Ottawa County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Motions must be made in writing under Juvenile Rules 19 and 22 unless made during a hearing or trial or otherwise permitted by the Court.

All motions, unless made during a hearing or trial, shall be made in writing in accordance with Juvenile Rule 19 and Juvenile Rule 22, unless otherwise permitted by the Court.

CRITICAL

All documents must be typed or legibly printed on letter-size paper.

All documents must be typed or legibly printed on 8 ½ by 11-inch paper.

CRITICAL

Margins

top 1.5 in

Pleadings, motions, and memoranda filed or submitted by facsimile, if permitted, must have a top margin of at least 1.5 inches.

All pleadings, motions and memoranda filed or submitted by facsimile (if permitted) with the Court shall have a top margin of at least one and one-half inches and contain the following information:

CRITICAL

Computer-generated forms must comply with Rules 51 and 52 of the Rules of Superintendence for the Probate Division.

(A) Such forms shall comply with the provisions of Rule 51 and Rule 52 of the Rules of Superintendence for the Probate Division of the Court of Common Pleas.

CRITICAL

Computer-generated forms must use the same format as forms provided by the Court.

(B) Such forms shall be in the same format as those provided by the Court.

CRITICAL

The person presenting a form is responsible for ensuring its full compliance with the Rules of Superintendence and the Court’s Local Rules.

The individual presenting forms to the Court shall be responsible to ensure that such forms are in full compliance with the Rules of Superintendence and the Local Rules of the Court.

CRITICAL

Printed material must use the same words, sequence, and page location as the standard probate form.

All printed material shall be in the same words, sequence and location on the page as the standard probate form.

CRITICAL

For multipage or two-sided forms, printed material must appear on the same side or page as on the standard probate form.

In the event of multiple page forms or two-sided forms, the printed materials shall be on the same side or same page as the standard probate form.

CRITICAL

Interlineated information must be typed or written legibly in ink.

Any interlineated information shall be in typeface or written legibly in ink.

CRITICAL

All adoption-related forms must be typewritten.

(E) All forms pertaining to adoption shall be typewritten.

CRITICAL

Filings must use 8½-by-11-inch paper without backings and on stock that can be microfilmed, except for wills and certificates of death.

(A) All filings, except wills and certificate of death, shall be on eight and one-half by eleven-inch paper, without backings, of stock that can be microfilmed.

CRITICAL

Pleadings, motions, and other filings must be typed or printed in ink and correctly captioned; illegible filings may be refused.

(E) All pleadings, motions or other filings are to be typed or printed in ink and correctly captioned. Filings that are illegible may be refused.

WARNING

Applies to

Traffic ticket

Computer- or electronically produced tickets must conform to the Ohio Uniform Traffic Ticket in layout and content, but need not meet its paper color, paper weight, or binding standards.

Such ticket shall conform in all substantive respects, including layout and content, to the “Ohio Uniform Traffic Ticket,” except that standards for the color and weight of paper and method of binding shall not apply.

WARNING

Videotaped objections must be time-marked at the beginning and end of each objection.

Videotaped objections shall additionally be time-marked at the beginning and end of each objection.

WARNING

Each requested jury instruction should appear on a separate page.

Each instruction should be set forth on a separate page.

WARNING

The Court may reject forms that deviate from its Standard Probate Forms before filing or strike them from the record if the deviation is later discovered.

(D) The Court may reject forms that deviate from the format of the Standard Probate Forms provided by the Court. Such forms may be rejected prior to filing or stricken from the record upon discovery.

INFO

A true copy certified by the attorney or a photostatic copy may be filed instead of the original title evidence.

A true copy certified by the attorney or a photostatic copy of the original evidence of title may be filed with the Clerk in lieu of such original.

INFO

Civil Protection Order forms may be completed either in longhand or by typing.

Forms may be filled out in longhand or typed.