Fulton County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio Filing Rules

When providing the report to parties or counsel, the Guardian ad Litem must attach the required cover sheet.

A $75 fee is listed for a foreign judgment.

When a QDRO is filed, counsel or a self-represented party must simultaneously file a praecipe directing the Clerk to serve it on the Plan Administrator.

A reply to a response must be filed within seven days after service of the response.

Inspection of the non-public file is limited to specified people acting in their duties or as directed by the Court; others must move for access, and unauthorized copying or disclosure may result in contempt penalties.

Each paper must leave at least 2½ inches blank at the top of its first page for the Clerk’s file marks.

Continuance applications for scheduled events must be written and directed to the assigned Judge or Magistrate.

Accepted and docketed electronically filed documents constitute the official record of the Common Pleas Court.

A parenting coordinator may not communicate ex parte with the appointing court or division about substantive matters or the merits of the case.

After a visiting judge is appointed, counsel must supply that judge with a copy of all pleadings, motions, and other papers filed for the record.

If counsel cannot agree within 28 days of the original submission, both drafts must be submitted to the Court, which may adopt either, make its own entry, or set a hearing.