OH · rules
Ohio Civ.R. 73.8
Filings and Judgment Entries
(A) All filings, except wills, shall be on eight and one-half by eleven inch paper, without
backings, of stock that can be microfilmed.
(B) All filings shall contain the name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and attorney
registration number of the individual counsel representing the fiduciary and, in the absence
of counsel, the name, address, and telephone number of the fiduciary. Any filing not
containing the above requirements may be refused.
(C) Failure of the fiduciary to notify the court of the fiduciary’s current address shall be
grounds for removal. Not less than ten days written notice of the hearing to remove shall
be given to the fiduciary by regular mail at the last address contained in the case file or by
other method of service as the court may direct.
(D) Filings containing partially or wholly illegible signatures of counsel, parties or officers
administering oaths may be refused, or, if filed, may be stricken, unless the typewritten or
printed name of the person whose signature is purported to appear is c learly indicated on
the filing.
(E) All pleadings, motions, or other filings are to be typed or printed in ink and correctly
captioned.
(F) Unless the court otherwise directs, counsel for the party in whose favor a judgment is
rendered, shall prepare the proposed judgment entry and submit the original to the court
with a copy to counsel for the opposing party. The proposed judgment entry shal l be
submitted within seven days after the judgment is rendered. Counsel for the opposing party
shall have seven days to object to the court. If the party in whose favor a judgment is
rendered fails to comply with this division, the matter may be dismissed or the court may
prepare and file the appropriate entry.
(G) When a pleading, motion, judgment entry or other filing consists of more than one page,
each page shall contain the case number in the upper portion of the page.
History
Effective Date: July 1, 2026
Provenance
- Source
- supremecourt.ohio.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-14
- Edition
- 2026-09-14
- Content hash
fb8f204fe09c9c657a4111f754292f8f63a0868633b0c9d2d0ad7b582ac4da1c
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