Van Wert Municipal Court, Ohio Adjournment & Extension Requirements

CRITICAL

A pre-trial conference continuance may be granted for good cause, but requires approval from the judge before whom it is scheduled.

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

CRITICAL

A continuance to a certain date will be granted only if necessity is demonstrated to the Court’s satisfaction.

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

CRITICAL

An application to continue a pre-trial conference must be addressed to the Judge.

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

CRITICAL

Continuance requests must be made by written motion, show good cause, include the requested date and reasons, and generally be made at least seven days before trial; requests made later are considered only in the stated circumstances.

Every request for a continuance shall be in written motion and will only be granted upon showing of good cause. All requests shall be served on the opposing counsel or the opposing party. The motion shall set forth the date from which a continuance is requested and reasons for the continuance. If a prior trial conflict exists, the date of scheduling shall be stated, with a copy of the notice attached to the motion. Entries shall accompany the motions with blanks for the new trial time and date, and if agreed to by opposing counsel. 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. It is suggested that counsel provide available dates to the Clerk.

WARNING

A defendant unable to pay required fines and costs may orally request an extension of time to pay.

A) If the defendant is unable to pay the required find and costs he/she may made an oral request for an extension of time for payment.

WARNING

For trial-date conflicts, federal and common pleas court trials take priority; among municipal or county court cases, the case set first takes priority, and criminal trials take priority over civil trials; other continuance requests are within the trial court’s discretion.

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 first in time shall have priority. Criminal cases assigned for trial have priority over civil cases. The granting of any other request for continuance of a scheduled trial is a matter within the discretion of the trial court.