Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court, Ohio Adjournment & Extension Requirements

CRITICAL

A pretrial conference continuance may be granted for good cause and requires approval from the judge before whom it is scheduled.

Continuances of pretrial conferences may be granted upon the showing of good cause, and no continuance shall be granted without approval of the judge before whom the pretrial is scheduled.

CRITICAL

A continuance to a specific date will be granted only if the Court is satisfied that it is necessary.

All cases will be heard on the day assigned for pretrial or trial, and continuances to a day certain will only be granted upon the demonstration to the satisfaction of the Court of the necessity for the continuance.

CRITICAL

A continuance must be requested by written motion, is granted only for good cause, and the motion must state the requested-from date and reasons; the moving party must contact the opposing party and note its position.

Every request for a continuance shall be by written motion and will only be granted upon showing of good cause. The moving party shall contact the opposing party and note agreement or opposition to the subject motion. The motion shall set forth the date from which a continuance is requested and reasons for the continuance.

CRITICAL

An application to continue the conference must be addressed to the Judge.

Any application for continuance of the conference shall be addressed to the Judge.

CRITICAL

A continuance request made less than seven days before trial will not be considered unless reasonable diligence could not have revealed the circumstances at least seven days before trial.

No request for continuance will be considered if made less than seven (7) days before trial except for circumstances which by reasonable diligence could not be determined seven (7) or more days prior to trial.

WARNING

When counsel has conflicting trial settings, federal and common pleas court trials take priority; among municipal or county court cases, the case set first takes priority; criminal trials take 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 another trial court of this state, cases set in federal court and common pleas courts trial shall have priority and shall be tried on the date assigned. With regard to other cases set in municipal or county court, those cases set rst in time shall have priority. Criminal cases assigned for trial have priority over civil cases.

WARNING

The trial court has discretion to grant or deny other requests to continue a scheduled trial.

The granting of any other request for continuance of a scheduled trial is a matter within the discretion of the trial court.