Sylvania Municipal Court, Ohio Adjournment & Extension Requirements

CRITICAL

A continuance of a trial or hearing generally requires a written motion stating the reason; an emergency where good cause is shown is excepted.

Except in cases of emergency where good cause is shown, no party shall be granted a continuance of a trial or hearing without a written motion from the party or his counsel stating the reason for the continuance.

CRITICAL

Continuances may be granted only upon a showing of good cause.

(B) All cases shall be heard on the day of assignment, continuances being granted only upon a showing of good cause.

CRITICAL

A properly notified defendant who misses the initial arraignment receives a 14-day continuance unless the Court orders otherwise.

Defendants who fail to appear for their initial Court arraignment and have been properly notified shall be given a fourteen (14) day continuance for arraignment unless otherwise ordered by the Court.

WARNING

When counsel has another trial scheduled on the same date, the case set first has priority; criminal trials have priority over civil trials.

When a continuance is requested for the reason that counsel is scheduled to appear in another case assigned for trial on the same date in the same or other trial Court of the Sate, the case which was first set for trial shall have priority and shall be tried on the date assigned. Criminal cases assigned for trial have priority over civil cases assigned for trial.

WARNING

A request to continue a scheduled trial is within the trial court’s discretion.

request for continuance of a scheduled trial is a matter within the discretion of the trial Court.