Effective: June 1, 2004 Latest Legislation: House Bill 52 – 125th General Assembly (A) Unless division (C) of this section applies, if a child is adjudicated a juvenile traffic offender, the court may make any of the following orders of disposition: (1) Impose costs and one or more financial sanctions in accordance with section 2152.20 […]
Effective: September 10, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly (A) When a child is committed to the legal custody of the department of youth services under this chapter, the juvenile court relinquishes control with respect to the child so committed, except as provided in divisions (B), (C), (D), and (H) of […]
Effective: April 6, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 410 – 131st General Assembly (A) Except as provided in divisions (B) and (F) of this section, a child alleged to be or adjudicated a delinquent child or a juvenile traffic offender may be held only in the following places: (1) A certified foster home or a […]
Effective: April 3, 2003 Latest Legislation: House Bill 400 – 124th General Assembly (A) Upon the recommendation of the judge, the board of county commissioners shall provide, by purchase, lease, construction, or otherwise, a detention facility that shall be within a convenient distance of the juvenile court. The facility shall not be used for the […]
Effective: April 12, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 444 – 133rd General Assembly (A) Any detention facility established under section 2152.41 of the Revised Code shall be under the direction of a superintendent. The superintendent shall be appointed by, and under the direction of, the judge or judges or, for a district facility, the board […]
Effective: September 29, 2005 Latest Legislation: House Bill 66 – 126th General Assembly (A) A board of county commissioners that provides a detention facility and the board of trustees of a district detention facility may apply to the department of youth services under section 5139.281 of the Revised Code for assistance in defraying the cost […]
Effective: June 30, 2006 Latest Legislation: House Bill 530 – 126th General Assembly (A) As soon as practical after the organization of the joint board of county commissioners as provided by section 2152.41 of the Revised Code, the joint board shall appoint a board of not less than five trustees. The board shall hold office […]
Effective: October 12, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 131st General Assembly (A) As used in sections 2152.51 to 2152.59 of the Revised Code: (1) “Competent” and “competency” refer to a child’s ability to understand the nature and objectives of a proceeding against the child and to assist in the child’s defense. A child […]
Effective: October 12, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 131st General Assembly (A)(1) In any proceeding under this chapter other than a proceeding alleging that a child is an unruly child or a juvenile traffic offender, any party or the court may move for a determination regarding the child’s competency to participate in the […]
Effective: September 30, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 86 – 129th General Assembly (A) Within fifteen business days after a motion is made under section 2152.52 of the Revised Code, the court shall do one of the following: (1) Make a determination of incompetency under division (B) of section 2152.52 of the Revised Code; (2) […]
Effective: October 12, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 131st General Assembly (A) An evaluation of a child who does not appear to the court to have at least a moderate level of intellectual disability shall be made by an evaluator who is one of the following: (1) A professional employed by a psychiatric […]
Effective: September 30, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 86 – 129th General Assembly (A) If a court orders a child to receive an evaluation under section 2152.53 of the Revised Code, the child and the child’s parents, guardians, or custodians shall be available at the times and places established by the evaluator who conducts the […]
Effective: October 12, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 131st General Assembly (A) Upon completing an evaluation ordered pursuant to section 2152.53 of the Revised Code, an evaluator shall submit to the court a written competency assessment report. The report shall include the evaluator’s opinion as to whether the child, due to mental illness, […]
Effective: September 30, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 86 – 129th General Assembly (A) An evaluator appointed by the court under section 2152.53 of the Revised Code shall submit a competency assessment report to the court as soon as possible but not more than forty-five calendar days after the order appointing the evaluator is issued. […]
Effective: September 30, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 86 – 129th General Assembly (A) Not less than fifteen nor more than thirty business days after receiving an evaluation under division (A) of section 2152.57 of the Revised Code or not less than fifteen nor more than thirty business days after receiving an additional evaluation under […]
Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly (A) If after a hearing held pursuant to section 2152.58 of the Revised Code the court determines that a child is competent, the court shall proceed with the delinquent child’s proceeding as provided by law. No statement that a child makes during […]
Effective: January 1, 2002 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 179 – 123rd General Assembly (A) In any proceeding in which a child has been adjudicated a delinquent child or a juvenile traffic offender, on the application of a party or the court’s own motion, the court may make an order restraining or otherwise controlling the conduct […]
Effective: January 1, 2002 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 179 – 123rd General Assembly Any adult who is arrested or charged under any provision in this chapter and who is charged with a crime may demand a trial by jury, or the juvenile judge upon the judge’s own motion may call a jury. A demand for […]
Effective: July 5, 2002 Latest Legislation: House Bill 393, House Bill 247 – 124th General Assembly (A)(1) The juvenile court shall maintain records of all official cases brought before it, including, but not limited to, an appearance docket, a journal, and, in cases pertaining to an alleged delinquent child, arrest and custody records, complaints, journal […]
Effective: July 10, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 232 – 130th General Assembly (A) This section applies only to a child who is or previously has been adjudicated a delinquent child for an act to which any of the following applies: (1) The act is a violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, 2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, […]
