Pickaway County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio Document Format Requirements

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A request for courtroom broadcast, television, recording, or photography permission must be made in writing to the assigned judge as early as reasonably practical and no later than 24 hours before the session, unless the trial judge permits otherwise.

Requests for permission to broadcast, televise, record, or photograph in the courtroom shall be in writing to the judge of the Court of Common Pleas to whom the case is assigned as far in advance as reasonably practical, but in no event later than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the courtroom session to be broadcast or photographed unless otherwise permitted by the trial judge.

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Information on the Juvenile Court Information Sheet must be typed.

(C) When personal identifiers are omitted from a case document submitted to the Court or filed with the Clerk of Courts, the party shall submit or file that information on a Pickaway County Juvenile Court Information Sheet. All Information Sheet information must be typed. A separate Information Sheet must be submitted for each case number.

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Receivership motions, fee applications, hearing requests, and related procedural matters must be submitted in writing with an approved entry tendered to chambers.

Motions for a receivership, fee applications, hearing requests, or other procedural matters relative to a receivership must be submitted in writing, with an approved entry tendered to chambers.

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Handwritten accounts will not be accepted for filing.

(H) No handwritten accounts shall be accepted for filing with the Court.

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Before a hearing or trial begins, counsel must label each offered exhibit with the party name and item identification.

(A) Prior to the commencement of the hearing or trial, all exhibits offered for admission shall be labeled by counsel designating the party name and item identification.

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A pre-placement application in a private placement adoption must use a form prescribed by the Court.

In private placement adoptions, a pre-placement application in a form prescribed by the Court shall be filed by the proposed adopting parents

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A continuance motion filed after a cause is set for trial or hearing must be written, except in emergencies or when the Court acts on its own motion.

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/hearing must be in writing.

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Process-server appointment applications must use Form P for annual appointments or Form R for appointment by case.

Application shall be made upon the forms in the Appendix: Form P for annual appointments and Form R for appointment by case.

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Applies to

Fax filing

A signed fax filing must be transmitted as a copy of the signed source or as an unsigned copy marked “/s/” followed by the signer’s name; filing represents possession or control of the signed source, and unauthorized transmissions must be stricken.

A party who wishes to file a signed source document by fax shall do either of the following: 1. Fax a copy of the signed source document; 2. Fax a copy of the document without the signature but with the notation “/s/”followed by the name of the signing person where the signature appears in the signed source document. A party who files a signed document by fax represents that the physically signed source document is in his or her possession or control. Any signature on electronically transmitted documents shall be considered that of the attorney or party it purports to be for all purposes. If it is established that the documents were transmitted without authority, the Court shall order the filing stricken.

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Divorce filings without children require original signatures and one complete copy of all documents for service.

(Original signatures required +1 complete copy of all documents for service)

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Forms for a petition to recognize a foreign decree of adoption must be typed.

II. Petition to Recognize Foreign Decree of Adoption; All forms MUST be typed

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Unless these rules provide otherwise, pleadings, motions, and other filings must comply in form and content with the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure and the applicable local rules.

Unless otherwise provided herein, all pleadings, motions, and other filings shall comply in form and content with the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure and the Local Rules of the Court of Common Pleas of Pickaway County, Ohio, Juvenile Division.

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A pleading filed for represented parties must be signed in an attorney’s individual name followed by “trial attorney”; firm and co-counsel names may appear for information.

All pleadings filed on behalf of one or more parties represented by counsel shall be signed by one attorney in his individual name as trial attorney, followed by the designation "trial attorney" Firm names and the name of co-counsel may appear on the pleadings for information.

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Computerized forms must comply with the specifications and format established by the Rules of Superintendence.

Computerized forms must comply with the specifications and format outlined by the Rules of Superintendence.

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Names of persons taking the place of a deceased person must be slightly indented on Standard Probate Form 1.0.

The names of such persons that will take the place of such “deceased” person shall be listed, by indenting slightly and listed as the other heirs, next of kin, legatees and devisees are listed on the form.

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Pleadings, motions, and orders must be typewritten or printed on 8½-by-11-inch paper.

All Pleadings, Motions, and Orders shall be typewritten or printed on 8 ½” by 11” paper.

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Computer forms presented for filing must use the exact wording and blank lines shown in the standard forms.

All computer forms presented for filing must be generated with the exact wording as well as blank lines as they appear in the standard forms.

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A journal entry must display the counsel’s name, Ohio Supreme Court registration number, and Trial Judge’s name in typed or printed form.

Name of counsel, counsel’s Ohio Supreme Court registration number, and the name of the Trial Judge shall be typed or printed upon the entry.

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The journal entry must have counsel’s name and the trial judge’s name typed or printed on it.

Name of counsel and of the trial judge shall be typed or printed upon the entry.

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Briefs must be double spaced, although quoted matter may be single spaced.

Briefs are to be double spaced, except quoted matter may be single spaced.

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Applications for certificates of title must use packets provided by the Clerk of Court.

Application shall be made by packets provided by the Clerk of Court.

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Electronic transmission means email using PDF or Word documents.

Electronic transmission is defined as by email (PDF or Word documents).

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A custody evaluation order must use the form prescribed by the court.

The order shall be issued on the form prescribed by the court

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Electronically produced tickets must conform substantively to the Ohio Uniform Traffic Ticket, but paper color, paper weight, and binding standards do not apply.

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.

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The CASA volunteer application must be printed or typed.

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE