Bill Text: OH HB595 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Comm Sub

Bill Title: To create a domestic relations division of the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas and to create a judgeship for that division.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-12-11 - Committee Report [HB595 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2013-HB595-Comm_Sub.html
As Reported by the Senate Civil Justice Committee

130th General Assembly
Regular Session
2013-2014
H. B. No. 595


Representatives Brenner, Ruhl 

Cosponsors: Representatives Anielski, Rogers, Sheehy, Sprague, Stebelton Speaker Batchelder 

A BILL
To amend sections 2151.07, 2301.02, and 2301.03 of 1
the Revised Code to create a domestic relations 2
division of the Delaware County Court of Common 3
Pleas and to create a judgeship for that division.4


BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

       Section 1. That sections 2151.07, 2301.02, and 2301.03 of the 5
Revised Code be amended to read as follows:6

       Sec. 2151.07.  The juvenile court is a court of record within 7
the court of common pleas. The juvenile court has and shall 8
exercise the powers and jurisdiction conferred in Chapters 2151. 9
and 2152. of the Revised Code.10

       Whenever the juvenile judge of the juvenile court is sick, is 11
absent from the county, or is unable to attend court, or the 12
volume of cases pending in court necessitates it, upon the request 13
of the administrative juvenile judge, the presiding judge of the 14
court of common pleas pursuant to division (EE)(FF) of section 15
2301.03 of the Revised Code shall assign a judge of any division 16
of the court of common pleas of the county to act in the juvenile 17
judge's place or in conjunction with the juvenile judge. If no 18
judge of the court of common pleas is available for that purpose, 19
the chief justice of the supreme court shall assign a judge of the 20
court of common pleas, a juvenile judge, or a probate judge from a 21
different county to act in the place of that juvenile judge or in 22
conjunction with that juvenile judge. The assigned judge shall 23
receive the compensation and expenses for so serving that is 24
provided by law for judges assigned to hold court in courts of 25
common pleas.26

       Sec. 2301.02.  The number of judges of the court of common 27
pleas for each county, the time for the next election of the 28
judges in the several counties, and the beginning of their terms 29
shall be as follows:30

       (A) In Adams, Ashland, Fayette, and Pike counties, one judge, 31
elected in 1956, term to begin February 9, 1957;32

       In Brown, Crawford, Defiance, Highland, Holmes, Morgan, 33
Ottawa, and Union counties, one judge, to be elected in 1954, term 34
to begin February 9, 1955;35

       In Auglaize county, one judge, to be elected in 1956, term to 36
begin January 9, 1957;37

       In Coshocton, Darke, Fulton, Gallia, Guernsey, Hardin, 38
Jackson, Knox, Madison, Mercer, Monroe, Paulding, Vinton, and 39
Wyandot counties, one judge, to be elected in 1956, term to begin 40
January 1, 1957;41

       In Morrow county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term 42
to begin January 1, 1957, and one to be elected in 2006, term to 43
begin January 1, 2007;44

       In Logan county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term 45
to begin January 1, 1957, and one to be elected in 2004, term to 46
begin January 2, 2005;47

       In Carroll, Clinton, Hocking, Meigs, Pickaway, Preble, 48
Shelby, Van Wert, and Williams counties, one judge, to be elected 49
in 1952, term to begin January 1, 1953;50

       In Champaign county, two judges, one to be elected in 1952, 51
term to begin January 1, 1953, and one to be elected in 2008, term 52
to begin February 10, 2009;53

       In Harrison and Noble counties, one judge, to be elected in 54
1954, term to begin April 18, 1955;55

       In Henry county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term 56
to begin May 9, 1957, and one to be elected in 2004, term to begin 57
January 1, 2005;58

       In Putnam county, one judge, to be elected in 1956, term to 59
begin May 9, 1957;60

       In Huron county, one judge, to be elected in 1952, term to 61
begin May 14, 1953;62

       In Perry county, one judge, to be elected in 1954, term to 63
begin July 6, 1956;64

       In Sandusky county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954, 65
term to begin February 10, 1955, and one to be elected in 1978, 66
term to begin January 1, 1979.67

       (B) In Allen county, three judges, one to be elected in 1956, 68
term to begin February 9, 1957, the second to be elected in 1958, 69
term to begin January 1, 1959, and the third to be elected in 70
1992, term to begin January 1, 1993;71

       In Ashtabula county, three judges, one to be elected in 1954, 72
term to begin February 9, 1955, one to be elected in 1960, term to 73
begin January 1, 1961, and one to be elected in 1978, term to 74
begin January 2, 1979;75

       In Athens county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954, term 76
to begin February 9, 1955, and one to be elected in 1990, term to 77
begin July 1, 1991;78

       In Erie county, four judges, one to be elected in 1956, term 79
to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1970, term 80
to begin January 2, 1971, the third to be elected in 2004, term to 81
begin January 2, 2005, and the fourth to be elected in 2008, term 82
to begin February 9, 2009;83

       In Fairfield county, three judges, one to be elected in 1954, 84
term to begin February 9, 1955, the second to be elected in 1970, 85
term to begin January 1, 1971, and the third to be elected in 86
1994, term to begin January 2, 1995;87

       In Geauga county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term 88
to begin January 1, 1957, and the second to be elected in 1976, 89
term to begin January 6, 1977;90

       In Greene county, four judges, one to be elected in 1956, 91
term to begin February 9, 1957, the second to be elected in 1960, 92
term to begin January 1, 1961, the third to be elected in 1978, 93
term to begin January 2, 1979, and the fourth to be elected in 94
1994, term to begin January 1, 1995;95

       In Hancock county, two judges, one to be elected in 1952, 96
term to begin January 1, 1953, and the second to be elected in 97
1978, term to begin January 1, 1979;98

       In Lawrence county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954, 99
term to begin February 9, 1955, and the second to be elected in 100
1976, term to begin January 1, 1977;101

       In Marion county, three judges, one to be elected in 1952, 102
term to begin January 1, 1953, the second to be elected in 1976, 103
term to begin January 2, 1977, and the third to be elected in 104
1998, term to begin February 9, 1999;105

       In Medina county, three judges, one to be elected in 1956, 106
term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1966, 107
term to begin January 1, 1967, and the third to be elected in 108
1994, term to begin January 1, 1995;109

       In Miami county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954, term 110
to begin February 9, 1955, and one to be elected in 1970, term to 111
begin on January 1, 1971;112

       In Muskingum county, three judges, one to be elected in 1968, 113
term to begin August 9, 1969, one to be elected in 1978, term to 114
begin January 1, 1979, and one to be elected in 2002, term to 115
begin January 2, 2003;116

       In Portage county, three judges, one to be elected in 1956, 117
term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1960, 118
term to begin January 1, 1961, and the third to be elected in 119
1986, term to begin January 2, 1987;120

       In Ross county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term 121
to begin February 9, 1957, and the second to be elected in 1976, 122
term to begin January 1, 1977;123

       In Scioto county, three judges, one to be elected in 1954, 124
term to begin February 10, 1955, the second to be elected in 1960, 125
term to begin January 1, 1961, and the third to be elected in 126
1994, term to begin January 2, 1995;127

       In Seneca county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term 128
to begin January 1, 1957, and the second to be elected in 1986, 129
term to begin January 2, 1987;130

       In Warren county, four judges, one to be elected in 1954, 131
term to begin February 9, 1955, the second to be elected in 1970, 132
term to begin January 1, 1971, the third to be elected in 1986, 133
term to begin January 1, 1987, and the fourth to be elected in 134
2004, term to begin January 2, 2005;135

       In Washington county, two judges, one to be elected in 1952, 136
term to begin January 1, 1953, and one to be elected in 1986, term 137
to begin January 1, 1987;138

       In Wood county, three judges, one to be elected in 1968, term 139
beginning January 1, 1969, the second to be elected in 1970, term 140
to begin January 2, 1971, and the third to be elected in 1990, 141
term to begin January 1, 1991;142

       In Belmont and Jefferson counties, two judges, to be elected 143
in 1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955, 144
respectively;145

       In Clark county, four judges, one to be elected in 1952, term 146
to begin January 1, 1953, the second to be elected in 1956, term 147
to begin January 2, 1957, the third to be elected in 1986, term to 148
begin January 3, 1987, and the fourth to be elected in 1994, term 149
to begin January 2, 1995;150

       In Clermont county, five judges, one to be elected in 1956, 151
term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1964, 152
term to begin January 1, 1965, the third to be elected in 1982, 153
term to begin January 2, 1983, the fourth to be elected in 1986, 154
term to begin January 2, 1987, and the fifth to be elected in 155
2006, term to begin January 3, 2007;156

       In Columbiana county, two judges, one to be elected in 1952, 157
term to begin January 1, 1953, and the second to be elected in 158
1956, term to begin January 1, 1957;159

       In Delaware county, twothree judges, one to be elected in 160
1990, term to begin February 9, 1991, the second to be elected in 161
1994, term to begin January 1, 1995, and the third to be elected 162
in 2016, term to begin January 1, 2017;163

       In Lake county, six judges, one to be elected in 1958, term 164
to begin January 1, 1959, the second to be elected in 1960, term 165
to begin January 2, 1961, the third to be elected in 1964, term to 166
begin January 3, 1965, the fourth and fifth to be elected in 1978, 167
terms to begin January 4, 1979, and January 5, 1979, respectively, 168
and the sixth to be elected in 2000, term to begin January 6, 169
2001;170

       In Licking county, four judges, one to be elected in 1954, 171
term to begin February 9, 1955, one to be elected in 1964, term to 172
begin January 1, 1965, one to be elected in 1990, term to begin 173
January 1, 1991, and one to be elected in 2004, term to begin 174
January 1, 2005;175

       In Lorain county, nine judges, two to be elected in 1952, 176
terms to begin January 1, 1953, and January 2, 1953, respectively, 177
one to be elected in 1958, term to begin January 3, 1959, one to 178
be elected in 1968, term to begin January 1, 1969, two to be 179
elected in 1988, terms to begin January 4, 1989, and January 5, 180
1989, respectively, two to be elected in 1998, terms to begin 181
January 2, 1999, and January 3, 1999, respectively; and one to be 182
elected in 2006, term to begin January 6, 2007; 183

       In Butler county, eleven judges, one to be elected in 1956, 184
term to begin January 1, 1957; two to be elected in 1954, terms to 185
begin January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955, respectively; one to 186
be elected in 1968, term to begin January 2, 1969; one to be 187
elected in 1986, term to begin January 3, 1987; two to be elected 188
in 1988, terms to begin January 1, 1989, and January 2, 1989, 189
respectively; one to be elected in 1992, term to begin January 4, 190
1993; two to be elected in 2002, terms to begin January 2, 2003, 191
and January 3, 2003, respectively; and one to be elected in 2006, 192
term to begin January 3, 2007;193

       In Richland county, four judges, one to be elected in 1956, 194
term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1960, 195
term to begin February 9, 1961, the third to be elected in 1968, 196
term to begin January 2, 1969, and the fourth to be elected in 197
2004, term to begin January 3, 2005;198

       In Tuscarawas county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, 199
term to begin January 1, 1957, and the second to be elected in 200
1960, term to begin January 2, 1961;201

       In Wayne county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term 202
beginning January 1, 1957, and one to be elected in 1968, term to 203
begin January 2, 1969;204

       In Trumbull county, six judges, one to be elected in 1952, 205
term to begin January 1, 1953, the second to be elected in 1954, 206
term to begin January 1, 1955, the third to be elected in 1956, 207
term to begin January 1, 1957, the fourth to be elected in 1964, 208
term to begin January 1, 1965, the fifth to be elected in 1976, 209
term to begin January 2, 1977, and the sixth to be elected in 210
1994, term to begin January 3, 1995;211

       (C) In Cuyahoga county, thirty-nine judges; eight to be 212
elected in 1954, terms to begin on successive days beginning from 213
January 1, 1955, to January 7, 1955, and February 9, 1955, 214
respectively; eight to be elected in 1956, terms to begin on 215
successive days beginning from January 1, 1957, to January 8, 216
1957; three to be elected in 1952, terms to begin from January 1, 217
1953, to January 3, 1953; two to be elected in 1960, terms to 218
begin on January 8, 1961, and January 9, 1961, respectively; two 219
to be elected in 1964, terms to begin January 4, 1965, and January 220
5, 1965, respectively; one to be elected in 1966, term to begin on 221
January 10, 1967; four to be elected in 1968, terms to begin on 222
successive days beginning from January 9, 1969, to January 12, 223
1969; two to be elected in 1974, terms to begin on January 18, 224
1975, and January 19, 1975, respectively; five to be elected in 225
1976, terms to begin on successive days beginning January 6, 1977, 226
to January 10, 1977; two to be elected in 1982, terms to begin 227
January 11, 1983, and January 12, 1983, respectively; and two to 228
be elected in 1986, terms to begin January 13, 1987, and January 229
14, 1987, respectively;230

       In Franklin county, twenty-two judges; two to be elected in 231
1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955, 232
respectively; four to be elected in 1956, terms to begin January 233
1, 1957, to January 4, 1957; four to be elected in 1958, terms to 234
begin January 1, 1959, to January 4, 1959; three to be elected in 235
1968, terms to begin January 5, 1969, to January 7, 1969; three to 236
be elected in 1976, terms to begin on successive days beginning 237
January 5, 1977, to January 7, 1977; one to be elected in 1982, 238
term to begin January 8, 1983; one to be elected in 1986, term to 239
begin January 9, 1987; two to be elected in 1990, terms to begin 240
July 1, 1991, and July 2, 1991, respectively; one to be elected in 241
1996, term to begin January 2, 1997; and one to be elected in 242
2004, term to begin July 1, 2005;243

       In Hamilton county, twenty-one judges; eight to be elected in 244
1966, terms to begin January 1, 1967, January 2, 1967, and from 245
February 9, 1967, to February 14, 1967, respectively; five to be 246
elected in 1956, terms to begin from January 1, 1957, to January 247
5, 1957; one to be elected in 1964, term to begin January 1, 1965; 248
one to be elected in 1974, term to begin January 15, 1975; one to 249
be elected in 1980, term to begin January 16, 1981; two to be 250
elected at large in the general election in 1982, terms to begin 251
April 1, 1983; one to be elected in 1990, term to begin July 1, 252
1991; and two to be elected in 1996, terms to begin January 3, 253
1997, and January 4, 1997, respectively;254

       In Lucas county, fourteen judges; two to be elected in 1954, 255
terms to begin January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955, 256
respectively; two to be elected in 1956, terms to begin January 1, 257
1957, and October 29, 1957, respectively; two to be elected in 258
1952, terms to begin January 1, 1953, and January 2, 1953, 259
respectively; one to be elected in 1964, term to begin January 3, 260
1965; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January 4, 1969; 261
two to be elected in 1976, terms to begin January 4, 1977, and 262
January 5, 1977, respectively; one to be elected in 1982, term to 263
begin January 6, 1983; one to be elected in 1988, term to begin 264
January 7, 1989; one to be elected in 1990, term to begin January 265
2, 1991; and one to be elected in 1992, term to begin January 2, 266
1993;267

       In Mahoning county, seven judges; three to be elected in 268
1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, January 2, 1955, and 269
February 9, 1955, respectively; one to be elected in 1956, term to 270
begin January 1, 1957; one to be elected in 1952, term to begin 271
January 1, 1953; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January 272
2, 1969; and one to be elected in 1990, term to begin July 1, 273
1991;274

       In Montgomery county, fifteen judges; three to be elected in 275
1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, January 2, 1955, and January 276
3, 1955, respectively; four to be elected in 1952, terms to begin 277
January 1, 1953, January 2, 1953, July 1, 1953, and July 2, 1953, 278
respectively; one to be elected in 1964, term to begin January 3, 279
1965; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January 3, 1969; 280
three to be elected in 1976, terms to begin on successive days 281
beginning January 4, 1977, to January 6, 1977; two to be elected 282
in 1990, terms to begin July 1, 1991, and July 2, 1991, 283
respectively; and one to be elected in 1992, term to begin January 284
1, 1993;285

       In Stark county, eight judges; one to be elected in 1958, 286
term to begin on January 2, 1959; two to be elected in 1954, terms 287
to begin on January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955, respectively; 288
two to be elected in 1952, terms to begin January 1, 1953, and 289
April 16, 1953, respectively; one to be elected in 1966, term to 290
begin on January 4, 1967; and two to be elected in 1992, terms to 291
begin January 1, 1993, and January 2, 1993, respectively;292

       In Summit county, thirteen judges; four to be elected in 293
1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, January 2, 1955, January 3, 294
1955, and February 9, 1955, respectively; three to be elected in 295
1958, terms to begin January 1, 1959, January 2, 1959, and May 17, 296
1959, respectively; one to be elected in 1966, term to begin 297
January 4, 1967; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January 298
5, 1969; one to be elected in 1990, term to begin May 1, 1991; one 299
to be elected in 1992, term to begin January 6, 1993; and two to 300
be elected in 2008, terms to begin January 5, 2009, and January 6, 301
2009, respectively.302

       Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, in any county 303
having two or more judges of the court of common pleas, in which 304
more than one-third of the judges plus one were previously elected 305
at the same election, if the office of one of those judges so 306
elected becomes vacant more than forty days prior to the second 307
general election preceding the expiration of that judge's term, 308
the office that that judge had filled shall be abolished as of the 309
date of the next general election, and a new office of judge of 310
the court of common pleas shall be created. The judge who is to 311
fill that new office shall be elected for a six-year term at the 312
next general election, and the term of that judge shall commence 313
on the first day of the year following that general election, on 314
which day no other judge's term begins, so that the number of 315
judges that the county shall elect shall not be reduced.316

       Judges of the probate division of the court of common pleas 317
are judges of the court of common pleas but shall be elected 318
pursuant to sections 2101.02 and 2101.021 of the Revised Code, 319
except in Adams, Harrison, Henry, Morgan, Noble, and Wyandot 320
counties in which the judge of the court of common pleas elected 321
pursuant to this section also shall serve as judge of the probate 322
division, except in Lorain county in which the judges of the 323
domestic relations division of the Lorain county court of common 324
pleas elected pursuant to this section also shall perform the 325
duties and functions of the judge of the probate division from 326
February 9, 2009, through September 28, 2009, and except in Morrow 327
county in which the judges of the court of common pleas elected 328
pursuant to this section also shall perform the duties and 329
functions of the judge of the probate division.330

       Sec. 2301.03.  (A) In Franklin county, the judges of the 331
court of common pleas whose terms begin on January 1, 1953, 332
January 2, 1953, January 5, 1969, January 5, 1977, and January 2, 333
1997, and successors, shall have the same qualifications, exercise 334
the same powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same 335
compensation as other judges of the court of common pleas of 336
Franklin county and shall be elected and designated as judges of 337
the court of common pleas, division of domestic relations. They 338
shall have all the powers relating to juvenile courts, and all 339
cases under Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, all 340
parentage proceedings under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code over 341
which the juvenile court has jurisdiction, and all divorce, 342
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases 343
shall be assigned to them. In addition to the judge's regular 344
duties, the judge who is senior in point of service shall serve on 345
the children services board and the county advisory board and 346
shall be the administrator of the domestic relations division and 347
its subdivisions and departments.348

       (B) In Hamilton county:349

       (1) The judge of the court of common pleas, whose term begins 350
on January 1, 1957, and successors, and the judge of the court of 351
common pleas, whose term begins on February 14, 1967, and 352
successors, shall be the juvenile judges as provided in Chapters 353
2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, with the powers and 354
jurisdiction conferred by those chapters.355

       (2) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms begin 356
on January 5, 1957, January 16, 1981, and July 1, 1991, and 357
successors, shall be elected and designated as judges of the court 358
of common pleas, division of domestic relations, and shall have 359
assigned to them all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal 360
separation, and annulment cases coming before the court. On or 361
after the first day of July and before the first day of August of 362
1991 and each year thereafter, a majority of the judges of the 363
division of domestic relations shall elect one of the judges of 364
the division as administrative judge of that division. If a 365
majority of the judges of the division of domestic relations are 366
unable for any reason to elect an administrative judge for the 367
division before the first day of August, a majority of the judges 368
of the Hamilton county court of common pleas, as soon as possible 369
after that date, shall elect one of the judges of the division of 370
domestic relations as administrative judge of that division. The 371
term of the administrative judge shall begin on the earlier of the 372
first day of August of the year in which the administrative judge 373
is elected or the date on which the administrative judge is 374
elected by a majority of the judges of the Hamilton county court 375
of common pleas and shall terminate on the date on which the 376
administrative judge's successor is elected in the following year.377

       In addition to the judge's regular duties, the administrative 378
judge of the division of domestic relations shall be the 379
administrator of the domestic relations division and its 380
subdivisions and departments and shall have charge of the 381
employment, assignment, and supervision of the personnel of the 382
division engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating divorce, 383
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, 384
including any referees considered necessary by the judges in the 385
discharge of their various duties.386

       The administrative judge of the division of domestic 387
relations also shall designate the title, compensation, expense 388
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the 389
personnel of the division, and shall fix the duties of its 390
personnel. The duties of the personnel, in addition to those 391
provided for in other sections of the Revised Code, shall include 392
the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution 393
of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and counseling 394
and conciliation services that may be made available to persons 395
requesting them, whether or not the persons are parties to an 396
action pending in the division.397

       The board of county commissioners shall appropriate the sum 398
of money each year as will meet all the administrative expenses of 399
the division of domestic relations, including reasonable expenses 400
of the domestic relations judges and the division counselors and 401
other employees designated to conduct the handling, servicing, and 402
investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal 403
separation, and annulment cases, conciliation and counseling, and 404
all matters relating to those cases and counseling, and the 405
expenses involved in the attendance of division personnel at 406
domestic relations and welfare conferences designated by the 407
division, and the further sum each year as will provide for the 408
adequate operation of the division of domestic relations.409

       The compensation and expenses of all employees and the salary 410
and expenses of the judges shall be paid by the county treasurer 411
from the money appropriated for the operation of the division, 412
upon the warrant of the county auditor, certified to by the 413
administrative judge of the division of domestic relations.414

       The summonses, warrants, citations, subpoenas, and other 415
writs of the division may issue to a bailiff, constable, or staff 416
investigator of the division or to the sheriff of any county or 417
any marshal, constable, or police officer, and the provisions of 418
law relating to the subpoenaing of witnesses in other cases shall 419
apply insofar as they are applicable. When a summons, warrant, 420
citation, subpoena, or other writ is issued to an officer, other 421
than a bailiff, constable, or staff investigator of the division, 422
the expense of serving it shall be assessed as a part of the costs 423
in the case involved.424

       (3) The judge of the court of common pleas of Hamilton county 425
whose term begins on January 3, 1997, and the successors to that 426
judge shall each be elected and designated as the drug court judge 427
of the court of common pleas of Hamilton county. The drug court 428
judge may accept or reject any case referred to the drug court 429
judge under division (B)(3) of this section. After the drug court 430
judge accepts a referred case, the drug court judge has full 431
authority over the case, including the authority to conduct 432
arraignment, accept pleas, enter findings and dispositions, 433
conduct trials, order treatment, and if treatment is not 434
successfully completed pronounce and enter sentence.435

       A judge of the general division of the court of common pleas 436
of Hamilton county and a judge of the Hamilton county municipal 437
court may refer to the drug court judge any case, and any 438
companion cases, the judge determines meet the criteria described 439
under divisions (B)(3)(a) and (b) of this section. If the drug 440
court judge accepts referral of a referred case, the case, and any 441
companion cases, shall be transferred to the drug court judge. A 442
judge may refer a case meeting the criteria described in divisions 443
(B)(3)(a) and (b) of this section that involves a violation of a 444
condition of a community control sanction to the drug court judge, 445
and, if the drug court judge accepts the referral, the referring 446
judge and the drug court judge have concurrent jurisdiction over 447
the case.448

       A judge of the general division of the court of common pleas 449
of Hamilton county and a judge of the Hamilton county municipal 450
court may refer a case to the drug court judge under division 451
(B)(3) of this section if the judge determines that both of the 452
following apply:453

       (a) One of the following applies:454

       (i) The case involves a drug abuse offense, as defined in 455
section 2925.01 of the Revised Code, that is a felony of the third 456
or fourth degree if the offense is committed prior to July 1, 457
1996, a felony of the third, fourth, or fifth degree if the 458
offense is committed on or after July 1, 1996, or a misdemeanor.459

       (ii) The case involves a theft offense, as defined in section 460
2913.01 of the Revised Code, that is a felony of the third or 461
fourth degree if the offense is committed prior to July 1, 1996, a 462
felony of the third, fourth, or fifth degree if the offense is 463
committed on or after July 1, 1996, or a misdemeanor, and the 464
defendant is drug or alcohol dependent or in danger of becoming 465
drug or alcohol dependent and would benefit from treatment.466

       (b) All of the following apply:467

       (i) The case involves an offense for which a community 468
control sanction may be imposed or is a case in which a mandatory 469
prison term or a mandatory jail term is not required to be 470
imposed.471

       (ii) The defendant has no history of violent behavior.472

       (iii) The defendant has no history of mental illness.473

       (iv) The defendant's current or past behavior, or both, is 474
drug or alcohol driven.475

       (v) The defendant demonstrates a sincere willingness to 476
participate in a fifteen-month treatment process.477

       (vi) The defendant has no acute health condition.478

       (vii) If the defendant is incarcerated, the county prosecutor 479
approves of the referral.480

       (4) If the administrative judge of the court of common pleas 481
of Hamilton county determines that the volume of cases pending 482
before the drug court judge does not constitute a sufficient 483
caseload for the drug court judge, the administrative judge, in 484
accordance with the Rules of Superintendence for Courts of Common 485
Pleas, shall assign individual cases to the drug court judge from 486
the general docket of the court. If the assignments so occur, the 487
administrative judge shall cease the assignments when the 488
administrative judge determines that the volume of cases pending 489
before the drug court judge constitutes a sufficient caseload for 490
the drug court judge.491

       (5) As used in division (B) of this section, "community 492
control sanction," "mandatory prison term," and "mandatory jail 493
term" have the same meanings as in section 2929.01 of the Revised 494
Code.495

       (C)(1) In Lorain county:496

       (a) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms begin 497
on January 3, 1959, January 4, 1989, and January 2, 1999, and 498
successors, and the judge of the court of common pleas whose term 499
begins on February 9, 2009, shall have the same qualifications, 500
exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same 501
compensation as the other judges of the court of common pleas of 502
Lorain county and shall be elected and designated as the judges of 503
the court of common pleas, division of domestic relations. The 504
judges of the court of common pleas whose terms begin on January 505
3, 1959, January 4, 1989, and January 2, 1999, and successors, 506
shall have all of the powers relating to juvenile courts, and all 507
cases under Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, all 508
parentage proceedings over which the juvenile court has 509
jurisdiction, and all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal 510
separation, and annulment cases shall be assigned to them, except 511
cases that for some special reason are assigned to some other 512
judge of the court of common pleas. From February 9, 2009, through 513
September 28, 2009, the judge of the court of common pleas whose 514
term begins on February 9, 2009, shall have all the powers 515
relating to juvenile courts, and cases under Chapters 2151. and 516
2152. of the Revised Code, parentage proceedings over which the 517
juvenile court has jurisdiction, and divorce, dissolution of 518
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases shall be assigned 519
to that judge, except cases that for some special reason are 520
assigned to some other judge of the court of common pleas.521

       (b) From January 1, 2006, through September 28, 2009, the 522
judges of the court of common pleas, division of domestic 523
relations, in addition to the powers and jurisdiction set forth in 524
division (C)(1)(a) of this section, shall have jurisdiction over 525
matters that are within the jurisdiction of the probate court 526
under Chapter 2101. and other provisions of the Revised Code. 527

        (c) The judge of the court of common pleas, division of 528
domestic relations, whose term begins on February 9, 2009, is the 529
successor to the probate judge who was elected in 2002 for a term 530
that began on February 9, 2003. After September 28, 2009, the 531
judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic 532
relations, whose term begins on February 9, 2009, shall be the 533
probate judge.534

        (2)(a) From February 9, 2009, through September 28, 2009, 535
with respect to Lorain county, all references in law to the 536
probate court shall be construed as references to the court of 537
common pleas, division of domestic relations, and all references 538
to the probate judge shall be construed as references to the 539
judges of the court of common pleas, division of domestic 540
relations.541

        (b) From February 9, 2009, through September 28, 2009, with 542
respect to Lorain county, all references in law to the clerk of 543
the probate court shall be construed as references to the judge 544
who is serving pursuant to Rule 4 of the Rules of Superintendence 545
for the Courts of Ohio as the administrative judge of the court of 546
common pleas, division of domestic relations.547

       (D) In Lucas county:548

       (1) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms begin 549
on January 1, 1955, and January 3, 1965, and successors, shall 550
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 551
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of 552
the court of common pleas of Lucas county and shall be elected and 553
designated as judges of the court of common pleas, division of 554
domestic relations. All divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal 555
separation, and annulment cases shall be assigned to them.556

       The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in 557
point of service, shall be considered as the presiding judge of 558
the court of common pleas, division of domestic relations, and 559
shall be charged exclusively with the assignment and division of 560
the work of the division and the employment and supervision of all 561
other personnel of the domestic relations division.562

       (2) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms begin 563
on January 5, 1977, and January 2, 1991, and successors shall have 564
the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 565
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of 566
the court of common pleas of Lucas county, shall be elected and 567
designated as judges of the court of common pleas, juvenile 568
division, and shall be the juvenile judges as provided in Chapters 569
2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code with the powers and 570
jurisdictions conferred by those chapters. In addition to the 571
judge's regular duties, the judge of the court of common pleas, 572
juvenile division, senior in point of service, shall be the 573
administrator of the juvenile division and its subdivisions and 574
departments and shall have charge of the employment, assignment, 575
and supervision of the personnel of the division engaged in 576
handling, servicing, or investigating juvenile cases, including 577
any referees considered necessary by the judges of the division in 578
the discharge of their various duties.579

       The judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, 580
senior in point of service, also shall designate the title, 581
compensation, expense allowance, hours, leaves of absence, and 582
vacation of the personnel of the division and shall fix the duties 583
of the personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in 584
addition to other statutory duties include the handling, 585
servicing, and investigation of juvenile cases and counseling and 586
conciliation services that may be made available to persons 587
requesting them, whether or not the persons are parties to an 588
action pending in the division.589

       (3) If one of the judges of the court of common pleas, 590
division of domestic relations, or one of the judges of the 591
juvenile division is sick, absent, or unable to perform that 592
judge's judicial duties or the volume of cases pending in that 593
judge's division necessitates it, the duties shall be performed by 594
the judges of the other of those divisions.595

       (E) In Mahoning county:596

       (1) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term began 597
on January 1, 1955, and successors, shall have the same 598
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and 599
receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of 600
common pleas of Mahoning county, shall be elected and designated 601
as judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic 602
relations, and shall be assigned all the divorce, dissolution of 603
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases coming before the 604
court. In addition to the judge's regular duties, the judge of the 605
court of common pleas, division of domestic relations, shall be 606
the administrator of the domestic relations division and its 607
subdivisions and departments and shall have charge of the 608
employment, assignment, and supervision of the personnel of the 609
division engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating divorce, 610
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, 611
including any referees considered necessary in the discharge of 612
the various duties of the judge's office.613

       The judge also shall designate the title, compensation, 614
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the 615
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the 616
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in 617
addition to other statutory duties, include the handling, 618
servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage, 619
legal separation, and annulment cases and counseling and 620
conciliation services that may be made available to persons 621
requesting them, whether or not the persons are parties to an 622
action pending in the division.623

       (2) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term began 624
on January 2, 1969, and successors, shall have the same 625
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and 626
receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of 627
common pleas of Mahoning county, shall be elected and designated 628
as judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, and 629
shall be the juvenile judge as provided in Chapters 2151. and 630
2152. of the Revised Code, with the powers and jurisdictions 631
conferred by those chapters. In addition to the judge's regular 632
duties, the judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, 633
shall be the administrator of the juvenile division and its 634
subdivisions and departments and shall have charge of the 635
employment, assignment, and supervision of the personnel of the 636
division engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating juvenile 637
cases, including any referees considered necessary by the judge in 638
the discharge of the judge's various duties.639

       The judge also shall designate the title, compensation, 640
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacation of the 641
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the 642
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in 643
addition to other statutory duties, include the handling, 644
servicing, and investigation of juvenile cases and counseling and 645
conciliation services that may be made available to persons 646
requesting them, whether or not the persons are parties to an 647
action pending in the division.648

       (3) If a judge of the court of common pleas, division of 649
domestic relations or juvenile division, is sick, absent, or 650
unable to perform that judge's judicial duties, or the volume of 651
cases pending in that judge's division necessitates it, that 652
judge's duties shall be performed by another judge of the court of 653
common pleas.654

       (F) In Montgomery county:655

       (1) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms begin 656
on January 2, 1953, and January 4, 1977, and successors, shall 657
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 658
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of 659
the court of common pleas of Montgomery county and shall be 660
elected and designated as judges of the court of common pleas, 661
division of domestic relations. These judges shall have assigned 662
to them all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, 663
and annulment cases.664

       The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in 665
point of service, shall be charged exclusively with the assignment 666
and division of the work of the division and shall have charge of 667
the employment and supervision of the personnel of the division 668
engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating divorce, 669
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, 670
including any necessary referees, except those employees who may 671
be appointed by the judge, junior in point of service, under this 672
section and sections 2301.12 and 2301.18 of the Revised Code. The 673
judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in point of 674
service, also shall designate the title, compensation, expense 675
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacation of the 676
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties.677

       (2) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms begin 678
on January 1, 1953, and January 1, 1993, and successors, shall 679
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 680
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of 681
the court of common pleas of Montgomery county, shall be elected 682
and designated as judges of the court of common pleas, juvenile 683
division, and shall be, and have the powers and jurisdiction of, 684
the juvenile judge as provided in Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the 685
Revised Code.686

       In addition to the judge's regular duties, the judge of the 687
court of common pleas, juvenile division, senior in point of 688
service, shall be the administrator of the juvenile division and 689
its subdivisions and departments and shall have charge of the 690
employment, assignment, and supervision of the personnel of the 691
juvenile division, including any necessary referees, who are 692
engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating juvenile cases. 693
The judge, senior in point of service, also shall designate the 694
title, compensation, expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, 695
and vacation of the personnel of the division and shall fix their 696
duties. The duties of the personnel, in addition to other 697
statutory duties, shall include the handling, servicing, and 698
investigation of juvenile cases and of any counseling and 699
conciliation services that are available upon request to persons, 700
whether or not they are parties to an action pending in the 701
division.702

       If one of the judges of the court of common pleas, division 703
of domestic relations, or one of the judges of the court of common 704
pleas, juvenile division, is sick, absent, or unable to perform 705
that judge's duties or the volume of cases pending in that judge's 706
division necessitates it, the duties of that judge may be 707
performed by the judge or judges of the other of those divisions.708

       (G) In Richland county:709

       (1) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins 710
on January 1, 1957, and successors, shall have the same 711
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and 712
receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court of 713
common pleas of Richland county and shall be elected and 714
designated as judge of the court of common pleas, division of 715
domestic relations. That judge shall be assigned and hear all 716
divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment 717
cases, all domestic violence cases arising under section 3113.31 718
of the Revised Code, and all post-decree proceedings arising from 719
any case pertaining to any of those matters. The division of 720
domestic relations has concurrent jurisdiction with the juvenile 721
division of the court of common pleas of Richland county to 722
determine the care, custody, or control of any child not a ward of 723
another court of this state, and to hear and determine a request 724
for an order for the support of any child if the request is not 725
ancillary to an action for divorce, dissolution of marriage, 726
annulment, or legal separation, a criminal or civil action 727
involving an allegation of domestic violence, or an action for 728
support brought under Chapter 3115. of the Revised Code. Except in 729
cases that are subject to the exclusive original jurisdiction of 730
the juvenile court, the judge of the division of domestic 731
relations shall be assigned and hear all cases pertaining to 732
paternity or parentage, the care, custody, or control of children, 733
parenting time or visitation, child support, or the allocation of 734
parental rights and responsibilities for the care of children, all 735
proceedings arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, all 736
proceedings arising under the uniform interstate family support 737
act contained in Chapter 3115. of the Revised Code, and all 738
post-decree proceedings arising from any case pertaining to any of 739
those matters.740

       In addition to the judge's regular duties, the judge of the 741
court of common pleas, division of domestic relations, shall be 742
the administrator of the domestic relations division and its 743
subdivisions and departments. The judge shall have charge of the 744
employment, assignment, and supervision of the personnel of the 745
domestic relations division, including any magistrates the judge 746
considers necessary for the discharge of the judge's duties. The 747
judge shall also designate the title, compensation, expense 748
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, vacation, and other 749
employment-related matters of the personnel of the division and 750
shall fix their duties.751

        (2) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins 752
on January 3, 2005, and successors, shall have the same 753
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and 754
receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of 755
common pleas of Richland county, shall be elected and designated 756
as judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, and 757
shall be, and have the powers and jurisdiction of, the juvenile 758
judge as provided in Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code. 759
Except in cases that are subject to the exclusive original 760
jurisdiction of the juvenile court, the judge of the juvenile 761
division shall not have jurisdiction or the power to hear, and 762
shall not be assigned, any case pertaining to paternity or 763
parentage, the care, custody, or control of children, parenting 764
time or visitation, child support, or the allocation of parental 765
rights and responsibilities for the care of children or any 766
post-decree proceeding arising from any case pertaining to any of 767
those matters. The judge of the juvenile division shall not have 768
jurisdiction or the power to hear, and shall not be assigned, any 769
proceeding under the uniform interstate family support act 770
contained in Chapter 3115. of the Revised Code.771

       In addition to the judge's regular duties, the judge of the 772
juvenile division shall be the administrator of the juvenile 773
division and its subdivisions and departments. The judge shall 774
have charge of the employment, assignment, and supervision of the 775
personnel of the juvenile division who are engaged in handling, 776
servicing, or investigating juvenile cases, including any 777
magistrates whom the judge considers necessary for the discharge 778
of the judge's various duties.779

       The judge of the juvenile division also shall designate the 780
title, compensation, expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, 781
and vacation of the personnel of the division and shall fix their 782
duties. The duties of the personnel, in addition to other 783
statutory duties, include the handling, servicing, and 784
investigation of juvenile cases and providing any counseling, 785
conciliation, and mediation services that the court makes 786
available to persons, whether or not the persons are parties to an 787
action pending in the court, who request the services.788

       (H) In Stark county, the judges of the court of common pleas 789
whose terms begin on January 1, 1953, January 2, 1959, and January 790
1, 1993, and successors, shall have the same qualifications, 791
exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same 792
compensation as other judges of the court of common pleas of Stark 793
county and shall be elected and designated as judges of the court 794
of common pleas, division of domestic relations. They shall have 795
all the powers relating to juvenile courts, and all cases under 796
Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, all parentage 797
proceedings over which the juvenile court has jurisdiction, and 798
all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and 799
annulment cases, except cases that are assigned to some other 800
judge of the court of common pleas for some special reason, shall 801
be assigned to the judges.802

       The judge of the division of domestic relations, second most 803
senior in point of service, shall have charge of the employment 804
and supervision of the personnel of the division engaged in 805
handling, servicing, or investigating divorce, dissolution of 806
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, and necessary 807
referees required for the judge's respective court.808

       The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in 809
point of service, shall be charged exclusively with the 810
administration of sections 2151.13, 2151.16, 2151.17, and 2152.71 811
of the Revised Code and with the assignment and division of the 812
work of the division and the employment and supervision of all 813
other personnel of the division, including, but not limited to, 814
that judge's necessary referees, but excepting those employees who 815
may be appointed by the judge second most senior in point of 816
service. The senior judge further shall serve in every other 817
position in which the statutes permit or require a juvenile judge 818
to serve.819

       (I) In Summit county:820

       (1) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms begin 821
on January 4, 1967, and January 6, 1993, and successors, shall 822
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 823
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of 824
the court of common pleas of Summit county and shall be elected 825
and designated as judges of the court of common pleas, division of 826
domestic relations. The judges of the division of domestic 827
relations shall have assigned to them and hear all divorce, 828
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases 829
that come before the court. Except in cases that are subject to 830
the exclusive original jurisdiction of the juvenile court, the 831
judges of the division of domestic relations shall have assigned 832
to them and hear all cases pertaining to paternity, custody, 833
visitation, child support, or the allocation of parental rights 834
and responsibilities for the care of children and all post-decree 835
proceedings arising from any case pertaining to any of those 836
matters. The judges of the division of domestic relations shall 837
have assigned to them and hear all proceedings under the uniform 838
interstate family support act contained in Chapter 3115. of the 839
Revised Code.840

       The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in 841
point of service, shall be the administrator of the domestic 842
relations division and its subdivisions and departments and shall 843
have charge of the employment, assignment, and supervision of the 844
personnel of the division, including any necessary referees, who 845
are engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating divorce, 846
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases. 847
That judge also shall designate the title, compensation, expense 848
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the 849
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties 850
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall 851
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, 852
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and 853
of any counseling and conciliation services that are available 854
upon request to all persons, whether or not they are parties to an 855
action pending in the division.856

       (2) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins 857
on January 1, 1955, and successors, shall have the same 858
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and 859
receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of 860
common pleas of Summit county, shall be elected and designated as 861
judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, and shall 862
be, and have the powers and jurisdiction of, the juvenile judge as 863
provided in Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code. Except 864
in cases that are subject to the exclusive original jurisdiction 865
of the juvenile court, the judge of the juvenile division shall 866
not have jurisdiction or the power to hear, and shall not be 867
assigned, any case pertaining to paternity, custody, visitation, 868
child support, or the allocation of parental rights and 869
responsibilities for the care of children or any post-decree 870
proceeding arising from any case pertaining to any of those 871
matters. The judge of the juvenile division shall not have 872
jurisdiction or the power to hear, and shall not be assigned, any 873
proceeding under the uniform interstate family support act 874
contained in Chapter 3115. of the Revised Code.875

       The juvenile judge shall be the administrator of the juvenile 876
division and its subdivisions and departments and shall have 877
charge of the employment, assignment, and supervision of the 878
personnel of the juvenile division, including any necessary 879
referees, who are engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating 880
juvenile cases. The judge also shall designate the title, 881
compensation, expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and 882
vacation of the personnel of the division and shall fix their 883
duties. The duties of the personnel, in addition to other 884
statutory duties, shall include the handling, servicing, and 885
investigation of juvenile cases and of any counseling and 886
conciliation services that are available upon request to persons, 887
whether or not they are parties to an action pending in the 888
division.889

       (J) In Trumbull county, the judges of the court of common 890
pleas whose terms begin on January 1, 1953, and January 2, 1977, 891
and successors, shall have the same qualifications, exercise the 892
same powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as 893
other judges of the court of common pleas of Trumbull county and 894
shall be elected and designated as judges of the court of common 895
pleas, division of domestic relations. They shall have all the 896
powers relating to juvenile courts, and all cases under Chapters 897
2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, all parentage proceedings 898
over which the juvenile court has jurisdiction, and all divorce, 899
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases 900
shall be assigned to them, except cases that for some special 901
reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of common 902
pleas.903

       (K) In Butler county:904

       (1) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms begin 905
on January 1, 1957, and January 4, 1993, and successors, shall 906
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 907
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of 908
the court of common pleas of Butler county and shall be elected 909
and designated as judges of the court of common pleas, division of 910
domestic relations. The judges of the division of domestic 911
relations shall have assigned to them all divorce, dissolution of 912
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases coming before the 913
court, except in cases that for some special reason are assigned 914
to some other judge of the court of common pleas. The judges of 915
the division of domestic relations also have concurrent 916
jurisdiction with judges of the juvenile division of the court of 917
common pleas of Butler county with respect to and may hear cases 918
to determine the custody, support, or custody and support of a 919
child who is born of issue of a marriage and who is not the ward 920
of another court of this state, cases commenced by a party of the 921
marriage to obtain an order requiring support of any child when 922
the request for that order is not ancillary to an action for 923
divorce, dissolution of marriage, annulment, or legal separation, 924
a criminal or civil action involving an allegation of domestic 925
violence, an action for support under Chapter 3115. of the Revised 926
Code, or an action that is within the exclusive original 927
jurisdiction of the juvenile division of the court of common pleas 928
of Butler county and that involves an allegation that the child is 929
an abused, neglected, or dependent child, and post-decree 930
proceedings and matters arising from those types of cases. The 931
judge senior in point of service shall be charged with the 932
assignment and division of the work of the division and with the 933
employment and supervision of all other personnel of the domestic 934
relations division.935

       The judge senior in point of service also shall designate the 936
title, compensation, expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, 937
and vacations of the personnel of the division and shall fix their 938
duties. The duties of the personnel, in addition to other 939
statutory duties, shall include the handling, servicing, and 940
investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal 941
separation, and annulment cases and providing any counseling and 942
conciliation services that the division makes available to 943
persons, whether or not the persons are parties to an action 944
pending in the division, who request the services.945

       (2) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms begin 946
on January 3, 1987, and January 2, 2003, and successors, shall 947
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 948
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of 949
the court of common pleas of Butler county, shall be elected and 950
designated as judges of the court of common pleas, juvenile 951
division, and shall be the juvenile judges as provided in Chapters 952
2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, with the powers and 953
jurisdictions conferred by those chapters. Except in cases that 954
are subject to the exclusive original jurisdiction of the juvenile 955
court, the judges of the juvenile division shall not have 956
jurisdiction or the power to hear and shall not be assigned, but 957
shall have the limited ability and authority to certify, any case 958
commenced by a party of a marriage to determine the custody, 959
support, or custody and support of a child who is born of issue of 960
the marriage and who is not the ward of another court of this 961
state when the request for the order in the case is not ancillary 962
to an action for divorce, dissolution of marriage, annulment, or 963
legal separation. The judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile 964
division, who is senior in point of service, shall be the 965
administrator of the juvenile division and its subdivisions and 966
departments. The judge, senior in point of service, shall have 967
charge of the employment, assignment, and supervision of the 968
personnel of the juvenile division who are engaged in handling, 969
servicing, or investigating juvenile cases, including any referees 970
whom the judge considers necessary for the discharge of the 971
judge's various duties.972

       The judge, senior in point of service, also shall designate 973
the title, compensation, expense allowances, hours, leaves of 974
absence, and vacation of the personnel of the division and shall 975
fix their duties. The duties of the personnel, in addition to 976
other statutory duties, include the handling, servicing, and 977
investigation of juvenile cases and providing any counseling and 978
conciliation services that the division makes available to 979
persons, whether or not the persons are parties to an action 980
pending in the division, who request the services.981

       (3) If a judge of the court of common pleas, division of 982
domestic relations or juvenile division, is sick, absent, or 983
unable to perform that judge's judicial duties or the volume of 984
cases pending in the judge's division necessitates it, the duties 985
of that judge shall be performed by the other judges of the 986
domestic relations and juvenile divisions.987

       (L)(1) In Cuyahoga county, the judges of the court of common 988
pleas whose terms begin on January 8, 1961, January 9, 1961, 989
January 18, 1975, January 19, 1975, and January 13, 1987, and 990
successors, shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same 991
powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as 992
other judges of the court of common pleas of Cuyahoga county and 993
shall be elected and designated as judges of the court of common 994
pleas, division of domestic relations. They shall have all the 995
powers relating to all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal 996
separation, and annulment cases, except in cases that are assigned 997
to some other judge of the court of common pleas for some special 998
reason.999

       (2) The administrative judge is administrator of the domestic 1000
relations division and its subdivisions and departments and has 1001
the following powers concerning division personnel:1002

       (a) Full charge of the employment, assignment, and 1003
supervision;1004

       (b) Sole determination of compensation, duties, expenses, 1005
allowances, hours, leaves, and vacations.1006

       (3) "Division personnel" include persons employed or referees 1007
engaged in hearing, servicing, investigating, counseling, or 1008
conciliating divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation 1009
and annulment matters.1010

       (M) In Lake county:1011

       (1) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins 1012
on January 2, 1961, and successors, shall have the same 1013
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and 1014
receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court of 1015
common pleas of Lake county and shall be elected and designated as 1016
judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic 1017
relations. The judge shall be assigned all the divorce, 1018
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases 1019
coming before the court, except in cases that for some special 1020
reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of common 1021
pleas. The judge shall be charged with the assignment and division 1022
of the work of the division and with the employment and 1023
supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations 1024
division.1025

       The judge also shall designate the title, compensation, 1026
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the 1027
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties 1028
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall 1029
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, 1030
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and 1031
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the 1032
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons 1033
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the 1034
services.1035

       (2) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins 1036
on January 4, 1979, and successors, shall have the same 1037
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and 1038
receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of 1039
common pleas of Lake county, shall be elected and designated as 1040
judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, and shall 1041
be the juvenile judge as provided in Chapters 2151. and 2152. of 1042
the Revised Code, with the powers and jurisdictions conferred by 1043
those chapters. The judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile 1044
division, shall be the administrator of the juvenile division and 1045
its subdivisions and departments. The judge shall have charge of 1046
the employment, assignment, and supervision of the personnel of 1047
the juvenile division who are engaged in handling, servicing, or 1048
investigating juvenile cases, including any referees whom the 1049
judge considers necessary for the discharge of the judge's various 1050
duties.1051

       The judge also shall designate the title, compensation, 1052
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacation of the 1053
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties 1054
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, include 1055
the handling, servicing, and investigation of juvenile cases and 1056
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the 1057
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons 1058
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the 1059
services.1060

       (3) If a judge of the court of common pleas, division of 1061
domestic relations or juvenile division, is sick, absent, or 1062
unable to perform that judge's judicial duties or the volume of 1063
cases pending in the judge's division necessitates it, the duties 1064
of that judge shall be performed by the other judges of the 1065
domestic relations and juvenile divisions.1066

       (N) In Erie county:1067

       (1) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins 1068
on January 2, 1971, and the successors to that judge whose terms 1069
begin before January 2, 2007, shall have the same qualifications, 1070
exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same 1071
compensation as the other judge of the court of common pleas of 1072
Erie county and shall be elected and designated as judge of the 1073
court of common pleas, division of domestic relations. The judge 1074
shall have all the powers relating to juvenile courts, and shall 1075
be assigned all cases under Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the 1076
Revised Code, parentage proceedings over which the juvenile court 1077
has jurisdiction, and divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal 1078
separation, and annulment cases, except cases that for some 1079
special reason are assigned to some other judge.1080

        On or after January 2, 2007, the judge of the court of common 1081
pleas who is elected in 2006 shall be the successor to the judge 1082
of the domestic relations division whose term expires on January 1083
1, 2007, shall be designated as judge of the court of common 1084
pleas, juvenile division, and shall be the juvenile judge as 1085
provided in Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code with the 1086
powers and jurisdictions conferred by those chapters.1087

        (2) The judge of the court of common pleas, general division, 1088
whose term begins on January 1, 2005, and successors, the judge of 1089
the court of common pleas, general division whose term begins on 1090
January 2, 2005, and successors, and the judge of the court of 1091
common pleas, general division, whose term begins February 9, 1092
2009, and successors, shall have assigned to them, in addition to 1093
all matters that are within the jurisdiction of the general 1094
division of the court of common pleas, all divorce, dissolution of 1095
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases coming before the 1096
court, and all matters that are within the jurisdiction of the 1097
probate court under Chapter 2101., and other provisions, of the 1098
Revised Code.1099

       (O) In Greene county:1100

       (1) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins 1101
on January 1, 1961, and successors, shall have the same 1102
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and 1103
receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court of 1104
common pleas of Greene county and shall be elected and designated 1105
as the judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic 1106
relations. The judge shall be assigned all divorce, dissolution of 1107
marriage, legal separation, annulment, uniform reciprocal support 1108
enforcement, and domestic violence cases and all other cases 1109
related to domestic relations, except cases that for some special 1110
reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of common 1111
pleas.1112

       The judge shall be charged with the assignment and division 1113
of the work of the division and with the employment and 1114
supervision of all other personnel of the division. The judge also 1115
shall designate the title, compensation, hours, leaves of absence, 1116
and vacations of the personnel of the division and shall fix their 1117
duties. The duties of the personnel of the division, in addition 1118
to other statutory duties, shall include the handling, servicing, 1119
and investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal 1120
separation, and annulment cases and the provision of counseling 1121
and conciliation services that the division considers necessary 1122
and makes available to persons who request the services, whether 1123
or not the persons are parties in an action pending in the 1124
division. The compensation for the personnel shall be paid from 1125
the overall court budget and shall be included in the 1126
appropriations for the existing judges of the general division of 1127
the court of common pleas.1128

       (2) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins 1129
on January 1, 1995, and successors, shall have the same 1130
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and 1131
receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court of 1132
common pleas of Greene county, shall be elected and designated as 1133
judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, and, on or 1134
after January 1, 1995, shall be the juvenile judge as provided in 1135
Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code with the powers and 1136
jurisdiction conferred by those chapters. The judge of the court 1137
of common pleas, juvenile division, shall be the administrator of 1138
the juvenile division and its subdivisions and departments. The 1139
judge shall have charge of the employment, assignment, and 1140
supervision of the personnel of the juvenile division who are 1141
engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating juvenile cases, 1142
including any referees whom the judge considers necessary for the 1143
discharge of the judge's various duties.1144

       The judge also shall designate the title, compensation, 1145
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacation of the 1146
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties 1147
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, include 1148
the handling, servicing, and investigation of juvenile cases and 1149
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the court 1150
makes available to persons, whether or not the persons are parties 1151
to an action pending in the court, who request the services.1152

       (3) If one of the judges of the court of common pleas, 1153
general division, is sick, absent, or unable to perform that 1154
judge's judicial duties or the volume of cases pending in the 1155
general division necessitates it, the duties of that judge of the 1156
general division shall be performed by the judge of the division 1157
of domestic relations and the judge of the juvenile division.1158

       (P) In Portage county, the judge of the court of common 1159
pleas, whose term begins January 2, 1987, and successors, shall 1160
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 1161
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other 1162
judges of the court of common pleas of Portage county and shall be 1163
elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas, 1164
division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all 1165
divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment 1166
cases coming before the court, except in cases that for some 1167
special reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of 1168
common pleas. The judge shall be charged with the assignment and 1169
division of the work of the division and with the employment and 1170
supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations 1171
division.1172

       The judge also shall designate the title, compensation, 1173
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the 1174
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties 1175
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall 1176
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, 1177
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and 1178
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the 1179
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons 1180
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the 1181
services.1182

       (Q) In Clermont county, the judge of the court of common 1183
pleas, whose term begins January 2, 1987, and successors, shall 1184
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 1185
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other 1186
judges of the court of common pleas of Clermont county and shall 1187
be elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas, 1188
division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all 1189
divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment 1190
cases coming before the court, except in cases that for some 1191
special reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of 1192
common pleas. The judge shall be charged with the assignment and 1193
division of the work of the division and with the employment and 1194
supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations 1195
division.1196

       The judge also shall designate the title, compensation, 1197
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the 1198
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties 1199
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall 1200
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, 1201
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and 1202
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the 1203
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons 1204
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the 1205
services.1206

       (R) In Warren county, the judge of the court of common pleas, 1207
whose term begins January 1, 1987, and successors, shall have the 1208
same qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, 1209
and receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court 1210
of common pleas of Warren county and shall be elected and 1211
designated as judge of the court of common pleas, division of 1212
domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all divorce, 1213
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases 1214
coming before the court, except in cases that for some special 1215
reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of common 1216
pleas. The judge shall be charged with the assignment and division 1217
of the work of the division and with the employment and 1218
supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations 1219
division.1220

       The judge also shall designate the title, compensation, 1221
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the 1222
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties 1223
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall 1224
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, 1225
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and 1226
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the 1227
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons 1228
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the 1229
services.1230

       (S) In Licking county, the judges of the court of common 1231
pleas, whose terms begin on January 1, 1991, and January 1, 2005, 1232
and successors, shall have the same qualifications, exercise the 1233
same powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as 1234
the other judges of the court of common pleas of Licking county 1235
and shall be elected and designated as judges of the court of 1236
common pleas, division of domestic relations. The judges shall be 1237
assigned all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, 1238
and annulment cases, all cases arising under Chapter 3111. of the 1239
Revised Code, all proceedings involving child support, the 1240
allocation of parental rights and responsibilities for the care of 1241
children and the designation for the children of a place of 1242
residence and legal custodian, parenting time, and visitation, and 1243
all post-decree proceedings and matters arising from those cases 1244
and proceedings, except in cases that for some special reason are 1245
assigned to another judge of the court of common pleas. The 1246
administrative judge of the division of domestic relations shall 1247
be charged with the assignment and division of the work of the 1248
division and with the employment and supervision of the personnel 1249
of the division.1250

       The administrative judge of the division of domestic 1251
relations shall designate the title, compensation, expense 1252
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the 1253
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the 1254
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel of the 1255
division, in addition to other statutory duties, shall include the 1256
handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of 1257
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising 1258
under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving 1259
child support, the allocation of parental rights and 1260
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for 1261
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian, 1262
parenting time, and visitation and providing any counseling and 1263
conciliation services that the division makes available to 1264
persons, whether or not the persons are parties to an action 1265
pending in the division, who request the services.1266

       (T) In Allen county, the judge of the court of common pleas, 1267
whose term begins January 1, 1993, and successors, shall have the 1268
same qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, 1269
and receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court 1270
of common pleas of Allen county and shall be elected and 1271
designated as judge of the court of common pleas, division of 1272
domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all divorce, 1273
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, 1274
all cases arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, all 1275
proceedings involving child support, the allocation of parental 1276
rights and responsibilities for the care of children and the 1277
designation for the children of a place of residence and legal 1278
custodian, parenting time, and visitation, and all post-decree 1279
proceedings and matters arising from those cases and proceedings, 1280
except in cases that for some special reason are assigned to 1281
another judge of the court of common pleas. The judge shall be 1282
charged with the assignment and division of the work of the 1283
division and with the employment and supervision of the personnel 1284
of the division.1285

       The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense 1286
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the 1287
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the 1288
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel of the 1289
division, in addition to other statutory duties, shall include the 1290
handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of 1291
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising 1292
under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving 1293
child support, the allocation of parental rights and 1294
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for 1295
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian, 1296
parenting time, and visitation, and providing any counseling and 1297
conciliation services that the division makes available to 1298
persons, whether or not the persons are parties to an action 1299
pending in the division, who request the services.1300

       (U) In Medina county, the judge of the court of common pleas 1301
whose term begins January 1, 1995, and successors, shall have the 1302
same qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, 1303
and receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of 1304
common pleas of Medina county and shall be elected and designated 1305
as judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic 1306
relations. The judge shall be assigned all divorce, dissolution of 1307
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, all cases arising 1308
under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, all proceedings involving 1309
child support, the allocation of parental rights and 1310
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for 1311
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian, 1312
parenting time, and visitation, and all post-decree proceedings 1313
and matters arising from those cases and proceedings, except in 1314
cases that for some special reason are assigned to another judge 1315
of the court of common pleas. The judge shall be charged with the 1316
assignment and division of the work of the division and with the 1317
employment and supervision of the personnel of the division.1318

       The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense 1319
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the 1320
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the 1321
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in 1322
addition to other statutory duties, include the handling, 1323
servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage, 1324
legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising under Chapter 1325
3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving child 1326
support, the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities 1327
for the care of children and the designation for the children of a 1328
place of residence and legal custodian, parenting time, and 1329
visitation, and providing counseling and conciliation services 1330
that the division makes available to persons, whether or not the 1331
persons are parties to an action pending in the division, who 1332
request the services.1333

       (V) In Fairfield county, the judge of the court of common 1334
pleas whose term begins January 2, 1995, and successors, shall 1335
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 1336
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other 1337
judges of the court of common pleas of Fairfield county and shall 1338
be elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas, 1339
division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all 1340
divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment 1341
cases, all cases arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, 1342
all proceedings involving child support, the allocation of 1343
parental rights and responsibilities for the care of children and 1344
the designation for the children of a place of residence and legal 1345
custodian, parenting time, and visitation, and all post-decree 1346
proceedings and matters arising from those cases and proceedings, 1347
except in cases that for some special reason are assigned to 1348
another judge of the court of common pleas. The judge also has 1349
concurrent jurisdiction with the probate-juvenile division of the 1350
court of common pleas of Fairfield county with respect to and may 1351
hear cases to determine the custody of a child, as defined in 1352
section 2151.011 of the Revised Code, who is not the ward of 1353
another court of this state, cases that are commenced by a parent, 1354
guardian, or custodian of a child, as defined in section 2151.011 1355
of the Revised Code, to obtain an order requiring a parent of the 1356
child to pay child support for that child when the request for 1357
that order is not ancillary to an action for divorce, dissolution 1358
of marriage, annulment, or legal separation, a criminal or civil 1359
action involving an allegation of domestic violence, an action for 1360
support under Chapter 3115. of the Revised Code, or an action that 1361
is within the exclusive original jurisdiction of the 1362
probate-juvenile division of the court of common pleas of 1363
Fairfield county and that involves an allegation that the child is 1364
an abused, neglected, or dependent child, and post-decree 1365
proceedings and matters arising from those types of cases.1366

       The judge of the domestic relations division shall be charged 1367
with the assignment and division of the work of the division and 1368
with the employment and supervision of the personnel of the 1369
division.1370

       The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense 1371
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the 1372
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the 1373
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel of the 1374
division, in addition to other statutory duties, shall include the 1375
handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of 1376
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising 1377
under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving 1378
child support, the allocation of parental rights and 1379
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for 1380
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian, 1381
parenting time, and visitation, and providing any counseling and 1382
conciliation services that the division makes available to 1383
persons, regardless of whether the persons are parties to an 1384
action pending in the division, who request the services. When the 1385
judge hears a case to determine the custody of a child, as defined 1386
in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code, who is not the ward of 1387
another court of this state or a case that is commenced by a 1388
parent, guardian, or custodian of a child, as defined in section 1389
2151.011 of the Revised Code, to obtain an order requiring a 1390
parent of the child to pay child support for that child when the 1391
request for that order is not ancillary to an action for divorce, 1392
dissolution of marriage, annulment, or legal separation, a 1393
criminal or civil action involving an allegation of domestic 1394
violence, an action for support under Chapter 3115. of the Revised 1395
Code, or an action that is within the exclusive original 1396
jurisdiction of the probate-juvenile division of the court of 1397
common pleas of Fairfield county and that involves an allegation 1398
that the child is an abused, neglected, or dependent child, the 1399
duties of the personnel of the domestic relations division also 1400
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of those types 1401
of cases.1402

       (W)(1) In Clark county, the judge of the court of common 1403
pleas whose term begins on January 2, 1995, and successors, shall 1404
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 1405
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of 1406
the court of common pleas of Clark county and shall be elected and 1407
designated as judge of the court of common pleas, domestic 1408
relations division. The judge shall have all the powers relating 1409
to juvenile courts, and all cases under Chapters 2151. and 2152. 1410
of the Revised Code and all parentage proceedings under Chapter 1411
3111. of the Revised Code over which the juvenile court has 1412
jurisdiction shall be assigned to the judge of the division of 1413
domestic relations. All divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal 1414
separation, annulment, uniform reciprocal support enforcement, and 1415
other cases related to domestic relations shall be assigned to the 1416
domestic relations division, and the presiding judge of the court 1417
of common pleas shall assign the cases to the judge of the 1418
domestic relations division and the judges of the general 1419
division.1420

       (2) In addition to the judge's regular duties, the judge of 1421
the division of domestic relations shall serve on the children 1422
services board and the county advisory board.1423

       (3) If the judge of the court of common pleas of Clark 1424
county, division of domestic relations, is sick, absent, or unable 1425
to perform that judge's judicial duties or if the presiding judge 1426
of the court of common pleas of Clark county determines that the 1427
volume of cases pending in the division of domestic relations 1428
necessitates it, the duties of the judge of the division of 1429
domestic relations shall be performed by the judges of the general 1430
division or probate division of the court of common pleas of Clark 1431
county, as assigned for that purpose by the presiding judge of 1432
that court, and the judges so assigned shall act in conjunction 1433
with the judge of the division of domestic relations of that 1434
court.1435

       (X) In Scioto county, the judge of the court of common pleas 1436
whose term begins January 2, 1995, and successors, shall have the 1437
same qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, 1438
and receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of 1439
common pleas of Scioto county and shall be elected and designated 1440
as judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic 1441
relations. The judge shall be assigned all divorce, dissolution of 1442
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, all cases arising 1443
under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, all proceedings involving 1444
child support, the allocation of parental rights and 1445
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for 1446
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian, 1447
parenting time, visitation, and all post-decree proceedings and 1448
matters arising from those cases and proceedings, except in cases 1449
that for some special reason are assigned to another judge of the 1450
court of common pleas. The judge shall be charged with the 1451
assignment and division of the work of the division and with the 1452
employment and supervision of the personnel of the division.1453

       The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense 1454
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the 1455
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the 1456
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in 1457
addition to other statutory duties, include the handling, 1458
servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage, 1459
legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising under Chapter 1460
3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving child 1461
support, the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities 1462
for the care of children and the designation for the children of a 1463
place of residence and legal custodian, parenting time, and 1464
visitation, and providing counseling and conciliation services 1465
that the division makes available to persons, whether or not the 1466
persons are parties to an action pending in the division, who 1467
request the services.1468

       (Y) In Auglaize county, the judge of the probate and juvenile 1469
divisions of the Auglaize county court of common pleas also shall 1470
be the administrative judge of the domestic relations division of 1471
the court and shall be assigned all divorce, dissolution of 1472
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases coming before the 1473
court. The judge shall have all powers as administrator of the 1474
domestic relations division and shall have charge of the personnel 1475
engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating divorce, 1476
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, 1477
including any referees considered necessary for the discharge of 1478
the judge's various duties.1479

       (Z)(1) In Marion county, the judge of the court of common 1480
pleas whose term begins on February 9, 1999, and the successors to 1481
that judge, shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same 1482
powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the 1483
other judges of the court of common pleas of Marion county and 1484
shall be elected and designated as judge of the court of common 1485
pleas, domestic relations-juvenile-probate division. Except as 1486
otherwise specified in this division, that judge, and the 1487
successors to that judge, shall have all the powers relating to 1488
juvenile courts, and all cases under Chapters 2151. and 2152. of 1489
the Revised Code, all cases arising under Chapter 3111. of the 1490
Revised Code, all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal 1491
separation, and annulment cases, all proceedings involving child 1492
support, the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities 1493
for the care of children and the designation for the children of a 1494
place of residence and legal custodian, parenting time, and 1495
visitation, and all post-decree proceedings and matters arising 1496
from those cases and proceedings shall be assigned to that judge 1497
and the successors to that judge. Except as provided in division 1498
(Z)(2) of this section and notwithstanding any other provision of 1499
any section of the Revised Code, on and after February 9, 2003, 1500
the judge of the court of common pleas of Marion county whose term 1501
begins on February 9, 1999, and the successors to that judge, 1502
shall have all the powers relating to the probate division of the 1503
court of common pleas of Marion county in addition to the powers 1504
previously specified in this division, and shall exercise 1505
concurrent jurisdiction with the judge of the probate division of 1506
that court over all matters that are within the jurisdiction of 1507
the probate division of that court under Chapter 2101., and other 1508
provisions, of the Revised Code in addition to the jurisdiction of 1509
the domestic relations-juvenile-probate division of that court 1510
otherwise specified in division (Z)(1) of this section.1511

       (2) The judge of the domestic relations-juvenile-probate 1512
division of the court of common pleas of Marion county or the 1513
judge of the probate division of the court of common pleas of 1514
Marion county, whichever of those judges is senior in total length 1515
of service on the court of common pleas of Marion county, 1516
regardless of the division or divisions of service, shall serve as 1517
the clerk of the probate division of the court of common pleas of 1518
Marion county.1519

       (3) On and after February 9, 2003, all references in law to 1520
"the probate court," "the probate judge," "the juvenile court," or 1521
"the judge of the juvenile court" shall be construed, with respect 1522
to Marion county, as being references to both "the probate 1523
division" and "the domestic relations-juvenile-probate division" 1524
and as being references to both "the judge of the probate 1525
division" and "the judge of the domestic relations- 1526
juvenile-probate division." On and after February 9, 2003, all 1527
references in law to "the clerk of the probate court" shall be 1528
construed, with respect to Marion county, as being references to 1529
the judge who is serving pursuant to division (Z)(2) of this 1530
section as the clerk of the probate division of the court of 1531
common pleas of Marion county.1532

       (AA) In Muskingum county, the judge of the court of common 1533
pleas whose term begins on January 2, 2003, and successors, shall 1534
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 1535
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other 1536
judges of the court of common pleas of Muskingum county and shall 1537
be elected and designated as the judge of the court of common 1538
pleas, division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned 1539
all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and 1540
annulment cases, all cases arising under Chapter 3111. of the 1541
Revised Code, all proceedings involving child support, the 1542
allocation of parental rights and responsibilities for the care of 1543
children and the designation for the children of a place of 1544
residence and legal custodian, parenting time, and visitation, and 1545
all post-decree proceedings and matters arising from those cases 1546
and proceedings, except in cases that for some special reason are 1547
assigned to another judge of the court of common pleas. The judge 1548
shall be charged with the assignment and division of the work of 1549
the division and with the employment and supervision of the 1550
personnel of the division.1551

       The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense 1552
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the 1553
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the 1554
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel of the 1555
division, in addition to other statutory duties, shall include the 1556
handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of 1557
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising 1558
under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving 1559
child support, the allocation of parental rights and 1560
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for 1561
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian, 1562
parenting time, and visitation and providing any counseling and 1563
conciliation services that the division makes available to 1564
persons, whether or not the persons are parties to an action 1565
pending in the division, who request the services.1566

       (BB) In Henry county, the judge of the court of common pleas 1567
whose term begins on January 1, 2005, and successors, shall have 1568
the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 1569
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other judge 1570
of the court of common pleas of Henry county and shall be elected 1571
and designated as the judge of the court of common pleas, division 1572
of domestic relations. The judge shall have all of the powers 1573
relating to juvenile courts, and all cases under Chapter 2151. or 1574
2152. of the Revised Code, all parentage proceedings arising under 1575
Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code over which the juvenile court 1576
has jurisdiction, all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal 1577
separation, and annulment cases, all proceedings involving child 1578
support, the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities 1579
for the care of children and the designation for the children of a 1580
place of residence and legal custodian, parenting time, and 1581
visitation, and all post-decree proceedings and matters arising 1582
from those cases and proceedings shall be assigned to that judge, 1583
except in cases that for some special reason are assigned to the 1584
other judge of the court of common pleas.1585

       (CC)(1) In Logan county, the judge of the court of common 1586
pleas whose term begins January 2, 2005, and the successors to 1587
that judge, shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same 1588
powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the 1589
other judges of the court of common pleas of Logan county and 1590
shall be elected and designated as judge of the court of common 1591
pleas, domestic relations-juvenile-probate division. Except as 1592
otherwise specified in this division, that judge, and the 1593
successors to that judge, shall have all the powers relating to 1594
juvenile courts, and all cases under Chapters 2151. and 2152. of 1595
the Revised Code, all cases arising under Chapter 3111. of the 1596
Revised Code, all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal 1597
separation, and annulment cases, all proceedings involving child 1598
support, the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities 1599
for the care of children and designation for the children of a 1600
place of residence and legal custodian, parenting time, and 1601
visitation, and all post-decree proceedings and matters arising 1602
from those cases and proceedings shall be assigned to that judge 1603
and the successors to that judge. Notwithstanding any other 1604
provision of any section of the Revised Code, on and after January 1605
2, 2005, the judge of the court of common pleas of Logan county 1606
whose term begins on January 2, 2005, and the successors to that 1607
judge, shall have all the powers relating to the probate division 1608
of the court of common pleas of Logan county in addition to the 1609
powers previously specified in this division and shall exercise 1610
concurrent jurisdiction with the judge of the probate division of 1611
that court over all matters that are within the jurisdiction of 1612
the probate division of that court under Chapter 2101., and other 1613
provisions, of the Revised Code in addition to the jurisdiction of 1614
the domestic relations-juvenile-probate division of that court 1615
otherwise specified in division (CC)(1) of this section.1616

        (2) The judge of the domestic relations-juvenile-probate 1617
division of the court of common pleas of Logan county or the 1618
probate judge of the court of common pleas of Logan county who is 1619
elected as the administrative judge of the probate division of the 1620
court of common pleas of Logan county pursuant to Rule 4 of the 1621
Rules of Superintendence shall be the clerk of the probate 1622
division and juvenile division of the court of common pleas of 1623
Logan county. The clerk of the court of common pleas who is 1624
elected pursuant to section 2303.01 of the Revised Code shall keep 1625
all of the journals, records, books, papers, and files pertaining 1626
to the domestic relations cases.1627

        (3) On and after January 2, 2005, all references in law to 1628
"the probate court," "the probate judge," "the juvenile court," or 1629
"the judge of the juvenile court" shall be construed, with respect 1630
to Logan county, as being references to both "the probate 1631
division" and the "domestic relations-juvenile-probate division" 1632
and as being references to both "the judge of the probate 1633
division" and the "judge of the domestic 1634
relations-juvenile-probate division." On and after January 2, 1635
2005, all references in law to "the clerk of the probate court" 1636
shall be construed, with respect to Logan county, as being 1637
references to the judge who is serving pursuant to division 1638
(CC)(2) of this section as the clerk of the probate division of 1639
the court of common pleas of Logan county.1640

       (DD)(1) In Champaign county, the judge of the court of common 1641
pleas whose term begins February 9, 2003, and the judge of the 1642
court of common pleas whose term begins February 10, 2009, and the 1643
successors to those judges, shall have the same qualifications, 1644
exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same 1645
compensation as the other judges of the court of common pleas of 1646
Champaign county and shall be elected and designated as judges of 1647
the court of common pleas, domestic relations-juvenile-probate 1648
division. Except as otherwise specified in this division, those 1649
judges, and the successors to those judges, shall have all the 1650
powers relating to juvenile courts, and all cases under Chapters 1651
2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, all cases arising under 1652
Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, all divorce, dissolution of 1653
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, all proceedings 1654
involving child support, the allocation of parental rights and 1655
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for 1656
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian, 1657
parenting time, and visitation, and all post-decree proceedings 1658
and matters arising from those cases and proceedings shall be 1659
assigned to those judges and the successors to those judges. 1660
Notwithstanding any other provision of any section of the Revised 1661
Code, on and after February 9, 2009, the judges designated by this 1662
division as judges of the court of common pleas of Champaign 1663
county, domestic relations-juvenile-probate division, and the 1664
successors to those judges, shall have all the powers relating to 1665
probate courts in addition to the powers previously specified in 1666
this division and shall exercise jurisdiction over all matters 1667
that are within the jurisdiction of probate courts under Chapter 1668
2101., and other provisions, of the Revised Code in addition to 1669
the jurisdiction of the domestic relations-juvenile-probate 1670
division otherwise specified in division (DD)(1) of this section.1671

       (2) On and after February 9, 2009, all references in law to 1672
"the probate court," "the probate judge," "the juvenile court," or 1673
"the judge of the juvenile court" shall be construed with respect 1674
to Champaign county as being references to the "domestic 1675
relations-juvenile-probate division" and as being references to 1676
the "judge of the domestic relations-juvenile-probate division." 1677
On and after February 9, 2009, all references in law to "the clerk 1678
of the probate court" shall be construed with respect to Champaign 1679
county as being references to the judge who is serving pursuant to 1680
Rule 4 of the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio as 1681
the administrative judge of the court of common pleas, domestic 1682
relations-juvenile-probate division.1683

       (EE) In Delaware county, the judge of the court of common 1684
pleas whose term begins on January 1, 2017, and successors, shall 1685
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 1686
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other 1687
judges of the court of common pleas of Delaware county and shall 1688
be elected and designated as the judge of the court of common 1689
pleas, division of domestic relations. Divorce, dissolution of 1690
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, including any 1691
post-decree proceedings, and cases involving questions of 1692
paternity, custody, visitation, child support, and the allocation 1693
of parental rights and responsibilities for the care of children, 1694
regardless of whether those matters arise in post-decree 1695
proceedings or involve children born between unmarried persons, 1696
shall be assigned to that judge, except cases that for some 1697
special reason are assigned to another judge of the court of 1698
common pleas.1699

       (FF) If a judge of the court of common pleas, division of 1700
domestic relations, or juvenile judge, of any of the counties 1701
mentioned in this section is sick, absent, or unable to perform 1702
that judge's judicial duties or the volume of cases pending in the 1703
judge's division necessitates it, the duties of that judge shall 1704
be performed by another judge of the court of common pleas of that 1705
county, assigned for that purpose by the presiding judge of the 1706
court of common pleas of that county to act in place of or in 1707
conjunction with that judge, as the case may require.1708

       Section 2.  That existing sections 2151.07, 2301.02, and 1709
2301.03 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.1710

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