continuance must submit an entry resolving the continuance motion and self-addressed stamped envelopes with the motion and entry.

An extension of the discovery schedule must be requested by motion and cannot be obtained by party stipulation.

Personal and private information must be omitted from filed documents, subject to the stated exceptions.

Requests for transcripts and scheduling questions should be directed to Assignment Commissioner Kim Hebb by email at the listed address or by phone at the listed number.

All motions, including summary-judgment motions, are submitted on the filed memoranda, briefs, and Rule 56(c) materials without oral argument unless the court orders otherwise.

Civil, domestic, and criminal entries must be filed separately from the motion.

A fax filing may not exceed 10 pages, including the cover page, attachments, and exhibits; multiple transmissions cannot evade the limit, and service copies may not be faxed.

Each pleading or paper filed with the clerk must include one true copy for the court and sufficient copies for service.