Putnam County Court of Common Pleas, General Division Filing Timing and Cure Windows

CRITICAL

A party seeking judicial sale must file a final judicial report when submitting the foreclosure decree to the Court.

Upon submitting a decree of foreclosure to the court, a party seeking judicial sale must also file a final judicial report. §2329.19(B).

WARNING

The attorney must transmit the item to a Clerk-specified phone number or email address, ordinarily during normal business hours.

The Attorney must transmit the item to a phone number or email address specified by the Clerk. Such time will ordinarily be within the normal business hours.

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Deadline

3 business days

Dispositions must be reported to required agencies within three business days, unless an applicable rule or statute mandates a different timeframe.

All dispositions, including dismissals, bond forfeitures, and failure to appear, with corresponding issuance of bench warrant, shall be reported to required agencies as mandated by Rule or Statute, within three (3) business days, or within the time mandated by applicable Rule or Statute.

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Unless the Court orders otherwise, summary judgment motions are heard without oral argument 30 days after service; if the adverse party also moves for summary judgment, the hearing is 30 days from service of that later motion.

Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, motions for summary judgment shall be heard on briefs and other materials authorized by Civil Rule 56(C) without oral arguments thirty days after service of the Motions upon opposing party. If an adverse party also files a motion for summary judgment, the hearing date shall be extended to thirty days from the service upon the opposing party of the latter motion.

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A party seeking judicial sale must file a preliminary judicial report within fourteen days after filing the complaint.

Any party seeking judicial sale must file a preliminary judicial report within fourteen days after filing its complaint. §2329.191(B).

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Actions to establish or modify a support order must be heard within 90 days after filing.

All actions to establish a support requirement or to modify a previously issued support order shall be heard within 90 days after they are initially filed.

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The Guardian ad Litem is to file the written report seven days before the hearing.

The Guardian ad Litem is to file a written report seven days prior hearing, copies are to be made available to counsel.

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A Motion to Convey must be filed at least two weeks before the hearing when the party or witness is incarcerated outside Putnam County.

A Motion to Convey must be filed at least two weeks prior to the hearing date is the party or witness is incarcerated outside of Putnam County.

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Documents with statutory or Ohio Supreme Court rule filing deadlines must be filed within those deadlines unless the assigned judge grants a written extension after notice to opposing counsel or the party.

Where the time for filing bills of exceptions, assignments of errors and briefs is fixed by statute or rule of the Ohio Supreme Court, they shall be filed within such time or extension thereof as may be granted in writing by the judge to whom the case is assigned after notice to opposing counsel or party.

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When no statute or Ohio Supreme Court rule sets the deadline, the appellant must file a brief within 20 days after the transcript of the record is filed.

Where the time for filing is not fixed by statute or rule of the Ohio Supreme Court, the Appellant shall file a brief within twenty (20) days after the filing of the transcript of the record;

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The appellee must file a brief within 10 days after the appellant’s brief is filed.

the Appellee shall file his brief within ten (10) days after the filing of the brief of the Appellant

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Any reply brief must be filed within 5 days after the appellee’s brief is filed.

any reply brief shall be filed within five (5) days after the filing of the Appellee's brief.

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If an appellant’s demand or request to the agency is a prerequisite to preparing and filing the transcript, the appellant must file it with the agency when filing the notice of appeal, unless law or an Ohio Supreme Court rule provides otherwise.

In all cases, in which demand or request to the agency by the Appellant is prerequisite to the preparation of filing of the transcript of the record by the agency, such demand or request shall be filed by the Appellant with the agency at the time of filing the notice of appeal, unless otherwise provided by law, or Rule of the Ohio Supreme Court.

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An appellant’s failure to timely file the bill of exceptions, assignments of error, brief, or transcript demand may result in dismissal for want of prosecution or another disposition at the assigned judge’s discretion.

Failure of Appellant to file his bill of exceptions, assignments of error, his brief or demand for a transcript of the record within the time required shall be cause for dismissal of the appeal for want of prosecution or other disposition of the case at the discretion of the judge to whom the case is assigned.

WARNING

If counsel do not present an entry within twenty days, the judge may prepare and file it without notice or submission to counsel or take other appropriate action.

If counsel fail to present an entry within twenty (20) days after the order is decreed, or judgment is rendered, the judge may cause the proper entry to be prepared and filed without submission or notice to counsel or take such other action as may be appropriate under the circumstances.

WARNING

If counsel do not present a dismissal entry within twenty days after representing to the Court that the case settled, the judge may dismiss the case for want of prosecution.

If counsel fail to present such an entry to the judge within twenty (20) days after representation to the Court that a case has been settled, the judge may order the case dismissed as for want of prosecution.