Union County Court of Common Pleas, General Division Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

The first page must leave at least three inches blank at the upper right for the Clerk’s file stamp, or the pleading will not be accepted.

A blank space of at least three inches shall be at the top of the right side of the first page for file stamp thereon by the Clerk. The Clerk of Courts shall not accept for filing a pleading which does not comply with this requirement.

WARNING

Pleadings, motions, and applications must be legible, typewritten or printed on approximately 8½-by-11-inch paper, securely bound at the top, and unfolded.

Pleadings, Motions and Applications shall be legibly typewritten or printed on paper approximately 8-1/2 x 11, shall be securely bound at the top, and unfolded.

WARNING

Domestic-relations pleadings, motions, and orders must be typewritten in 12-point font on 8½-by-11-inch paper.

All Pleadings, Motions and Orders shall be typewritten in 12 point font printed on 8½" x 11" paper.

WARNING

The listed filings must be legible, typewritten or printed on approximately 8½-by-11-inch paper, securely bound at the top, and unfolded.

Complaints, Motions and Applications shall be legibly typewritten or printed on paper approximately 8-1/2 x 11, shall be securely bound at the top, and unfolded.

WARNING

If a party intends to introduce at least five exhibits, the exhibits must be bound in a binder with an index identifying each exhibit and briefly describing it.

The exhibits shall be marked as provided in Local Rule 18.10(A). If a party intends on introducing five (5) or more exhibits, then the exhibits will bound in a binder with an index page identifying the exhibit by number or letter as appropriate, along with a brief description of the exhibit, i.e. Plaintiff’s pay advices.

WARNING

When more than 20 exhibits are intended, counsel must provide them in paper and electronic form and supply a thumb drive or other electronic storage device for the record.

In such an event, the exhibits shall be available in paper form as delineated herein, but also presented in electronic form for use with the Court’s electronic evidence presentation equipment. Counsel shall provide a thumb drive or other electronic data storage device for purposes of creating an accurate record.

WARNING

Domestic-relations pleadings, motions, and other filings must comply with the Ohio Civil Rules, Ohio Rules of Superintendence, and 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, the Rules of Superintendence of the Supreme Court of Ohio and the Local Rules of this Court as set forth below: