Williams County Court of Common Pleas, General Division Filing Timing and Cure Windows

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An electronically filed submission is deemed filed when accepted and receives an electronic timestamp showing the submission date and time.

Upon acceptance, the submission will be deemed filed and shall receive an electronic stamp that includes the date and time that the filer submitted the document to the Court’s e-filing system.

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Self-represented litigants' pleadings must be reviewed by the judge, magistrate, or designee before the clerk time-stamps them.

All pleadings filed by self-represented litigants shall first be reviewed by the Judge, Magistrate or his/her designee before being time-stamped by the Clerk.

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The Notice of Intent to Relocate must be filed immediately when a parent intends to move.

If a parent intends to move, the moving parent shall immediately file a Notice of Intent to Relocate with the Court.

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A DOPO should be prepared as soon as possible after the final hearing for submission to the court.

The DOPO shall be prepared as soon as possible following the final hearing for submission to the Court.

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If the submission is rejected, the document shall not become part of the Court record.

Summary: A rejected electronic submission does not become part of the Court record.

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All filings by self-represented parties are subject to compliance review and approval by the Court prior to filing (see Local Rule 10.05).

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Noncompliant electronic filings may be rejected and not docketed or filed, and electronic filing does not extend applicable statutes of limitation.

Documents which do not fully comply may be rejected, not docketed, and not filed. The e-filer must allow sufficient time for filing, clerk review, and any necessary re-submission. b) Electronic filing does not alter or extend applicable statutes of limitation.

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The receiver's initial plan and report of activity must be submitted no later than two months after appointment.

The first plan (and report of activity to date) must be submitted no later than two months after appointment of the receiver.

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Plaintiffs' counsel must file the proposed deed with the sheriff within 7 days after the order confirming the sale.

Plaintiffs counsel shall file the proposed deed with the Sheriff within seven (7) days of the order confirming sale.

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The deed must be filed with the county recorder within 14 days after receipt of payment.

The deed shall be filed with the County Recorder within fourteen (14) days of receipt of payment.

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When a case is referred to mediation, the court may stay all filing deadlines for up to 60 days, and the clerk generally may not accept filings during the stay except as expressly permitted.

Upon referral of a case to mediation, the court may elect to stay all filing deadlines for up to 60 days. The clerk of courts shall not accept for filing any documents while a case is in mediation, unless expressly permitted by these rules or by court order.

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The Guardian ad Litem's written report must be filed with the Court at least seven days before the final hearing and, in the specified case types, at least seven days before the listed dispositional or change-in-disposition hearings.

a written report shall be prepared by the Guardian ad Litem and filed with the Court not less than seven (7) days before the final hearing and, in abuse, neglect, dependency, unruly and delinquency cases, not less than seven days prior to any initial dispositional healing, permanent custody hearing, and any hearing upon a motion requesting a change in disposition.

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When the Court refers a case to mediation, it may stay all filing deadlines for up to 60 days.

Upon referral of a case to mediation, the Court may elect to stay all filing deadlines for up to 60 days.

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The fallback filing of the plan administrator's approval or qualification letter is due within 30 days after receipt.

If the Plan Administrator fails to file Notice of Qualification, the parties or attorneys for the parties shall file a copy of the letter of approval/qualified issued by the Plan Administrator with the Clerk of Courts within thirty (30) days of receipt.

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The investigator must file the investigation report at least seven days before the scheduled trial date.

D. The investigator shall file his or her report of the investigation at least seven (7) days before any scheduled trial date.

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A custody evaluator must prepare and file a written report with the court at least 30 days before the final hearing.

A custody evaluator shall prepare and file with the court a written report at least 30 days prior to the final hearing.

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After receiving all requested information, the judge must decide whether to grant or deny the petition within 60 days unless the petitioner requests and receives an extension.

Once all information requested has been received, a Judge shall decide whether to Grant or Deny the Petition within sixty (60) days, unless Petitioner requests and is granted an extension of time.

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The first party making a civil jury demand must deposit $350 no later than 10 days before the scheduled trial date, and failure to deposit by then constitutes a waiver of jury.

The first party making a jury demand in a civil action before this court shall deposit $350 with the Clerk of Courts no later than 10 days before the scheduled trial date. Failure to deposit $350 within the time allotted shall constitute a waiver of jury.

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When a final hearing date is set, the custody evaluation report must be submitted at least 30 days before the hearing.

In the event a final hearing date has been set, the report must be submitted at least thirty days before that date.

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A party challenging a custody evaluation report must subpoena the evaluator to appear at least 14 days before the hearing or trial.

A party challenging the report shall subpoena Custody Evaluator to appear not less than 14 days before a hearing or trial.

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If no objection to tire Notice of Completion of Limited Appearance is filed and served within 10 days, the attorney’s withdrawal is complete without the need for leave of court.

Summary: If no objection to the Notice of Completion of Limited Appearance is filed and served within 10 days, the attorney’s withdrawal becomes complete without court leave.

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Parties to any action in which the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities for their children) is being considered shall attend a parenting program as designated by the County within seventy-five (75) days after filing a complaint or motion initiating the action, or within such time as established by the Ohio Supreme Court, unless the same is waived by the Court or a court-approved substitute program is completed.

Summary: Parties in actions considering allocation of parental rights and responsibilities must attend the designated County parenting program within 75 days after filing the initiating pleading, unless the court waives the requirement or a court-approved substitute program is completed.

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within fifteen (15) days of the arraignment of the defendant.

Summary: The Affidavit of Indigency/Financial Disclosure is due within 15 days after arraignment.

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Responses to a written motion, other than motions for summary judgment, may be served within fourteen days after service of the motion.

Summary: Responses to written motions other than summary-judgment motions generally may be served within 14 days after service of the motion.

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Responses to motions for summary judgment may be served within twenty-eight days after service of the motion.

Summary: Responses to motions for summary judgment may be served within 28 days after service of the motion.

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A movant’s reply to a response to any written motion may be served within seven days after service of the response to the motion.

Summary: A movant's reply to a response to any written motion may be served within 7 days after service of the response.

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Unless a different period is fixed under these rules or by order of the court, a written motion for purposes of a hearing that is not a trial shall be served ; no later than fourteen days prior to the hearing,

Summary: Unless another period is fixed, a written motion for a non-trial hearing must be served no later than 14 days before the hearing.

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A written motion for purposes of a trial shall be served no later than twenty-eight days prior to the start of trial.

Summary: A written motion for trial purposes must be served no later than 28 days before trial begins.

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All final appealable orders will be delivered to counsel, unrepresented parties and represented parties by the Clerk by regular U.S. mail within three (3) days of journalization.

Summary: The Clerk must deliver all final appealable orders by regular U.S. mail to counsel, unrepresented parties, and represented parties within three days of journalization.