(A) General(1) In a case involving a cross-appeal, the appellee/cross-appellant shall file a combined memorandum both in response to appellant/cross-appellee's memorandum and in support of jurisdiction for the cross-appeal within thirty days of the filing of appellant/cross-appellee's memorandum in support of jurisdiction. (2) Except as otherwise provided by this rule, the combined memorandum shall comply with all of the requirements contained in S.Ct.Prac.R. 7.02 and 7.03; however, a date-stamped copy of the court of appeals opinion and judgment entry being appealed need not be attached to the combined memorandum.(3) Within thirty days after the filing of appellee/cross-appellant's combined memorandum, the appellant/cross-appellee shall file the last memorandum, which shall be limited to a response to appellee/cross-appellant's arguments in support of jurisdiction for the cross-appeal.(B) Termination of parental rights or adoption If the appeal or the cross-appeal involves termination of parental rights or adoption of a minor child, or both, the combined memorandum of appellee/cross-appellant shall be filed within twenty days after the filing of appellant/cross-appellee's memorandum in support of jurisdiction, and the last memorandum of appellant/cross-appellee shall be filed within twenty days after the filing of appellee/cross-appellant's combined memorandum.
(C) Page limitation Except in postconviction death penalty cases, a memorandum filed under this rule by the appellant/ cross-appellee shall not exceed fifteen numbered pages, and the memorandum filed by the appellee/ cross-appellant shall not exceed thirty numbered pages.
Ohio. R. Prac. S. Ct. 7.05
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.