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LOCAL
RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE OF THE
DOMESTIC RELATIONS DIVISION OF THE MAHONING
COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Effective
March 1, 1998
Including Amendments Effective April 20, 1999, August 8, 2000,
March 22, 2001 and October 1, 2006
General Rules
Rule
1: Adoption, Scope and Construction of Rules
Rule 2: Court Costs
Rule 3: Filing and Removal of Papers from Custody of the Clerk
Rule 4: Assignment of Domestic Relations Cases
Rule 5: Powers of the Magistrates
Rule 6: Ex-Parte Communications
Rule 7: Out of State Counsel
Pleadings, Motions and Orders
Rule
8: General Rules of Pleading
Rule 9: Service
Rule 10: Temporary Orders by Affidavit or Oral Hearing
Rule 11: Additional Ex-Parte Orders
Rule 12: Contempt and Motions to Show Cause
Rule 13: Objections to Decision/Motion to Set Aside
Pre-trial & Trial Rules
Rule
14: Discovery
Rule 15: Status Conferences
Rule 16: Pre-trial Conferences
Rule 17: Trials
Rule 18: Court Appointment of Valuation Experts
Rule 19: Division of Property
Rule 20: Medical Expense Schedule
Rule 21: Qualified Medical Child Support Order (QMCSO)
Rule 22: Dissolution of Marriage
Rule 23: Divorce Hearings
Rule 24: Judgment Entries
Rule 25: Qualified Domestic Relations Court Order (QDRO)
Rule 26: Withdrawal or Substitution of Counsel
Rule 27: Dismissal of Cases
Rule 28: Motion for Relief From Judgment
Parenting Time and Visitation
Rule
29: Parenting Time and Visitation
Rule 30: Workshop for Parents
Rule 31: Guardian Ad Litem
Rule 32: Parenting Investigation
Rule 33: Psychological Evaluations
Rule 34: Interviews with Children
Rule 35: Consent Entries
Dispute Resolution
Rule
36: Family Services
Rule 37: Mediation
Special Proceedings
Rule
38: Domestic Violence
Rule 39: Registration of a Foreign Decree
Rule 40: Action on a Foreign Decree
Rule 41: Concurrent Jurisdiction
Rule 42: Certification to Juvenile Court
Court Administration
Rule
43: Conflicts of Interest
Rule 44: Court Reporters
Rule 45: Court Security
Rule 46: Photographing, Recording and Broadcasting of Court Proceedings
Appendix
Appendix
A: Family Information
Sheet
Appendix B: Parenting
Declaration
Appendix C:
Affidavit of Income, Expenses and Financial Disclosure
Appendix D: Request
for Affidavit Order
Appendix E: IV-D
Application for Child Support Services
Appendix F: Mutual Restraining
Order
Appendix G: Mandatory
Discovery Order
Appendix H: Poverty
Affidavit & Order
Appendix I: Pre-Trial
Statement
Appendix J: Summons
and Order to Appear/Request for Court Appointed Attorney
Appendix K: Application
and Order Designating Process Server
Appendix L: Local
Parenting Time Schedule
Appendix M: Long
Distance Parenting Time Schedule
Appendix N: Transitional
Parenting Time Schedule
Appendix O: Notice
of Intent to Relocate
Appendix P: Notice
of Intent to Relocate-Long Distance
Appendix Q: Affidavit
Application for Registration
Appendix R:
Mandatory Language for Orders Regarding Child Support, Spousal Support and
Health Insurance
Appendix S:
Explanation of Medical Bills
Appendix
T: Entry
for Conversion of Dissolution to Divorce
Appendix U:
Entry for Conversion of Divorce to Dissolution
Appendix V: Schedule
of Filing Fees/Deposits
Mahoning
County Domestic Relations Court
120 Market St.
Youngstown, OH
44503
Phone: 330-740-2208
Fax: 330-740-2503
