Ohio Loc. App. R. 8
All briefs shall be in writing and shall contain the matter provided by App.R. 16, be in the form provided by App.R. 19, and be filed within the times provided by App.R. 18, except as otherwise provided herein. When the appellant's brief is filed before the record is filed, the appellee's brief shall be filed no later than 20 days after the date on which the record is filed.
A brief must be paginated. In a matter assigned to the regular calendar, a principal brief shall not exceed 60 pages and a reply brief shall not exceed 20 pages. In a matter assigned to the accelerated calendar, a principal brief shall not exceed 30 pages and no reply brief is permitted. The page limits for principal briefs shall not be exceeded without prior leave of the court obtained in accordance with paragraph (C) of this rule. In no circumstances shall a reply brief in excess of 20 pages be permitted. The cover page, table of contents, table of cases, statement of the assignments of error, statement of the issues, and any addendum/appendix do not count toward these page limitations. Briefs in excess of 30 pages filed in a matter assigned to the accelerated calendar may be stricken or the matter may be reassigned to the regular calendar at the court's discretion.
For good cause shown and in extraordinary circumstances, the court may grant a party leave to file a principal brief in excess of the page limitation set forth in paragraph (B) above. Application for leave to file a brief in excess of these limits shall be by motion filed no later than 7 days prior to the time for filing the brief. Such motion shall specify the number of extra pages requested and the reasons why the extra pages are required. Such motion shall be considered in accordance with Loc. R. 6, but will be granted in only rare circumstances.
The brief in support of a separate appeal or a cross-appeal shall be filed within the time provided in App.R. 18(A) for the filing of the brief in support of an appeal, except that if a notice of cross-appeal states that the cross-appeal is conditioned upon the granting of relief to appellant, the cross-appellant's brief may be filed as part of the cross-appellant's (appellee's) answer brief to the brief of appellant.
The inclusion with a brief of an addendum or appendix is generally disfavored. Documents such as the trial court decision and judgment entry, lower court pleadings, evidentiary materials, and generally accessible legal authority need not be attached to a brief. Any addendum/appendix that is filed shall include a table of contents for reference purposes indexed to the numbered items contained therein.
In criminal appeals counsel may file a no-error brief under the procedure identified in Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396 (1967), and its progeny, if counsel concludes that the appeal presents no issue of arguable merit prejudicial to the defendant and is wholly frivolous. Consistent with this court's decision in In re A.L., 2022-Ohio-4095, no-error briefs may not be filed in permanent custody cases.
Ohio. Loc. App. R. 8