Rule 7.03 - Memorandum in Response(A) Deadline for filing (1) Within thirty days after the appellant's memorandum in support of jurisdiction is filed, the appellee may file a memorandum in response. (2) If the appeal involves termination of parental rights or adoption of a minor child, or both, any memorandum in response shall be filed within twenty days after the memorandum in support of jurisdiction is filed.(B) Page limitation and contents of memorandum(1) Except in postconviction death-penalty cases, the memorandum in response shall not exceed fifteen numbered pages, exclusive of the certificate of service; shall not include any attachments; and shall contain both of the following: (a) A statement of appellee's position as to whether a substantial constitutional question is involved, whether leave to appeal in a felony case should be granted, or whether the case is of public or great general interest; (b) A brief and concise argument in support of the appellee's position regarding each proposition of law raised in the memorandum in support of jurisdiction. (2) In a postconviction death-penalty case, there is no page limit for the memorandum in response.(C) Case Number The appellee shall include the Supreme Court case number on the cover page of the memorandum in response.
(D) Multiple memoranda and time for response If two or more memoranda in support of jurisdiction are filed in a case, the appellee shall file only one memorandum in response. The time specified in division (A) of this rule for filing the memorandum in response shall be calculated from the date the last memorandum in support of jurisdiction was filed in the case.
(E) Waiver of memorandum in response [See Appendix E following these rules for the prescribed waiver form.]
The appellee may waive the filing of a memorandum in response. A waiver shall be on a form prescribed by the Clerk of the Supreme Court and shall be filed within twenty days after the memorandum in support of jurisdiction is filed.
Ohio. R. Prac. S. Ct. 7.03
Effective Date:6/1/1994; Amended: 4/1/1996; 4/1/2000;4/1/2002; 7/1/2004; 1/1/2008; 1/1/2010; 1/1/2013;1/1/2015.