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...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Age-appropriate" means activities or items that are generally accepted as suitable for children of the same chronological age or level of maturity. Age appropriateness is based on the development of cognitive, emotional, physical, and behavioral capacity that is typical for an age or age group. (2) "Resource caregiver" has the same meaning as in section 5103.02 of the Revised C...

...As used in sections 2151.3515 to 2151.3533 of the Revised Code: (A) "Emergency medical service organization," "emergency medical technician-basic," "emergency medical technician-intermediate," "first responder," and "paramedic" have the same meanings as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Emergency medical service worker" means a first responder, emergency medical technician-basic, emergency medical te...

... entity or person specified in section 2151.3517 of the Revised Code; (B) A peace officer, peace officer support employee, hospital employee, or emergency medical service worker specified in section 2151.3517 of the Revised Code, by calling 9-1-1 and waiting with the child until the officer, support employee, employee, or worker arrives and takes possession of the child; (C) A newborn safety incubator provided ...

...session of a child pursuant to section 2151.3517 of the Revised Code, a law enforcement agency, hospital, or emergency medical service organization shall do all the following: (1) Perform any act necessary to protect the child's health or safety; (2) Notify the public children services agency of the county in which the agency, hospital, or organization is located that the child has been taken into possession; ...

...(A) No person described in section 2151.3517 of the Revised Code and no other person employed by an entity described in that section shall do the following with respect to a parent who voluntarily delivers a child under that section: (1) Coerce or otherwise try to force the parent into revealing the identity of the child's parents; (2) Pursue or follow the parent after the parent leaves the place at which the child...

...f understanding executed under section 2151.426 of the Revised Code establishing a children's advocacy center shall assemble the center's multidisciplinary team. (B)(1) The multidisciplinary team for a single county center shall consist of the following members who serve the county: (a) Any county or municipal law enforcement officer; (b) The executive director of the public children services agency or a designee ...

...t is signed by all of the following: (1) If there is only one juvenile judge in the county, the juvenile judge of the county or the juvenile judge's representative upon the judge's review and approval; (2) If there is more than one juvenile judge in the county, a juvenile judge or the juvenile judges' representative selected by the juvenile judges or, if they are unable to do so for any reason, the juvenile judg...

...oung adult described under division (A)(1) of section 5101.1411 of the Revised Code, may exercise jurisdiction over the emancipated young adult for purposes of sections 2151.45 to 2151.455 of the Revised Code: (1) The county in which the emancipated young adult resides; (2) The county in which the emancipated young adult resided when the custody, arrangement, or care and placement described in division (A)(3)(a) ...

...y determination required under section 2151.452 of the Revised Code is not timely made, the federal payments for foster care under division (A)(1) of section 5101.1411 of the Revised Code for the emancipated young adult shall be suspended. The payments shall resume upon a subsequent determination that reasonable efforts have been made to prepare the emancipated young adult for independence, but only if both of the fo...

...(A) As used in sections 2151.90 to 2151.9011 of the Revised Code: (1) "Host family" means any individual who provides care in the individual's private residence for a child or single-family group, at the request of the child's custodial parent, guardian, or legal custodian, under a host family agreement. The individual also may provide care for the individual's own child or children. The term "host family" exclude...

...described in division (A)(4) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, unless all of the following conditions are satisfied: (A) If the offense was a misdemeanor, or would be a misdemeanor if the conviction occurred at the time that hosting is being considered, at least three years have elapsed from the date the person was fully discharged from any imprisonment or probation arising from the conviction. (B) If the o...

...horized or required by this chapter: (1) Impose a fine in accordance with the following schedule: (a) For an act that would be a minor misdemeanor or an unclassified misdemeanor if committed by an adult, a fine not to exceed fifty dollars; (b) For an act that would be a misdemeanor of the fourth degree if committed by an adult, a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars; (c) For an act that would be a misdemean...

...e the same meanings as in section 2930.01 of the Revised Code. (B) In determining the amount of restitution under this section, the court shall order full restitution for any expenses related to a victim's economic loss due to the delinquent act. The amount of restitution shall be reduced by any payments to the victim for economic loss made or due under a policy of insurance or governmental program. Economic loss...

...(A)(1) In any proceeding under this chapter other than a proceeding alleging that a child is an unruly child or a juvenile traffic offender, any party or the court may move for a determination regarding the child's competency to participate in the proceeding. (2) In any proceeding under this chapter other than a proceeding alleging that a child is an unruly child or a juvenile traffic offender, if the child who is t...

...valuator who is one of the following: (1) A professional employed by a psychiatric facility or center certified by the department of mental health and addiction services to provide forensic services and appointed by the director of the facility or center to conduct the evaluation; (2) A psychiatrist or a licensed clinical psychologist who satisfies the criteria of division (I) of section 5122.01 of the Revised Code...

...evaluation ordered pursuant to section 2152.53 of the Revised Code, an evaluator shall submit to the court a written competency assessment report. The report shall include the evaluator's opinion as to whether the child, due to mental illness, due to developmental disability, or otherwise due to a lack of mental capacity, is currently incapable of understanding the nature and objective of the proceedings against the ...

... appointed by the court under section 2152.53 of the Revised Code shall submit a competency assessment report to the court as soon as possible but not more than forty-five calendar days after the order appointing the evaluator is issued. The court may grant one extension for a reasonable length of time if doing so would aid the evaluator in completing the evaluation. (B) No competency assessment report obtain...

...e court shall begin as follows: January 1, 1959, January 2, 1959, January 1, 1963, January 2, 1963, January 3, 1977, and January 3, 1987. Each of the judges of the juvenile court shall have the same judicial duties. In addition to the judge's regular judicial duties, one of the judges shall be the administrator of the juvenile court's subdivisions and departments. The administrative judge shall be elected in the ma...

...e of the supreme court pursuant to Rule 14 of the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio. (C) For the period during which a division of a court of common pleas operates in a temporary location pursuant to division (A) of this section, the division shall continue to have the territorial jurisdiction set forth in section 2301.01 of the Revised Code and the court shall have jurisdiction to hear actions and con...

...(A)(1)(a) The court of common pleas may establish a county department of probation. The establishment of the department shall be entered upon the journal of the court, and the clerk of the court of common pleas shall certify a copy of the journal entry establishing the department to each elective officer and board of the county. The department shall consist of a chief probation officer and the number of other p...

...vided for in division (A) of section 2301.27 of the Revised Code, any probation officer of that department may arrest the person without a warrant for any violation of any condition of parole, as defined in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code, or of any rule governing persons on parole. If a person on parole is in the custody of a county department of probation provided for in division (A) of section 2301.27 of the R...

...estion under division (B) of section 2301.51 of the Revised Code, or at any time after the division has approved the proposal. All applications for state financial assistance for proposed or approved facilities and programs shall be made on forms that are prescribed and furnished by the department of rehabilitation and correction, and in accordance with section 5120.112 of the Revised Code. (B) The facility governin...

... format or in electronic format. (B)(1) The clerk shall determine whether the filing of pleadings or documents in electronic format may be accomplished either by electronic mail or through the use of an online platform. (2) The fee for filing pleadings or documents in electronic format may be paid after the filing. The clerk shall not require that any fee for the filing of pleadings or documents in electronic fo...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Case document" means any document, or information in any document, that is submitted to a court or filed with a clerk of court in a court action or proceeding, including any exhibit, pleading, motion, order, or judgment, or any documentation prepared by the court or clerk in the action or proceeding, including journals, dockets, and indices. "Case document" does not include any o...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Nature" means the phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, other features and products of the earth, the natural environment or wilderness, and generally areas that are not human or human creations, have not been substantially altered by humans, or that persist despite human intervention. (2) "Ecosystem" means a complex community of ...