The General Division of the Common Pleas Court for Montgomery County, Ohio (“Court”)
adopts the following rules for the conduct, government, and management of business
operations, court proceedings, and other functions and services of the Court.
B. TITLE
These rules shall be known as the Local Rules of Practice and Procedure for the General
Division of the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court (“Rules”) and shall be cited as
“Mont. Co. C.P.R. ____.”
C. SCOPE
These Rules shall supplement and complement the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure (“Civ. R.”),
the Ohio Rules of Criminal Procedure (“Crim. R.”), the Rules of Superintendence for the
Courts of Ohio (“Sup. R.”), the Ohio Revised Code (“R.C.”) and any other applicable
authority.
D. CONSTRUCTION
1. These Rules shall be interpreted and applied so as to avoid inconsistency with other
governing authority.
2. These Rules shall be construed and applied to provide fairness and simplicity in
procedure and to secure the just, expeditious and economical determination of all
cases.
E. EFFECTIVE DATE
These Rules shall take effect on July 1, 1993. They govern all proceedings in actions brought
on or after July 1, 1993, and also all future proceedings in actions then pending, except to
the extent that, in the opinion of the Court, their application in a particular action pending
July 1, 1993, would not be feasible or would work an injustice, in which event the former
procedure applies.
F. AMENDMENT
These Rules may be amended and supplemented as needed and required by law. All
amendments and rules shall be adopted as provided by Mont. Co. C.P.R. 1.03 of these Rules
and shall govern all proceedings in actions brought after they take effect. For actions
pending when amendments take effect, the amended Rules shall apply unless such
application, in a particular pending action, would not be feasible or would work injustice, in
which event the former procedure applies.
