Rule 10 - Form And Length Of Briefs; Supplemental Authority(A) Briefs shall be prepared in conformity with App.R. 16 and 19. The appellant's and the appellee's briefs shall not exceed thirty (30) pages, exclusive of the table of contents, table of cases, and appendices. Reply briefs shall not exceed ten (10) pages, exclusive of the appendix, if any. No brief may be filed which exceeds these limitations except by prior permission of the court obtained by motion specifying why extra pages are required. Reply briefs shall be restricted to new matters raised in the answer brief. All briefs must use 12-point font or greater. All briefs shall be secured with a staple at the top left margin. The use of binder or spring clips is not permitted. If an appendix is too large to bind with the brief, it shall be given a separate cover page identifying it as the party's appendix to the brief and bound separately. Parties do not need to include unreported and unpublished cases, statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances, and constitutional provisions in the appendix.
Reference to the record must include reference to the volumes and page numbers of the transcript. Juveniles shall be referred to by means of the juvenile's initials, or a generic term or abbreviations such as "child" however, this does not apply to juveniles who have been bound over to the court of common pleas and convicted of criminal charges. Victims of sexual offenses shall be referred to by the victim's initials or a generic term or abbreviations such as "Victim 1'' or V1.
(B) If counsel wishes to present or call the court's attention to additional authorities not discussed in the briefs, a notice of supplemental authority shall be filed with the court and served upon opposing counsel at the earliest possible opportunity. Absent exceptional circumstances, a notice of supplemental authority shall be filed only when counsel could not, with due diligence, have been aware of the additional authority at the time the brief was filed.As amended through 6/1/2021; as amended effective 3/2/2022.