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...(A) A person taking a child into custody shall, with all reasonable speed and in accordance with division (C) of this section, either: (1) Release the child to the child's parents, guardian, or other custodian, unless the child's detention or shelter care appears to be warranted or required as provided in section 2151.31 of the Revised Code; (2) Bring the child to the court or deliver the child to a place of detent...

...(A) A child alleged to be or adjudicated an unruly child may be held only in the following places: (1) A certified family foster home or a home approved by the court; (2) A facility operated by a certified child welfare agency; (3) Any other suitable place designated by the court. (B)(1) Except as provided under division (C)(1) of section 2151.311 of the Revised Code, a child alleged to be or adjudicated a n...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section and in sections 109.57, 109.60, and 109.61 of the Revised Code, no child shall be fingerprinted or photographed in the investigation of any violation of law without the consent of the juvenile judge. (2) Subject to division (A)(3) of this section, a law enforcement officer may fingerprint and photograph a child without the consent of the juvenile judge whe...

...(A) When a child is brought before the court or delivered to a place of detention or shelter care designated by the court, the intake or other authorized officer of the court shall immediately make an investigation and shall release the child unless it appears that the child's detention or shelter care is warranted or required under section 2151.31 of the Revised Code. If the child is not so released, a complaint un...

...(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...

...(A) The department of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to establish and enforce a foster youth bill of rights for individuals who are in the temporary or permanent custody of a public children services agency or a planned permanent living arrangement or in the Title IV-E eligible care and placement responsibility of a juvenile court or other governmental agency ...

...In placing a child under any guardianship or custody other than that of its parent, the juvenile court shall, when practicable, select a person or an institution or agency governed by persons of like religious faith as that of the parents of such child, or in case of a difference in the religious faith of the parents, then of the religious faith of the child, or if the religious faith of the child is not ascertained,...

...(A) Pending hearing of a complaint filed under section 2151.27 of the Revised Code or a motion filed or made under division (B) of this section and the service of citations, the juvenile court may make any temporary disposition of any child that it considers necessary to protect the best interest of the child and that can be made pursuant to division (B) of this section. Upon the certificate of one or more repu...

...A child alleged to be or adjudicated an abused, neglected, dependent, or unruly child or a juvenile traffic offender may be detained after a complaint is filed in a certified foster home for a period not exceeding sixty days or until the final disposition of the case, whichever comes first. The court also may arrange with a public children services agency or private child placing agency to receive, or with a private ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Court" means the juvenile division of the court of common pleas of the county in which the person to be protected by the protection order resides. (2) "Victim advocate" means a person who provides support and assistance for a person who files a petition under this section. (3) "Family or household member" has the same meaning as in section 3113.31 of the Revised Code. (4) "Pr...

...(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided by division (A)(3) of this section or in section 2152.13 of the Revised Code, the juvenile court may conduct its hearings in an informal manner and may adjourn its hearings from time to time. The court may exclude the general public from its hearings in a particular case if the court holds a separate hearing to determine whether that exclusion is appropriate. If the court decides t...

...A child, the child's parents or custodian, or any other person in loco parentis of the child is entitled to representation by legal counsel at all stages of the proceedings under this chapter or Chapter 2152. of the Revised Code. If, as an indigent person, a party is unable to employ counsel, the party is entitled to have counsel provided for the person pursuant to Chapter 120. of the Revised Code except in civil mat...

...(A) If a child is adjudicated an abused, neglected, or dependent child, the court may make any of the following orders of disposition: (1) Place the child in protective supervision; (2) Commit the child to the temporary custody of any of the following: (a) A public children services agency; (b) A private child placing agency; (c) Either parent; (d) A relative residing within or outside the state; ...

...(A) If the child is adjudicated an unruly child, the court may: (1) Make any of the dispositions authorized under section 2151.353 of the Revised Code; (2) Place the child on community control under any sanctions, services, and conditions that the court prescribes, as described in division (A)(4) of section 2152.19 of the Revised Code, provided that, if the court imposes a period of community service upon the child...

...As used in sections 2151.356 to 2151.358 of the Revised Code: (A) "Expunge" means to destroy, delete, and erase a record, as appropriate for the record's physical or electronic form or characteristic, so that the record is permanently irretrievable. (B) "Seal a record" means to remove a record from the main file of similar records and to secure it in a separate file that contains only sealed records accessible only...

...(A) The records of a case in which a person was adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, or 2907.02 of the Revised Code shall not be sealed under this section. (B)(1) The juvenile court shall promptly order the immediate sealing of records pertaining to a juvenile in any of the following circumstances: (a) If the court receives a record from a public office or agency ...

...(A) If the court orders the records of a person sealed pursuant to section 2151.356 of the Revised Code, the person who is subject of the order properly may, and the court shall, reply that no record exists with respect to the person upon any inquiry in the matter, and the court, except as provided in division (D) of this section, shall do all of the following: (1) Order that the proceedings in a case described in...

...(A) The juvenile court shall expunge all records sealed under section 2151.356 of the Revised Code five years after the court issues a sealing order or upon the twenty-third birthday of the person who is the subject of the sealing order, whichever date is earlier. (B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, upon application by the person who has had a record sealed under section 2151.356 of the Revised Code,...

...(A)(1) In any proceeding in which a child has been adjudicated an unruly, abused, neglected, or dependent child, on the application of a party, or on the court's own motion, the court may make an order restraining or otherwise controlling the conduct of any parent, guardian, or other custodian in the relationship of that individual to the child if the court finds that an order of that type is necessary to do either o...

...Before a juvenile court issues an order of disposition pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 2151.354 or 2152.19 of the Revised Code committing an unruly or delinquent child to the custody of a public children services agency, it shall give the agency notice in the manner prescribed by the Juvenile Rules of the intended dispositional order.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Community addiction services provider" has the same meaning as in section 5119.01 of the Revised Code; (2) "Chemical dependency" means either of the following: (a) The chronic and habitual use of alcoholic beverages to the extent that the user no longer can control the use of alcohol or endangers the user's health, safety, or welfare or that of others; (b) The use of a drug of ab...

...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...

...A parent may voluntarily deliver the parent's child who is not older than thirty days, without intent to return for the child, to any of the following: (A) An 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 waiti...

...The following entities or persons, while acting in an official capacity on behalf of any of the entities, shall take possession of a child delivered in accordance with section 2151.3516 of the Revised Code: (A) A law enforcement agency, a peace officer employed by the agency, or a peace officer support employee; (B) A hospital or a person granted the privilege to practice at, or employed by, the hospital; (C...

...(A) On taking possession 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 i...