Ohio procedural guides

Plain-English guides to the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure, each one tied to the rules it relies on. Every rule named in a guide has its own page with the official text.

• Responding to an Ohio complaint: 28 days, and the notice you get before a default judgmentOhio gives 28 days to answer — not 20, not 30. And if you have appeared in the case, Civ.R. 55(A) requires seven days' written notice before a default judgment can be taken.
• Ohio summary judgment: leave is required once the case is set for trialOhio Civ.R. 56 has no fixed briefing schedule, but it does have a gate no other rule we cover imposes — once a case is set for pretrial or trial, a motion requires leave of court.
• Ohio discovery deadlines: the requesting party sets the date, subject to a 28-day floorOhio is the rare system where the party serving discovery designates the response date. It cannot be less than 28 days — and interrogatories are capped at 40, not 25.
• Setting aside an Ohio judgment: Civ.R. 60(B), one year, and the notice you should have received firstOhio Civ.R. 60(B) gives five grounds with a one-year cap on the first three. Before you get there, check whether Civ.R. 55(A)'s seven-day notice was ever sent.
• Ohio requests for admission: 28 days, quote each request, and silence admits conclusivelyOhio Civ.R. 36 admits a matter automatically if no answer is served within 28 days — and an admission is conclusively established unless the court permits withdrawal.
• Stopping an Ohio wage garnishment: five business days to ask for a hearingOhio requires a creditor to make a 15-day demand before garnishing wages, and gives the debtor five business days from receiving the notice to request a hearing with the clerk of court.
• Garnishing wages in Ohio: the fifteen-day demand comes firstAn Ohio judgment creditor cannot apply for a wage garnishment until it has made a written demand giving the debtor fifteen days to pay — and the application then runs on a prescribed affidavit and notice.

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