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

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Electronic documents must be uploaded in PDF or TIFF format.

Note: The accepted file formats are PDFs (.pdf) or TIFFs (.tif).

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The Clerk must reject handwritten pleadings, motions, affidavits, and other documents.

The Clerk shall reject all hand-written pleadings, motions, financial and parenting proceeding affidavits and other documents.

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All pleadings and other documents filed with the Clerk must be legibly typewritten or printed on one-sided letter-size paper.

A. All pleadings and other documents to be filed with the Clerk shall be legibly typewritten or printed on one-sided letter size (8 ½” x 11”) paper.

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The praecipe must use the form contained on the court’s Forms Page.

Praecipes of a form other than one contained on the Forms Page will not be allowed.

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When an original document requires a non-attorney's signature, the User must scan the signed original and submit it electronically.

If an original document requires a signature of a non-attorney, the User shall scan the original document and then submit it to the Clerk electronically.

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The docketing statement must use the form contained on the court’s Forms Page.

Docketing statements of a form other than one contained on the Forms Page will not be allowed.

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Electronic documents must be submitted in PDF or DOC format as an attachment to the Web Portal.

Documents must be electronically submitted in PDF or DOC formats and as an attachment to the Web Portal.

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Official-court-reporter transcripts must use Case Catalyst or equivalent software, standard 8.5-by-11-inch paper, at least 25 typed lines, specified character density and margins, and prescribed question-and-answer spacing.

The format of a transcript of a proceeding prepared by an Official Court Reporter shall be done on computer aided software programs of Case Catalyst or its equivalent, with no fewer than 25 typed lines on standard 8 1/2 x 11 paper, no fewer than 9 or 10 characters to the typed inch, left hand margin to be set at no more than 1 3/4 inches, right hand margin to be set at no more than 3/8 inch, each question and answer to begin on a separate line, each question and answer to begin no more than five spaces from the left hand margin with no more than 5 spaces from the Q and A to the text, and carry-over Q and A lines to begin at the left hand margin.

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Disputed medical bills must not be attached to the motion; they must be submitted at the hearing as evidence with all personal identifiers removed.

2. Copies of medical bills in dispute shall not be attached to the Motion but such bills shall be submitted as evidence at the hearing, with all personal identifiers removed as required by these Rules.

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Plaintiffs must mark exhibits with numbers, and defendants must mark exhibits with letters.

2. A Plaintiff shall use numbers and a Defendant shall use letters to mark exhibits.

WARNING

The domestic relations case designation form must be typed.

PLEASE TYPE

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Fully cited authorities available electronically or online must not be attached to or presented as attachments to motions or briefs.

Copies of authorities, including unreported cases, shall not be attached or presented as an attachment to a motion or brief if the authority or case is fully cited and is available in electronic media or on-line.