The 1999 amendment was to clarify that any party may file up to forty interrogatories without leave of court. (2) The proposed amended pleading must be submitted as an exhibit to the motion.Motion to Strike, the proposed Notarized Second Amended Complaint and. Affidavit in Support filed along with this Motion, and the legal argument. In Ohio, a defendant may amend its answer once without seeking leave of the plaintiff or the court within 28 days of serving its original answer (Ohio Civ. R. Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to Amend Complaint. A party may amend his pleading once as a matter of course at any time before a responsive pleading is served and prior to entry of an order of dismissal. All pleadings and motions, e-filed or otherwise, must be typewritten or legibly hand-written. Lorain No. 12CA010232, 2013Ohio3663. A motion for judgment on the pleadings is confined to the allegations raised in the complaint.