Vinton County Court, Ohio Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Answers or objections must be typed on the original interrogatories and returned to the proponent within 28 days, unless the Court shortens the time.

Opposing counsel, or the party if no counsel, shall type the answer or objection to each question on the ORIGINAL copy of the interrogatories, and return them to the proponent with 28 days, unless the Court shortens the time.

CRITICAL

Pleadings, motions, and other court papers must be legibly typed or printed on letter-sized bond paper and bound at the top.

All pleadings, motions and other papers to be filed with the Court shall be legibly typed or printed on letter sized bond paper, bound at the top.

CRITICAL

Motions for assigned counsel fees must be submitted in triplicate on the Commission’s specified form.

All motions shall be submitted in triplicate on a form specified by the Ohio Public Defender Commission within 30 days of the filing of the final entry in the case.

CRITICAL

Interrogatories must leave sufficient space beneath each question for the answer to be typed.

They shall be sent to the opposing counsel, or party 11 no counsel, leaving sufficient space between each interrogatory to permit typing the answer immediately beneath the question.

WARNING

When continuances or extensions are requested excessively or on insubstantial grounds, the court may adopt measures that include requiring written requests and stipulations and notifying the parties.

Where continuances and extensions are requested with excessive frequency or insubstantial grounds, the court may adopt one or all of the following procedures: a. Cross-referencing all requests for continuances and extensions by the name of the lawyer requesting them. b. Requiring that requests for continuances and stipulations for extensions be in writing and the parties notified. c. Summoning lawyers who persistently request continuances and extensions to warn them of possibility of sanctions and to encourage them to make necessary adjustments in management of their practice. Where such measures fail, restrictions may properly be imposed on the number of cases in which the lawyer may participate at one time.

WARNING

Pleadings may be amended under Civil Rule 15, but amendment by interlineation or obliteration requires leave of Court.

Pleadings may be amended as provided in Civil Rule 15, but may not be amended by interlineation or obliteration without leave of Court.