Rule 4 - Original Actions(A) How Instituted. Service in original actions shall be made and the action shall commence upon the filing of a complaint and proceed as a civil case under the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure unless those rules are clearly inapplicable.(B) Evidence. Unless consent of the Court is otherwise obtained, the evidence in all original actions, except in habeas corpus, shall be submitted to the Court by means of an agreed statement of facts, affidavits, stipulations, depositions or exhibits; oral testimony will not be heard. Court stenographers will not be in attendance at the trial of the action unless arranged for and employed by one or more of the parties and appointed by the Court, except as otherwise ordered by the Court due to exceptional circumstances.
Adopted effective 5/1/1997; amended effective 1/1/2008; amended effective 6/1/2012.