[Effective June 10, 1998, with Amendments through February 1, 2008.]

 

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 26.1 COURT RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND RETENTION
  RULE 53.1 HOURS OF THE COURT
  RULE 54.1 MAGISTRATES
(A) Appointment/Powers
(B) General Order of Reference
(C) Decisions
  RULE 54.2 RECORD
(A) Matters Heard by the Judge
(B) Matters Heard by the Magistrate
(C) Costs
(D) Transcript
  RULE 55.1 EXAMINATION OF PROBATE RECORDS
(A) Removal of Files
  RULE 56.1 CONTINUANCES/LEAVES TO PLEAD
(A) Continuances
(B) Leaves to Plead
  RULE 57.1

FILINGS AND JUDGMENT ENTRIES
(A) Requirements for Acceptance
(B) Approval by Attorney of Fiduciary Filings
(C) Motions
(D) Maintaining Privacy of Personal Identifying Numbers
(E) Account Numbers
  RULE 58.1 DEPOSIT FOR COURT COSTS
(A) Deposits
(B) Additional Deposits
(C) Court Costs
  RULE 59.1 APPLICATION TO PROBATE A WILL
  RULE 60.1
APPLICATION FOR LETTERS OF AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER ESTATE AND NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
(A) Estate Administration
  (1) Non-Resident Fiduciary
(2) Notice of Application/Stepparent
(3) Status Report by Fiduciary
(B) Qualification of Fiduciary
  RULE 61.1 APPRAISER FEES/COMPENSATION
  RULE 61.2 APPRAISAL RELEASE AND SUMMARY RELEASE FROM ADMINISTRATION
  RULE 61.3 APPRAISER – SELF DEALING
  RULE 64.1
ACCOUNTS
(A) All Accountings
  (1) Partial Accounts
(2) Notice of Filing
(3) Failure to File
    (a) Hearing/Fiduciary Must Appear
(b) Continuance After Citation
(c) Appointment in Other Matters
  (4) Account Numbers
(B) Guardian's Accountings
  (1) Dates for Filing
(2) Period Covered
(3) Continuance to File
  RULE 65.1 LAND SALES
(A) Preliminary Judicial Title
(B) Real Estate Brokers' Commissions
  RULE 66.1
GUARDIANSHIPS
(A) Guardianships
  (1) Bond
(2) Release of Funds and Assets
(3) Custodial Deposits
(4) Investigation
(5) School Guardianship
(6) Voting
(7) Training Sessions
(8) Guardian's Handbook
(9) Change of Residence of Ward
(10) Personal Property
(11) Death of Ward
(12) Guardian's Report
(13) Notice for Guardianship of Adult
(14) Deposit of Wills
  RULE 67.1 MINOR SETTLEMENT/NET PROCEEDS LESS THAN TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
  RULE 68.1 SETTLEMENT OF INJURY CLAIMS OF MINORS
  RULE 70.1 WRONGFUL DEATH SETTLEMENT
(A) Conference
(B) Notice
(C) Hearing
  RULE 71.1
COUNSEL FEES
(A) Estate Administration
  (1) Forms
(2) When Paid
(3) Application
(4) Hearing/When Required
(B) Insolvent Estates
(C) Land Sales
  RULE 72.1 FIDUCIARY COMPUTATION
  RULE 73.1 GUARDIAN'S COMPENSATION
(A) Application
(B) Schedule
(C) Extraordinary Fees
(D) Authorized Expenditures
(E) Minimum Fees
  RULE 74.1 TRUSTEE'S COMPENSATION
(A) Corporate Trustees
(B) Individual Trustees
(C) Reasonableness
  RULE 78.1 CASE MANAGEMENT PROCEDURE
(A) Inventory
(B) Supervision of Estates and Guardianships
(C) Supervision of Trusts, Adoptions, and Civil Commitments
(D) Overdue Accountings, Reports and Inventories
(E) Civil Cases
(F) Withdrawal of Counsel
  RULE 86.1 MARRIAGE LICENSE
  RULE 87.1 SERVICE BY DEPUTY CLERK
  RULE 88.1 INVENTORY/NOTICE
  RULE 88.2 INVENTORY/SCHEDULE OF ASSETS
  RULE 89.1 ATTORNEYS AS SURETIES
  RULE 90.1 REMOVAL OF WILL FROM SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES
  RULE 91.1
GUARDIAN AD LITEM
(A) Qualifications
(B) Appointment
  (1) Land Sales
(2) All Other Matters
(C) FEES
  (1) Land Sales
(2) All Other Matters
  RULE 92.1 TRUSTS
  RULE 93.1 CHANGE OF NAME
  RULE 94.1 ADOPTIONS
(A) Deposits
(B) Expense Hearing
(C) Notice of Hearing
(D) Filing of Certain Forms
(E) Forms
  RULE 95.1 REGISTRATION OF BIRTH/CORRECTION OF BIRTH
(A) Registration of Birth [Reserved]
(B) Correction of Birth
  RULE 96.1 CONCEALMENT OF ASSETS
(A) Examination Before Magistrate
(B) Reduction to Writing
(C) Trial by the Court
  RULE 97.1
APPROPRIATION OF PROPERTY
(A) Filing of Petition and Service of Summons
(B) Court Proceedings
  (1) Hearing on Necessity
(2) Pretrial
(3) Trial
(C) Award
(D) Distribution
  RULE 98.1 MEDIATION
     
    APPENDICES
  APPENDIX A
DEPOSITS FOR COURT COSTS *
  Estates/Releases
Guardianships/Trusts
Civil Actions
Subpoenas
Miscellaneous
  APPENDIX B ADOPTION FEES *
  APPENDIX C APPLICATION-COMPUTATION OF GUARDIAN FEES *
  APPENDIX D APPLICATION-COMPUTATION OF FIDUCIARY FEES *
  APPENDIX E APPLICATION FOR ATTORNEY FEES *
  APPENDIX F NOTICE OF ATTORNEY FEES *
  APPENDIX G APPLICATION FOR ATTORNEY FEES IN LAND SALE PROCEEDINGS *
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