LORAIN COUNTY LOCAL RULES Table of Contents Local Rules Effective June 6, 2019 (DOCX | PDF)   Section Title Page # 5.01 Use of Restraints on a Child 8 6.01 Pro Hac Vice (Admission for a Case) 9 8.10 Court Appointments 10 9.10 Security Plan 13 11.10 Recording of Proceedings 14 16.10 Mediation 16 26.10 Court Records Management and Retention 20 Court Records 45.10 Court Records – Public Access - Personal Identifiers 22 51.10 Standard Probate Forms - Form Availability 23 52.10 Specifications for Printing Probate Forms - Computerized Forms 24 53.10 Hours of the Court 25 55.10 Examination of Probate Records - Photocopies 26 Filings and Judgment Entries 57.10 Facsimile Filings 27 57.20 Current Street Address 27 57.30 Case Number 27 57.40 Original Signatures 27 57.50 Fiduciary Signature 28 57.60 Court Filings 28 57.70 “Filed” Stamped Copies 29 57.80 Instructions for Service of Summons or Notice 29 57.90 Exhibits 30 57.10 Entry of Judgment 31 57.11 Length of Memorandum or Brief 31 57.12 Certificate of Service 31 57.13 Decedent's Names 31 57.14 Court Service of Filings 32 Deposit for Court Costs 58.10 Deposits 34 58.20 Publication Costs 34 58.30 Witness Fees 34 58.40 Insufficiency of Costs Deposit 34 Wills 59.10 Certificate of Service 35 59.20 Will for Deposit 35 Application for Letters of Authority to Administer Estate and Notice of Appointment 60.10 Acceptance and Notice of Appointment 36 60.20 Appointment of Non-Resident Fiduciaries 36 60.30 Identification With Photograph Required 37 60.40 Calculation of Executor/Administrator Compensation 37 60.50 Spousal Citation and Summary of Rights 37 Claims Against Estate 62.10 Medicaid Recovery Acknowledgment 39 62.20 Special Administrator for Receipt of Claims 39 Accounts 64.10 Fiduciary's Signature 41 64.20 Contents of Probate Accountings 41 64.30 Extensions for Filing An Account 41 64.40 Vouchers 42 64.50 Detailed Account Compliance Audits 42 64.60 Bond 43 64.70 Evidence of Assets 43 64.80 Time for Filing 43 64.90 Hearing, Certificates, and Service 44 Land Sales 65.10 Title Evidence 46 65.20 Approval of Description 47 65.30 Report of Distribution 47 65.40 Consent to Power to Sell Real Estate 48 65.50 Military Service Affidavit 48 Guardianships 66.00 Series Numbering 48 66.01 Definitions 48 66.02 Application of Rules 48 66.03(A) Emergency Guardianships 48 66.04 (RESERVED) 53 66.05(A) Guardian Background Checks 53 66.05(B) Guardian With Ten or More Adult Wards 53 66.06 Guardian Fundamentals Training Requirement 54 66.07 Guardian Continuing Education 55 66.08 General Responsibilities of the Guardian to the Court 55 66.09 General Responsibilities of the Guardian to the Ward 57 66.10 Guardianship of Minors 58 66.11 Next of Kin for Guardianship of Incompetent Adults 59 66.12 Inventory, Fund Release, Expenditures and Identification of Legal Documents 59 66.13 Guardian's Report 60 66.14 Deposit of Will By Guardian 60 66.15 Powers of Attorney By Guardian Prohibited 61 66.16 Terminations 61 66.17 Indigent Wards 61 66.18 Veterans' Guardianships 62 66.19 Guardianship Visitors Program 62 66.20 Additional Cost Deposit 62 Estates of Minors 67.10 Dispense With Guardianship 63 67.20 Birth Certificate 63 67.30 Responsibility for Deposit of Funds 63 Settlement of Injury Claims of Minors 68.10 Birth Certificate 64 68.20 Separate Case Number 64 68.30 Responsibility for Deposit of Funds 64 68.40 Structured Settlements 64 Settlement of Claim for Adult Ward 69.10 Separate Case Number 66 69.20 Responsibility for Deposit of Funds 66 69.30 Structured Settlements for Adult Ward 66 Settlement of Wrongful Death and Survival Claims 70.10 Settlement of Claims 67 Counsel Fees 71.10 Attorney Fees 68 71.20 Attorney Serving as Fiduciary 69 71.30 Early Payments of Attorney Fees 69 71.40 Notice and Consent for Attorney Fees in Estates 70 71.50 Notice and Consent for Attorney Fees in Guardianships 70 71.60 Notice and Consent for Attorney Fees in Trusts 71 71.70 Contested Fees 71 71.80 Contingent Fees 71 Guardian's Compensation 73.10 Guardian's Compensation 73 73.20 Indigent Guardianship Fund Payments 75 Trustee's Compensation 74.10 Trustee's Compensation 76 Local Rules 75.10 Guardian Ad Litem 78 75.20 Adoptions 78 75.30 Custodial Deposits in Lieu of Bond 80 75.40 Surety Bonds 81 75.50 Release and Summary Release of Estates from Administration 81 75.60 Wills in Safe Deposit Box 82 75.70 Marriage License Applicants 83 75.80 Minor Marriage License Applicants 83 75.90 Ohio Estate Tax Return (for Persons Dying Prior to January 1, 2013) 83 75.10 Withdrawal and Substitution of Counsel 83 75.11 Deposit of Guardianship Nomination Instrument 84 75.12 Name Changes – Minor 84 75.13 Motions/Briefs 85 Case Management in Decedent's Estates, and Trusts 78.10 Inventory 86 78.20 Electronic Return Receipt 88 78.30 Certificate of Transfer of Real Estate 88 78.40 Requests for Jury Trial 89 78.50 Evidence of Death 89 78.60 Special Needs Trusts 89 78.70 Non-Oral Insolvency Hearings 90 78.80 Unclaimed Inheritances 91 78.90 Civil Case Management Procedures 92 78.10 Trial Witnesses 93 Local Forms Index (Lorain County P.C. Forms) 1.1A Request for Summons or Notice In Civil Action 97 4.0A Fiduciary's Acceptance 99 7.1A Medicaid Recovery Acknowledgment 100 13.7A Waiver of Notice of Hearing and Consent to Account 101 13.9A Certificate of Service of Account and Notice of Hearing 102 22.3A Initial Verification of Receipt and/or Deposit of Custodian 103 22.3B Annual Verification of Funds With Restricted Access 104 59.2A Will for Deposit 105 59.2B Certificate for Deposit of Will 107 60.2A Application of Non-Resident Fiduciary to Deposit Assets With a Custodian In Lieu of Bond 108 60.4A Calculation of Executor/Administrator Compensation 110 66.10A Guardian's Credibility Supplement 111 66.11A Affidavit of Indigency 112 71.4A Consent to Attorney Fees 113 73.1A Calculation of Guardian Compensation 114 74.1A Calculation of Trustee Compensation 115 75.0A Notice of Change of Address 116 75.7A Application for Entry of Safe Deposit Box 117 75.7B Report on Entry of Safe Deposit Box 118 78.2A Certificate of Service of Inventory and Notice of Hearing 119 78.2B Waiver of Notice of Hearing and Consent to Inventory 120 78.11 Application for Unclaimed Inheritances 121 Lorain County Probate Court Justice Center 225 Court Street, 6th Floor Elyria, OH 44035 (440) 329-5175 (440) 244-6261 Fax (440) 328-2157 Home | Search Records | Court Rules Forms | Estates | Guardianships Marriage Licenses | Marriage Application Other Court Duties