Ohio S.Ct.Prac.R. 16.04

(A) Time to file

(1) In every appeal involving termination of parental rights or adoption of a minor

child, or both, the appellant may file a reply brief within fifteen days after the filing of the

appellee’s brief.

(2) In every other appeal, the appellant may file a reply brief within twenty days after

the filing of the appellee’s brief.

(3) If the case involves multiple appellees who file separate merit briefs, the appellant

shall file only one reply brief, if any, responding to all of the appellees’ merit briefs. The

time for filing the appellant’s reply brief, if any, shall be calculated from the date the last

brief in support of the appellee is filed, including an amicus brief in support of the

appellees.

(B) Page limit

(1) Except in death-penalty appeals of right and in postconviction death-penalty

appeals, the reply brief shall not exceed twenty numbered pages, exclusive of the table of

contents, the table of authorities cited, the certificate of service, and the appendix.

(2) In death-penalty appeals of right filed pursuant to Rule 5.01(A)(1), (2), (4), or (6)

and in postconviction death-penalty appeals filed pursuant to Rule 7, the reply brief has no

page limitation.