Middletown Municipal Court, Ohio Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Pleadings and documents filed in criminal or civil actions must be no larger than 8.5 by 11 inches.

All pleadings and all documents filed in any Criminal or Civil action shall be no larger than 8-1/2 inches by 11 inches in format.

CRITICAL

Civil-action filings must use letter-size paper and be single-sided; pleadings must use at least 12-point font, except court standardized forms.

All pleadings and all documents filed in any Civil Action shall be 8-1/2 inches by 11 inches in format, single sided only. All pleadings shall have font size of 12 or greater (excepting Court standardized forms).

CRITICAL

A request for a jury trial of eight persons must be in writing.

A. Request for a Trial by Jury of eight persons must be made in writing, not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date scheduled for trial.

CRITICAL

Civil pleadings must be numbered consecutively as filed and entered on the Civil Docket using those numbers.

All Civil Pleadings shall be numbered consecutively as filed and shall be entered upon the Civil Docket as numbered.

WARNING

Handwritten pleadings must be legible and may be rejected if they are not.

Handwritten pleadings shall be legible or they may be rejected.

WARNING

A request for oral hearing on a motion must be in writing.

Any party shall have the right to request oral hearing on any motion provided written request therefor is filed with the Clerk within seven (7) days after service of the motion.

WARNING

The Court may prescribe forms for civil proceedings and may request their exclusive use.

The Court may prescribe the forms to be used in any civil proceedings where forms are so prescribed. The Court may request the forms be used to the exclusion of any other forms.