Rule 5.070 - MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND PLEADING(1) Except as provided in section (2) of this rule, whenever a motion for leave to amend a pleading, including a motion to amend to assert a claim for punitive damages, is submitted to the court, it must include, as an exhibit attached to the motion, the entire text of the proposed amended pleading. The text of the proposed amended pleading must be displayed in one of the following ways: (a) Any material to be added to the pleading must be underlined and in bold with braces at each end, and any material to be deleted from the pleading must be italicized with brackets at each end; or(b) The proposed changes may be shown using a word processing software's redlining feature.(2) If the motion to amend is for a pleading that was composed using preprinted forms that have been completed by filling in the blanks, the moving party may comply with this rule by making a copy of the filed pleading and formatting the text of the pleading in the following manner: (a) Any material to be added to the pleading must be interlineated and underlined with braces at each end; and(b) Any material to be deleted from the pleading must have brackets at each end.Or. Uni. Trial. Ct. R. 5.070
Amended June 11, 2024, effective 8/1/2024.