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Ohio S.Ct.Prac.R. 7.06
Jurisdictional Memorandum of Friend of the Court
(A) General
(1) A friend of the court may file a jurisdictional memorandum urging the Supreme
Court to accept or decline to accept a jurisdictional appeal. Leave to file an amicus
memorandum is not required.
(2) An amicus memorandum shall conform to the requirements of Section 7, except
that a copy of the court of appeals opinion and judgment entry is not required to be attached
to the amicus memorandum.
(3) A friend of the court shall not submit additional or contrary propositions of law, but
shall only address the propositions of law contained in the appellant’s memorandum in
support of jurisdiction.
(B) Deadline for filing
(1) An amicus memorandum in support of jurisdiction shall be filed no later than seven
days after the appellant’s deadline for perfecting an appeal to the Supreme Court in a case
that involves the termination of parental rights or adoption of a minor child, or both, and
no later than fourteen days after the appellant’s deadline for perfecting an appeal to the
Supreme Court in all other cases.
(2) An amicus memorandum in response to a memorandum in support of jurisdiction
may be filed no later than the appellee’s deadline for filing a memorandum in response.
(3) The Clerk of the Supreme Court shall refuse to file an amicus memorandum that is
not timely received.
History
Effective Date: June 1, 1994 Amended: April 1, 1996; April 1, 2000; April 1, 2002; July 1, 2004; January 1, 2008; January 1, 2010; January 1, 2013; January 1, 2023; April 1, 2025
Provenance
- Source
- supremecourt.ohio.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-14
- Edition
- 2026-09-14
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