Clermont County Court of Common Pleas, General Division Filing Rules

The security-for-costs fee for a foreign certificate of judgment is $75.

Motions must be submitted with a brief memorandum.

In civil cases, counsel are encouraged, but not required, to submit agreed-upon jury instructions, applicable interrogatories, and verdict forms.

Every continuance motion must include a proposed entry granting the requested continuance.

Counsel must notify the Court after filing a motion when a hearing is necessary.

The clerk is not required to acknowledge receipt of a fax transmission.

Counsel are encouraged, but not required, to submit agreed-upon jury instructions, interrogatories, and verdict forms by the scheduling-order deadline.

Criminal motions in limine must be filed before the final pretrial so the Court has time to schedule any necessary additional hearing before trial.

The parties must file a Civil Rule 26(F) report containing a proposed discovery plan before the second status conference.

The Court must send identified courts appropriate notice and response forms by U.S. mail with a certificate of mailing.

The opposing counsel or parties must be served with a written motion requesting a civil continuance.

A motion to continue an assigned trial date must show good cause; after the final pretrial conference, it must also establish extraordinary circumstances and that no alternative can prevent substantial injustice.

In a civil case, a selected trial date will not be continued unless extraordinary circumstances occur.

A trial will be continued only when the requesting party shows just cause arising from unforeseen and unavoidable circumstances that prevent adequate trial preparation.

Every continuance request must be made by written motion filed with the Clerk.

Civil continuance requests should be made by written motion, served on opposing counsel or parties, state the requested continuance date and reason, and be filed with the civil clerk.

Personal and private information in documents filed before the rule took effect and in records or transcripts transmitted from another court is considered public.

A fax filer need not submit the source document, but must retain the signed source document and the facsimile cover-sheet copy and produce them if the court requests them.

Pleadings, entries, and other court documents must be filed flat on white 8.5-by-11-inch paper without backing and must have a first-page top margin of at least two inches; sufficient copies for service must also be filed with the Clerk.

Counsel for either party is permitted to request a pre-trial conference at any time.

A request for oral argument on a motion is considered case by case and is granted only when oral argument will assist the Court.

Counsel and parties may not discuss a pending case with the trial judge unless all counsel and unrepresented parties are present or have been notified and given an opportunity to participate.