Paulding County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

A video exhibit must be provided to the Court and opposing party on a thumb drive in MPEG or AVI format, with no unrelated files on the drive.

Any party who intends to submit a video as evidence must provide the Court and the opposing party the video on a thumb drive in a MPEG or AVI format. While parties may submit multiple videos on the same thumb drive, no other extraneous files may be on the thumb drive.

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

Email filings go to the specified Clerk address as PDFs, with each document in a separate, identifiable attachment.

Email filings may be submitted to clerk@pauldingcountyoh.com. All documents electronically filed by email shall be submitted in Portable Document Format (PDF) format. When more than one document is contained within a single email, each document shall be a separate, readily identifiable attachment.

CRITICAL

A Guardian ad Litem report provided to counsel or unrepresented parties must include a NOTICE cover sheet reproducing the specified language in bold 22-point type or larger.

The requirement that the Guardian ad Litem, when providing the report to unrepresented parties and legal counsel of record, attach a cover sheet entitled NOTICE which sets out the language above in paragraph 1 in bold print in 22-point font or larger.

CRITICAL

A party offering a photograph, text, document, or other electronically stored information must provide paper copies to the Court and opposing party.

Any party who intends to offer a photograph, text message, document, or other electronically stored information as evidence must provide the Court and the opposing party a paper copy of that exhibit.

WARNING

Plaintiff’s exhibits must be numbered and defendant’s exhibits must be lettered.

Plaintiff's exhibits shall be marked with numbers. Defendant's exhibits shall be marked with letters.

WARNING

Margins

top 1.5 in

Court filings must use 8½-by-11-inch paper and at least a 1½-inch top margin, except depositions and exhibits.

All papers filed with the Court shall be on regular size paper (8 ½ x 11), with the exception of depositions and exhibits. All filings shall have a top margin of at least one and one-half inches.