Ohio probate, civil and family deadlines
29 deadlines · Last checked 24 October 2026
Each entry gives the period, what starts it, the citation and the words the rule uses. The short label cannot carry every condition, so read the quotation and the rule itself.
This is reference information, not legal advice. Check the current rule and any local rule or court order before relying on it.
Probate
Creditor claims barred (6 months after death)
6 months after the date of death
a claim that is not presented within six months after the death of the decedent shall be forever barred as to all parties
Ohio Rev. Code §2117.06(B), (C) · Checked 4 October 2026 · Read the rule
Certificate that notice of the will was given
2 months after the date letters were issued
not later than two months after the appointment of the fiduciary or, if no fiduciary has been appointed, not later than two months after the admission of the will to probate, unless the court grants an extension
Ohio Rev. Code §2107.19(A)(4) · Checked 4 October 2026 · Read the rule
Inventory
3 months after the date letters were issued
Within three months after the date of the executor's or administrator's appointment, unless the probate court grants an extension of time for good cause shown
Ohio Rev. Code §2115.02 · Checked 4 October 2026 · Read the rule
Final and distributive account (6 months)
6 months after the date letters were issued
Every administrator and executor, within six months after appointment, shall render a final and distributive account
Ohio Rev. Code §2109.301(B)(1) · Checked 4 October 2026 · Read the rule
Account due (13 months, where a final account could not be rendered at 6)
13 months after the date letters were issued
Not later than thirteen months after appointment, every administrator and executor shall render an account
Ohio Rev. Code §2109.301(B)(4) · Checked 4 October 2026 · Read the rule
Notice of admission of the will to spouse, heirs and beneficiaries
14 days after the order admitting the will
within two weeks of the admission of the will to probate
Ohio Rev. Code §2107.19 · Checked 4 October 2026 · Read the rule
Civil
Serve defendant within one year for the action to count as commenced on the filing date
12 months after the complaint was filed
A civil action is commenced by filing a complaint with the court, if service is obtained within one year from such filing upon a named defendant,
Ohio Civ.R. 3(A) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Serve summons and complaint (six-month dismissal rule)
6 months after the complaint was filed
If a service of the summons and complaint is not made upon a defendant within six months after the filing of the complaint
Ohio Civ.R. 4(E) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Answer due
28 days after the summons and complaint were served
The defendant shall serve his answer within twenty-eight days after service of the summons and complaint upon him;
Ohio Civ.R. 12(A)(1) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Reply to counterclaim / answer to cross-claim due
28 days after the counterclaim was served
The plaintiff shall serve his reply to a counterclaim in the answer within twenty-eight days ... shall serve an answer thereto within twenty-eight days after the service upon him
Ohio Civ.R. 12(A)(2) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Responsive pleading due after court rules on Civ.R. 12 motion
14 days after the court decided the motion
shall be served within fourteen days after notice of the court's action ... shall be served within fourteen days after service of the pleading which complies with the court's order
Ohio Civ.R. 12(A)(2)(a)-(b) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Response to amended pleading due
14 days after the amended pleading was served
any required response to an amended pleading must be made within the time remaining to respond to the original pleading ... within fourteen days after service of the amended pleading
Ohio Civ.R. 15(A) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Answers and objections to interrogatories due
28 days after the discovery requests were served
not less than twenty-eight days after the service of the interrogatories
Ohio Civ.R. 33(A) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Written response to request for production due
28 days after the discovery requests were served
The party upon whom the request is served shall serve a written response within a period designated in the request ... that is not less than twenty-eight days after the service of the request
Ohio Civ.R. 34(B)(1) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Answers or objections to requests for admission due (otherwise admitted)
28 days after the discovery requests were served
The matter is admitted unless, within a period designated in the request, ... not less than twenty-eight days after service of the request ... Any matter admitted under this rule is conclusively established
Ohio Civ.R. 36(A)(1), 36(B) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Response to written motion (other than summary judgment) due
14 days after the motion was served
Responses to a written motion, other than motions for summary judgment, may be served within fourteen days after service of the motion.
Ohio Civ.R. 6(C)(1) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Response to summary judgment motion due
28 days after the motion was served
Responses to motions for summary judgment may be served within twenty-eight days after service of the motion.
Ohio Civ.R. 6(C)(1); Civ.R. 56(C) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Last day to serve written motion to be heard at a (non-trial) hearing
14 days before the hearing
a written motion for purposes of a hearing that is not a trial ... shall be served no later than fourteen days prior to the hearing,
Ohio Civ.R. 6(C)(2) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Last day to serve written motion for purposes of trial (e.g., motions in limine)
28 days before trial
and a written motion for purposes of a trial shall be served no later than twenty-eight days prior to the start of trial.
Ohio Civ.R. 6(C)(2) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Expert reports (and supplemental reports) due
30 days before trial
Unless good cause is shown, all reports and, if applicable, supplemental reports must be supplied no later than thirty (30) days prior to trial.
Ohio Civ.R. 26(B)(7)(c) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict due
28 days after judgment was entered
Such a motion shall be served within twenty-eight days of the entry of judgment.
Ohio Civ.R. 50(B) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Motion for new trial, remittitur/additur, prejudgment interest or attorney fees due
28 days after judgment was entered
must be served within twenty-eight days of the entry of judgment
Ohio Civ.R. 59(B) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Outer limit for Civ.R. 60(B)(1)-(3) relief from judgment
12 months after judgment was entered
The motion shall be made within a reasonable time, and for reasons (1), (2) and (3) not more than one year after the judgment, order or proceeding was entered or taken.
Ohio Civ.R. 60(B) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Notice of appeal due (court of appeals)
30 days after judgment was entered
Subject to the provisions of App.R. 4(A)(3), a party who wishes to appeal from an order that is final upon its entry ... shall file the notice of appeal required by App.R. 3 within 30 days of that entry.
Ohio App.R. 4(A)(1); App.R. 4(A)(3); App.R. 4(B)(2); App.R. 1(A) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Civil notes
No day is worked out for these. Read the rule.
Movant's reply brief: 7 days after service of the response
A movant's reply to a response to any written motion may be served within seven days ... after service of the response to the motion.
Ohio Civ.R. 6(C)(1) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Amendment as a matter of course: 28 days
A party may amend its pleading once as a matter of course within twenty-eight days after serving it
Ohio Civ.R. 15(A) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Objections to a magistrate's decision: 14 days after the decision is filed
within fourteen days of the filing of the decision ... any other party may also file objections not later than ten days after the first objections are filed.
Ohio Civ.R. 53(D)(3)(b)(i) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Cross-appeal: 10 days after the first notice of appeal is filed
within ten days of the filing of the first notice of appeal
Ohio App.R. 4(B)(1) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Appeal time can run from the clerk's service of the judgment
if the clerk has not completed service of notice of the judgment ... within the three-day period prescribed in Civ.R. 58(B),
Ohio App.R. 4(A)(3); Civ.R. 58(B) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Initial disclosures keyed to the first pretrial / case management conference
A party must make the initial disclosures no later than the parties' first pre-trial or case management conference,
Ohio Civ.R. 26(B)(3)(c)-(d) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Family
Serve defendant within one year for the action to count as commenced on the filing date
12 months after the petition was filed
A civil action is commenced by filing a complaint with the court, if service is obtained within one year from such filing upon a named defendant,
Ohio Civ.R. 3(A) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Serve summons and complaint (six-month dismissal rule)
6 months after the petition was filed
If a service of the summons and complaint is not made upon a defendant within six months after the filing of the complaint
Ohio Civ.R. 4(E) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Earliest date for dissolution hearing (both spouses must appear)
30 days after the petition was filedEarliest day, not a last day
(A) Except as provided in division (B) or (C) of this section, not less than thirty nor more than ninety days
R.C. 3105.64(A) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Latest date for dissolution hearing
90 days after the petition was filedThe day it lapses
not less than thirty nor more than ninety days ... after the filing of a petition for dissolution of marriage, both spouses shall appear before the court,
R.C. 3105.64(A) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Answer to divorce / legal separation complaint due
28 days after the petition was served
The defendant shall serve his answer within twenty-eight days after service of the summons and complaint upon him;
Ohio Civ.R. 12(A)(1); Civ.R. 1(A); Civ.R. 75(F) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Earliest date a divorce, annulment or legal separation may be heard and decided
42 days after the petition was servedEarliest day, not a last day: the day after this period
No action for divorce, annulment, or legal separation may be heard and decided until the expiration of forty-two days after the service of process or twenty-eight days after the last publication of notice of the complaint,
Ohio Civ.R. 75(K) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Responsive pleading due after court rules on Civ.R. 12 motion
14 days after the court decided the motion
shall be served within fourteen days after notice of the court's action ... shall be served within fourteen days after service of the pleading which complies with the court's order
Ohio Civ.R. 12(A)(2)(a)-(b) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Answers and objections to interrogatories due
28 days after the discovery requests were served
not less than twenty-eight days after the service of the interrogatories
Ohio Civ.R. 33(A) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Written response to request for production due
28 days after the discovery requests were served
The party upon whom the request is served shall serve a written response within a period designated in the request ... that is not less than twenty-eight days after the service of the request
Ohio Civ.R. 34(B)(1) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Answers or objections to requests for admission due (otherwise admitted)
28 days after the discovery requests were served
The matter is admitted unless, within a period designated in the request, ... not less than twenty-eight days after service of the request ... Any matter admitted under this rule is conclusively established
Ohio Civ.R. 36(A)(1), 36(B) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Response to written motion (other than summary judgment) due
14 days after the motion was served
Responses to a written motion, other than motions for summary judgment, may be served within fourteen days after service of the motion.
Ohio Civ.R. 6(C)(1) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Last day to serve written motion to be heard at a (non-trial) hearing
14 days before the hearing
a written motion for purposes of a hearing that is not a trial ... shall be served no later than fourteen days prior to the hearing,
Ohio Civ.R. 6(C)(2) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Last day to serve written motion for purposes of trial (e.g., motions in limine)
28 days before trial
and a written motion for purposes of a trial shall be served no later than twenty-eight days prior to the start of trial.
Ohio Civ.R. 6(C)(2) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Court's notice of trial to an unrepresented adverse party must be mailed
7 days before trial
and shall be mailed at least seven days prior to the commencement of trial.
Ohio Civ.R. 75(L) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Motion for new trial, remittitur/additur, prejudgment interest or attorney fees due
28 days after the judgment was entered
must be served within twenty-eight days of the entry of judgment
Ohio Civ.R. 59(B) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Outer limit for Civ.R. 60(B)(1)-(3) relief from judgment
12 months after the judgment was entered
The motion shall be made within a reasonable time, and for reasons (1), (2) and (3) not more than one year after the judgment, order or proceeding was entered or taken.
Ohio Civ.R. 60(B) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Notice of appeal due (court of appeals)
30 days after the judgment was entered
Subject to the provisions of App.R. 4(A)(3), a party who wishes to appeal from an order that is final upon its entry ... shall file the notice of appeal required by App.R. 3 within 30 days of that entry.
Ohio App.R. 4(A)(1); App.R. 4(A)(3); App.R. 4(B)(2); App.R. 1(A) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Family notes
No day is worked out for these. Read the rule.
Movant's reply brief: 7 days after service of the response
A movant's reply to a response to any written motion may be served within seven days ... after service of the response to the motion.
Ohio Civ.R. 6(C)(1) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Objections to a magistrate's decision: 14 days after the decision is filed
within fourteen days of the filing of the decision ... any other party may also file objections not later than ten days after the first objections are filed.
Ohio Civ.R. 53(D)(3)(b)(i) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Cross-appeal: 10 days after the first notice of appeal is filed
within ten days of the filing of the first notice of appeal
Ohio App.R. 4(B)(1) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Appeal time can run from the clerk's service of the judgment
if the clerk has not completed service of notice of the judgment ... within the three-day period prescribed in Civ.R. 58(B),
Ohio App.R. 4(A)(3); Civ.R. 58(B) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Service by publication: earliest hearing 28 days after last publication
after the service of process or twenty-eight days after the last publication of notice of the complaint,
Ohio Civ.R. 75(K) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Counterclaim: no hearing until 28 days after its service
and no action for divorce, annulment, or legal separation shall be heard and decided earlier than twenty-eight days ... after the service of a counterclaim,
Ohio Civ.R. 75(K) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Temporary support orders: counter affidavits within 14 days
Counter affidavits may be filed by the other party within fourteen days from the service of the complaint
Ohio Civ.R. 75(N)(2) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
General appellate and post-judgment rules apply to divorce judgments
govern procedure in appeals to courts of appeals from the trial courts of record in Ohio.
Ohio App.R. 1(A); Civ.R. 75(F) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
Counting days under the court rules
the day of the act, event, or default from which the designated period of time begins to run shall not be included. ... The last day of the period so computed shall be included, unless it is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday,
Ohio Civ.R. 6(A) · Checked 24 October 2026 · Read the rule
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