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Local Rules

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[Effective January 1, 2014, with Amendments through January 1, 2026]

PREFACE

Summit County Local Rules supplementing the Supreme Court Rules of Superintendence are numbered with a suffix. For example, a local rule which supplements Supreme Court Rule 53 is designated as Local Rule 53.1.

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TABLE OF RULES
RULE 5.1 [2] REPORTING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
RULE 5.2 [3] TECHNOLOGY PLAN
RULE 8.1 [4] COURT APPOINTMENTS
RULE 9.1 [5] COURT SECURITY PLAN
RULE 11.1 [6] RECORDINGS OF PROCEDURES
RULE 11.2 [7] REMOTE APPEARANCES
RULE 16.1 [8] MEDIATION
RULE 26.1 [9] RECORDS RETENTION
RULE 26.2 [10] DISPOSITION OF EXHIBITS
RULE 26.3 [11] REPRODUCTION OF HOSPITAL RECORDS
RULE 45.1 [12] OMISSION OF PERSONAL IDENTIFIERS PRIOR TO FILING
RULE 51.1 [13] STANDARD PROBATE FORMS AVAILABILITY
RULE 52.1 [14] COMPUTER GENERATED FORMS
RULE 53.1 [15] HOURS OF THE COURT
RULE 55.1 [16] WITHDRAWAL OF FILES
RULE 56.1 [17] LEAVES TO PLEAD
RULE 57.1 [18] FILINGS AND JUDGMENT ENTRIES
RULE 57.2 [19] FORWARDING COPIES
RULE 57.3 [20] RELEASE FROM ADMINISTRATION
RULE 57.4 [21] REAL ESTATE TRANSFER ONLY
RULE 57.5 [22] ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION FILINGS
RULE 57.6 [23] SERVICE OF PROCESS
RULE 57.7 [24] MOTION TO ABANDON REAL PROPERTY
RULE 58.1 [25] DEPOSIT FOR COURT COSTS
RULE 58.2 [26] CREDIT CARDS
RULE 60.1 [27] APPLICATION FOR LETTERS OF AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER ESTATE AND NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
RULE 61.1 [28] APPRAISER FEES/COMPENSATION
RULE 61.2 [29] INVENTORY
RULE 61.3 [30] INVENTORY/SCHEDULE OF ASSETS
RULE 64.1 [31] ACCOUNTS
RULE 65.1 [32] LAND SALES
RULE 66.1 [33] GUARDIANSHIPS
RULE 71.1 [34] COUNSEL FEES
RULE 71.2 [35] ATTORNEY SERVING AS FIDUCIARY
RULE 73.1 [36] GUARDIAN’S COMPENSATION
RULE 74.1 [37] TRUSTEE’S COMPENSATION (NON-LAWYERS)
RULE 78.1 [38] CASE MANAGEMENT PROCEDURE
RULE 79.1 [39] ASSISTED OUTPATIENT COMMITMENT (AOT)
RULE 93.1 [40] CHANGE OF NAME
RULE 94.1 [41] ADOPTIONS
RULE 97.1 [42] APPROPRIATION OF PROPERTY
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A [43]
DEPOSITS FOR COURT COSTS
Estates/Releases
Guardianships/Trusts
Civil Actions
Subpoenas
Miscellaneous
APPENDIX B [44] ADOPTION FEES
APPENDIX C [45] APPLICATION-COMPUTATION OF GUARDIAN FEES
APPENDIX D [46] APPLICATION-COMPUTATION OF
ADMINISTRATOR/EXECUTOR FEES
APPENDIX E [47] APPLICATION FOR ATTORNEY FEES
APPENDIX F [48] NOTICE OF ATTORNEY FEES
APPENDIX G [49] APPLICATION FOR ATTORNEY FEES IN LAND SALE PROCEEDINGS
APPENDIX H [50] FILING INFORMATION – REAL ESTATE ONLY
APPENDIX I [51] ELECTRONIC FILING COVER PAGE
APPENDIX J [52] ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE