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WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMON PLEAS COURT
RULES OF COURT
AND
POLICY STATEMENTS

GENERAL DIVISION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

JOURNAL ENTRY	1
Certification	2
Section I - General Provisions
Rule 1 Division of the Court	3
Rule 2 Construction of the Rules	3
Section II - General Operation	4
Rule 3 Terms of Court	4
Rule 4 Hours of Session	4
Rule 5 Clerk's Office - Dockets, Calendars and Subpoenas	4
5.01 Dockets and Calendars	4
5.02 Subpoenas	5
Rule 6 Bail or Surety No attorney or officer of this Court shall be received as bail or surety.	5
Rule 7 Admission of Out of State Attorneys	5
Rule 8 Assignment of Judges and Duty Judge	6
8.01 Assignment	6
8.02 Duty Judge	9
Rule 9 Files	9
Rule 10 Deposit for Costs	10
Rule 11 Service by posting and mail - O.C.R. 4.4(A)(2)	12
Rule 12 Official Notification	13
Rule 13 Records and Recording of Proceedings	13
13.01 Type of Record	13
13.02 Transcript in Criminal Cases	13
13.03 Transcript in Civil Cases	15
13.04 Costs and Form	17
13.05 Transcript - non parties	17
Rule 14 Motions	18
Rule 15 Pleading and Motions - Form Required	18
15.01 Trial Counsel and Attorney Information	18
15.02 Adding Parties	19
15.03 Caption	19
15.04 Headings in Initial Pleading	20
15.05 Paper size and Margins	20
15.06 Journal Entry - Underline Judgments	20
15.07 Final Appealable Order - Designation and Incorporated Documents	21
Rule 16 Case management	22
16.01 Case Management Conference	22
16.02 Civil Docket - Professional Tort, Product Liability, Other Torts, Workers Compensation, Other Civil cases	23
16.03 Civil Docket - Foreclosure, Administrative Appeal	23
16.04 Domestic Docket - Divorce with or without minor children, Legal Separation, Annulment, and Post Decree Motions to Change Residential Parent Designation, Modify or enforce visitation or to Modify or terminate Child Support or Spousal Support	25
16.05 O.R.C. 3113.21 (L) Compliance - Child SupportOrders	26
16.06 Drop list	26
Rule 17 Pretrial	27
17.01 Appearance	27
17.02 Pretrial Statement - Civil	28
17.03 Pretrial Statement - Domestic	29
Rule 18 Hearing and Submission of Motion	29
18.01 Scheduling - Copy for Assignment Commissioner and the Assigned Judge to be provided	29
18.02 Opposing the Motion	30
18.03 Further filings	30
18.04 Civil Temporary Restraining Orders and other urgent requests Civil Equitable Relief	31
18.05 Filing motions when matter set for trial or pretrial	32
18.06 Citation of Unreported or Foreign Cases	32
Rule 19 Standard Court Schedule	32
Rule 20 Media	33
20.01 Application	33
20.02 Procedure	33
20.03 Order	34
20.04 Equipment	34
20.05 Witness/Victim Permission	34
20.06 Prohibitions	35
Rule 21 Trial Procedure	35
21.01 Trial procedure shall be in accordance with statute or rule of the Supreme Court	35
21.02 Voir Dire	35
21.03 Counsel	36
21.04 Microphones	36
Rule 22 Journal Entries and Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law	37
Rule 23 Judicial Certificate in Cases Involving Judicial Sales of Real Estate, except under O.R.C. 5721.18	38
23.01 Certificate of title examination required in initial pleading	39
23.02 Certificate of Title Update Required in Decree Ordering Sale	39
23.03 Purchaser has 30 days to examine title for defects not disclosed and to set aside sale	40
23.04 Purchaser may waive thirty day period	40
23.05 Payment of Appraisers	41
Rule 24 Domestic Relations Investigations & In Chambers Interview with Minor Children	41
Rule 25 Separation Agreements	42
Rule 26 Domestic Relation Forms	43
Rule 27 Required documents if filing Dissolution, Agreed Modification of Child Support, Spousal Support, or Designation of Residential Parent and Legal Custodian	44
Rule 28 Visitation	44
Rule 29 Temporary Orders in Domestic Relations Cases	44
29.5 Mediation in Domestic Relations Cases	46
29.50 Procedure	46
29.51 Agreements	47
29.52 Confidentiality	47
Rule 30 Criminal Cases	48
30.01 The rules of practice for civil cases apply	48
30.02 Scheduling in Criminal Cases	48
30.03 Bail/Bond Forfeiture	48
30.04 Appointment of Counsel	49
30.05 Motions	49
Rule 31 Continuances	49
Rule 32 Receiverships	50
32.01 Initial duties	50
32.02 Initial Report	51
32.03 Periodic Reports	51
32.04 Permissible Expenditures	51
32.05 Sale of Assets	52
32.06 Receivers fees and Counsel fees	52
32.07 Effect of failure to file as required	52
Rule 33 Attorney Fee in Partition Suit	53
Rule 34 Notary Public Applications	53
Rule 35 Jury Use and Management Plan	56
35.01 Opportunity for Service	56
35.02 Jury Source List	56
35.03 Random Selection Procedures	57
35.04 Eligibility for Jury Service	57
35.05 Term of Service	57
35.06 Excuse and Deferral	58
35.07 Voir Dire	59
35.08 Administration of the Jury System	61
35.09 Summoning and Notification Procedures	61
35.10 Monitoring the Jury System	62
35.11 Juror Use	62
35.12 Jury Facilities	63
35.13 Juror Compensation	63
35.14 Juror Orientation and Instruction	63
35.15 Sequestration of Jurors	65
Rule 36 - Local Court Security (Interim)	65
Rule 37 - Request for Attorney Fees As Costs (Interim Rule)	68
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO	70
Policy 1 Deposits and Service by Mail and Posting	70
1.01 Deposits	70
1.02 Service by Mail and Posting	72
Policy 2 - Standard Terms and Conditions of Probation Or Community Control	72
Policy 3 Visitation and other rights of Non-residential Parent	74
3.01 Parental Access to Day Care, School, Medical and Other Information, Facilities and Activities.	74
3.01(A) Day Care and School Information	74
3.01(B) Meetings and Activities	75
3.01(C) Grade and Progress Reports	75
3.01(D) Parent Teacher Conferences	75
3.01(E) Notification and consultation - Injury or Illness	75
3.01(F) Communication	76
3.01(G) Criticism	76
3.01(H) Religious Practice	77
3.01(I) Extracurricular and School Activities	77
3.02 Standard and Long Distance Visitation Rights of Non-Residential parent	77
3.02(A) Standard visitation	78
(A)(1) Children Under Two Years of Age	78
(A)(2) Children Two Years of Age and Older	78
(a) Weekend	79
(b) Mid Week	79
(c) Holidays	81
(d) Vacation	82
(e) Transportation	83
(f) Child Support not abated	84
(g) Other times and Places	84
3.02(B) Long Distance Visitation	84
(B)(1) Children Under Two Years of Age	84
(B)(2) Children Two Years of Age and Older	85
(a) School Vacation periods	85
(b) Transportation Costs	85
(c) Scheduling of Summer Vacation	85
(d) Notification	87
(e) Additional Visitation - Residential Parents Area	87
(f) Additional Visitation - Non-Residential Parent's area	87
(g) Change from Standard to Long Distance Visitation
(g) Change from Standard to Long Distance Visitation	88
3.02(C) Visitation where Each Parent is a Residential Parent of a Different Child	88
3.02(D) Notice of Intent to Relocate	88
Policy 4 - Domestic Relations Forms	89
Form 1 Court Information Sheet	89
Form 2 Financial Affidavit and IVD Application	89
Forms 3 Addendum Entry - General Provisions	89
Form 4,5,6 Seek Work, Bond, Notice Only Orders	89
Forms 7, 8 Notice to Payor/OBES/or Financial Institution To Withhold Obligor Income/Assets, Addendum Entry - General Provisions	89
Form 9 Notification Forms - Obligee, Obligor, Payor, Distributor of Income, Financial Institution	90
Forms 10-13 Insurance Forms	90
Policy 5 - Payment of Real Estate Appraisers in Foreclosure Cases	90
Policy 6 - Computerization fund for the Office of the Clerk of Common Pleas Court and Computerized Legal Research Fund	91
Policy 7 - Jury Management	91
7.01 Enforcement of Juror Summons and Notices to Appear	91
APPENDICES TO RULES & POLICIES	93
APPENDIX A - DOMESTIC FORMS	93
APPENDIX B - JURY MANAGEMENT FORMS	124
APPENDIX C - MEDIA REQUEST FORM	146

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