SENATORS Nein, Carnes

To amend sections 2301.02 and 2301.03 of the Revised

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Code to add one additional judge for the Juvenile

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Division of the Butler County Court of Common Pleas

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to be elected in 2002 and one additional judge to

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the Muskingum County Court of Common Pleas as judge

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of the Domestic Relations Division to be elected in

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2002 and to maintain the provisions of this act on

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and after January 1, 2002, by amending the versions

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of sections 2151.07 and 2301.03 of the Revised Code

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that take effect on that date.

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

Section 1.  That sections 2301.02 and 2301.03 of the Revised	11
Code be amended to read as follows:	12

Sec. 2301.02.  The number of judges of the court of common	13
pleas for each county, the time for the next election of the	14
judges in the several counties, and the beginning of their terms	15
shall be as follows:	16

(A) In Adams, Ashland, Fayette, and Pike counties, one	17
judge, elected in 1956, term to begin February 9, 1957;	18

In Brown, Crawford, Defiance, Highland, Holmes, Morgan,	19
Ottawa, and Union counties, one judge, to be elected in 1954, term	20
to begin February 9, 1955;	21

In Auglaize county, one judge, to be elected in 1956, term to	22
begin January 9, 1957;	23

In Coshocton, Darke, Fulton, Gallia, Guernsey, Hardin,	24
Jackson, Knox, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Monroe, Morrow, Paulding,	25
Vinton, and Wyandot counties, one judge, to be elected in 1956,	26
term to begin January 1, 1957;	27

In Carroll, Champaign, Clinton, Hocking, Meigs, Pickaway,	28
Preble, Shelby, Van Wert, and Williams counties, one judge, to be	29
elected in 1952, term to begin January 1, 1953;	30

In Harrison and Noble counties, one judge, to be elected in	31
1954, term to begin April 18, 1955;	32

In Henry and Putnam counties, one judge, to be elected in	33
1956, term to begin May 9, 1957;	34

In Huron county, one judge, to be elected in 1952, term to	35
begin May 14, 1953;	36

In Perry county, one judge, to be elected in 1954, term to	37
begin July 6, 1956;	38

In Sandusky county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954,	39
term to begin February 10, 1955, and one to be elected in 1978,	40
term to begin January 1, 1979;	41

(B) In Allen county, three judges, one to be elected in	42
1956, term to begin February 9, 1957, the second to be elected in	43
1958, term to begin January 1, 1959, and the third to be elected	44
in 1992, term to begin January 1, 1993;	45

In Ashtabula county, three judges, one to be elected in 1954,	46
term to begin February 9, 1955, one to be elected in 1960, term to	47
begin January 1, 1961, and one to be elected in 1978, term to	48
begin January 2, 1979;	49

In Athens county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954, term	50
to begin February 9, 1955, and one to be elected in 1990, term to	51
begin July 1, 1991;	52

In Erie county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term	53
to begin January 1, 1957, and the second to be elected in 1970,	54
term to begin January 2, 1971;	55

In Fairfield county, three judges, one to be elected in 1954,	56
term to begin February 9, 1955, the second to be elected in 1970,	57
term to begin January 1, 1971, and the third to be elected in	58
1994, term to begin January 2, 1995;	59

In Geauga county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term	60
to begin January 1, 1957, and the second to be elected in 1976,	61
term to begin January 6, 1977;	62

In Greene county, four judges, one to be elected in 1956,	63
term to begin February 9, 1957, the second to be elected in 1960,	64
term to begin January 1, 1961, the third to be elected in 1978,	65
term to begin January 2, 1979, and the fourth to be elected in	66
1994, term to begin January 1, 1995;	67

In Hancock county, two judges, one to be elected in 1952,	68
term to begin January 1, 1953, and the second to be elected in	69
1978, term to begin January 1, 1979;	70

In Lawrence county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954,	71
term to begin February 9, 1955, and the second to be elected in	72
1976, term to begin January 1, 1977;	73

In Marion county, three judges, one to be elected in 1952,	74
term to begin January 1, 1953, the second to be elected in 1976,	75
term to begin January 2, 1977, and the third to be elected in	76
1998, term to begin February 9, 1999;	77

In Medina county, three judges, one to be elected in 1956,	78
term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1966,	79
term to begin January 1, 1967, and the third to be elected in	80
1994, term to begin January 1, 1995;	81

In Miami county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954, term	82
to begin February 9, 1955, and one to be elected in 1970, term to	83
begin on January 1, 1971;	84

In Muskingum county, twothree judges, one to be elected in	85
1968, term to begin August 9, 1969, and one to be elected in 1978,	86
term to begin January 1, 1979, and one to be elected in 2002, term	87
to begin January 2, 2003;	88

In Portage county, three judges, one to be elected in 1956,	89
term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1960,	90
term to begin January 1, 1961, and the third to be elected in	91
1986, term to begin January 2, 1987;	92

In Ross county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term	93
to begin February 9, 1957, and the second to be elected in 1976,	94
term to begin January 1, 1977;	95

In Scioto county, three judges, one to be elected in 1954,	96
term to begin February 10, 1955, the second to be elected in 1960,	97
term to begin January 1, 1961, and the third to be elected in	98
1994, term to begin January 2, 1995;	99

In Seneca county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term	100
to begin January 1, 1957, and the second to be elected in 1986,	101
term to begin January 2, 1987;	102

In Warren county, three judges, one to be elected in 1954,	103
term to begin February 9, 1955, the second to be elected in 1970,	104
term to begin January 1, 1971, and the third to be elected in	105
1986, term to begin January 1, 1987;	106

In Washington county, two judges, one to be elected in 1952,	107
term to begin January 1, 1953, and one to be elected in 1986, term	108
to begin January 1, 1987;	109

In Wood county, three judges, one to be elected in 1968, term	110
beginning January 1, 1969, the second to be elected in 1970, term	111
to begin January 2, 1971, and the third to be elected in 1990,	112
term to begin January 1, 1991;	113

In Belmont and Jefferson counties, two judges, to be elected	114
in 1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955,	115
respectively;	116

In Clark county, four judges, one to be elected in 1952, term	117
to begin January 1, 1953, the second to be elected in 1956, term	118
to begin January 2, 1957, the third to be elected in 1986, term to	119
begin January 3, 1987, and the fourth to be elected in 1994, term	120
to begin January 2, 1995.	121

In Clermont county, four judges, one to be elected in 1956,	122
term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1964,	123
term to begin January 1, 1965, the third to be elected in 1982,	124
term to begin January 2, 1983, and the fourth to be elected in	125
1986, term to begin January 2, 1987;	126

In Columbiana county, two judges, one to be elected in 1952,	127
term to begin January 1, 1953, and the second to be elected in	128
1956, term to begin January 1, 1957;	129

In Delaware county, two judges, one to be elected in 1990,	130
term to begin February 9, 1991, the second to be elected in 1994,	131
term to begin January 1, 1995;	132

In Lake county, six judges, one to be elected in 1958, term	133
to begin January 1, 1959, the second to be elected in 1960, term	134
to begin January 2, 1961, the third to be elected in 1964, term to	135
begin January 3, 1965, the fourth and fifth to be elected in 1978,	136
terms to begin January 4, 1979, and January 5, 1979, respectively,	137
and the sixth to be elected in 2000, term to begin January 6,	138
2001;	139

In Licking county, three judges, one to be elected in 1954,	140
term to begin February 9, 1955, one to be elected in 1964, term to	141
begin January 1, 1965, and one to be elected in 1990, term to	142
begin January 1, 1991;	143

In Lorain county, eight judges, two to be elected in 1952,	144
terms to begin January 1, 1953, and January 2, 1953, respectively,	145
one to be elected in 1958, term to begin January 3, 1959, one to	146
be elected in 1968, term to begin January 1, 1969, two to be	147
elected in 1988, terms to begin January 4, 1989, and January 5,	148
1989, respectively, and two to be elected in 1998, terms to begin	149
January 2, 1999, and January 3, 1999, respectively;	150

In Butler county, eightnine judges, one to be elected in	151
1956, term to begin January 1, 1957; two to be elected in 1954,	152
terms to begin January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955,	153
respectively; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January 2,	154
1969; one to be elected in 1986, term to begin January 3, 1987;	155
two to be elected in 1988, terms to begin January 1, 1989, and	156
January 2, 1989, respectively; and one to be elected in 1992, term	157
to begin January 4, 1993; and one to be elected in 2002, term to	158
begin January 2, 2003;	159

In Richland county, three judges, one to be elected in 1956,	160
term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1960,	161
term to begin February 9, 1961, and the third to be elected in	162
1968, term to begin January 2, 1969;	163

In Tuscarawas county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956,	164
term to begin January 1, 1957, and the second to be elected in	165
1960, term to begin January 2, 1961;	166

In Wayne county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term	167
beginning January 1, 1957, and one to be elected in 1968, term to	168
begin January 2, 1969;	169

In Trumbull county, six judges, one to be elected in 1952,	170
term to begin January 1, 1953, the second to be elected in 1954,	171
term to begin January 1, 1955, the third to be elected in 1956,	172
term to begin January 1, 1957, the fourth to be elected in 1964,	173
term to begin January 1, 1965, the fifth to be elected in 1976,	174
term to begin January 2, 1977;, and the sixth to be elected in	175
1994, term to begin January 3, 1995;	176

(C) In Cuyahoga county, thirty-nine judges; eight to be	177
elected in 1954, terms to begin on successive days beginning from	178
January 1, 1955, to January 7, 1955, and February 9, 1955,	179
respectively; eight to be elected in 1956, terms to begin on	180
successive days beginning from January 1, 1957, to January 8,	181
1957; three to be elected in 1952, terms to begin from January 1,	182
1953, to January 3, 1953; two to be elected in 1960, terms to	183
begin on January 8, 1961, and January 9, 1961, respectively; two	184
to be elected in 1964, terms to begin January 4, 1965, and January	185
5, 1965, respectively; one to be elected in 1966, term to begin on	186
January 10, 1967; four to be elected in 1968, terms to begin on	187
successive days beginning from January 9, 1969, to January 12,	188
1969; two to be elected in 1974, terms to begin on January 18,	189
1975, and January 19, 1975, respectively; five to be elected in	190
1976, terms to begin on successive days beginning January 6, 1977,	191
to January 10, 1977; two to be elected in 1982, terms to begin	192
January 11, 1983, and January 12, 1983, respectively; and two to	193
be elected in 1986, terms to begin January 13, 1987, and January	194
14, 1987, respectively;	195

In Franklin county, twenty-one judges; two to be elected in	196
1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955,	197
respectively; four to be elected in 1956, terms to begin January	198
1, 1957, to January 4, 1957; four to be elected in 1958, terms to	199
begin January 1, 1959, to January 4, 1959; three to be elected in	200
1968, terms to begin January 5, 1969, to January 7, 1969; three to	201
be elected in 1976, terms to begin on successive days beginning	202
January 5, 1977, to January 7, 1977; one to be elected in 1982,	203
term to begin January 8, 1983; one to be elected in 1986, term to	204
begin January 9, 1987; two to be elected in 1990, terms to begin	205
July 1, 1991, and July 2, 1991, respectively; and one to be	206
elected in 1996, term to begin January 2, 1997;	207

In Hamilton county, twenty-one judges; eight to be elected in	208
1966, terms to begin January 1, 1967, January 2, 1967, and from	209
February 9, 1967, to February 14, 1967, respectively; five to be	210
elected in 1956, terms to begin from January 1, 1957, to January	211
5, 1957; one to be elected in 1964, term to begin January 1, 1965;	212
one to be elected in 1974, term to begin January 15, 1975; one to	213
be elected in 1980, term to begin January 16, 1981; two to be	214
elected at large in the general election in 1982, terms to begin	215
April 1, 1983; one to be elected in 1990, term to begin July 1,	216
1991; and two to be elected in 1996, terms to begin January 3,	217
1997, and January 4, 1997, respectively;	218

In Lucas county, fourteen judges; two to be elected in 1954,	219
terms to begin January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955,	220
respectively; two to be elected in 1956, terms to begin January 1,	221
1957, and October 29, 1957, respectively; two to be elected in	222
1952, terms to begin January 1, 1953, and January 2, 1953,	223
respectively; one to be elected in 1964, term to begin January 3,	224
1965; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January 4, 1969;	225
two to be elected in 1976, terms to begin January 4, 1977, and	226
January 5, 1977, respectively; one to be elected in 1982, term to	227
begin January 6, 1983; one to be elected in 1988, term to begin	228
January 7, 1989; one to be elected in 1990, term to begin January	229
2, 1991; and one to be elected in 1992, term to begin January 2,	230
1993;	231

In Mahoning county, seven judges; three to be elected in	232
1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, January 2, 1955, and	233
February 9, 1955, respectively; one to be elected in 1956, term to	234
begin January 1, 1957; one to be elected in 1952, term to begin	235
January 1, 1953; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January	236
2, 1969; and one to be elected in 1990, term to begin July 1,	237
1991;	238

In Montgomery county, fifteen judges; three to be elected in	239
1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, January 2, 1955, and January	240
3, 1955, respectively; four to be elected in 1952, terms to begin	241
January 1, 1953, January 2, 1953, July 1, 1953, July 2, 1953,	242
respectively; one to be elected in 1964, term to begin January 3,	243
1965; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January 3, 1969;	244
three to be elected in 1976, terms to begin on successive days	245
beginning January 4, 1977, to January 6, 1977; two to be elected	246
in 1990, terms to begin July 1, 1991, and July 2, 1991,	247
respectively; and one to be elected in 1992, term to begin January	248
1, 1993.	249

In Stark county, eight judges; one to be elected in 1958,	250
term to begin on January 2, 1959; two to be elected in 1954, terms	251
to begin on January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955, respectively;	252
two to be elected in 1952, terms to begin January 1, 1953, and	253
April 16, 1953, respectively; one to be elected in 1966, term to	254
begin on January 4, 1967; and two to be elected in 1992, terms to	255
begin January 1, 1993, and January 2, 1993, respectively;	256

In Summit county, eleven judges; four to be elected in 1954,	257
terms to begin January 1, 1955, January 2, 1955, January 3, 1955,	258
and February 9, 1955, respectively; three to be elected in 1958,	259
terms to begin January 1, 1959, January 2, 1959, and May 17, 1959,	260
respectively; one to be elected in 1966, term to begin January 4,	261
1967; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January 5, 1969;	262
one to be elected in 1990, term to begin May 1, 1991; and one to	263
be elected in 1992, term to begin January 6, 1993.	264

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, in any county	265
having two or more judges of the court of common pleas, in which	266
more than one-third of the judges plus one were previously elected	267
at the same election, if the office of one of those judges so	268
elected becomes vacant more than forty days prior to the second	269
general election preceding the expiration of that judge's term,	270
the office that that judge had filled shall be abolished as of the	271
date of the next general election, and a new office of judge of	272
the court of common pleas shall be created. The judge who is to	273
fill that new office shall be elected for a six-year term at the	274
next general election, and the term of that judge shall commence	275
on the first day of the year following that general election, on	276
which day no other judge's term begins, so that the number of	277
judges that the county shall elect shall not be reduced.	278

Judges of the probate division of the court of common pleas	279
are judges of the court of common pleas but shall be elected	280
pursuant to sections 2101.02 and 2101.021 of the Revised Code,	281
except in Adams, Harrison, Henry, Morgan, Morrow, Noble, and	282
Wyandot counties in which the judge of the court of common pleas	283
elected pursuant to this section also shall serve as judge of the	284
probate division.	285

Sec. 2301.03.  (A) In Franklin county, the judges of the	286
court of common pleas whose terms begin on January 1, 1953,	287
January 2, 1953, January 5, 1969, January 5, 1977, and January 2,	288
1997, and successors, shall have the same qualifications, exercise	289
the same powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same	290
compensation as other judges of the court of common pleas of	291
Franklin county and shall be elected and designated as judges of	292
the court of common pleas, division of domestic relations. They	293
shall have all the powers relating to juvenile courts, and all	294
cases under Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code, all parentage	295
proceedings under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code over which the	296
juvenile court has jurisdiction, and all divorce, dissolution of	297
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases shall be assigned	298
to them. In addition to the judge's regular duties, the judge who	299
is senior in point of service shall serve on the children services	300
board and the county advisory board and shall be the administrator	301
of the domestic relations division and its subdivisions and	302
departments.	303

(B)(1) In Hamilton county, the judge of the court of common	304
pleas, whose term begins on January 1, 1957, and successors, and	305
the judge of the court of common pleas, whose term begins on	306
February 14, 1967, and successors, shall be the juvenile judges as	307
provided in Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code, with the powers and	308
jurisdiction conferred by that chapter.	309

(2) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms	310
begin on January 5, 1957, January 16, 1981, and July 1, 1991, and	311
successors, shall be elected and designated as judges of the court	312
of common pleas, division of domestic relations, and shall have	313
assigned to them all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal	314
separation, and annulment cases coming before the court. On or	315
after the first day of July and before the first day of August of	316
1991 and each year thereafter, a majority of the judges of the	317
division of domestic relations shall elect one of the judges of	318
the division as administrative judge of that division. If a	319
majority of the judges of the division of domestic relations are	320
unable for any reason to elect an administrative judge for the	321
division before the first day of August, a majority of the judges	322
of the Hamilton county court of common pleas, as soon as possible	323
after that date, shall elect one of the judges of the division of	324
domestic relations as administrative judge of that division. The	325
term of the administrative judge shall begin on the earlier of the	326
first day of August of the year in which the administrative judge	327
is elected or the date on which the administrative judge is	328
elected by a majority of the judges of the Hamilton county court	329
of common pleas and shall terminate on the date on which the	330
administrative judge's successor is elected in the following year.	331

In addition to the judge's regular duties, the administrative	332
judge of the division of domestic relations shall be the	333
administrator of the domestic relations division and its	334
subdivisions and departments and shall have charge of the	335
employment, assignment, and supervision of the personnel of the	336
division engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating divorce,	337
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases,	338
including any referees considered necessary by the judges in the	339
discharge of their various duties.	340

The administrative judge of the division of domestic	341
relations also shall designate the title, compensation, expense	342
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	343
personnel of the division, and shall fix the duties of its	344
personnel. The duties of the personnel, in addition to those	345
provided for in other sections of the Revised Code, shall include	346
the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution	347
of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and counseling	348
and conciliation services that may be made available to persons	349
requesting them, whether or not the persons are parties to an	350
action pending in the division.	351

The board of county commissioners shall appropriate the sum	352
of money each year as will meet all the administrative expenses of	353
the division of domestic relations, including reasonable expenses	354
of the domestic relations judges and the division counselors and	355
other employees designated to conduct the handling, servicing, and	356
investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal	357
separation, and annulment cases, conciliation and counseling, and	358
all matters relating to those cases and counseling, and the	359
expenses involved in the attendance of division personnel at	360
domestic relations and welfare conferences designated by the	361
division, and the further sum each year as will provide for the	362
adequate operation of the division of domestic relations.	363

The compensation and expenses of all employees and the salary	364
and expenses of the judges shall be paid by the county treasurer	365
from the money appropriated for the operation of the division,	366
upon the warrant of the county auditor, certified to by the	367
administrative judge of the division of domestic relations.	368

The summonses, warrants, citations, subpoenas, and other	369
writs of the division may issue to a bailiff, constable, or staff	370
investigator of the division or to the sheriff of any county or	371
any marshal, constable, or police officer, and the provisions of	372
law relating to the subpoenaing of witnesses in other cases shall	373
apply insofar as they are applicable. When a summons, warrant,	374
citation, subpoena, or other writ is issued to an officer, other	375
than a bailiff, constable, or staff investigator of the division,	376
the expense of serving it shall be assessed as a part of the costs	377
in the case involved.	378

(3) The judge of the court of common pleas of Hamilton	379
Countycounty whose term begins on January 3, 1997, shall be	380
elected and designated for one term only as the drug court judge	381
of the court of common pleas of Hamilton Countycounty, and the	382
successors to that judge shall be elected and designated as judges	383
of the general division of the court of common pleas of Hamilton	384
county and shall not have the authority granted by division (B)(3)	385
of this section. The drug court judge may accept or reject any	386
case referred to the drug court judge under division (B)(3) of	387
this section. After the drug court judge accepts a referred case,	388
the drug court judge has full authority over the case, including	389
the authority to conduct arraignment, accept pleas, enter findings	390
and dispositions, conduct trials, order treatment, and if	391
treatment is not successfully completed pronounce and enter	392
sentence.	393

A judge of the general division of the court of common pleas	394
of Hamilton Countycounty and a judge of the Hamilton County	395
county municipal court may refer to the drug court judge any case,	396
and any companion cases, the judge determines meet the criteria	397
described under divisions (B)(3)(a) and (b) of this section. If	398
the drug court judge accepts referral of a referred case, the	399
case, and any companion cases, shall be transferred to the drug	400
court judge. A judge may refer a case meeting the criteria	401
described in divisions (B)(3)(a) and (b) of this section that	402
involves a violation of a term of probation to the drug court	403
judge, and, if the drug court judge accepts the referral, the	404
referring judge and the drug court judge have concurrent	405
jurisdiction over the case.	406

A judge of the general division of the court of common pleas	407
of Hamilton Countycounty and a judge of the Hamilton County	408
county municipal court may refer a case to the drug court judge	409
under division (B)(3) of this section if the judge determines that	410
both of the following apply:	411

(a) One of the following applies:

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(i) The case involves a drug abuse offense, as defined in	413
section 2925.01 of the Revised Code, that is a felony of the third	414
or fourth degree if the offense is committed prior to July 1,	415
1996, a felony of the third, fourth, or fifth degree if the	416
offense is committed on or after July 1, 1996, or a misdemeanor.	417

(ii) The case involves a theft offense, as defined in	418
section 2913.01 of the Revised Code, that is a felony of the third	419
or fourth degree if the offense is committed prior to July 1,	420
1996, a felony of the third, fourth, or fifth degree if the	421
offense is committed on or after July 1, 1996, or a misdemeanor,	422
and the defendant is drug or alcohol dependent or in danger of	423
becoming drug or alcohol dependent and would benefit from	424
treatment.	425

(b) All of the following apply:

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(i) The case involves a probationable offense or a case in	427
which a mandatory prison term is not required to be imposed.	428

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

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

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(iv) The defendant's current or past behavior, or both, is	431
drug or alcohol driven.	432

(v) The defendant demonstrates a sincere willingness to	433
participate in a fifteen-month treatment process.	434

(vi) The defendant has no acute health condition.

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(vii) If the defendant is incarcerated, the county	436
prosecutor approves of the referral.	437

(4) If the administrative judge of the court of common pleas	438
of Hamilton county determines that the volume of cases pending	439
before the drug court judge does not constitute a sufficient	440
caseload for the drug court judge, the administrative judge, in	441
accordance with the Rules of Superintendence for Courts of Common	442
Pleas, shall assign individual cases to the drug court judge from	443
the general docket of the court. If the assignments so occur, the	444
administrative judge shall cease the assignments when the	445
administrative judge determines that the volume of cases pending	446
before the drug court judge constitutes a sufficient caseload for	447
the drug court judge.	448

(C) In Lorain county, the judges of the court of common	449
pleas whose terms begin on January 3, 1959, January 4, 1989, and	450
January 2, 1999, and successors, shall have the same	451
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	452
receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court of	453
common pleas of Lorain county and shall be elected and designated	454
as the judges of the court of common pleas, division of domestic	455
relations. They shall have all of the powers relating to juvenile	456
courts, and all cases under Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code, all	457
parentage proceedings over which the juvenile court has	458
jurisdiction, and all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal	459
separation, and annulment cases shall be assigned to them, except	460
cases that for some special reason are assigned to some other	461
judge of the court of common pleas.	462

(D)(1) In Lucas county, the judges of the court of common	463
pleas whose terms begin on January 1, 1955, and January 3, 1965,	464
and successors, shall have the same qualifications, exercise the	465
same powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as	466
other judges of the court of common pleas of Lucas county and	467
shall be elected and designated as judges of the court of common	468
pleas, division of domestic relations. All divorce, dissolution	469
of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases shall be	470
assigned to them.	471

The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in	472
point of service, shall be considered as the presiding judge of	473
the court of common pleas, division of domestic relations, and	474
shall be charged exclusively with the assignment and division of	475
the work of the division and the employment and supervision of all	476
other personnel of the domestic relations division.	477

(2) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms	478
begin on January 5, 1977, and January 2, 1991, and successors	479
shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	480
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of	481
the court of common pleas of Lucas county, shall be elected and	482
designated as judges of the court of common pleas, juvenile	483
division, and shall be the juvenile judges as provided in Chapter	484
2151. of the Revised Code with the powers and jurisdictions	485
conferred by that chapter. In addition to the judge's regular	486
duties, the judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division,	487
senior in point of service, shall be the administrator of the	488
juvenile division and its subdivisions and departments and shall	489
have charge of the employment, assignment, and supervision of the	490
personnel of the division engaged in handling, servicing, or	491
investigating juvenile cases, including any referees considered	492
necessary by the judges of the division in the discharge of their	493
various duties.	494

The judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division,	495
senior in point of service, also shall designate the title,	496
compensation, expense allowance, hours, leaves of absence, and	497
vacation of the personnel of the division and shall fix the duties	498
of the personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in	499
addition to other statutory duties include the handling,	500
servicing, and investigation of juvenile cases and counseling and	501
conciliation services that may be made available to persons	502
requesting them, whether or not the persons are parties to an	503
action pending in the division.	504

(3) If one of the judges of the court of common pleas,	505
division of domestic relations, or one of the judges of the	506
juvenile division is sick, absent, or unable to perform that	507
judge's judicial duties or the volume of cases pending in that	508
judge's division necessitates it, the duties shall be performed by	509
the judges of the other of those divisions.	510

(E)(1) In Mahoning county, the judge of the court of common	511
pleas whose term began on January 1, 1955, and successors, shall	512
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	513
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of	514
the court of common pleas of Mahoning county, shall be elected and	515
designated as judge of the court of common pleas, division of	516
domestic relations, and shall be assigned all the divorce,	517
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases	518
coming before the court. In addition to the judge's regular	519
duties, the judge of the court of common pleas, division of	520
domestic relations, shall be the administrator of the domestic	521
relations division and its subdivisions and departments and shall	522
have charge of the employment, assignment, and supervision of the	523
personnel of the division engaged in handling, servicing, or	524
investigating divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation,	525
and annulment cases, including any referees considered necessary	526
in the discharge of the various duties of the judge's office.	527

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	528
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	529
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the	530
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in	531
addition to other statutory duties, include the handling,	532
servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage,	533
legal separation, and annulment cases and counseling and	534
conciliation services that may be made available to persons	535
requesting them, whether or not the persons are parties to an	536
action pending in the division.	537

(2) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term began	538
on January 2, 1969, and successors, shall have the same	539
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	540
receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of	541
common pleas of Mahoning county, shall be elected and designated	542
as judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, and	543
shall be the juvenile judge as provided in Chapter 2151. of the	544
Revised Code, with the powers and jurisdictions conferred by that	545
chapter. In addition to the judge's regular duties, the judge of	546
the court of common pleas, juvenile division, shall be the	547
administrator of the juvenile division and its subdivisions and	548
departments and shall have charge of the employment, assignment,	549
and supervision of the personnel of the division engaged in	550
handling, servicing, or investigating juvenile cases, including	551
any referees considered necessary by the judge in the discharge of	552
the judge's various duties.	553

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	554
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacation of the	555
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the	556
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in	557
addition to other statutory duties, include the handling,	558
servicing, and investigation of juvenile cases and counseling and	559
conciliation services that may be made available to persons	560
requesting them, whether or not the persons are parties to an	561
action pending in the division.	562

(3) If a judge of the court of common pleas, division of	563
domestic relations or juvenile division, is sick, absent, or	564
unable to perform that judge's judicial duties, or the volume of	565
cases pending in that judge's division necessitates it, that	566
judge's duties shall be performed by another judge of the court of	567
common pleas.	568

(F)(1) In Montgomery county, the judges of the court of	569
common pleas whose terms begin on January 2, 1953, and January 4,	570
1977, and successors, shall have the same qualifications, exercise	571
the same powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same	572
compensation as other judges of the court of common pleas of	573
Montgomery county and shall be elected and designated as judges of	574
the court of common pleas, division of domestic relations. These	575
judges shall have assigned to them all divorce, dissolution of	576
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases.	577

The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in	578
point of service, shall be charged exclusively with the assignment	579
and division of the work of the division and shall have charge of	580
the employment and supervision of the personnel of the division	581
engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating divorce,	582
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases,	583
including any necessary referees, except those employees who may	584
be appointed by the judge, junior in point of service, under this	585
section and sections 2301.12, 2301.18, and 2301.19 of the Revised	586
Code. The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in	587
point of service, also shall designate the title, compensation,	588
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacation of the	589
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties.	590

(2) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms	591
begin on January 1, 1953, and January 1, 1993, and successors,	592
shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	593
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of	594
the court of common pleas of Montgomery county, shall be elected	595
and designated as judges of the court of common pleas, juvenile	596
division, and shall be, and have the powers and jurisdiction of,	597
the juvenile judge as provided in Chapter 2151. of the Revised	598
Code.	599

In addition to the judge's regular duties, the judge of the	600
court of common pleas, juvenile division, senior in point of	601
service, shall be the administrator of the juvenile division and	602
its subdivisions and departments and shall have charge of the	603
employment, assignment, and supervision of the personnel of the	604
juvenile division, including any necessary referees, who are	605
engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating juvenile cases.	606
The judge, senior in point of service, also shall designate the	607
title, compensation, expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence,	608
and vacation of the personnel of the division and shall fix their	609
duties. The duties of the personnel, in addition to other	610
statutory duties, shall include the handling, servicing, and	611
investigation of juvenile cases and of any counseling and	612
conciliation services that are available upon request to persons,	613
whether or not they are parties to an action pending in the	614
division.	615

If one of the judges of the court of common pleas, division	616
of domestic relations, or one of the judges of the court of common	617
pleas, juvenile division, is sick, absent, or unable to perform	618
that judge's duties or the volume of cases pending in that judge's	619
division necessitates it, the duties of that judge may be	620
performed by the judge or judges of the other of those divisions.	621

(G) In Richland county, the judge of the court of common	622
pleas whose term begins on January 1, 1957, and successors, shall	623
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	624
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other	625
judges of the court of common pleas of Richland county and shall	626
be elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas,	627
division of domestic relations. That judge shall have all of the	628
powers relating to juvenile courts, and all cases under Chapter	629
2151. of the Revised Code, all parentage proceedings over which	630
the juvenile court has jurisdiction, and all divorce, dissolution	631
of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases shall be	632
assigned to that judge, except in cases that for some special	633
reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of common	634
pleas.	635

(H) In Stark county, the judges of the court of common pleas	636
whose terms begin on January 1, 1953, January 2, 1959, and January	637
1, 1993, and successors, shall have the same qualifications,	638
exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same	639
compensation as other judges of the court of common pleas of Stark	640
county and shall be elected and designated as judges of the court	641
of common pleas, division of domestic relations. They shall have	642
all the powers relating to juvenile courts, and all cases under	643
Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code, all parentage proceedings over	644
which the juvenile court has jurisdiction, and all divorce,	645
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases,	646
except cases that are assigned to some other judge of the court of	647
common pleas for some special reason, shall be assigned to the	648
judges.	649

The judge of the division of domestic relations, second most	650
senior in point of service, shall have charge of the employment	651
and supervision of the personnel of the division engaged in	652
handling, servicing, or investigating divorce, dissolution of	653
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, and necessary	654
referees required for the judge's respective court.	655

The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in	656
point of service, shall be charged exclusively with the	657
administration of sections 2151.13, 2151.16, 2151.17, and 2151.18	658
of the Revised Code and with the assignment and division of the	659
work of the division and the employment and supervision of all	660
other personnel of the division, including, but not limited to,	661
that judge's necessary referees, but excepting those employees who	662
may be appointed by the judge second most senior in point of	663
service. The senior judge further shall serve in every other	664
position in which the statutes permit or require a juvenile judge	665
to serve.	666

(I) In Summit county:

667

(1) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms	668
begin on January 4, 1967, and January 6, 1993, and successors,	669
shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	670
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of	671
the court of common pleas of Summit county and shall be elected	672
and designated as judges of the court of common pleas, division of	673
domestic relations. The judges of the division of domestic	674
relations shall have assigned to them and hear all divorce,	675
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases	676
that come before the court. Except in cases that are subject to	677
the exclusive original jurisdiction of the juvenile court, the	678
judges of the division of domestic relations shall have assigned	679
to them and hear all cases pertaining to paternity, custody,	680
visitation, child support, or the allocation of parental rights	681
and responsibilities for the care of children and all post-decree	682
proceedings arising from any case pertaining to any of those	683
matters. The judges of the division of domestic relations shall	684
have assigned to them and hear all proceedings under the uniform	685
interstate family support act contained in Chapter 3115. of the	686
Revised Code.	687

The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in	688
point of service, shall be the administrator of the domestic	689
relations division and its subdivisions and departments and shall	690
have charge of the employment, assignment, and supervision of the	691
personnel of the division, including any necessary referees, who	692
are engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating divorce,	693
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases.	694
That judge also shall designate the title, compensation, expense	695
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	696
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties	697
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall	698
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce,	699
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and	700
of any counseling and conciliation services that are available	701
upon request to all persons, whether or not they are parties to an	702
action pending in the division.	703

(2) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins	704
on January 1, 1955, and successors, shall have the same	705
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	706
receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of	707
common pleas of Summit county, shall be elected and designated as	708
judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, and shall	709
be, and have the powers and jurisdiction of, the juvenile judge as	710
provided in Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code. Except in cases	711
that are subject to the exclusive original jurisdiction of the	712
juvenile court, the judge of the juvenile division shall not have	713
jurisdiction or the power to hear, and shall not be assigned, any	714
case pertaining to paternity, custody, visitation, child support,	715
or the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities for the	716
care of children or any post-decree proceeding arising from any	717
case pertaining to any of those matters. The judge of the	718
juvenile division shall not have jurisdiction or the power to	719
hear, and shall not be assigned, any proceeding under the uniform	720
interstate family support act contained in Chapter 3115. of the	721
Revised Code.	722

The juvenile judge shall be the administrator of the juvenile	723
division and its subdivisions and departments and shall have	724
charge of the employment, assignment, and supervision of the	725
personnel of the juvenile division, including any necessary	726
referees, who are engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating	727
juvenile cases. The judge also shall designate the title,	728
compensation, expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and	729
vacation of the personnel of the division and shall fix their	730
duties. The duties of the personnel, in addition to other	731
statutory duties, shall include the handling, servicing, and	732
investigation of juvenile cases and of any counseling and	733
conciliation services that are available upon request to persons,	734
whether or not they are parties to an action pending in the	735
division.	736

(J) In Trumbull county, the judges of the court of common	737
pleas whose terms begin on January 1, 1953, and January 2, 1977,	738
and successors, shall have the same qualifications, exercise the	739
same powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as	740
other judges of the court of common pleas of Trumbull county and	741
shall be elected and designated as judges of the court of common	742
pleas, division of domestic relations. They shall have all the	743
powers relating to juvenile courts, and all cases under Chapter	744
2151. of the Revised Code, all parentage proceedings over which	745
the juvenile court has jurisdiction, and all divorce, dissolution	746
of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases shall be	747
assigned to them, except cases that for some special reason are	748
assigned to some other judge of the court of common pleas.	749

(K) In Butler county:

750

(1) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms	751
begin on January 1, 1957, and January 4, 1993, and successors,	752
shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	753
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of	754
the court of common pleas of Butler county and shall be elected	755
and designated as judges of the court of common pleas, division of	756
domestic relations. The judges of the division of domestic	757
relations shall have assigned to them all divorce, dissolution of	758
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases coming before the	759
court, except in cases that for some special reason are assigned	760
to some other judge of the court of common pleas. The judge	761
senior in point of service shall be charged with the assignment	762
and division of the work of the division and with the employment	763
and supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations	764
division.	765

The judge senior in point of service also shall designate the	766
title, compensation, expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence,	767
and vacations of the personnel of the division and shall fix their	768
duties. The duties of the personnel, in addition to other	769
statutory duties, shall include the handling, servicing, and	770
investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal	771
separation, and annulment cases and providing any counseling and	772
conciliation services that the division makes available to	773
persons, whether or not the persons are parties to an action	774
pending in the division, who request the services.	775

(2) The judgejudges of the court of common pleas whose term	776
beginsterms begin on January 3, 1987, and January 2, 2003, and	777
successors, shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same	778
powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as	779
other judges of the court of common pleas of Butler county, shall	780
be elected and designated as judgejudges of the court of common	781
pleas, juvenile division, and shall be the juvenile judgejudges	782
as provided in Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code, with the powers	783
and jurisdictions conferred by that chapter. The judge of the	784
court of common pleas, juvenile division, who is senior in point	785
of service, shall be the administrator of the juvenile division	786
and its subdivisions and departments. The judge, senior in point	787
of service, shall have charge of the employment, assignment, and	788
supervision of the personnel of the juvenile division who are	789
engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating juvenile cases,	790
including any referees whom the judge considers necessary for the	791
discharge of the judge's various duties.	792

The judge, senior in point of service, also shall designate	793
the title, compensation, expense allowances, hours, leaves of	794
absence, and vacation of the personnel of the division and shall	795
fix their duties. The duties of the personnel, in addition to	796
other statutory duties, include the handling, servicing, and	797
investigation of juvenile cases and providing any counseling and	798
conciliation services that the division makes available to	799
persons, whether or not the persons are parties to an action	800
pending in the division, who request the services.	801

(3) If a judge of the court of common pleas, division of	802
domestic relations or juvenile division, is sick, absent, or	803
unable to perform that judge's judicial duties or the volume of	804
cases pending in the judge's division necessitates it, the duties	805
of that judge shall be performed by the other judges of the	806
domestic relations and juvenile divisions.	807

(L)(1) In Cuyahoga county, the judges of the court of common	808
pleas whose terms begin on January 8, 1961, January 9, 1961,	809
January 18, 1975, January 19, 1975, and January 13, 1987, and	810
successors, shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same	811
powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as	812
other judges of the court of common pleas of Cuyahoga county and	813
shall be elected and designated as judges of the court of common	814
pleas, division of domestic relations. They shall have all the	815
powers relating to all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal	816
separation, and annulment cases, except in cases that are assigned	817
to some other judge of the court of common pleas for some special	818
reason.	819

(2) The administrative judge is administrator of the	820
domestic relations division and its subdivisions and departments	821
and has the following powers concerning division personnel:	822

(a) Full charge of the employment, assignment, and	823
supervision;	824

(b) Sole determination of compensation, duties, expenses,	825
allowances, hours, leaves, and vacations.	826

(3) "Division personnel" include persons employed or referees	827
engaged in hearing, servicing, investigating, counseling, or	828
conciliating divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation	829
and annulment matters.	830

(M) In Lake county:

831

(1) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins	832
on January 2, 1961, and successors, shall have the same	833
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	834
receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court of	835
common pleas of Lake county and shall be elected and designated as	836
judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic	837
relations. The judge shall be assigned all the divorce,	838
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases	839
coming before the court, except in cases that for some special	840
reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of common	841
pleas. The judge shall be charged with the assignment and	842
division of the work of the division and with the employment and	843
supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations	844
division.	845

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	846
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	847
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties	848
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall	849
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce,	850
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and	851
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the	852
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons	853
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the	854
services.	855

(2) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins	856
on January 4, 1979, and successors, shall have the same	857
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	858
receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of	859
common pleas of Lake county, shall be elected and designated as	860
judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, and shall	861
be the juvenile judge as provided in Chapter 2151. of the Revised	862
Code, with the powers and jurisdictions conferred by that chapter.	863
The judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, shall	864
be the administrator of the juvenile division and its subdivisions	865
and departments. The judge shall have charge of the employment,	866
assignment, and supervision of the personnel of the juvenile	867
division who are engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating	868
juvenile cases, including any referees whom the judge considers	869
necessary for the discharge of the judge's various duties.	870

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	871
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacation of the	872
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties	873
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, include	874
the handling, servicing, and investigation of juvenile cases and	875
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the	876
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons	877
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the	878
services.	879

(3) If a judge of the court of common pleas, division of	880
domestic relations or juvenile division, is sick, absent, or	881
unable to perform that judge's judicial duties or the volume of	882
cases pending in the judge's division necessitates it, the duties	883
of that judge shall be performed by the other judges of the	884
domestic relations and juvenile divisions.	885

(N) In Erie county, the judge of the court of common pleas	886
whose term begins on January 2, 1971, and successors, shall have	887
the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	888
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other judge	889
of the court of common pleas of Erie county and shall be elected	890
and designated as judge of the court of common pleas, division of	891
domestic relations. The judge shall have all the powers relating	892
to juvenile courts, and shall be assigned all cases under Chapter	893
2151. of the Revised Code, parentage proceedings over which the	894
juvenile court has jurisdiction, and divorce, dissolution of	895
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, except cases that	896
for some special reason are assigned to some other judge.	897

(O) In Greene county:

898

(1) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins	899
on January 1, 1961, and successors, shall have the same	900
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	901
receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court of	902
common pleas of Greene county and shall be elected and designated	903
as the judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic	904
relations. The judge shall be assigned all divorce, dissolution	905
of marriage, legal separation, annulment, uniform reciprocal	906
support enforcement, and domestic violence cases and all other	907
cases related to domestic relations, except cases that for some	908
special reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of	909
common pleas.	910

The judge shall be charged with the assignment and division	911
of the work of the division and with the employment and	912
supervision of all other personnel of the division. The judge	913
also shall designate the title, compensation, hours, leaves of	914
absence, and vacations of the personnel of the division and shall	915
fix their duties. The duties of the personnel of the division, in	916
addition to other statutory duties, shall include the handling,	917
servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage,	918
legal separation, and annulment cases and the provision of	919
counseling and conciliation services that the division considers	920
necessary and makes available to persons who request the services,	921
whether or not the persons are parties in an action pending in the	922
division. The compensation for the personnel shall be paid from	923
the overall court budget and shall be included in the	924
appropriations for the existing judges of the general division of	925
the court of common pleas.	926

(2) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins	927
on January 1, 1995, and successors, shall have the same	928
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	929
receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court of	930
common pleas of Greene county, shall be elected and designated as	931
judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, and, on or	932
after January 1, 1995, shall be the juvenile judge as provided in	933
Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code with the powers and jurisdiction	934
conferred by that chapter. The judge of the court of common	935
pleas, juvenile division, shall be the administrator of the	936
juvenile division and its subdivisions and departments. The judge	937
shall have charge of the employment, assignment, and supervision	938
of the personnel of the juvenile division who are engaged in	939
handling, servicing, or investigating juvenile cases, including	940
any referees whom the judge considers necessary for the discharge	941
of the judge's various duties.	942

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	943
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacation of the	944
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties	945
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, include	946
the handling, servicing, and investigation of juvenile cases and	947
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the court	948
makes available to persons, whether or not the persons are parties	949
to an action pending in the court, who request the services.	950

(3) If one of the judges of the court of common pleas,	951
general division, is sick, absent, or unable to perform that	952
judge's judicial duties or the volume of cases pending in the	953
general division necessitates it, the duties of that judge of the	954
general division shall be performed by the judge of the division	955
of domestic relations and the judge of the juvenile division.	956

(P) In Portage county, the judge of the court of common	957
pleas, whose term begins January 2, 1987, and successors, shall	958
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	959
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other	960
judges of the court of common pleas of Portage county and shall be	961
elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas,	962
division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all	963
divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment	964
cases coming before the court, except in cases that for some	965
special reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of	966
common pleas. The judge shall be charged with the assignment and	967
division of the work of the division and with the employment and	968
supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations	969
division.	970

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	971
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	972
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties	973
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall	974
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce,	975
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and	976
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the	977
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons	978
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the	979
services.	980

(Q) In Clermont county, the judge of the court of common	981
pleas, whose term begins January 2, 1987, and successors, shall	982
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	983
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other	984
judges of the court of common pleas of Clermont county and shall	985
be elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas,	986
division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all	987
divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment	988
cases coming before the court, except in cases that for some	989
special reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of	990
common pleas. The judge shall be charged with the assignment and	991
division of the work of the division and with the employment and	992
supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations	993
division.	994

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	995
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	996
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties	997
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall	998
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce,	999
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and	1000
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the	1001
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons	1002
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the	1003
services.	1004

(R) In Warren county, the judge of the court of common	1005
pleas, whose term begins January 1, 1987, and successors, shall	1006
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	1007
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other	1008
judges of the court of common pleas of Warren county and shall be	1009
elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas,	1010
division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all	1011
divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment	1012
cases coming before the court, except in cases that for some	1013
special reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of	1014
common pleas. The judge shall be charged with the assignment and	1015
division of the work of the division and with the employment and	1016
supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations	1017
division.	1018

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	1019
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	1020
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties	1021
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall	1022
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce,	1023
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and	1024
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the	1025
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons	1026
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the	1027
services.	1028

(S) In Licking county, the judge of the court of common	1029
pleas, whose term begins January 1, 1991, and successors, shall	1030
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	1031
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other	1032
judges of the court of common pleas of Licking county and shall be	1033
elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas,	1034
division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all	1035
divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment	1036
cases, all cases arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code,	1037
all proceedings involving child support, the allocation of	1038
parental rights and responsibilities for the care of children and	1039
the designation for the children of a place of residence and legal	1040
custodian, parenting time, and visitation, and all post-decree	1041
proceedings and matters arising from those cases and proceedings,	1042
except in cases that for some special reason are assigned to	1043
another judge of the court of common pleas. The judge shall be	1044
charged with the assignment and division of the work of the	1045
division and with the employment and supervision of the personnel	1046
of the division.	1047

The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense	1048
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	1049
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the	1050
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel of the	1051
division, in addition to other statutory duties, shall include the	1052
handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of	1053
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising	1054
under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving	1055
child support, the allocation of parental rights and	1056
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for	1057
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian,	1058
parenting time, and visitation and providing any counseling and	1059
conciliation services that the division makes available to	1060
persons, whether or not the persons are parties to an action	1061
pending in the division, who request the services.	1062

(T) In Allen county, the judge of the court of common pleas,	1063
whose term begins January 1, 1993, and successors, shall have the	1064
same qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction,	1065
and receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court	1066
of common pleas of Allen county and shall be elected and	1067
designated as judge of the court of common pleas, division of	1068
domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all divorce,	1069
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases,	1070
all cases arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, all	1071
proceedings involving child support, the allocation of parental	1072
rights and responsibilities for the care of children and the	1073
designation for the children of a place of residence and legal	1074
custodian, parenting time, and visitation, and all post-decree	1075
proceedings and matters arising from those cases and proceedings,	1076
except in cases that for some special reason are assigned to	1077
another judge of the court of common pleas. The judge shall be	1078
charged with the assignment and division of the work of the	1079
division and with the employment and supervision of the personnel	1080
of the division.	1081

The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense	1082
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	1083
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the	1084
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel of the	1085
division, in addition to other statutory duties, shall include the	1086
handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of	1087
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising	1088
under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving	1089
child support, the allocation of parental rights and	1090
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for	1091
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian,	1092
parenting time, and visitation, and providing any counseling and	1093
conciliation services that the division makes available to	1094
persons, whether or not the persons are parties to an action	1095
pending in the division, who request the services.	1096

(U) In Medina county, the judge of the court of common pleas	1097
whose term begins January 1, 1995, and successors, shall have the	1098
same qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction,	1099
and receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of	1100
common pleas of Medina county and shall be elected and designated	1101
as judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic	1102
relations. The judge shall be assigned all divorce, dissolution	1103
of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, all cases	1104
arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, all proceedings	1105
involving child support, the allocation of parental rights and	1106
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for	1107
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian,	1108
parenting time, and visitation, and all post-decree proceedings	1109
and matters arising from those cases and proceedings, except in	1110
cases that for some special reason are assigned to another judge	1111
of the court of common pleas. The judge shall be charged with the	1112
assignment and division of the work of the division and with the	1113
employment and supervision of the personnel of the division.	1114

The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense	1115
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	1116
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the	1117
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in	1118
addition to other statutory duties, include the handling,	1119
servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage,	1120
legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising under Chapter	1121
3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving child	1122
support, the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities	1123
for the care of children and the designation for the children of a	1124
place of residence and legal custodian, parenting time, and	1125
visitation, and providing counseling and conciliation services	1126
that the division makes available to persons, whether or not the	1127
persons are parties to an action pending in the division, who	1128
request the services.	1129

(V) In Fairfield county, the judge of the court of common	1130
pleas whose term begins January 2, 1995, and successors, shall	1131
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	1132
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other	1133
judges of the court of common pleas of Fairfield county and shall	1134
be elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas,	1135
division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all	1136
divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment	1137
cases, all cases arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code,	1138
all proceedings involving child support, the allocation of	1139
parental rights and responsibilities for the care of children and	1140
the designation for the children of a place of residence and legal	1141
custodian, parenting time, and visitation, and all post-decree	1142
proceedings and matters arising from those cases and proceedings,	1143
except in cases that for some special reason are assigned to	1144
another judge of the court of common pleas. The judge also has	1145
concurrent jurisdiction with the probate-juvenile division of the	1146
court of common pleas of Fairfield county with respect to and may	1147
hear cases to determine the custody of a child, as defined in	1148
section 2151.011 of the Revised Code, who is not the ward of	1149
another court of this state, cases that are commenced by a parent,	1150
guardian, or custodian of a child, as defined in section 2151.011	1151
of the Revised Code, to obtain an order requiring a parent of the	1152
child to pay child support for that child when the request for	1153
that order is not ancillary to an action for divorce, dissolution	1154
of marriage, annulment, or legal separation, a criminal or civil	1155
action involving an allegation of domestic violence, an action for	1156
support under Chapter 3115. of the Revised Code, or an action that	1157
is within the exclusive original jurisdiction of the	1158
probate-juvenile division of the court of common pleas of	1159
Fairfield county and that involves an allegation that the child is	1160
an abused, neglected, or dependent child, and post-decree	1161
proceedings and matters arising from those types of cases.	1162

The judge of the domestic relations division shall be charged	1163
with the assignment and division of the work of the division and	1164
with the employment and supervision of the personnel of the	1165
division.	1166

The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense	1167
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	1168
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the	1169
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel of the	1170
division, in addition to other statutory duties, shall include the	1171
handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of	1172
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising	1173
under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving	1174
child support, the allocation of parental rights and	1175
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for	1176
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian,	1177
parenting time, and visitation, and providing any counseling and	1178
conciliation services that the division makes available to	1179
persons, regardless of whether the persons are parties to an	1180
action pending in the division, who request the services. When	1181
the judge hears a case to determine the custody of a child, as	1182
defined in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code, who is not the	1183
ward of another court of this state or a case that is commenced by	1184
a parent, guardian, or custodian of a child, as defined in section	1185
2151.011 of the Revised Code, to obtain an order requiring a	1186
parent of the child to pay child support for that child when the	1187
request for that order is not ancillary to an action for divorce,	1188
dissolution of marriage, annulment, or legal separation, a	1189
criminal or civil action involving an allegation of domestic	1190
violence, an action for support under Chapter 3115. of the Revised	1191
Code, or an action that is within the exclusive original	1192
jurisdiction of the probate-juvenile division of the court of	1193
common pleas of Fairfield county and that involves an allegation	1194
that the child is an abused, neglected, or dependent child, the	1195
duties of the personnel of the domestic relations division also	1196
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of those types	1197
of cases.	1198

(W)(1) In Clark county, the judge of the court of common	1199
pleas whose term begins on January 2, 1995, and successors, shall	1200
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	1201
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of	1202
the court of common pleas of Clark county and shall be elected and	1203
designated as judge of the court of common pleas, domestic	1204
relations division. The judge shall have all the powers relating	1205
to juvenile courts, and all cases under Chapter 2151. of the	1206
Revised Code and all parentage proceedings under Chapter 3111. of	1207
the Revised Code over which the juvenile court has jurisdiction	1208
shall be assigned to the judge of the division of domestic	1209
relations. All divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal	1210
separation, annulment, uniform reciprocal support enforcement, and	1211
other cases related to domestic relations shall be assigned to the	1212
domestic relations division, and the presiding judge of the court	1213
of common pleas shall assign the cases to the judge of the	1214
domestic relations division and the judges of the general	1215
division.	1216

(2) In addition to the judge's regular duties, the judge of	1217
the division of domestic relations shall serve on the children	1218
services board and the county advisory board.	1219

(3) If the judge of the court of common pleas of Clark	1220
county, division of domestic relations, is sick, absent, or unable	1221
to perform that judge's judicial duties or if the presiding judge	1222
of the court of common pleas of Clark county determines that the	1223
volume of cases pending in the division of domestic relations	1224
necessitates it, the duties of the judge of the division of	1225
domestic relations shall be performed by the judges of the general	1226
division or probate division of the court of common pleas of Clark	1227
county, as assigned for that purpose by the presiding judge of	1228
that court, and the judges so assigned shall act in conjunction	1229
with the judge of the division of domestic relations of that	1230
court.	1231

(X) In Scioto county, the judge of the court of common pleas	1232
whose term begins January 2, 1995, and successors, shall have the	1233
same qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction,	1234
and receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of	1235
common pleas of Scioto county and shall be elected and designated	1236
as judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic	1237
relations. The judge shall be assigned all divorce, dissolution	1238
of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, all cases	1239
arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, all proceedings	1240
involving child support, the allocation of parental rights and	1241
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for	1242
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian,	1243
parenting time, visitation, and all post-decree proceedings and	1244
matters arising from those cases and proceedings, except in cases	1245
that for some special reason are assigned to another judge of the	1246
court of common pleas. The judge shall be charged with the	1247
assignment and division of the work of the division and with the	1248
employment and supervision of the personnel of the division.	1249

The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense	1250
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	1251
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the	1252
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in	1253
addition to other statutory duties, include the handling,	1254
servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage,	1255
legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising under Chapter	1256
3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving child	1257
support, the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities	1258
for the care of children and the designation for the children of a	1259
place of residence and legal custodian, parenting time, and	1260
visitation, and providing counseling and conciliation services	1261
that the division makes available to persons, whether or not the	1262
persons are parties to an action pending in the division, who	1263
request the services.	1264

(Y) In Auglaize county, the judge of the probate and	1265
juvenile divisions of the Auglaize county court of common pleas	1266
also shall be the administrative judge of the domestic relations	1267
division of the court and shall be assigned all divorce,	1268
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases	1269
coming before the court. The judge shall have all powers as	1270
administrator of the domestic relations division and shall have	1271
charge of the personnel engaged in handling, servicing, or	1272
investigating divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation,	1273
and annulment cases, including any referees considered necessary	1274
for the discharge of the judge's various duties.	1275

(Z)(1) In Marion county, the judge of the court of common	1276
pleas whose term begins on February 9, 1999, and the successors to	1277
that judge, shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same	1278
powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the	1279
other judges of the court of common pleas of Marion county and	1280
shall be elected and designated as judge of the court of common	1281
pleas, domestic relations-juvenile-probate division. Except as	1282
otherwise specified in this division, that judge, and the	1283
successors to that judge, shall have all the powers relating to	1284
juvenile courts, and all cases under Chapter 2151. of the Revised	1285
Code, all cases arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code,	1286
all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and	1287
annulment cases, all proceedings involving child support, the	1288
allocation of parental rights and responsibilities for the care of	1289
children and the designation for the children of a place of	1290
residence and legal custodian, parenting time, and visitation, and	1291
all post-decree proceedings and matters arising from those cases	1292
and proceedings shall be assigned to that judge and the successors	1293
to that judge. Except as provided in division (Z)(2) of this	1294
section and notwithstanding any other provision of any section of	1295
the Revised Code, on and after February 9, 2003, the judge of the	1296
court of common pleas of Marion county whose term begins on	1297
February 9, 1999, and the successors to that judge, shall have all	1298
the powers relating to the probate division of the court of common	1299
pleas of Marion county in addition to the powers previously	1300
specified in this division, and shall exercise concurrent	1301
jurisdiction with the judge of the probate division of that court	1302
over all matters that are within the jurisdiction of the probate	1303
division of that court under Chapter 2101., and other provisions,	1304
of the Revised Code in addition to the jurisdiction of the	1305
domestic relations-juvenile-probate division of that court	1306
otherwise specified in division (Z)(1) of this section.	1307

(2) The judge of the domestic relations-juvenile-probate	1308
division of the court of common pleas of Marion county or the	1309
judge of the probate division of the court of common pleas of	1310
Marion county, whichever of those judges is senior in total length	1311
of service on the court of common pleas of Marion county,	1312
regardless of the division or divisions of service, shall serve as	1313
the clerk of the probate division of the court of common pleas of	1314
Marion county.	1315

(3) On and after February 9, 2003, all references in law to	1316
"the probate court," "the probate judge," "the juvenile court," or	1317
"the judge of the juvenile court" shall be construed, with respect	1318
to Marion county, as being references to both "the probate	1319
division" and "the domestic relations-juvenile-probate division"	1320
and as being references to both "the judge of the probate	1321
division" and "the judge of the domestic relations-	1322
juvenile-probate division." On and after February 9, 2003, all	1323
references in law to "the clerk of the probate court" shall be	1324
construed, with respect to Marion county, as being references to	1325
the judge who is serving pursuant to division (Z)(2) of this	1326
section as the clerk of the probate division of the court of	1327
common pleas of Marion county.	1328

(AA) In Muskingum county, the judge of the court of common	1329
pleas whose term begins on January 2, 2003, and successors, shall	1330
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	1331
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other	1332
judges of the court of common pleas of Muskingum county and shall	1333
be elected and designated as the judge of the court of common	1334
pleas, division of domestic relations. The judge shall have all	1335
of the powers relating to juvenile courts and shall be assigned	1336
all cases under Chapter 2151. or 2152. of the Revised Code, all	1337
parentage proceedings over which the juvenile court has	1338
jurisdiction, all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal	1339
separation, and annulment cases, all cases arising under Chapter	1340
3111. of the Revised Code, all proceedings involving child	1341
support, the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities	1342
for the care of children, the designation for the children of a	1343
place of residence and legal custodian, and visitation, and all	1344
post-decree proceedings and matters arising from those cases and	1345
proceedings, except cases that for some special reason are	1346
assigned to some other judge of the court of common pleas.	1347

(BB) If a judge of the court of common pleas, division of	1348
domestic relations, or juvenile judge, of any of the counties	1349
mentioned in this section is sick, absent, or unable to perform	1350
that judge's judicial duties or the volume of cases pending in the	1351
judge's division necessitates it, the duties of that judge shall	1352
be performed by another judge of the court of common pleas of that	1353
county, assigned for that purpose by the presiding judge of the	1354
court of common pleas of that county to act in place of or in	1355
conjunction with that judge, as the case may require.	1356

Section 2.  That existing sections 2301.02 and 2301.03 of the	1357
Revised Code are hereby repealed.	1358

Section 3. That the versions of sections 2151.07 and 2301.03	1359
of the Revised Code that are scheduled to take effect January 1,	1360
2002, be amended to read as follows:	1361

Sec. 2151.07.  The juvenile court is a court of record within	1362
the court of common pleas. The juvenile court has and shall	1363
exercise the powers and jurisdiction conferred in Chapters 2151.	1364
and 2152. of the Revised Code.	1365

Whenever the juvenile judge of the juvenile court is sick, is	1366
absent from the county, or is unable to attend court, or the	1367
volume of cases pending in court necessitates it, upon the request	1368
of the administrative juvenile judge, the presiding judge of the	1369
court of common pleas pursuant to division (AA)(BB) of section	1370
2301.03 of the Revised Code shall assign a judge of any division	1371
of the court of common pleas of the county to act in the juvenile	1372
judge's place or in conjunction with the juvenile judge. If no	1373
judge of the court of common pleas is available for that purpose,	1374
the chief justice of the supreme court shall assign a judge of the	1375
court of common pleas, a juvenile judge, or a probate judge from a	1376
different county to act in the place of that juvenile judge or in	1377
conjunction with that juvenile judge. The assigned judge shall	1378
receive the compensation and expenses for so serving that is	1379
provided by law for judges assigned to hold court in courts of	1380
common pleas.	1381

Sec. 2301.03.  (A) In Franklin county, the judges of the	1382
court of common pleas whose terms begin on January 1, 1953,	1383
January 2, 1953, January 5, 1969, January 5, 1977, and January 2,	1384
1997, and successors, shall have the same qualifications, exercise	1385
the same powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same	1386
compensation as other judges of the court of common pleas of	1387
Franklin county and shall be elected and designated as judges of	1388
the court of common pleas, division of domestic relations. They	1389
shall have all the powers relating to juvenile courts, and all	1390
cases under Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, all	1391
parentage proceedings under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code over	1392
which the juvenile court has jurisdiction, and all divorce,	1393
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases	1394
shall be assigned to them. In addition to the judge's regular	1395
duties, the judge who is senior in point of service shall serve on	1396
the children services board and the county advisory board and	1397
shall be the administrator of the domestic relations division and	1398
its subdivisions and departments.	1399

(B) In Hamilton county:

1400

(1) The judge of the court of common pleas, whose term	1401
begins on January 1, 1957, and successors, and the judge of the	1402
court of common pleas, whose term begins on February 14, 1967, and	1403
successors, shall be the juvenile judges as provided in Chapters	1404
2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, with the powers and	1405
jurisdiction conferred by those chapters.	1406

(2) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms	1407
begin on January 5, 1957, January 16, 1981, and July 1, 1991, and	1408
successors, shall be elected and designated as judges of the court	1409
of common pleas, division of domestic relations, and shall have	1410
assigned to them all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal	1411
separation, and annulment cases coming before the court. On or	1412
after the first day of July and before the first day of August of	1413
1991 and each year thereafter, a majority of the judges of the	1414
division of domestic relations shall elect one of the judges of	1415
the division as administrative judge of that division. If a	1416
majority of the judges of the division of domestic relations are	1417
unable for any reason to elect an administrative judge for the	1418
division before the first day of August, a majority of the judges	1419
of the Hamilton county court of common pleas, as soon as possible	1420
after that date, shall elect one of the judges of the division of	1421
domestic relations as administrative judge of that division. The	1422
term of the administrative judge shall begin on the earlier of the	1423
first day of August of the year in which the administrative judge	1424
is elected or the date on which the administrative judge is	1425
elected by a majority of the judges of the Hamilton county court	1426
of common pleas and shall terminate on the date on which the	1427
administrative judge's successor is elected in the following year.	1428

In addition to the judge's regular duties, the administrative	1429
judge of the division of domestic relations shall be the	1430
administrator of the domestic relations division and its	1431
subdivisions and departments and shall have charge of the	1432
employment, assignment, and supervision of the personnel of the	1433
division engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating divorce,	1434
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases,	1435
including any referees considered necessary by the judges in the	1436
discharge of their various duties.	1437

The administrative judge of the division of domestic	1438
relations also shall designate the title, compensation, expense	1439
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	1440
personnel of the division, and shall fix the duties of its	1441
personnel. The duties of the personnel, in addition to those	1442
provided for in other sections of the Revised Code, shall include	1443
the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution	1444
of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and counseling	1445
and conciliation services that may be made available to persons	1446
requesting them, whether or not the persons are parties to an	1447
action pending in the division.	1448

The board of county commissioners shall appropriate the sum	1449
of money each year as will meet all the administrative expenses of	1450
the division of domestic relations, including reasonable expenses	1451
of the domestic relations judges and the division counselors and	1452
other employees designated to conduct the handling, servicing, and	1453
investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal	1454
separation, and annulment cases, conciliation and counseling, and	1455
all matters relating to those cases and counseling, and the	1456
expenses involved in the attendance of division personnel at	1457
domestic relations and welfare conferences designated by the	1458
division, and the further sum each year as will provide for the	1459
adequate operation of the division of domestic relations.	1460

The compensation and expenses of all employees and the salary	1461
and expenses of the judges shall be paid by the county treasurer	1462
from the money appropriated for the operation of the division,	1463
upon the warrant of the county auditor, certified to by the	1464
administrative judge of the division of domestic relations.	1465

The summonses, warrants, citations, subpoenas, and other	1466
writs of the division may issue to a bailiff, constable, or staff	1467
investigator of the division or to the sheriff of any county or	1468
any marshal, constable, or police officer, and the provisions of	1469
law relating to the subpoenaing of witnesses in other cases shall	1470
apply insofar as they are applicable. When a summons, warrant,	1471
citation, subpoena, or other writ is issued to an officer, other	1472
than a bailiff, constable, or staff investigator of the division,	1473
the expense of serving it shall be assessed as a part of the costs	1474
in the case involved.	1475

(3) The judge of the court of common pleas of Hamilton	1476
Countycounty whose term begins on January 3, 1997, shall be	1477
elected and designated for one term only as the drug court judge	1478
of the court of common pleas of Hamilton Countycounty, and the	1479
successors to that judge shall be elected and designated as judges	1480
of the general division of the court of common pleas of Hamilton	1481
county and shall not have the authority granted by division (B)(3)	1482
of this section. The drug court judge may accept or reject any	1483
case referred to the drug court judge under division (B)(3) of	1484
this section. After the drug court judge accepts a referred case,	1485
the drug court judge has full authority over the case, including	1486
the authority to conduct arraignment, accept pleas, enter findings	1487
and dispositions, conduct trials, order treatment, and if	1488
treatment is not successfully completed pronounce and enter	1489
sentence.	1490

A judge of the general division of the court of common pleas	1491
of Hamilton Countycounty and a judge of the Hamilton County	1492
county municipal court may refer to the drug court judge any case,	1493
and any companion cases, the judge determines meet the criteria	1494
described under divisions (B)(3)(a) and (b) of this section. If	1495
the drug court judge accepts referral of a referred case, the	1496
case, and any companion cases, shall be transferred to the drug	1497
court judge. A judge may refer a case meeting the criteria	1498
described in divisions (B)(3)(a) and (b) of this section that	1499
involves a violation of a term of probation to the drug court	1500
judge, and, if the drug court judge accepts the referral, the	1501
referring judge and the drug court judge have concurrent	1502
jurisdiction over the case.	1503

A judge of the general division of the court of common pleas	1504
of Hamilton Countycounty and a judge of the Hamilton County	1505
county municipal court may refer a case to the drug court judge	1506
under division (B)(3) of this section if the judge determines that	1507
both of the following apply:	1508

(a) One of the following applies:

1509

(i) The case involves a drug abuse offense, as defined in	1510
section 2925.01 of the Revised Code, that is a felony of the third	1511
or fourth degree if the offense is committed prior to July 1,	1512
1996, a felony of the third, fourth, or fifth degree if the	1513
offense is committed on or after July 1, 1996, or a misdemeanor.	1514

(ii) The case involves a theft offense, as defined in	1515
section 2913.01 of the Revised Code, that is a felony of the third	1516
or fourth degree if the offense is committed prior to July 1,	1517
1996, a felony of the third, fourth, or fifth degree if the	1518
offense is committed on or after July 1, 1996, or a misdemeanor,	1519
and the defendant is drug or alcohol dependent or in danger of	1520
becoming drug or alcohol dependent and would benefit from	1521
treatment.	1522

(b) All of the following apply:

1523

(i) The case involves a probationable offense or a case in	1524
which a mandatory prison term is not required to be imposed.	1525

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

1526

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

1527

(iv) The defendant's current or past behavior, or both, is	1528
drug or alcohol driven.	1529

(v) The defendant demonstrates a sincere willingness to	1530
participate in a fifteen-month treatment process.	1531

(vi) The defendant has no acute health condition.

1532

(vii) If the defendant is incarcerated, the county	1533
prosecutor approves of the referral.	1534

(4) If the administrative judge of the court of common pleas	1535
of Hamilton county determines that the volume of cases pending	1536
before the drug court judge does not constitute a sufficient	1537
caseload for the drug court judge, the administrative judge, in	1538
accordance with the Rules of Superintendence for Courts of Common	1539
Pleas, shall assign individual cases to the drug court judge from	1540
the general docket of the court. If the assignments so occur, the	1541
administrative judge shall cease the assignments when the	1542
administrative judge determines that the volume of cases pending	1543
before the drug court judge constitutes a sufficient caseload for	1544
the drug court judge.	1545

(C) In Lorain county, the judges of the court of common	1546
pleas whose terms begin on January 3, 1959, January 4, 1989, and	1547
January 2, 1999, and successors, shall have the same	1548
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	1549
receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court of	1550
common pleas of Lorain county and shall be elected and designated	1551
as the judges of the court of common pleas, division of domestic	1552
relations. They shall have all of the powers relating to juvenile	1553
courts, and all cases under Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the	1554
Revised Code, all parentage proceedings over which the juvenile	1555
court has jurisdiction, and all divorce, dissolution of marriage,	1556
legal separation, and annulment cases shall be assigned to them,	1557
except cases that for some special reason are assigned to some	1558
other judge of the court of common pleas.	1559

(D) In Lucas county:

1560

(1) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms	1561
begin on January 1, 1955, and January 3, 1965, and successors,	1562
shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	1563
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of	1564
the court of common pleas of Lucas county and shall be elected and	1565
designated as judges of the court of common pleas, division of	1566
domestic relations. All divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal	1567
separation, and annulment cases shall be assigned to them.	1568

The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in	1569
point of service, shall be considered as the presiding judge of	1570
the court of common pleas, division of domestic relations, and	1571
shall be charged exclusively with the assignment and division of	1572
the work of the division and the employment and supervision of all	1573
other personnel of the domestic relations division.	1574

(2) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms	1575
begin on January 5, 1977, and January 2, 1991, and successors	1576
shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	1577
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of	1578
the court of common pleas of Lucas county, shall be elected and	1579
designated as judges of the court of common pleas, juvenile	1580
division, and shall be the juvenile judges as provided in	1581
Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code with the powers and	1582
jurisdictions conferred by those chapters. In addition to the	1583
judge's regular duties, the judge of the court of common pleas,	1584
juvenile division, senior in point of service, shall be the	1585
administrator of the juvenile division and its subdivisions and	1586
departments and shall have charge of the employment, assignment,	1587
and supervision of the personnel of the division engaged in	1588
handling, servicing, or investigating juvenile cases, including	1589
any referees considered necessary by the judges of the division in	1590
the discharge of their various duties.	1591

The judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division,	1592
senior in point of service, also shall designate the title,	1593
compensation, expense allowance, hours, leaves of absence, and	1594
vacation of the personnel of the division and shall fix the duties	1595
of the personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in	1596
addition to other statutory duties include the handling,	1597
servicing, and investigation of juvenile cases and counseling and	1598
conciliation services that may be made available to persons	1599
requesting them, whether or not the persons are parties to an	1600
action pending in the division.	1601

(3) If one of the judges of the court of common pleas,	1602
division of domestic relations, or one of the judges of the	1603
juvenile division is sick, absent, or unable to perform that	1604
judge's judicial duties or the volume of cases pending in that	1605
judge's division necessitates it, the duties shall be performed by	1606
the judges of the other of those divisions.	1607

(E) In Mahoning county:

1608

(1) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term began	1609
on January 1, 1955, and successors, shall have the same	1610
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	1611
receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of	1612
common pleas of Mahoning county, shall be elected and designated	1613
as judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic	1614
relations, and shall be assigned all the divorce, dissolution of	1615
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases coming before the	1616
court. In addition to the judge's regular duties, the judge of	1617
the court of common pleas, division of domestic relations, shall	1618
be the administrator of the domestic relations division and its	1619
subdivisions and departments and shall have charge of the	1620
employment, assignment, and supervision of the personnel of the	1621
division engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating divorce,	1622
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases,	1623
including any referees considered necessary in the discharge of	1624
the various duties of the judge's office.	1625

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	1626
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	1627
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the	1628
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in	1629
addition to other statutory duties, include the handling,	1630
servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage,	1631
legal separation, and annulment cases and counseling and	1632
conciliation services that may be made available to persons	1633
requesting them, whether or not the persons are parties to an	1634
action pending in the division.	1635

(2) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term began	1636
on January 2, 1969, and successors, shall have the same	1637
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	1638
receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of	1639
common pleas of Mahoning county, shall be elected and designated	1640
as judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, and	1641
shall be the juvenile judge as provided in Chapters 2151. and	1642
2152. of the Revised Code, with the powers and jurisdictions	1643
conferred by those chapters. In addition to the judge's regular	1644
duties, the judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division,	1645
shall be the administrator of the juvenile division and its	1646
subdivisions and departments and shall have charge of the	1647
employment, assignment, and supervision of the personnel of the	1648
division engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating juvenile	1649
cases, including any referees considered necessary by the judge in	1650
the discharge of the judge's various duties.	1651

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	1652
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacation of the	1653
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the	1654
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in	1655
addition to other statutory duties, include the handling,	1656
servicing, and investigation of juvenile cases and counseling and	1657
conciliation services that may be made available to persons	1658
requesting them, whether or not the persons are parties to an	1659
action pending in the division.	1660

(3) If a judge of the court of common pleas, division of	1661
domestic relations or juvenile division, is sick, absent, or	1662
unable to perform that judge's judicial duties, or the volume of	1663
cases pending in that judge's division necessitates it, that	1664
judge's duties shall be performed by another judge of the court of	1665
common pleas.	1666

(F) In Montgomery county:

1667

(1) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms	1668
begin on January 2, 1953, and January 4, 1977, and successors,	1669
shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	1670
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of	1671
the court of common pleas of Montgomery county and shall be	1672
elected and designated as judges of the court of common pleas,	1673
division of domestic relations. These judges shall have assigned	1674
to them all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation,	1675
and annulment cases.	1676

The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in	1677
point of service, shall be charged exclusively with the assignment	1678
and division of the work of the division and shall have charge of	1679
the employment and supervision of the personnel of the division	1680
engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating divorce,	1681
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases,	1682
including any necessary referees, except those employees who may	1683
be appointed by the judge, junior in point of service, under this	1684
section and sections 2301.12, 2301.18, and 2301.19 of the Revised	1685
Code. The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in	1686
point of service, also shall designate the title, compensation,	1687
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacation of the	1688
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties.	1689

(2) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms	1690
begin on January 1, 1953, and January 1, 1993, and successors,	1691
shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	1692
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of	1693
the court of common pleas of Montgomery county, shall be elected	1694
and designated as judges of the court of common pleas, juvenile	1695
division, and shall be, and have the powers and jurisdiction of,	1696
the juvenile judge as provided in Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the	1697
Revised Code.	1698

In addition to the judge's regular duties, the judge of the	1699
court of common pleas, juvenile division, senior in point of	1700
service, shall be the administrator of the juvenile division and	1701
its subdivisions and departments and shall have charge of the	1702
employment, assignment, and supervision of the personnel of the	1703
juvenile division, including any necessary referees, who are	1704
engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating juvenile cases.	1705
The judge, senior in point of service, also shall designate the	1706
title, compensation, expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence,	1707
and vacation of the personnel of the division and shall fix their	1708
duties. The duties of the personnel, in addition to other	1709
statutory duties, shall include the handling, servicing, and	1710
investigation of juvenile cases and of any counseling and	1711
conciliation services that are available upon request to persons,	1712
whether or not they are parties to an action pending in the	1713
division.	1714

If one of the judges of the court of common pleas, division	1715
of domestic relations, or one of the judges of the court of common	1716
pleas, juvenile division, is sick, absent, or unable to perform	1717
that judge's duties or the volume of cases pending in that judge's	1718
division necessitates it, the duties of that judge may be	1719
performed by the judge or judges of the other of those divisions.	1720

(G) In Richland county, the judge of the court of common	1721
pleas whose term begins on January 1, 1957, and successors, shall	1722
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	1723
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other	1724
judges of the court of common pleas of Richland county and shall	1725
be elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas,	1726
division of domestic relations. That judge shall have all of the	1727
powers relating to juvenile courts, and all cases under Chapters	1728
2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, all parentage proceedings	1729
over which the juvenile court has jurisdiction, and all divorce,	1730
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases	1731
shall be assigned to that judge, except in cases that for some	1732
special reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of	1733
common pleas.	1734

(H) In Stark county, the judges of the court of common pleas	1735
whose terms begin on January 1, 1953, January 2, 1959, and January	1736
1, 1993, and successors, shall have the same qualifications,	1737
exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same	1738
compensation as other judges of the court of common pleas of Stark	1739
county and shall be elected and designated as judges of the court	1740
of common pleas, division of domestic relations. They shall have	1741
all the powers relating to juvenile courts, and all cases under	1742
Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, all parentage	1743
proceedings over which the juvenile court has jurisdiction, and	1744
all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and	1745
annulment cases, except cases that are assigned to some other	1746
judge of the court of common pleas for some special reason, shall	1747
be assigned to the judges.	1748

The judge of the division of domestic relations, second most	1749
senior in point of service, shall have charge of the employment	1750
and supervision of the personnel of the division engaged in	1751
handling, servicing, or investigating divorce, dissolution of	1752
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, and necessary	1753
referees required for the judge's respective court.	1754

The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in	1755
point of service, shall be charged exclusively with the	1756
administration of sections 2151.13, 2151.16, 2151.17, and 2152.71	1757
of the Revised Code and with the assignment and division of the	1758
work of the division and the employment and supervision of all	1759
other personnel of the division, including, but not limited to,	1760
that judge's necessary referees, but excepting those employees who	1761
may be appointed by the judge second most senior in point of	1762
service. The senior judge further shall serve in every other	1763
position in which the statutes permit or require a juvenile judge	1764
to serve.	1765

(I) In Summit county:

1766

(1) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms	1767
begin on January 4, 1967, and January 6, 1993, and successors,	1768
shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	1769
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of	1770
the court of common pleas of Summit county and shall be elected	1771
and designated as judges of the court of common pleas, division of	1772
domestic relations. The judges of the division of domestic	1773
relations shall have assigned to them and hear all divorce,	1774
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases	1775
that come before the court. Except in cases that are subject to	1776
the exclusive original jurisdiction of the juvenile court, the	1777
judges of the division of domestic relations shall have assigned	1778
to them and hear all cases pertaining to paternity, custody,	1779
visitation, child support, or the allocation of parental rights	1780
and responsibilities for the care of children and all post-decree	1781
proceedings arising from any case pertaining to any of those	1782
matters. The judges of the division of domestic relations shall	1783
have assigned to them and hear all proceedings under the uniform	1784
interstate family support act contained in Chapter 3115. of the	1785
Revised Code.	1786

The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in	1787
point of service, shall be the administrator of the domestic	1788
relations division and its subdivisions and departments and shall	1789
have charge of the employment, assignment, and supervision of the	1790
personnel of the division, including any necessary referees, who	1791
are engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating divorce,	1792
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases.	1793
That judge also shall designate the title, compensation, expense	1794
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	1795
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties	1796
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall	1797
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce,	1798
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and	1799
of any counseling and conciliation services that are available	1800
upon request to all persons, whether or not they are parties to an	1801
action pending in the division.	1802

(2) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins	1803
on January 1, 1955, and successors, shall have the same	1804
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	1805
receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of	1806
common pleas of Summit county, shall be elected and designated as	1807
judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, and shall	1808
be, and have the powers and jurisdiction of, the juvenile judge as	1809
provided in Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code. Except	1810
in cases that are subject to the exclusive original jurisdiction	1811
of the juvenile court, the judge of the juvenile division shall	1812
not have jurisdiction or the power to hear, and shall not be	1813
assigned, any case pertaining to paternity, custody, visitation,	1814
child support, or the allocation of parental rights and	1815
responsibilities for the care of children or any post-decree	1816
proceeding arising from any case pertaining to any of those	1817
matters. The judge of the juvenile division shall not have	1818
jurisdiction or the power to hear, and shall not be assigned, any	1819
proceeding under the uniform interstate family support act	1820
contained in Chapter 3115. of the Revised Code.	1821

The juvenile judge shall be the administrator of the juvenile	1822
division and its subdivisions and departments and shall have	1823
charge of the employment, assignment, and supervision of the	1824
personnel of the juvenile division, including any necessary	1825
referees, who are engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating	1826
juvenile cases. The judge also shall designate the title,	1827
compensation, expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and	1828
vacation of the personnel of the division and shall fix their	1829
duties. The duties of the personnel, in addition to other	1830
statutory duties, shall include the handling, servicing, and	1831
investigation of juvenile cases and of any counseling and	1832
conciliation services that are available upon request to persons,	1833
whether or not they are parties to an action pending in the	1834
division.	1835

(J) In Trumbull county, the judges of the court of common	1836
pleas whose terms begin on January 1, 1953, and January 2, 1977,	1837
and successors, shall have the same qualifications, exercise the	1838
same powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as	1839
other judges of the court of common pleas of Trumbull county and	1840
shall be elected and designated as judges of the court of common	1841
pleas, division of domestic relations. They shall have all the	1842
powers relating to juvenile courts, and all cases under Chapters	1843
2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, all parentage proceedings	1844
over which the juvenile court has jurisdiction, and all divorce,	1845
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases	1846
shall be assigned to them, except cases that for some special	1847
reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of common	1848
pleas.	1849

(K) In Butler county:

1850

(1) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms	1851
begin on January 1, 1957, and January 4, 1993, and successors,	1852
shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	1853
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of	1854
the court of common pleas of Butler county and shall be elected	1855
and designated as judges of the court of common pleas, division of	1856
domestic relations. The judges of the division of domestic	1857
relations shall have assigned to them all divorce, dissolution of	1858
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases coming before the	1859
court, except in cases that for some special reason are assigned	1860
to some other judge of the court of common pleas. The judge	1861
senior in point of service shall be charged with the assignment	1862
and division of the work of the division and with the employment	1863
and supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations	1864
division.	1865

The judge senior in point of service also shall designate the	1866
title, compensation, expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence,	1867
and vacations of the personnel of the division and shall fix their	1868
duties. The duties of the personnel, in addition to other	1869
statutory duties, shall include the handling, servicing, and	1870
investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal	1871
separation, and annulment cases and providing any counseling and	1872
conciliation services that the division makes available to	1873
persons, whether or not the persons are parties to an action	1874
pending in the division, who request the services.	1875

(2) The judgejudges of the court of common pleas whose term	1876
beginsterms begin on January 3, 1987, and January 2, 2003, and	1877
successors, shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same	1878
powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as	1879
other judges of the court of common pleas of Butler county, shall	1880
be elected and designated as judgejudges of the court of common	1881
pleas, juvenile division, and shall be the juvenile judgejudges	1882
as provided in Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, with	1883
the powers and jurisdictions conferred by those chapters. The	1884
judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, who is	1885
senior in point of service, shall be the administrator of the	1886
juvenile division and its subdivisions and departments. The	1887
judge, senior in point of service, shall have charge of the	1888
employment, assignment, and supervision of the personnel of the	1889
juvenile division who are engaged in handling, servicing, or	1890
investigating juvenile cases, including any referees whom the	1891
judge considers necessary for the discharge of the judge's various	1892
duties.	1893

The judge, senior in point of service, also shall designate	1894
the title, compensation, expense allowances, hours, leaves of	1895
absence, and vacation of the personnel of the division and shall	1896
fix their duties. The duties of the personnel, in addition to	1897
other statutory duties, include the handling, servicing, and	1898
investigation of juvenile cases and providing any counseling and	1899
conciliation services that the division makes available to	1900
persons, whether or not the persons are parties to an action	1901
pending in the division, who request the services.	1902

(3) If a judge of the court of common pleas, division of	1903
domestic relations or juvenile division, is sick, absent, or	1904
unable to perform that judge's judicial duties or the volume of	1905
cases pending in the judge's division necessitates it, the duties	1906
of that judge shall be performed by the other judges of the	1907
domestic relations and juvenile divisions.	1908

(L)(1) In Cuyahoga county, the judges of the court of common	1909
pleas whose terms begin on January 8, 1961, January 9, 1961,	1910
January 18, 1975, January 19, 1975, and January 13, 1987, and	1911
successors, shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same	1912
powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as	1913
other judges of the court of common pleas of Cuyahoga county and	1914
shall be elected and designated as judges of the court of common	1915
pleas, division of domestic relations. They shall have all the	1916
powers relating to all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal	1917
separation, and annulment cases, except in cases that are assigned	1918
to some other judge of the court of common pleas for some special	1919
reason.	1920

(2) The administrative judge is administrator of the	1921
domestic relations division and its subdivisions and departments	1922
and has the following powers concerning division personnel:	1923

(a) Full charge of the employment, assignment, and	1924
supervision;	1925

(b) Sole determination of compensation, duties, expenses,	1926
allowances, hours, leaves, and vacations.	1927

(3) "Division personnel" include persons employed or referees	1928
engaged in hearing, servicing, investigating, counseling, or	1929
conciliating divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation	1930
and annulment matters.	1931

(M) In Lake county:

1932

(1) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins	1933
on January 2, 1961, and successors, shall have the same	1934
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	1935
receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court of	1936
common pleas of Lake county and shall be elected and designated as	1937
judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic	1938
relations. The judge shall be assigned all the divorce,	1939
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases	1940
coming before the court, except in cases that for some special	1941
reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of common	1942
pleas. The judge shall be charged with the assignment and	1943
division of the work of the division and with the employment and	1944
supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations	1945
division.	1946

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	1947
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	1948
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties	1949
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall	1950
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce,	1951
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and	1952
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the	1953
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons	1954
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the	1955
services.	1956

(2) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins	1957
on January 4, 1979, and successors, shall have the same	1958
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	1959
receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of	1960
common pleas of Lake county, shall be elected and designated as	1961
judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, and shall	1962
be the juvenile judge as provided in Chapters 2151. and 2152. of	1963
the Revised Code, with the powers and jurisdictions conferred by	1964
those chapters. The judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile	1965
division, shall be the administrator of the juvenile division and	1966
its subdivisions and departments. The judge shall have charge of	1967
the employment, assignment, and supervision of the personnel of	1968
the juvenile division who are engaged in handling, servicing, or	1969
investigating juvenile cases, including any referees whom the	1970
judge considers necessary for the discharge of the judge's various	1971
duties.	1972

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	1973
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacation of the	1974
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties	1975
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, include	1976
the handling, servicing, and investigation of juvenile cases and	1977
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the	1978
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons	1979
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the	1980
services.	1981

(3) If a judge of the court of common pleas, division of	1982
domestic relations or juvenile division, is sick, absent, or	1983
unable to perform that judge's judicial duties or the volume of	1984
cases pending in the judge's division necessitates it, the duties	1985
of that judge shall be performed by the other judges of the	1986
domestic relations and juvenile divisions.	1987

(N) In Erie county, the judge of the court of common pleas	1988
whose term begins on January 2, 1971, and successors, shall have	1989
the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	1990
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other judge	1991
of the court of common pleas of Erie county and shall be elected	1992
and designated as judge of the court of common pleas, division of	1993
domestic relations. The judge shall have all the powers relating	1994
to juvenile courts, and shall be assigned all cases under Chapters	1995
2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, parentage proceedings over	1996
which the juvenile court has jurisdiction, and divorce,	1997
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases,	1998
except cases that for some special reason are assigned to some	1999
other judge.	2000

(O) In Greene county:

2001

(1) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins	2002
on January 1, 1961, and successors, shall have the same	2003
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	2004
receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court of	2005
common pleas of Greene county and shall be elected and designated	2006
as the judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic	2007
relations. The judge shall be assigned all divorce, dissolution	2008
of marriage, legal separation, annulment, uniform reciprocal	2009
support enforcement, and domestic violence cases and all other	2010
cases related to domestic relations, except cases that for some	2011
special reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of	2012
common pleas.	2013

The judge shall be charged with the assignment and division	2014
of the work of the division and with the employment and	2015
supervision of all other personnel of the division. The judge	2016
also shall designate the title, compensation, hours, leaves of	2017
absence, and vacations of the personnel of the division and shall	2018
fix their duties. The duties of the personnel of the division, in	2019
addition to other statutory duties, shall include the handling,	2020
servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage,	2021
legal separation, and annulment cases and the provision of	2022
counseling and conciliation services that the division considers	2023
necessary and makes available to persons who request the services,	2024
whether or not the persons are parties in an action pending in the	2025
division. The compensation for the personnel shall be paid from	2026
the overall court budget and shall be included in the	2027
appropriations for the existing judges of the general division of	2028
the court of common pleas.	2029

(2) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins	2030
on January 1, 1995, and successors, shall have the same	2031
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	2032
receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court of	2033
common pleas of Greene county, shall be elected and designated as	2034
judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, and, on or	2035
after January 1, 1995, shall be the juvenile judge as provided in	2036
Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code with the powers and	2037
jurisdiction conferred by those chapters. The judge of the court	2038
of common pleas, juvenile division, shall be the administrator of	2039
the juvenile division and its subdivisions and departments. The	2040
judge shall have charge of the employment, assignment, and	2041
supervision of the personnel of the juvenile division who are	2042
engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating juvenile cases,	2043
including any referees whom the judge considers necessary for the	2044
discharge of the judge's various duties.	2045

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	2046
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacation of the	2047
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties	2048
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, include	2049
the handling, servicing, and investigation of juvenile cases and	2050
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the court	2051
makes available to persons, whether or not the persons are parties	2052
to an action pending in the court, who request the services.	2053

(3) If one of the judges of the court of common pleas,	2054
general division, is sick, absent, or unable to perform that	2055
judge's judicial duties or the volume of cases pending in the	2056
general division necessitates it, the duties of that judge of the	2057
general division shall be performed by the judge of the division	2058
of domestic relations and the judge of the juvenile division.	2059

(P) In Portage county, the judge of the court of common	2060
pleas, whose term begins January 2, 1987, and successors, shall	2061
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	2062
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other	2063
judges of the court of common pleas of Portage county and shall be	2064
elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas,	2065
division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all	2066
divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment	2067
cases coming before the court, except in cases that for some	2068
special reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of	2069
common pleas. The judge shall be charged with the assignment and	2070
division of the work of the division and with the employment and	2071
supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations	2072
division.	2073

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	2074
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	2075
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties	2076
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall	2077
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce,	2078
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and	2079
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the	2080
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons	2081
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the	2082
services.	2083

(Q) In Clermont county, the judge of the court of common	2084
pleas, whose term begins January 2, 1987, and successors, shall	2085
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	2086
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other	2087
judges of the court of common pleas of Clermont county and shall	2088
be elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas,	2089
division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all	2090
divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment	2091
cases coming before the court, except in cases that for some	2092
special reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of	2093
common pleas. The judge shall be charged with the assignment and	2094
division of the work of the division and with the employment and	2095
supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations	2096
division.	2097

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	2098
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	2099
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties	2100
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall	2101
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce,	2102
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and	2103
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the	2104
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons	2105
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the	2106
services.	2107

(R) In Warren county, the judge of the court of common	2108
pleas, whose term begins January 1, 1987, and successors, shall	2109
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	2110
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other	2111
judges of the court of common pleas of Warren county and shall be	2112
elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas,	2113
division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all	2114
divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment	2115
cases coming before the court, except in cases that for some	2116
special reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of	2117
common pleas. The judge shall be charged with the assignment and	2118
division of the work of the division and with the employment and	2119
supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations	2120
division.	2121

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	2122
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	2123
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties	2124
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall	2125
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce,	2126
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and	2127
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the	2128
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons	2129
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the	2130
services.	2131

(S) In Licking county, the judge of the court of common	2132
pleas, whose term begins January 1, 1991, and successors, shall	2133
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	2134
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other	2135
judges of the court of common pleas of Licking county and shall be	2136
elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas,	2137
division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all	2138
divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment	2139
cases, all cases arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code,	2140
all proceedings involving child support, the allocation of	2141
parental rights and responsibilities for the care of children and	2142
the designation for the children of a place of residence and legal	2143
custodian, parenting time, and visitation, and all post-decree	2144
proceedings and matters arising from those cases and proceedings,	2145
except in cases that for some special reason are assigned to	2146
another judge of the court of common pleas. The judge shall be	2147
charged with the assignment and division of the work of the	2148
division and with the employment and supervision of the personnel	2149
of the division.	2150

The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense	2151
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	2152
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the	2153
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel of the	2154
division, in addition to other statutory duties, shall include the	2155
handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of	2156
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising	2157
under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving	2158
child support, the allocation of parental rights and	2159
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for	2160
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian,	2161
parenting time, and visitation and providing any counseling and	2162
conciliation services that the division makes available to	2163
persons, whether or not the persons are parties to an action	2164
pending in the division, who request the services.	2165

(T) In Allen county, the judge of the court of common pleas,	2166
whose term begins January 1, 1993, and successors, shall have the	2167
same qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction,	2168
and receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court	2169
of common pleas of Allen county and shall be elected and	2170
designated as judge of the court of common pleas, division of	2171
domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all divorce,	2172
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases,	2173
all cases arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, all	2174
proceedings involving child support, the allocation of parental	2175
rights and responsibilities for the care of children and the	2176
designation for the children of a place of residence and legal	2177
custodian, parenting time, and visitation, and all post-decree	2178
proceedings and matters arising from those cases and proceedings,	2179
except in cases that for some special reason are assigned to	2180
another judge of the court of common pleas. The judge shall be	2181
charged with the assignment and division of the work of the	2182
division and with the employment and supervision of the personnel	2183
of the division.	2184

The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense	2185
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	2186
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the	2187
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel of the	2188
division, in addition to other statutory duties, shall include the	2189
handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of	2190
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising	2191
under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving	2192
child support, the allocation of parental rights and	2193
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for	2194
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian,	2195
parenting time, and visitation, and providing any counseling and	2196
conciliation services that the division makes available to	2197
persons, whether or not the persons are parties to an action	2198
pending in the division, who request the services.	2199

(U) In Medina county, the judge of the court of common pleas	2200
whose term begins January 1, 1995, and successors, shall have the	2201
same qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction,	2202
and receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of	2203
common pleas of Medina county and shall be elected and designated	2204
as judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic	2205
relations. The judge shall be assigned all divorce, dissolution	2206
of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, all cases	2207
arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, all proceedings	2208
involving child support, the allocation of parental rights and	2209
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for	2210
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian,	2211
parenting time, and visitation, and all post-decree proceedings	2212
and matters arising from those cases and proceedings, except in	2213
cases that for some special reason are assigned to another judge	2214
of the court of common pleas. The judge shall be charged with the	2215
assignment and division of the work of the division and with the	2216
employment and supervision of the personnel of the division.	2217

The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense	2218
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	2219
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the	2220
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in	2221
addition to other statutory duties, include the handling,	2222
servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage,	2223
legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising under Chapter	2224
3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving child	2225
support, the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities	2226
for the care of children and the designation for the children of a	2227
place of residence and legal custodian, parenting time, and	2228
visitation, and providing counseling and conciliation services	2229
that the division makes available to persons, whether or not the	2230
persons are parties to an action pending in the division, who	2231
request the services.	2232

(V) In Fairfield county, the judge of the court of common	2233
pleas whose term begins January 2, 1995, and successors, shall	2234
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	2235
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other	2236
judges of the court of common pleas of Fairfield county and shall	2237
be elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas,	2238
division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all	2239
divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment	2240
cases, all cases arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code,	2241
all proceedings involving child support, the allocation of	2242
parental rights and responsibilities for the care of children and	2243
the designation for the children of a place of residence and legal	2244
custodian, parenting time, and visitation, and all post-decree	2245
proceedings and matters arising from those cases and proceedings,	2246
except in cases that for some special reason are assigned to	2247
another judge of the court of common pleas. The judge also has	2248
concurrent jurisdiction with the probate-juvenile division of the	2249
court of common pleas of Fairfield county with respect to and may	2250
hear cases to determine the custody of a child, as defined in	2251
section 2151.011 of the Revised Code, who is not the ward of	2252
another court of this state, cases that are commenced by a parent,	2253
guardian, or custodian of a child, as defined in section 2151.011	2254
of the Revised Code, to obtain an order requiring a parent of the	2255
child to pay child support for that child when the request for	2256
that order is not ancillary to an action for divorce, dissolution	2257
of marriage, annulment, or legal separation, a criminal or civil	2258
action involving an allegation of domestic violence, an action for	2259
support under Chapter 3115. of the Revised Code, or an action that	2260
is within the exclusive original jurisdiction of the	2261
probate-juvenile division of the court of common pleas of	2262
Fairfield county and that involves an allegation that the child is	2263
an abused, neglected, or dependent child, and post-decree	2264
proceedings and matters arising from those types of cases.	2265

The judge of the domestic relations division shall be charged	2266
with the assignment and division of the work of the division and	2267
with the employment and supervision of the personnel of the	2268
division.	2269

The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense	2270
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	2271
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the	2272
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel of the	2273
division, in addition to other statutory duties, shall include the	2274
handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of	2275
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising	2276
under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving	2277
child support, the allocation of parental rights and	2278
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for	2279
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian,	2280
parenting time, and visitation, and providing any counseling and	2281
conciliation services that the division makes available to	2282
persons, regardless of whether the persons are parties to an	2283
action pending in the division, who request the services. When	2284
the judge hears a case to determine the custody of a child, as	2285
defined in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code, who is not the	2286
ward of another court of this state or a case that is commenced by	2287
a parent, guardian, or custodian of a child, as defined in section	2288
2151.011 of the Revised Code, to obtain an order requiring a	2289
parent of the child to pay child support for that child when the	2290
request for that order is not ancillary to an action for divorce,	2291
dissolution of marriage, annulment, or legal separation, a	2292
criminal or civil action involving an allegation of domestic	2293
violence, an action for support under Chapter 3115. of the Revised	2294
Code, or an action that is within the exclusive original	2295
jurisdiction of the probate-juvenile division of the court of	2296
common pleas of Fairfield county and that involves an allegation	2297
that the child is an abused, neglected, or dependent child, the	2298
duties of the personnel of the domestic relations division also	2299
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of those types	2300
of cases.	2301

(W)(1) In Clark county, the judge of the court of common	2302
pleas whose term begins on January 2, 1995, and successors, shall	2303
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	2304
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of	2305
the court of common pleas of Clark county and shall be elected and	2306
designated as judge of the court of common pleas, domestic	2307
relations division. The judge shall have all the powers relating	2308
to juvenile courts, and all cases under Chapters 2151. and 2152.	2309
of the Revised Code and all parentage proceedings under Chapter	2310
3111. of the Revised Code over which the juvenile court has	2311
jurisdiction shall be assigned to the judge of the division of	2312
domestic relations. All divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal	2313
separation, annulment, uniform reciprocal support enforcement, and	2314
other cases related to domestic relations shall be assigned to the	2315
domestic relations division, and the presiding judge of the court	2316
of common pleas shall assign the cases to the judge of the	2317
domestic relations division and the judges of the general	2318
division.	2319

(2) In addition to the judge's regular duties, the judge of	2320
the division of domestic relations shall serve on the children	2321
services board and the county advisory board.	2322

(3) If the judge of the court of common pleas of Clark	2323
county, division of domestic relations, is sick, absent, or unable	2324
to perform that judge's judicial duties or if the presiding judge	2325
of the court of common pleas of Clark county determines that the	2326
volume of cases pending in the division of domestic relations	2327
necessitates it, the duties of the judge of the division of	2328
domestic relations shall be performed by the judges of the general	2329
division or probate division of the court of common pleas of Clark	2330
county, as assigned for that purpose by the presiding judge of	2331
that court, and the judges so assigned shall act in conjunction	2332
with the judge of the division of domestic relations of that	2333
court.	2334

(X) In Scioto county, the judge of the court of common pleas	2335
whose term begins January 2, 1995, and successors, shall have the	2336
same qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction,	2337
and receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of	2338
common pleas of Scioto county and shall be elected and designated	2339
as judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic	2340
relations. The judge shall be assigned all divorce, dissolution	2341
of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, all cases	2342
arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, all proceedings	2343
involving child support, the allocation of parental rights and	2344
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for	2345
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian,	2346
parenting time, visitation, and all post-decree proceedings and	2347
matters arising from those cases and proceedings, except in cases	2348
that for some special reason are assigned to another judge of the	2349
court of common pleas. The judge shall be charged with the	2350
assignment and division of the work of the division and with the	2351
employment and supervision of the personnel of the division.	2352

The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense	2353
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	2354
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the	2355
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in	2356
addition to other statutory duties, include the handling,	2357
servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage,	2358
legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising under Chapter	2359
3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving child	2360
support, the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities	2361
for the care of children and the designation for the children of a	2362
place of residence and legal custodian, parenting time, and	2363
visitation, and providing counseling and conciliation services	2364
that the division makes available to persons, whether or not the	2365
persons are parties to an action pending in the division, who	2366
request the services.	2367

(Y) In Auglaize county, the judge of the probate and	2368
juvenile divisions of the Auglaize county court of common pleas	2369
also shall be the administrative judge of the domestic relations	2370
division of the court and shall be assigned all divorce,	2371
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases	2372
coming before the court. The judge shall have all powers as	2373
administrator of the domestic relations division and shall have	2374
charge of the personnel engaged in handling, servicing, or	2375
investigating divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation,	2376
and annulment cases, including any referees considered necessary	2377
for the discharge of the judge's various duties.	2378

(Z)(1) In Marion county, the judge of the court of common	2379
pleas whose term begins on February 9, 1999, and the successors to	2380
that judge, shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same	2381
powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the	2382
other judges of the court of common pleas of Marion county and	2383
shall be elected and designated as judge of the court of common	2384
pleas, domestic relations-juvenile-probate division. Except as	2385
otherwise specified in this division, that judge, and the	2386
successors to that judge, shall have all the powers relating to	2387
juvenile courts, and all cases under Chapters 2151. and 2152. of	2388
the Revised Code, all cases arising under Chapter 3111. of the	2389
Revised Code, all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal	2390
separation, and annulment cases, all proceedings involving child	2391
support, the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities	2392
for the care of children and the designation for the children of a	2393
place of residence and legal custodian, parenting time, and	2394
visitation, and all post-decree proceedings and matters arising	2395
from those cases and proceedings shall be assigned to that judge	2396
and the successors to that judge. Except as provided in division	2397
(Z)(2) of this section and notwithstanding any other provision of	2398
any section of the Revised Code, on and after February 9, 2003,	2399
the judge of the court of common pleas of Marion county whose term	2400
begins on February 9, 1999, and the successors to that judge,	2401
shall have all the powers relating to the probate division of the	2402
court of common pleas of Marion county in addition to the powers	2403
previously specified in this division, and shall exercise	2404
concurrent jurisdiction with the judge of the probate division of	2405
that court over all matters that are within the jurisdiction of	2406
the probate division of that court under Chapter 2101., and other	2407
provisions, of the Revised Code in addition to the jurisdiction of	2408
the domestic relations-juvenile-probate division of that court	2409
otherwise specified in division (Z)(1) of this section.	2410

(2) The judge of the domestic relations-juvenile-probate	2411
division of the court of common pleas of Marion county or the	2412
judge of the probate division of the court of common pleas of	2413
Marion county, whichever of those judges is senior in total length	2414
of service on the court of common pleas of Marion county,	2415
regardless of the division or divisions of service, shall serve as	2416
the clerk of the probate division of the court of common pleas of	2417
Marion county.	2418

(3) On and after February 9, 2003, all references in law to	2419
"the probate court," "the probate judge," "the juvenile court," or	2420
"the judge of the juvenile court" shall be construed, with respect	2421
to Marion county, as being references to both "the probate	2422
division" and "the domestic relations-juvenile-probate division"	2423
and as being references to both "the judge of the probate	2424
division" and "the judge of the domestic relations-	2425
juvenile-probate division." On and after February 9, 2003, all	2426
references in law to "the clerk of the probate court" shall be	2427
construed, with respect to Marion county, as being references to	2428
the judge who is serving pursuant to division (Z)(2) of this	2429
section as the clerk of the probate division of the court of	2430
common pleas of Marion county.	2431

(AA) In Muskingum county, the judge of the court of common	2432
pleas whose term begins on January 2, 2003, and successors, shall	2433
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	2434
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other	2435
judges of the court of common pleas of Muskingum county and shall	2436
be elected and designated as the judge of the court of common	2437
pleas, division of domestic relations. The judge shall have all	2438
of the powers relating to juvenile courts and shall be assigned	2439
all cases under Chapter 2151. or 2152. of the Revised Code, all	2440
parentage proceedings over which the juvenile court has	2441
jurisdiction, all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal	2442
separation, and annulment cases, all cases arising under Chapter	2443
3111. of the Revised Code, all proceedings involving child	2444
support, the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities	2445
for the care of children, the designation for the children of a	2446
place of residence and legal custodian, and visitation, and all	2447
post-decree proceedings and matters arising from those cases and	2448
proceedings, except cases that for some special reason are	2449
assigned to some other judge of the court of common pleas.	2450

(BB) If a judge of the court of common pleas, division of	2451
domestic relations, or juvenile judge, of any of the counties	2452
mentioned in this section is sick, absent, or unable to perform	2453
that judge's judicial duties or the volume of cases pending in the	2454
judge's division necessitates it, the duties of that judge shall	2455
be performed by another judge of the court of common pleas of that	2456
county, assigned for that purpose by the presiding judge of the	2457
court of common pleas of that county to act in place of or in	2458
conjunction with that judge, as the case may require.	2459

Section 4. That the existing versions of sections 2151.07 and	2460
2301.03 of the Revised Code that are scheduled to take effect	2461
January 1, 2002, are hereby repealed.	2462

Section 5. Sections 3 and 4 of this act shall take effect	2463
January 1, 2002.	2464

Section 6. (A) Pursuant to sections 141.04 and 141.05 of the	2465
Revised Code, the state shall pay its required portion of the	2466
compensation of the new judge of the Muskingum County Court of	2467
Common Pleas who is first elected in 2002, and whose term begins	2468
on January 2, 2003, that is due for services that the judge	2469
performs from January 2, 2003, through June 30, 2003.	2470

(B) Notwithstanding sections 141.04 and 141.05 of the Revised	2471
Code, Muskingum County shall reimburse the state for the amount of	2472
compensation that the state pays pursuant to division (A) of this	2473
section for the new judge of the Muskingum County Court of Common	2474
Pleas whose term began on January 2, 2003, for services the judge	2475
performs from January 2, 2003, through June 30, 2003.	2476

Section 7. Section 2301.03 of the Revised Code is presented	2477
in Section 3 of this act as a composite of the section as amended	2478
by both Am. Sub. S.B. 179 and Am. Sub. S.B. 180 of the 123rd	2479
General Assembly. The General Assembly, applying the principle	2480
stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that	2481
amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of	2482
simultaneous operation, finds that the composite is the resulting	2483
version of the section in effect on and after January 1, 2002.	2484