Hocking County Court of Common Pleas, General & Domestic Relations Divisions Filing Rules

Every contempt motion must be accompanied by a summons and the notices required by R.C. 2705.031(C).

Facsimile filings are dated by the clerk’s timestamp, and faxes received after 4:00 p.m. on a regular business day or anytime on a weekend or holiday are filed the next regular business day.

The clerk should also notify the DRC of the disposition of the petition as required under the Administrative Rules, and if granted order the DRC to issue the CQE to Petitioner.

A foreclosure costs $1,205.00.

Proposed written jury instructions must be provided by email no later than 72 hours before trial.

A trial-continuance motion must be written, filed with the clerk, presented to the judge’s office with a proposed judgment entry, and state the specified reasons, prior continuances, opposing counsel’s position, Defendant’s try-by date, and counsel’s available trial dates.

The moving party must hand-deliver a copy of the motion materials to the judge’s or magistrate’s administrative assistant.

All exhibits must be copied before trial or an evidentiary hearing.

If a receiver’s report, motion, fee application, or other filing refers to trade secrets (such as a plan for operating an ongoing business, proposed sale prices, customer information, personnel matters, or other non-public information) or would necessarily reference attorney-client or work-product communications, then redacted documents may be filed in the public record and served upon all parties that have appeared. When that occurs, a complete un-redacted document should be submitted to the court for in camera review. Upon application by the receiver or any party, the court will re-examine the document and determine whether previously redacted information should be disclosed in the public case file or for attorney viewing only.

Motions and memoranda are limited to 25 double-spaced pages, and reply memoranda to 12 double-spaced pages, using 12-point type; supporting documents are excluded from the first limit, and excess-length memoranda require prior leave requested by motion.

Before filing a discovery motion, counsel should make every effort to resolve the dispute by agreement.

Attachments and exhibits to pleadings or motions should be combined into one PDF file.

After a pretrial settlement agreement is reached, plaintiff’s counsel must immediately notify the trial judge by telephone and file written notice with the court.