REPRESENTATIVES Webster, Cates, Jolivette, Womer Benjamin, Callender, Latta, Seitz, Faber, Willamowski, Jones

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

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Pleas to be elected in 2002 and to maintain the

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provisions of this act on and after January 1,

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2002, by amending the version of section 2301.03

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of the Revised Code that takes effect on that

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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	9
Code be amended to read as follows:	10

Sec. 2301.02.  The number of judges of the court of common	11
pleas for each county, the time for the next election of the	12
judges in the several counties, and the beginning of their terms	13
shall be as follows:	14

(A) In Adams, Ashland, Fayette, and Pike counties, one	15
judge, elected in 1956, term to begin February 9, 1957;	16

In Brown, Crawford, Defiance, Highland, Holmes, Morgan,	17
Ottawa, and Union counties, one judge, to be elected in 1954, term	18
to begin February 9, 1955;	19

In Auglaize county, one judge, to be elected in 1956, term to	20
begin January 9, 1957;	21

In Coshocton, Darke, Fulton, Gallia, Guernsey, Hardin,	22
Jackson, Knox, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Monroe, Morrow, Paulding,	23
Vinton, and Wyandot counties, one judge, to be elected in 1956,	24
term to begin January 1, 1957;	25

In Carroll, Champaign, Clinton, Hocking, Meigs, Pickaway,	26
Preble, Shelby, Van Wert, and Williams counties, one judge, to be	27
elected in 1952, term to begin January 1, 1953;	28

In Harrison and Noble counties, one judge, to be elected in	29
1954, term to begin April 18, 1955;	30

In Henry and Putnam counties, one judge, to be elected in	31
1956, term to begin May 9, 1957;	32

In Huron county, one judge, to be elected in 1952, term to	33
begin May 14, 1953;	34

In Perry county, one judge, to be elected in 1954, term to	35
begin July 6, 1956;	36

In Sandusky county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954,	37
term to begin February 10, 1955, and one to be elected in 1978,	38
term to begin January 1, 1979;	39

(B) In Allen county, three judges, one to be elected in	40
1956, term to begin February 9, 1957, the second to be elected in	41
1958, term to begin January 1, 1959, and the third to be elected	42
in 1992, term to begin January 1, 1993;	43

In Ashtabula county, three judges, one to be elected in 1954,	44
term to begin February 9, 1955, one to be elected in 1960, term to	45
begin January 1, 1961, and one to be elected in 1978, term to	46
begin January 2, 1979;	47

In Athens county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954, term	48
to begin February 9, 1955, and one to be elected in 1990, term to	49
begin July 1, 1991;	50

In Erie county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term	51
to begin January 1, 1957, and the second to be elected in 1970,	52
term to begin January 2, 1971;	53

In Fairfield county, three judges, one to be elected in 1954,	54
term to begin February 9, 1955, the second to be elected in 1970,	55
term to begin January 1, 1971, and the third to be elected in	56
1994, term to begin January 2, 1995;	57

In Geauga county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term	58
to begin January 1, 1957, and the second to be elected in 1976,	59
term to begin January 6, 1977;	60

In Greene county, four judges, one to be elected in 1956,	61
term to begin February 9, 1957, the second to be elected in 1960,	62
term to begin January 1, 1961, the third to be elected in 1978,	63
term to begin January 2, 1979, and the fourth to be elected in	64
1994, term to begin January 1, 1995;	65

In Hancock county, two judges, one to be elected in 1952,	66
term to begin January 1, 1953, and the second to be elected in	67
1978, term to begin January 1, 1979;	68

In Lawrence county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954,	69
term to begin February 9, 1955, and the second to be elected in	70
1976, term to begin January 1, 1977;	71

In Marion county, three judges, one to be elected in 1952,	72
term to begin January 1, 1953, the second to be elected in 1976,	73
term to begin January 2, 1977, and the third to be elected in	74
1998, term to begin February 9, 1999;	75

In Medina county, three judges, one to be elected in 1956,	76
term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1966,	77
term to begin January 1, 1967, and the third to be elected in	78
1994, term to begin January 1, 1995;	79

In Miami county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954, term	80
to begin February 9, 1955, and one to be elected in 1970, term to	81
begin on January 1, 1971;	82

In Muskingum county, two judges, one to be elected in 1968,	83
term to begin August 9, 1969, and one to be elected in 1978, term	84
to begin January 1, 1979;	85

In Portage county, three judges, one to be elected in 1956,	86
term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1960,	87
term to begin January 1, 1961, and the third to be elected in	88
1986, term to begin January 2, 1987;	89

In Ross county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term	90
to begin February 9, 1957, and the second to be elected in 1976,	91
term to begin January 1, 1977;	92

In Scioto county, three judges, one to be elected in 1954,	93
term to begin February 10, 1955, the second to be elected in 1960,	94
term to begin January 1, 1961, and the third to be elected in	95
1994, term to begin January 2, 1995;	96

In Seneca county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term	97
to begin January 1, 1957, and the second to be elected in 1986,	98
term to begin January 2, 1987;	99

In Warren county, three judges, one to be elected in 1954,	100
term to begin February 9, 1955, the second to be elected in 1970,	101
term to begin January 1, 1971, and the third to be elected in	102
1986, term to begin January 1, 1987;	103

In Washington county, two judges, one to be elected in 1952,	104
term to begin January 1, 1953, and one to be elected in 1986, term	105
to begin January 1, 1987;	106

In Wood county, three judges, one to be elected in 1968, term	107
beginning January 1, 1969, the second to be elected in 1970, term	108
to begin January 2, 1971, and the third to be elected in 1990,	109
term to begin January 1, 1991;	110

In Belmont and Jefferson counties, two judges, to be elected	111
in 1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955,	112
respectively;	113

In Clark county, four judges, one to be elected in 1952, term	114
to begin January 1, 1953, the second to be elected in 1956, term	115
to begin January 2, 1957, the third to be elected in 1986, term to	116
begin January 3, 1987, and the fourth to be elected in 1994, term	117
to begin January 2, 1995.	118

In Clermont county, four judges, one to be elected in 1956,	119
term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1964,	120
term to begin January 1, 1965, the third to be elected in 1982,	121
term to begin January 2, 1983, and the fourth to be elected in	122
1986, term to begin January 2, 1987;	123

In Columbiana county, two judges, one to be elected in 1952,	124
term to begin January 1, 1953, and the second to be elected in	125
1956, term to begin January 1, 1957;	126

In Delaware county, two judges, one to be elected in 1990,	127
term to begin February 9, 1991, the second to be elected in 1994,	128
term to begin January 1, 1995;	129

In Lake county, six judges, one to be elected in 1958, term	130
to begin January 1, 1959, the second to be elected in 1960, term	131
to begin January 2, 1961, the third to be elected in 1964, term to	132
begin January 3, 1965, the fourth and fifth to be elected in 1978,	133
terms to begin January 4, 1979, and January 5, 1979, respectively,	134
and the sixth to be elected in 2000, term to begin January 6,	135
2001;	136

In Licking county, three judges, one to be elected in 1954,	137
term to begin February 9, 1955, one to be elected in 1964, term to	138
begin January 1, 1965, and one to be elected in 1990, term to	139
begin January 1, 1991;	140

In Lorain county, eight judges, two to be elected in 1952,	141
terms to begin January 1, 1953, and January 2, 1953, respectively,	142
one to be elected in 1958, term to begin January 3, 1959, one to	143
be elected in 1968, term to begin January 1, 1969, two to be	144
elected in 1988, terms to begin January 4, 1989, and January 5,	145
1989, respectively, and two to be elected in 1998, terms to begin	146
January 2, 1999, and January 3, 1999, respectively;	147

In Butler county, eightnine judges, one to be elected in	148
1956, term to begin January 1, 1957; two to be elected in 1954,	149
terms to begin January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955,	150
respectively; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January 2,	151
1969; one to be elected in 1986, term to begin January 3, 1987;	152
two to be elected in 1988, terms to begin January 1, 1989, and	153
January 2, 1989, respectively; and one to be elected in 1992, term	154
to begin January 4, 1993; and one to be elected in 2002, term to	155
begin January 2, 2003;	156

In Richland county, three judges, one to be elected in 1956,	157
term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1960,	158
term to begin February 9, 1961, and the third to be elected in	159
1968, term to begin January 2, 1969;	160

In Tuscarawas county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956,	161
term to begin January 1, 1957, and the second to be elected in	162
1960, term to begin January 2, 1961;	163

In Wayne county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term	164
beginning January 1, 1957, and one to be elected in 1968, term to	165
begin January 2, 1969;	166

In Trumbull county, six judges, one to be elected in 1952,	167
term to begin January 1, 1953, the second to be elected in 1954,	168
term to begin January 1, 1955, the third to be elected in 1956,	169
term to begin January 1, 1957, the fourth to be elected in 1964,	170
term to begin January 1, 1965, the fifth to be elected in 1976,	171
term to begin January 2, 1977;, and the sixth to be elected in	172
1994, term to begin January 3, 1995;	173

(C) In Cuyahoga county, thirty-nine judges; eight to be	174
elected in 1954, terms to begin on successive days beginning from	175
January 1, 1955, to January 7, 1955, and February 9, 1955,	176
respectively; eight to be elected in 1956, terms to begin on	177
successive days beginning from January 1, 1957, to January 8,	178
1957; three to be elected in 1952, terms to begin from January 1,	179
1953, to January 3, 1953; two to be elected in 1960, terms to	180
begin on January 8, 1961, and January 9, 1961, respectively; two	181
to be elected in 1964, terms to begin January 4, 1965, and January	182
5, 1965, respectively; one to be elected in 1966, term to begin on	183
January 10, 1967; four to be elected in 1968, terms to begin on	184
successive days beginning from January 9, 1969, to January 12,	185
1969; two to be elected in 1974, terms to begin on January 18,	186
1975, and January 19, 1975, respectively; five to be elected in	187
1976, terms to begin on successive days beginning January 6, 1977,	188
to January 10, 1977; two to be elected in 1982, terms to begin	189
January 11, 1983, and January 12, 1983, respectively; and two to	190
be elected in 1986, terms to begin January 13, 1987, and January	191
14, 1987, respectively;	192

In Franklin county, twenty-one judges; two to be elected in	193
1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955,	194
respectively; four to be elected in 1956, terms to begin January	195
1, 1957, to January 4, 1957; four to be elected in 1958, terms to	196
begin January 1, 1959, to January 4, 1959; three to be elected in	197
1968, terms to begin January 5, 1969, to January 7, 1969; three to	198
be elected in 1976, terms to begin on successive days beginning	199
January 5, 1977, to January 7, 1977; one to be elected in 1982,	200
term to begin January 8, 1983; one to be elected in 1986, term to	201
begin January 9, 1987; two to be elected in 1990, terms to begin	202
July 1, 1991, and July 2, 1991, respectively; and one to be	203
elected in 1996, term to begin January 2, 1997;	204

In Hamilton county, twenty-one judges; eight to be elected in	205
1966, terms to begin January 1, 1967, January 2, 1967, and from	206
February 9, 1967, to February 14, 1967, respectively; five to be	207
elected in 1956, terms to begin from January 1, 1957, to January	208
5, 1957; one to be elected in 1964, term to begin January 1, 1965;	209
one to be elected in 1974, term to begin January 15, 1975; one to	210
be elected in 1980, term to begin January 16, 1981; two to be	211
elected at large in the general election in 1982, terms to begin	212
April 1, 1983; one to be elected in 1990, term to begin July 1,	213
1991; and two to be elected in 1996, terms to begin January 3,	214
1997, and January 4, 1997, respectively;	215

In Lucas county, fourteen judges; two to be elected in 1954,	216
terms to begin January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955,	217
respectively; two to be elected in 1956, terms to begin January 1,	218
1957, and October 29, 1957, respectively; two to be elected in	219
1952, terms to begin January 1, 1953, and January 2, 1953,	220
respectively; one to be elected in 1964, term to begin January 3,	221
1965; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January 4, 1969;	222
two to be elected in 1976, terms to begin January 4, 1977, and	223
January 5, 1977, respectively; one to be elected in 1982, term to	224
begin January 6, 1983; one to be elected in 1988, term to begin	225
January 7, 1989; one to be elected in 1990, term to begin January	226
2, 1991; and one to be elected in 1992, term to begin January 2,	227
1993;	228

In Mahoning county, seven judges; three to be elected in	229
1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, January 2, 1955, and	230
February 9, 1955, respectively; one to be elected in 1956, term to	231
begin January 1, 1957; one to be elected in 1952, term to begin	232
January 1, 1953; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January	233
2, 1969; and one to be elected in 1990, term to begin July 1,	234
1991;	235

In Montgomery county, fifteen judges; three to be elected in	236
1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, January 2, 1955, and January	237
3, 1955, respectively; four to be elected in 1952, terms to begin	238
January 1, 1953, January 2, 1953, July 1, 1953, July 2, 1953,	239
respectively; one to be elected in 1964, term to begin January 3,	240
1965; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January 3, 1969;	241
three to be elected in 1976, terms to begin on successive days	242
beginning January 4, 1977, to January 6, 1977; two to be elected	243
in 1990, terms to begin July 1, 1991, and July 2, 1991,	244
respectively; and one to be elected in 1992, term to begin January	245
1, 1993.	246

In Stark county, eight judges; one to be elected in 1958,	247
term to begin on January 2, 1959; two to be elected in 1954, terms	248
to begin on January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955, respectively;	249
two to be elected in 1952, terms to begin January 1, 1953, and	250
April 16, 1953, respectively; one to be elected in 1966, term to	251
begin on January 4, 1967; and two to be elected in 1992, terms to	252
begin January 1, 1993, and January 2, 1993, respectively;	253

In Summit county, eleven judges; four to be elected in 1954,	254
terms to begin January 1, 1955, January 2, 1955, January 3, 1955,	255
and February 9, 1955, respectively; three to be elected in 1958,	256
terms to begin January 1, 1959, January 2, 1959, and May 17, 1959,	257
respectively; one to be elected in 1966, term to begin January 4,	258
1967; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January 5, 1969;	259
one to be elected in 1990, term to begin May 1, 1991; and one to	260
be elected in 1992, term to begin January 6, 1993.	261

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, in any county	262
having two or more judges of the court of common pleas, in which	263
more than one-third of the judges plus one were previously elected	264
at the same election, if the office of one of those judges so	265
elected becomes vacant more than forty days prior to the second	266
general election preceding the expiration of that judge's term,	267
the office that that judge had filled shall be abolished as of the	268
date of the next general election, and a new office of judge of	269
the court of common pleas shall be created. The judge who is to	270
fill that new office shall be elected for a six-year term at the	271
next general election, and the term of that judge shall commence	272
on the first day of the year following that general election, on	273
which day no other judge's term begins, so that the number of	274
judges that the county shall elect shall not be reduced.	275

Judges of the probate division of the court of common pleas	276
are judges of the court of common pleas but shall be elected	277
pursuant to sections 2101.02 and 2101.021 of the Revised Code,	278
except in Adams, Harrison, Henry, Morgan, Morrow, Noble, and	279
Wyandot counties in which the judge of the court of common pleas	280
elected pursuant to this section also shall serve as judge of the	281
probate division.	282

Sec. 2301.03.  (A) In Franklin county, the judges of the	283
court of common pleas whose terms begin on January 1, 1953,	284
January 2, 1953, January 5, 1969, January 5, 1977, and January 2,	285
1997, and successors, shall have the same qualifications, exercise	286
the same powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same	287
compensation as other judges of the court of common pleas of	288
Franklin county and shall be elected and designated as judges of	289
the court of common pleas, division of domestic relations. They	290
shall have all the powers relating to juvenile courts, and all	291
cases under Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code, all parentage	292
proceedings under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code over which the	293
juvenile court has jurisdiction, and all divorce, dissolution of	294
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases shall be assigned	295
to them. In addition to the judge's regular duties, the judge who	296
is senior in point of service shall serve on the children services	297
board and the county advisory board and shall be the administrator	298
of the domestic relations division and its subdivisions and	299
departments.	300

(B)(1) In Hamilton county, the judge of the court of common	301
pleas, whose term begins on January 1, 1957, and successors, and	302
the judge of the court of common pleas, whose term begins on	303
February 14, 1967, and successors, shall be the juvenile judges as	304
provided in Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code, with the powers and	305
jurisdiction conferred by that chapter.	306

(2) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms	307
begin on January 5, 1957, January 16, 1981, and July 1, 1991, and	308
successors, shall be elected and designated as judges of the court	309
of common pleas, division of domestic relations, and shall have	310
assigned to them all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal	311
separation, and annulment cases coming before the court. On or	312
after the first day of July and before the first day of August of	313
1991 and each year thereafter, a majority of the judges of the	314
division of domestic relations shall elect one of the judges of	315
the division as administrative judge of that division. If a	316
majority of the judges of the division of domestic relations are	317
unable for any reason to elect an administrative judge for the	318
division before the first day of August, a majority of the judges	319
of the Hamilton county court of common pleas, as soon as possible	320
after that date, shall elect one of the judges of the division of	321
domestic relations as administrative judge of that division. The	322
term of the administrative judge shall begin on the earlier of the	323
first day of August of the year in which the administrative judge	324
is elected or the date on which the administrative judge is	325
elected by a majority of the judges of the Hamilton county court	326
of common pleas and shall terminate on the date on which the	327
administrative judge's successor is elected in the following year.	328

In addition to the judge's regular duties, the administrative	329
judge of the division of domestic relations shall be the	330
administrator of the domestic relations division and its	331
subdivisions and departments and shall have charge of the	332
employment, assignment, and supervision of the personnel of the	333
division engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating divorce,	334
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases,	335
including any referees considered necessary by the judges in the	336
discharge of their various duties.	337

The administrative judge of the division of domestic	338
relations also shall designate the title, compensation, expense	339
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	340
personnel of the division, and shall fix the duties of its	341
personnel. The duties of the personnel, in addition to those	342
provided for in other sections of the Revised Code, shall include	343
the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution	344
of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and counseling	345
and conciliation services that may be made available to persons	346
requesting them, whether or not the persons are parties to an	347
action pending in the division.	348

The board of county commissioners shall appropriate the sum	349
of money each year as will meet all the administrative expenses of	350
the division of domestic relations, including reasonable expenses	351
of the domestic relations judges and the division counselors and	352
other employees designated to conduct the handling, servicing, and	353
investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal	354
separation, and annulment cases, conciliation and counseling, and	355
all matters relating to those cases and counseling, and the	356
expenses involved in the attendance of division personnel at	357
domestic relations and welfare conferences designated by the	358
division, and the further sum each year as will provide for the	359
adequate operation of the division of domestic relations.	360

The compensation and expenses of all employees and the salary	361
and expenses of the judges shall be paid by the county treasurer	362
from the money appropriated for the operation of the division,	363
upon the warrant of the county auditor, certified to by the	364
administrative judge of the division of domestic relations.	365

The summonses, warrants, citations, subpoenas, and other	366
writs of the division may issue to a bailiff, constable, or staff	367
investigator of the division or to the sheriff of any county or	368
any marshal, constable, or police officer, and the provisions of	369
law relating to the subpoenaing of witnesses in other cases shall	370
apply insofar as they are applicable. When a summons, warrant,	371
citation, subpoena, or other writ is issued to an officer, other	372
than a bailiff, constable, or staff investigator of the division,	373
the expense of serving it shall be assessed as a part of the costs	374
in the case involved.	375

(3) The judge of the court of common pleas of Hamilton	376
Countycounty whose term begins on January 3, 1997, shall be	377
elected and designated for one term only as the drug court judge	378
of the court of common pleas of Hamilton Countycounty, and the	379
successors to that judge shall be elected and designated as judges	380
of the general division of the court of common pleas of Hamilton	381
county and shall not have the authority granted by division (B)(3)	382
of this section. The drug court judge may accept or reject any	383
case referred to the drug court judge under division (B)(3) of	384
this section. After the drug court judge accepts a referred case,	385
the drug court judge has full authority over the case, including	386
the authority to conduct arraignment, accept pleas, enter findings	387
and dispositions, conduct trials, order treatment, and if	388
treatment is not successfully completed pronounce and enter	389
sentence.	390

A judge of the general division of the court of common pleas	391
of Hamilton Countycounty and a judge of the Hamilton County	392
county municipal court may refer to the drug court judge any case,	393
and any companion cases, the judge determines meet the criteria	394
described under divisions (B)(3)(a) and (b) of this section. If	395
the drug court judge accepts referral of a referred case, the	396
case, and any companion cases, shall be transferred to the drug	397
court judge. A judge may refer a case meeting the criteria	398
described in divisions (B)(3)(a) and (b) of this section that	399
involves a violation of a term of probation to the drug court	400
judge, and, if the drug court judge accepts the referral, the	401
referring judge and the drug court judge have concurrent	402
jurisdiction over the case.	403

A judge of the general division of the court of common pleas	404
of Hamilton Countycounty and a judge of the Hamilton County	405
county municipal court may refer a case to the drug court judge	406
under division (B)(3) of this section if the judge determines that	407
both of the following apply:	408

(a) One of the following applies:

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(i) The case involves a drug abuse offense, as defined in	410
section 2925.01 of the Revised Code, that is a felony of the third	411
or fourth degree if the offense is committed prior to July 1,	412
1996, a felony of the third, fourth, or fifth degree if the	413
offense is committed on or after July 1, 1996, or a misdemeanor.	414

(ii) The case involves a theft offense, as defined in	415
section 2913.01 of the Revised Code, that is a felony of the third	416
or fourth degree if the offense is committed prior to July 1,	417
1996, a felony of the third, fourth, or fifth degree if the	418
offense is committed on or after July 1, 1996, or a misdemeanor,	419
and the defendant is drug or alcohol dependent or in danger of	420
becoming drug or alcohol dependent and would benefit from	421
treatment.	422

(b) All of the following apply:

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(i) The case involves a probationable offense or a case in	424
which a mandatory prison term is not required to be imposed.	425

(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	428
drug or alcohol driven.	429

(v) The defendant demonstrates a sincere willingness to	430
participate in a fifteen-month treatment process.	431

(vi) The defendant has no acute health condition.

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(vii) If the defendant is incarcerated, the county	433
prosecutor approves of the referral.	434

(4) If the administrative judge of the court of common pleas	435
of Hamilton county determines that the volume of cases pending	436
before the drug court judge does not constitute a sufficient	437
caseload for the drug court judge, the administrative judge, in	438
accordance with the Rules of Superintendence for Courts of Common	439
Pleas, shall assign individual cases to the drug court judge from	440
the general docket of the court. If the assignments so occur, the	441
administrative judge shall cease the assignments when the	442
administrative judge determines that the volume of cases pending	443
before the drug court judge constitutes a sufficient caseload for	444
the drug court judge.	445

(C) In Lorain county, the judges of the court of common	446
pleas whose terms begin on January 3, 1959, January 4, 1989, and	447
January 2, 1999, and successors, shall have the same	448
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	449
receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court of	450
common pleas of Lorain county and shall be elected and designated	451
as the judges of the court of common pleas, division of domestic	452
relations. They shall have all of the powers relating to juvenile	453
courts, and all cases under Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code, all	454
parentage proceedings over which the juvenile court has	455
jurisdiction, and all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal	456
separation, and annulment cases shall be assigned to them, except	457
cases that for some special reason are assigned to some other	458
judge of the court of common pleas.	459

(D)(1) In Lucas county, the judges of the court of common	460
pleas whose terms begin on January 1, 1955, and January 3, 1965,	461
and successors, shall have the same qualifications, exercise the	462
same powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as	463
other judges of the court of common pleas of Lucas county and	464
shall be elected and designated as judges of the court of common	465
pleas, division of domestic relations. All divorce, dissolution	466
of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases shall be	467
assigned to them.	468

The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in	469
point of service, shall be considered as the presiding judge of	470
the court of common pleas, division of domestic relations, and	471
shall be charged exclusively with the assignment and division of	472
the work of the division and the employment and supervision of all	473
other personnel of the domestic relations division.	474

(2) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms	475
begin on January 5, 1977, and January 2, 1991, and successors	476
shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	477
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of	478
the court of common pleas of Lucas county, shall be elected and	479
designated as judges of the court of common pleas, juvenile	480
division, and shall be the juvenile judges as provided in Chapter	481
2151. of the Revised Code with the powers and jurisdictions	482
conferred by that chapter. In addition to the judge's regular	483
duties, the judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division,	484
senior in point of service, shall be the administrator of the	485
juvenile division and its subdivisions and departments and shall	486
have charge of the employment, assignment, and supervision of the	487
personnel of the division engaged in handling, servicing, or	488
investigating juvenile cases, including any referees considered	489
necessary by the judges of the division in the discharge of their	490
various duties.	491

The judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division,	492
senior in point of service, also shall designate the title,	493
compensation, expense allowance, hours, leaves of absence, and	494
vacation of the personnel of the division and shall fix the duties	495
of the personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in	496
addition to other statutory duties include the handling,	497
servicing, and investigation of juvenile cases and counseling and	498
conciliation services that may be made available to persons	499
requesting them, whether or not the persons are parties to an	500
action pending in the division.	501

(3) If one of the judges of the court of common pleas,	502
division of domestic relations, or one of the judges of the	503
juvenile division is sick, absent, or unable to perform that	504
judge's judicial duties or the volume of cases pending in that	505
judge's division necessitates it, the duties shall be performed by	506
the judges of the other of those divisions.	507

(E)(1) In Mahoning county, the judge of the court of common	508
pleas whose term began on January 1, 1955, and successors, shall	509
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	510
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of	511
the court of common pleas of Mahoning county, shall be elected and	512
designated as judge of the court of common pleas, division of	513
domestic relations, and shall be assigned all the divorce,	514
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases	515
coming before the court. In addition to the judge's regular	516
duties, the judge of the court of common pleas, division of	517
domestic relations, shall be the administrator of the domestic	518
relations division and its subdivisions and departments and shall	519
have charge of the employment, assignment, and supervision of the	520
personnel of the division engaged in handling, servicing, or	521
investigating divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation,	522
and annulment cases, including any referees considered necessary	523
in the discharge of the various duties of the judge's office.	524

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	525
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	526
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the	527
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in	528
addition to other statutory duties, include the handling,	529
servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage,	530
legal separation, and annulment cases and counseling and	531
conciliation services that may be made available to persons	532
requesting them, whether or not the persons are parties to an	533
action pending in the division.	534

(2) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term began	535
on January 2, 1969, and successors, shall have the same	536
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	537
receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of	538
common pleas of Mahoning county, shall be elected and designated	539
as judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, and	540
shall be the juvenile judge as provided in Chapter 2151. of the	541
Revised Code, with the powers and jurisdictions conferred by that	542
chapter. In addition to the judge's regular duties, the judge of	543
the court of common pleas, juvenile division, shall be the	544
administrator of the juvenile division and its subdivisions and	545
departments and shall have charge of the employment, assignment,	546
and supervision of the personnel of the division engaged in	547
handling, servicing, or investigating juvenile cases, including	548
any referees considered necessary by the judge in the discharge of	549
the judge's various duties.	550

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	551
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacation of the	552
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the	553
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in	554
addition to other statutory duties, include the handling,	555
servicing, and investigation of juvenile cases and counseling and	556
conciliation services that may be made available to persons	557
requesting them, whether or not the persons are parties to an	558
action pending in the division.	559

(3) If a judge of the court of common pleas, division of	560
domestic relations or juvenile division, is sick, absent, or	561
unable to perform that judge's judicial duties, or the volume of	562
cases pending in that judge's division necessitates it, that	563
judge's duties shall be performed by another judge of the court of	564
common pleas.	565

(F)(1) In Montgomery county, the judges of the court of	566
common pleas whose terms begin on January 2, 1953, and January 4,	567
1977, and successors, shall have the same qualifications, exercise	568
the same powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same	569
compensation as other judges of the court of common pleas of	570
Montgomery county and shall be elected and designated as judges of	571
the court of common pleas, division of domestic relations. These	572
judges shall have assigned to them all divorce, dissolution of	573
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases.	574

The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in	575
point of service, shall be charged exclusively with the assignment	576
and division of the work of the division and shall have charge of	577
the employment and supervision of the personnel of the division	578
engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating divorce,	579
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases,	580
including any necessary referees, except those employees who may	581
be appointed by the judge, junior in point of service, under this	582
section and sections 2301.12, 2301.18, and 2301.19 of the Revised	583
Code. The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in	584
point of service, also shall designate the title, compensation,	585
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacation of the	586
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties.	587

(2) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms	588
begin on January 1, 1953, and January 1, 1993, and successors,	589
shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	590
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of	591
the court of common pleas of Montgomery county, shall be elected	592
and designated as judges of the court of common pleas, juvenile	593
division, and shall be, and have the powers and jurisdiction of,	594
the juvenile judge as provided in Chapter 2151. of the Revised	595
Code.	596

In addition to the judge's regular duties, the judge of the	597
court of common pleas, juvenile division, senior in point of	598
service, shall be the administrator of the juvenile division and	599
its subdivisions and departments and shall have charge of the	600
employment, assignment, and supervision of the personnel of the	601
juvenile division, including any necessary referees, who are	602
engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating juvenile cases.	603
The judge, senior in point of service, also shall designate the	604
title, compensation, expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence,	605
and vacation of the personnel of the division and shall fix their	606
duties. The duties of the personnel, in addition to other	607
statutory duties, shall include the handling, servicing, and	608
investigation of juvenile cases and of any counseling and	609
conciliation services that are available upon request to persons,	610
whether or not they are parties to an action pending in the	611
division.	612

If one of the judges of the court of common pleas, division	613
of domestic relations, or one of the judges of the court of common	614
pleas, juvenile division, is sick, absent, or unable to perform	615
that judge's duties or the volume of cases pending in that judge's	616
division necessitates it, the duties of that judge may be	617
performed by the judge or judges of the other of those divisions.	618

(G) In Richland county, the judge of the court of common	619
pleas whose term begins on January 1, 1957, and successors, shall	620
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	621
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other	622
judges of the court of common pleas of Richland county and shall	623
be elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas,	624
division of domestic relations. That judge shall have all of the	625
powers relating to juvenile courts, and all cases under Chapter	626
2151. of the Revised Code, all parentage proceedings over which	627
the juvenile court has jurisdiction, and all divorce, dissolution	628
of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases shall be	629
assigned to that judge, except in cases that for some special	630
reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of common	631
pleas.	632

(H) In Stark county, the judges of the court of common pleas	633
whose terms begin on January 1, 1953, January 2, 1959, and January	634
1, 1993, and successors, shall have the same qualifications,	635
exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same	636
compensation as other judges of the court of common pleas of Stark	637
county and shall be elected and designated as judges of the court	638
of common pleas, division of domestic relations. They shall have	639
all the powers relating to juvenile courts, and all cases under	640
Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code, all parentage proceedings over	641
which the juvenile court has jurisdiction, and all divorce,	642
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases,	643
except cases that are assigned to some other judge of the court of	644
common pleas for some special reason, shall be assigned to the	645
judges.	646

The judge of the division of domestic relations, second most	647
senior in point of service, shall have charge of the employment	648
and supervision of the personnel of the division engaged in	649
handling, servicing, or investigating divorce, dissolution of	650
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, and necessary	651
referees required for the judge's respective court.	652

The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in	653
point of service, shall be charged exclusively with the	654
administration of sections 2151.13, 2151.16, 2151.17, and 2151.18	655
of the Revised Code and with the assignment and division of the	656
work of the division and the employment and supervision of all	657
other personnel of the division, including, but not limited to,	658
that judge's necessary referees, but excepting those employees who	659
may be appointed by the judge second most senior in point of	660
service. The senior judge further shall serve in every other	661
position in which the statutes permit or require a juvenile judge	662
to serve.	663

(I) In Summit county:

664

(1) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms	665
begin on January 4, 1967, and January 6, 1993, and successors,	666
shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	667
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of	668
the court of common pleas of Summit county and shall be elected	669
and designated as judges of the court of common pleas, division of	670
domestic relations. The judges of the division of domestic	671
relations shall have assigned to them and hear all divorce,	672
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases	673
that come before the court. Except in cases that are subject to	674
the exclusive original jurisdiction of the juvenile court, the	675
judges of the division of domestic relations shall have assigned	676
to them and hear all cases pertaining to paternity, custody,	677
visitation, child support, or the allocation of parental rights	678
and responsibilities for the care of children and all post-decree	679
proceedings arising from any case pertaining to any of those	680
matters. The judges of the division of domestic relations shall	681
have assigned to them and hear all proceedings under the uniform	682
interstate family support act contained in Chapter 3115. of the	683
Revised Code.	684

The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in	685
point of service, shall be the administrator of the domestic	686
relations division and its subdivisions and departments and shall	687
have charge of the employment, assignment, and supervision of the	688
personnel of the division, including any necessary referees, who	689
are engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating divorce,	690
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases.	691
That judge also shall designate the title, compensation, expense	692
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	693
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties	694
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall	695
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce,	696
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and	697
of any counseling and conciliation services that are available	698
upon request to all persons, whether or not they are parties to an	699
action pending in the division.	700

(2) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins	701
on January 1, 1955, and successors, shall have the same	702
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	703
receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of	704
common pleas of Summit county, shall be elected and designated as	705
judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, and shall	706
be, and have the powers and jurisdiction of, the juvenile judge as	707
provided in Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code. Except in cases	708
that are subject to the exclusive original jurisdiction of the	709
juvenile court, the judge of the juvenile division shall not have	710
jurisdiction or the power to hear, and shall not be assigned, any	711
case pertaining to paternity, custody, visitation, child support,	712
or the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities for the	713
care of children or any post-decree proceeding arising from any	714
case pertaining to any of those matters. The judge of the	715
juvenile division shall not have jurisdiction or the power to	716
hear, and shall not be assigned, any proceeding under the uniform	717
interstate family support act contained in Chapter 3115. of the	718
Revised Code.	719

The juvenile judge shall be the administrator of the juvenile	720
division and its subdivisions and departments and shall have	721
charge of the employment, assignment, and supervision of the	722
personnel of the juvenile division, including any necessary	723
referees, who are engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating	724
juvenile cases. The judge also shall designate the title,	725
compensation, expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and	726
vacation of the personnel of the division and shall fix their	727
duties. The duties of the personnel, in addition to other	728
statutory duties, shall include the handling, servicing, and	729
investigation of juvenile cases and of any counseling and	730
conciliation services that are available upon request to persons,	731
whether or not they are parties to an action pending in the	732
division.	733

(J) In Trumbull county, the judges of the court of common	734
pleas whose terms begin on January 1, 1953, and January 2, 1977,	735
and successors, shall have the same qualifications, exercise the	736
same powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as	737
other judges of the court of common pleas of Trumbull county and	738
shall be elected and designated as judges of the court of common	739
pleas, division of domestic relations. They shall have all the	740
powers relating to juvenile courts, and all cases under Chapter	741
2151. of the Revised Code, all parentage proceedings over which	742
the juvenile court has jurisdiction, and all divorce, dissolution	743
of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases shall be	744
assigned to them, except cases that for some special reason are	745
assigned to some other judge of the court of common pleas.	746

(K) In Butler county:

747

(1) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms	748
begin on January 1, 1957, and January 4, 1993, and successors,	749
shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	750
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of	751
the court of common pleas of Butler county and shall be elected	752
and designated as judges of the court of common pleas, division of	753
domestic relations. The judges of the division of domestic	754
relations shall have assigned to them all divorce, dissolution of	755
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases coming before the	756
court, except in cases that for some special reason are assigned	757
to some other judge of the court of common pleas. The judge	758
senior in point of service shall be charged with the assignment	759
and division of the work of the division and with the employment	760
and supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations	761
division.	762

The judge senior in point of service also shall designate the	763
title, compensation, expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence,	764
and vacations of the personnel of the division and shall fix their	765
duties. The duties of the personnel, in addition to other	766
statutory duties, shall include the handling, servicing, and	767
investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal	768
separation, and annulment cases and providing any counseling and	769
conciliation services that the division makes available to	770
persons, whether or not the persons are parties to an action	771
pending in the division, who request the services.	772

(2) The judgejudges of the court of common pleas whose term	773
beginsterms begin on January 3, 1987, and January 2, 2003, and	774
successors, shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same	775
powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as	776
other judges of the court of common pleas of Butler county, shall	777
be elected and designated as judgejudges of the court of common	778
pleas, juvenile division, and shall be the juvenile judgejudges	779
as provided in Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code, with the powers	780
and jurisdictions conferred by that chapter. The judge of the	781
court of common pleas, juvenile division, who is senior in point	782
of service, shall be the administrator of the juvenile division	783
and its subdivisions and departments. The judge, senior in point	784
of service, shall have charge of the employment, assignment, and	785
supervision of the personnel of the juvenile division who are	786
engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating juvenile cases,	787
including any referees whom the judge considers necessary for the	788
discharge of the judge's various duties.	789

The judge, senior in point of service, also shall designate	790
the title, compensation, expense allowances, hours, leaves of	791
absence, and vacation of the personnel of the division and shall	792
fix their duties. The duties of the personnel, in addition to	793
other statutory duties, include the handling, servicing, and	794
investigation of juvenile cases and providing any counseling and	795
conciliation services that the division makes available to	796
persons, whether or not the persons are parties to an action	797
pending in the division, who request the services.	798

(3) If a judge of the court of common pleas, division of	799
domestic relations or juvenile division, is sick, absent, or	800
unable to perform that judge's judicial duties or the volume of	801
cases pending in the judge's division necessitates it, the duties	802
of that judge shall be performed by the other judges of the	803
domestic relations and juvenile divisions.	804

(L)(1) In Cuyahoga county, the judges of the court of common	805
pleas whose terms begin on January 8, 1961, January 9, 1961,	806
January 18, 1975, January 19, 1975, and January 13, 1987, and	807
successors, shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same	808
powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as	809
other judges of the court of common pleas of Cuyahoga county and	810
shall be elected and designated as judges of the court of common	811
pleas, division of domestic relations. They shall have all the	812
powers relating to all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal	813
separation, and annulment cases, except in cases that are assigned	814
to some other judge of the court of common pleas for some special	815
reason.	816

(2) The administrative judge is administrator of the	817
domestic relations division and its subdivisions and departments	818
and has the following powers concerning division personnel:	819

(a) Full charge of the employment, assignment, and	820
supervision;	821

(b) Sole determination of compensation, duties, expenses,	822
allowances, hours, leaves, and vacations.	823

(3) "Division personnel" include persons employed or referees	824
engaged in hearing, servicing, investigating, counseling, or	825
conciliating divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation	826
and annulment matters.	827

(M) In Lake county:

828

(1) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins	829
on January 2, 1961, and successors, shall have the same	830
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	831
receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court of	832
common pleas of Lake county and shall be elected and designated as	833
judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic	834
relations. The judge shall be assigned all the divorce,	835
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases	836
coming before the court, except in cases that for some special	837
reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of common	838
pleas. The judge shall be charged with the assignment and	839
division of the work of the division and with the employment and	840
supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations	841
division.	842

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	843
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	844
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties	845
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall	846
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce,	847
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and	848
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the	849
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons	850
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the	851
services.	852

(2) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins	853
on January 4, 1979, and successors, shall have the same	854
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	855
receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of	856
common pleas of Lake county, shall be elected and designated as	857
judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, and shall	858
be the juvenile judge as provided in Chapter 2151. of the Revised	859
Code, with the powers and jurisdictions conferred by that chapter.	860
The judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, shall	861
be the administrator of the juvenile division and its subdivisions	862
and departments. The judge shall have charge of the employment,	863
assignment, and supervision of the personnel of the juvenile	864
division who are engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating	865
juvenile cases, including any referees whom the judge considers	866
necessary for the discharge of the judge's various duties.	867

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	868
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacation of the	869
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties	870
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, include	871
the handling, servicing, and investigation of juvenile cases and	872
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the	873
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons	874
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the	875
services.	876

(3) If a judge of the court of common pleas, division of	877
domestic relations or juvenile division, is sick, absent, or	878
unable to perform that judge's judicial duties or the volume of	879
cases pending in the judge's division necessitates it, the duties	880
of that judge shall be performed by the other judges of the	881
domestic relations and juvenile divisions.	882

(N) In Erie county, the judge of the court of common pleas	883
whose term begins on January 2, 1971, and successors, shall have	884
the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	885
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other judge	886
of the court of common pleas of Erie county and shall be elected	887
and designated as judge of the court of common pleas, division of	888
domestic relations. The judge shall have all the powers relating	889
to juvenile courts, and shall be assigned all cases under Chapter	890
2151. of the Revised Code, parentage proceedings over which the	891
juvenile court has jurisdiction, and divorce, dissolution of	892
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, except cases that	893
for some special reason are assigned to some other judge.	894

(O) In Greene county:

895

(1) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins	896
on January 1, 1961, and successors, shall have the same	897
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	898
receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court of	899
common pleas of Greene county and shall be elected and designated	900
as the judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic	901
relations. The judge shall be assigned all divorce, dissolution	902
of marriage, legal separation, annulment, uniform reciprocal	903
support enforcement, and domestic violence cases and all other	904
cases related to domestic relations, except cases that for some	905
special reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of	906
common pleas.	907

The judge shall be charged with the assignment and division	908
of the work of the division and with the employment and	909
supervision of all other personnel of the division. The judge	910
also shall designate the title, compensation, hours, leaves of	911
absence, and vacations of the personnel of the division and shall	912
fix their duties. The duties of the personnel of the division, in	913
addition to other statutory duties, shall include the handling,	914
servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage,	915
legal separation, and annulment cases and the provision of	916
counseling and conciliation services that the division considers	917
necessary and makes available to persons who request the services,	918
whether or not the persons are parties in an action pending in the	919
division. The compensation for the personnel shall be paid from	920
the overall court budget and shall be included in the	921
appropriations for the existing judges of the general division of	922
the court of common pleas.	923

(2) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins	924
on January 1, 1995, and successors, shall have the same	925
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	926
receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court of	927
common pleas of Greene county, shall be elected and designated as	928
judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, and, on or	929
after January 1, 1995, shall be the juvenile judge as provided in	930
Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code with the powers and jurisdiction	931
conferred by that chapter. The judge of the court of common	932
pleas, juvenile division, shall be the administrator of the	933
juvenile division and its subdivisions and departments. The judge	934
shall have charge of the employment, assignment, and supervision	935
of the personnel of the juvenile division who are engaged in	936
handling, servicing, or investigating juvenile cases, including	937
any referees whom the judge considers necessary for the discharge	938
of the judge's various duties.	939

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	940
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacation of the	941
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties	942
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, include	943
the handling, servicing, and investigation of juvenile cases and	944
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the court	945
makes available to persons, whether or not the persons are parties	946
to an action pending in the court, who request the services.	947

(3) If one of the judges of the court of common pleas,	948
general division, is sick, absent, or unable to perform that	949
judge's judicial duties or the volume of cases pending in the	950
general division necessitates it, the duties of that judge of the	951
general division shall be performed by the judge of the division	952
of domestic relations and the judge of the juvenile division.	953

(P) In Portage county, the judge of the court of common	954
pleas, whose term begins January 2, 1987, and successors, shall	955
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	956
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other	957
judges of the court of common pleas of Portage county and shall be	958
elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas,	959
division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all	960
divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment	961
cases coming before the court, except in cases that for some	962
special reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of	963
common pleas. The judge shall be charged with the assignment and	964
division of the work of the division and with the employment and	965
supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations	966
division.	967

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	968
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	969
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties	970
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall	971
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce,	972
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and	973
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the	974
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons	975
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the	976
services.	977

(Q) In Clermont county, the judge of the court of common	978
pleas, whose term begins January 2, 1987, and successors, shall	979
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	980
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other	981
judges of the court of common pleas of Clermont county and shall	982
be elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas,	983
division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all	984
divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment	985
cases coming before the court, except in cases that for some	986
special reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of	987
common pleas. The judge shall be charged with the assignment and	988
division of the work of the division and with the employment and	989
supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations	990
division.	991

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	992
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	993
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties	994
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall	995
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce,	996
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and	997
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the	998
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons	999
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the	1000
services.	1001

(R) In Warren county, the judge of the court of common	1002
pleas, whose term begins January 1, 1987, and successors, shall	1003
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	1004
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other	1005
judges of the court of common pleas of Warren county and shall be	1006
elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas,	1007
division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all	1008
divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment	1009
cases coming before the court, except in cases that for some	1010
special reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of	1011
common pleas. The judge shall be charged with the assignment and	1012
division of the work of the division and with the employment and	1013
supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations	1014
division.	1015

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	1016
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	1017
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties	1018
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall	1019
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce,	1020
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and	1021
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the	1022
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons	1023
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the	1024
services.	1025

(S) In Licking county, the judge of the court of common	1026
pleas, whose term begins January 1, 1991, and successors, shall	1027
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	1028
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other	1029
judges of the court of common pleas of Licking county and shall be	1030
elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas,	1031
division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all	1032
divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment	1033
cases, all cases arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code,	1034
all proceedings involving child support, the allocation of	1035
parental rights and responsibilities for the care of children and	1036
the designation for the children of a place of residence and legal	1037
custodian, parenting time, and visitation, and all post-decree	1038
proceedings and matters arising from those cases and proceedings,	1039
except in cases that for some special reason are assigned to	1040
another judge of the court of common pleas. The judge shall be	1041
charged with the assignment and division of the work of the	1042
division and with the employment and supervision of the personnel	1043
of the division.	1044

The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense	1045
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	1046
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the	1047
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel of the	1048
division, in addition to other statutory duties, shall include the	1049
handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of	1050
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising	1051
under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving	1052
child support, the allocation of parental rights and	1053
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for	1054
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian,	1055
parenting time, and visitation and providing any counseling and	1056
conciliation services that the division makes available to	1057
persons, whether or not the persons are parties to an action	1058
pending in the division, who request the services.	1059

(T) In Allen county, the judge of the court of common pleas,	1060
whose term begins January 1, 1993, and successors, shall have the	1061
same qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction,	1062
and receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court	1063
of common pleas of Allen county and shall be elected and	1064
designated as judge of the court of common pleas, division of	1065
domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all divorce,	1066
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases,	1067
all cases arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, all	1068
proceedings involving child support, the allocation of parental	1069
rights and responsibilities for the care of children and the	1070
designation for the children of a place of residence and legal	1071
custodian, parenting time, and visitation, and all post-decree	1072
proceedings and matters arising from those cases and proceedings,	1073
except in cases that for some special reason are assigned to	1074
another judge of the court of common pleas. The judge shall be	1075
charged with the assignment and division of the work of the	1076
division and with the employment and supervision of the personnel	1077
of the division.	1078

The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense	1079
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	1080
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the	1081
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel of the	1082
division, in addition to other statutory duties, shall include the	1083
handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of	1084
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising	1085
under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving	1086
child support, the allocation of parental rights and	1087
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for	1088
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian,	1089
parenting time, and visitation, and providing any counseling and	1090
conciliation services that the division makes available to	1091
persons, whether or not the persons are parties to an action	1092
pending in the division, who request the services.	1093

(U) In Medina county, the judge of the court of common pleas	1094
whose term begins January 1, 1995, and successors, shall have the	1095
same qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction,	1096
and receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of	1097
common pleas of Medina county and shall be elected and designated	1098
as judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic	1099
relations. The judge shall be assigned all divorce, dissolution	1100
of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, all cases	1101
arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, all proceedings	1102
involving child support, the allocation of parental rights and	1103
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for	1104
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian,	1105
parenting time, and visitation, and all post-decree proceedings	1106
and matters arising from those cases and proceedings, except in	1107
cases that for some special reason are assigned to another judge	1108
of the court of common pleas. The judge shall be charged with the	1109
assignment and division of the work of the division and with the	1110
employment and supervision of the personnel of the division.	1111

The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense	1112
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	1113
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the	1114
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in	1115
addition to other statutory duties, include the handling,	1116
servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage,	1117
legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising under Chapter	1118
3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving child	1119
support, the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities	1120
for the care of children and the designation for the children of a	1121
place of residence and legal custodian, parenting time, and	1122
visitation, and providing counseling and conciliation services	1123
that the division makes available to persons, whether or not the	1124
persons are parties to an action pending in the division, who	1125
request the services.	1126

(V) In Fairfield county, the judge of the court of common	1127
pleas whose term begins January 2, 1995, and successors, shall	1128
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	1129
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other	1130
judges of the court of common pleas of Fairfield county and shall	1131
be elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas,	1132
division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all	1133
divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment	1134
cases, all cases arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code,	1135
all proceedings involving child support, the allocation of	1136
parental rights and responsibilities for the care of children and	1137
the designation for the children of a place of residence and legal	1138
custodian, parenting time, and visitation, and all post-decree	1139
proceedings and matters arising from those cases and proceedings,	1140
except in cases that for some special reason are assigned to	1141
another judge of the court of common pleas. The judge also has	1142
concurrent jurisdiction with the probate-juvenile division of the	1143
court of common pleas of Fairfield county with respect to and may	1144
hear cases to determine the custody of a child, as defined in	1145
section 2151.011 of the Revised Code, who is not the ward of	1146
another court of this state, cases that are commenced by a parent,	1147
guardian, or custodian of a child, as defined in section 2151.011	1148
of the Revised Code, to obtain an order requiring a parent of the	1149
child to pay child support for that child when the request for	1150
that order is not ancillary to an action for divorce, dissolution	1151
of marriage, annulment, or legal separation, a criminal or civil	1152
action involving an allegation of domestic violence, an action for	1153
support under Chapter 3115. of the Revised Code, or an action that	1154
is within the exclusive original jurisdiction of the	1155
probate-juvenile division of the court of common pleas of	1156
Fairfield county and that involves an allegation that the child is	1157
an abused, neglected, or dependent child, and post-decree	1158
proceedings and matters arising from those types of cases.	1159

The judge of the domestic relations division shall be charged	1160
with the assignment and division of the work of the division and	1161
with the employment and supervision of the personnel of the	1162
division.	1163

The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense	1164
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	1165
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the	1166
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel of the	1167
division, in addition to other statutory duties, shall include the	1168
handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of	1169
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising	1170
under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving	1171
child support, the allocation of parental rights and	1172
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for	1173
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian,	1174
parenting time, and visitation, and providing any counseling and	1175
conciliation services that the division makes available to	1176
persons, regardless of whether the persons are parties to an	1177
action pending in the division, who request the services. When	1178
the judge hears a case to determine the custody of a child, as	1179
defined in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code, who is not the	1180
ward of another court of this state or a case that is commenced by	1181
a parent, guardian, or custodian of a child, as defined in section	1182
2151.011 of the Revised Code, to obtain an order requiring a	1183
parent of the child to pay child support for that child when the	1184
request for that order is not ancillary to an action for divorce,	1185
dissolution of marriage, annulment, or legal separation, a	1186
criminal or civil action involving an allegation of domestic	1187
violence, an action for support under Chapter 3115. of the Revised	1188
Code, or an action that is within the exclusive original	1189
jurisdiction of the probate-juvenile division of the court of	1190
common pleas of Fairfield county and that involves an allegation	1191
that the child is an abused, neglected, or dependent child, the	1192
duties of the personnel of the domestic relations division also	1193
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of those types	1194
of cases.	1195

(W)(1) In Clark county, the judge of the court of common	1196
pleas whose term begins on January 2, 1995, and successors, shall	1197
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	1198
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of	1199
the court of common pleas of Clark county and shall be elected and	1200
designated as judge of the court of common pleas, domestic	1201
relations division. The judge shall have all the powers relating	1202
to juvenile courts, and all cases under Chapter 2151. of the	1203
Revised Code and all parentage proceedings under Chapter 3111. of	1204
the Revised Code over which the juvenile court has jurisdiction	1205
shall be assigned to the judge of the division of domestic	1206
relations. All divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal	1207
separation, annulment, uniform reciprocal support enforcement, and	1208
other cases related to domestic relations shall be assigned to the	1209
domestic relations division, and the presiding judge of the court	1210
of common pleas shall assign the cases to the judge of the	1211
domestic relations division and the judges of the general	1212
division.	1213

(2) In addition to the judge's regular duties, the judge of	1214
the division of domestic relations shall serve on the children	1215
services board and the county advisory board.	1216

(3) If the judge of the court of common pleas of Clark	1217
county, division of domestic relations, is sick, absent, or unable	1218
to perform that judge's judicial duties or if the presiding judge	1219
of the court of common pleas of Clark county determines that the	1220
volume of cases pending in the division of domestic relations	1221
necessitates it, the duties of the judge of the division of	1222
domestic relations shall be performed by the judges of the general	1223
division or probate division of the court of common pleas of Clark	1224
county, as assigned for that purpose by the presiding judge of	1225
that court, and the judges so assigned shall act in conjunction	1226
with the judge of the division of domestic relations of that	1227
court.	1228

(X) In Scioto county, the judge of the court of common pleas	1229
whose term begins January 2, 1995, and successors, shall have the	1230
same qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction,	1231
and receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of	1232
common pleas of Scioto county and shall be elected and designated	1233
as judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic	1234
relations. The judge shall be assigned all divorce, dissolution	1235
of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, all cases	1236
arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, all proceedings	1237
involving child support, the allocation of parental rights and	1238
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for	1239
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian,	1240
parenting time, visitation, and all post-decree proceedings and	1241
matters arising from those cases and proceedings, except in cases	1242
that for some special reason are assigned to another judge of the	1243
court of common pleas. The judge shall be charged with the	1244
assignment and division of the work of the division and with the	1245
employment and supervision of the personnel of the division.	1246

The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense	1247
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	1248
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the	1249
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in	1250
addition to other statutory duties, include the handling,	1251
servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage,	1252
legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising under Chapter	1253
3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving child	1254
support, the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities	1255
for the care of children and the designation for the children of a	1256
place of residence and legal custodian, parenting time, and	1257
visitation, and providing counseling and conciliation services	1258
that the division makes available to persons, whether or not the	1259
persons are parties to an action pending in the division, who	1260
request the services.	1261

(Y) In Auglaize county, the judge of the probate and	1262
juvenile divisions of the Auglaize county court of common pleas	1263
also shall be the administrative judge of the domestic relations	1264
division of the court and shall be assigned all divorce,	1265
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases	1266
coming before the court. The judge shall have all powers as	1267
administrator of the domestic relations division and shall have	1268
charge of the personnel engaged in handling, servicing, or	1269
investigating divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation,	1270
and annulment cases, including any referees considered necessary	1271
for the discharge of the judge's various duties.	1272

(Z)(1) In Marion county, the judge of the court of common	1273
pleas whose term begins on February 9, 1999, and the successors to	1274
that judge, shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same	1275
powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the	1276
other judges of the court of common pleas of Marion county and	1277
shall be elected and designated as judge of the court of common	1278
pleas, domestic relations-juvenile-probate division. Except as	1279
otherwise specified in this division, that judge, and the	1280
successors to that judge, shall have all the powers relating to	1281
juvenile courts, and all cases under Chapter 2151. of the Revised	1282
Code, all cases arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code,	1283
all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and	1284
annulment cases, all proceedings involving child support, the	1285
allocation of parental rights and responsibilities for the care of	1286
children and the designation for the children of a place of	1287
residence and legal custodian, parenting time, and visitation, and	1288
all post-decree proceedings and matters arising from those cases	1289
and proceedings shall be assigned to that judge and the successors	1290
to that judge. Except as provided in division (Z)(2) of this	1291
section and notwithstanding any other provision of any section of	1292
the Revised Code, on and after February 9, 2003, the judge of the	1293
court of common pleas of Marion county whose term begins on	1294
February 9, 1999, and the successors to that judge, shall have all	1295
the powers relating to the probate division of the court of common	1296
pleas of Marion county in addition to the powers previously	1297
specified in this division, and shall exercise concurrent	1298
jurisdiction with the judge of the probate division of that court	1299
over all matters that are within the jurisdiction of the probate	1300
division of that court under Chapter 2101., and other provisions,	1301
of the Revised Code in addition to the jurisdiction of the	1302
domestic relations-juvenile-probate division of that court	1303
otherwise specified in division (Z)(1) of this section.	1304

(2) The judge of the domestic relations-juvenile-probate	1305
division of the court of common pleas of Marion county or the	1306
judge of the probate division of the court of common pleas of	1307
Marion county, whichever of those judges is senior in total length	1308
of service on the court of common pleas of Marion county,	1309
regardless of the division or divisions of service, shall serve as	1310
the clerk of the probate division of the court of common pleas of	1311
Marion county.	1312

(3) On and after February 9, 2003, all references in law to	1313
"the probate court," "the probate judge," "the juvenile court," or	1314
"the judge of the juvenile court" shall be construed, with respect	1315
to Marion county, as being references to both "the probate	1316
division" and "the domestic relations-juvenile-probate division"	1317
and as being references to both "the judge of the probate	1318
division" and "the judge of the domestic relations-	1319
juvenile-probate division." On and after February 9, 2003, all	1320
references in law to "the clerk of the probate court" shall be	1321
construed, with respect to Marion county, as being references to	1322
the judge who is serving pursuant to division (Z)(2) of this	1323
section as the clerk of the probate division of the court of	1324
common pleas of Marion county.	1325

(AA) If a judge of the court of common pleas, division of	1326
domestic relations, or juvenile judge, of any of the counties	1327
mentioned in this section is sick, absent, or unable to perform	1328
that judge's judicial duties or the volume of cases pending in the	1329
judge's division necessitates it, the duties of that judge shall	1330
be performed by another judge of the court of common pleas of that	1331
county, assigned for that purpose by the presiding judge of the	1332
court of common pleas of that county to act in place of or in	1333
conjunction with that judge, as the case may require.	1334

Section 2.  That existing sections 2301.02 and 2301.03 of the	1335
Revised Code are hereby repealed.	1336

Section 3. That the version of section 2301.03 of the Revised	1337
Code that is scheduled to take effect January 1, 2002, be amended	1338
to read as follows:	1339

Sec. 2301.03.  (A) In Franklin county, the judges of the	1340
court of common pleas whose terms begin on January 1, 1953,	1341
January 2, 1953, January 5, 1969, January 5, 1977, and January 2,	1342
1997, and successors, shall have the same qualifications, exercise	1343
the same powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same	1344
compensation as other judges of the court of common pleas of	1345
Franklin county and shall be elected and designated as judges of	1346
the court of common pleas, division of domestic relations. They	1347
shall have all the powers relating to juvenile courts, and all	1348
cases under Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, all	1349
parentage proceedings under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code over	1350
which the juvenile court has jurisdiction, and all divorce,	1351
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases	1352
shall be assigned to them. In addition to the judge's regular	1353
duties, the judge who is senior in point of service shall serve on	1354
the children services board and the county advisory board and	1355
shall be the administrator of the domestic relations division and	1356
its subdivisions and departments.	1357

(B) In Hamilton county:

1358

(1) The judge of the court of common pleas, whose term	1359
begins on January 1, 1957, and successors, and the judge of the	1360
court of common pleas, whose term begins on February 14, 1967, and	1361
successors, shall be the juvenile judges as provided in Chapters	1362
2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, with the powers and	1363
jurisdiction conferred by those chapters.	1364

(2) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms	1365
begin on January 5, 1957, January 16, 1981, and July 1, 1991, and	1366
successors, shall be elected and designated as judges of the court	1367
of common pleas, division of domestic relations, and shall have	1368
assigned to them all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal	1369
separation, and annulment cases coming before the court. On or	1370
after the first day of July and before the first day of August of	1371
1991 and each year thereafter, a majority of the judges of the	1372
division of domestic relations shall elect one of the judges of	1373
the division as administrative judge of that division. If a	1374
majority of the judges of the division of domestic relations are	1375
unable for any reason to elect an administrative judge for the	1376
division before the first day of August, a majority of the judges	1377
of the Hamilton county court of common pleas, as soon as possible	1378
after that date, shall elect one of the judges of the division of	1379
domestic relations as administrative judge of that division. The	1380
term of the administrative judge shall begin on the earlier of the	1381
first day of August of the year in which the administrative judge	1382
is elected or the date on which the administrative judge is	1383
elected by a majority of the judges of the Hamilton county court	1384
of common pleas and shall terminate on the date on which the	1385
administrative judge's successor is elected in the following year.	1386

In addition to the judge's regular duties, the administrative	1387
judge of the division of domestic relations shall be the	1388
administrator of the domestic relations division and its	1389
subdivisions and departments and shall have charge of the	1390
employment, assignment, and supervision of the personnel of the	1391
division engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating divorce,	1392
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases,	1393
including any referees considered necessary by the judges in the	1394
discharge of their various duties.	1395

The administrative judge of the division of domestic	1396
relations also shall designate the title, compensation, expense	1397
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	1398
personnel of the division, and shall fix the duties of its	1399
personnel. The duties of the personnel, in addition to those	1400
provided for in other sections of the Revised Code, shall include	1401
the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution	1402
of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and counseling	1403
and conciliation services that may be made available to persons	1404
requesting them, whether or not the persons are parties to an	1405
action pending in the division.	1406

The board of county commissioners shall appropriate the sum	1407
of money each year as will meet all the administrative expenses of	1408
the division of domestic relations, including reasonable expenses	1409
of the domestic relations judges and the division counselors and	1410
other employees designated to conduct the handling, servicing, and	1411
investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal	1412
separation, and annulment cases, conciliation and counseling, and	1413
all matters relating to those cases and counseling, and the	1414
expenses involved in the attendance of division personnel at	1415
domestic relations and welfare conferences designated by the	1416
division, and the further sum each year as will provide for the	1417
adequate operation of the division of domestic relations.	1418

The compensation and expenses of all employees and the salary	1419
and expenses of the judges shall be paid by the county treasurer	1420
from the money appropriated for the operation of the division,	1421
upon the warrant of the county auditor, certified to by the	1422
administrative judge of the division of domestic relations.	1423

The summonses, warrants, citations, subpoenas, and other	1424
writs of the division may issue to a bailiff, constable, or staff	1425
investigator of the division or to the sheriff of any county or	1426
any marshal, constable, or police officer, and the provisions of	1427
law relating to the subpoenaing of witnesses in other cases shall	1428
apply insofar as they are applicable. When a summons, warrant,	1429
citation, subpoena, or other writ is issued to an officer, other	1430
than a bailiff, constable, or staff investigator of the division,	1431
the expense of serving it shall be assessed as a part of the costs	1432
in the case involved.	1433

(3) The judge of the court of common pleas of Hamilton	1434
Countycounty whose term begins on January 3, 1997, shall be	1435
elected and designated for one term only as the drug court judge	1436
of the court of common pleas of Hamilton Countycounty, and the	1437
successors to that judge shall be elected and designated as judges	1438
of the general division of the court of common pleas of Hamilton	1439
county and shall not have the authority granted by division (B)(3)	1440
of this section. The drug court judge may accept or reject any	1441
case referred to the drug court judge under division (B)(3) of	1442
this section. After the drug court judge accepts a referred case,	1443
the drug court judge has full authority over the case, including	1444
the authority to conduct arraignment, accept pleas, enter findings	1445
and dispositions, conduct trials, order treatment, and if	1446
treatment is not successfully completed pronounce and enter	1447
sentence.	1448

A judge of the general division of the court of common pleas	1449
of Hamilton Countycounty and a judge of the Hamilton County	1450
county municipal court may refer to the drug court judge any case,	1451
and any companion cases, the judge determines meet the criteria	1452
described under divisions (B)(3)(a) and (b) of this section. If	1453
the drug court judge accepts referral of a referred case, the	1454
case, and any companion cases, shall be transferred to the drug	1455
court judge. A judge may refer a case meeting the criteria	1456
described in divisions (B)(3)(a) and (b) of this section that	1457
involves a violation of a term of probation to the drug court	1458
judge, and, if the drug court judge accepts the referral, the	1459
referring judge and the drug court judge have concurrent	1460
jurisdiction over the case.	1461

A judge of the general division of the court of common pleas	1462
of Hamilton Countycounty and a judge of the Hamilton County	1463
county municipal court may refer a case to the drug court judge	1464
under division (B)(3) of this section if the judge determines that	1465
both of the following apply:	1466

(a) One of the following applies:

1467

(i) The case involves a drug abuse offense, as defined in	1468
section 2925.01 of the Revised Code, that is a felony of the third	1469
or fourth degree if the offense is committed prior to July 1,	1470
1996, a felony of the third, fourth, or fifth degree if the	1471
offense is committed on or after July 1, 1996, or a misdemeanor.	1472

(ii) The case involves a theft offense, as defined in	1473
section 2913.01 of the Revised Code, that is a felony of the third	1474
or fourth degree if the offense is committed prior to July 1,	1475
1996, a felony of the third, fourth, or fifth degree if the	1476
offense is committed on or after July 1, 1996, or a misdemeanor,	1477
and the defendant is drug or alcohol dependent or in danger of	1478
becoming drug or alcohol dependent and would benefit from	1479
treatment.	1480

(b) All of the following apply:

1481

(i) The case involves a probationable offense or a case in	1482
which a mandatory prison term is not required to be imposed.	1483

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

1484

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

1485

(iv) The defendant's current or past behavior, or both, is	1486
drug or alcohol driven.	1487

(v) The defendant demonstrates a sincere willingness to	1488
participate in a fifteen-month treatment process.	1489

(vi) The defendant has no acute health condition.

1490

(vii) If the defendant is incarcerated, the county	1491
prosecutor approves of the referral.	1492

(4) If the administrative judge of the court of common pleas	1493
of Hamilton county determines that the volume of cases pending	1494
before the drug court judge does not constitute a sufficient	1495
caseload for the drug court judge, the administrative judge, in	1496
accordance with the Rules of Superintendence for Courts of Common	1497
Pleas, shall assign individual cases to the drug court judge from	1498
the general docket of the court. If the assignments so occur, the	1499
administrative judge shall cease the assignments when the	1500
administrative judge determines that the volume of cases pending	1501
before the drug court judge constitutes a sufficient caseload for	1502
the drug court judge.	1503

(C) In Lorain county, the judges of the court of common	1504
pleas whose terms begin on January 3, 1959, January 4, 1989, and	1505
January 2, 1999, and successors, shall have the same	1506
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	1507
receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court of	1508
common pleas of Lorain county and shall be elected and designated	1509
as the judges of the court of common pleas, division of domestic	1510
relations. They shall have all of the powers relating to juvenile	1511
courts, and all cases under Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the	1512
Revised Code, all parentage proceedings over which the juvenile	1513
court has jurisdiction, and all divorce, dissolution of marriage,	1514
legal separation, and annulment cases shall be assigned to them,	1515
except cases that for some special reason are assigned to some	1516
other judge of the court of common pleas.	1517

(D) In Lucas county:

1518

(1) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms	1519
begin on January 1, 1955, and January 3, 1965, and successors,	1520
shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	1521
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of	1522
the court of common pleas of Lucas county and shall be elected and	1523
designated as judges of the court of common pleas, division of	1524
domestic relations. All divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal	1525
separation, and annulment cases shall be assigned to them.	1526

The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in	1527
point of service, shall be considered as the presiding judge of	1528
the court of common pleas, division of domestic relations, and	1529
shall be charged exclusively with the assignment and division of	1530
the work of the division and the employment and supervision of all	1531
other personnel of the domestic relations division.	1532

(2) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms	1533
begin on January 5, 1977, and January 2, 1991, and successors	1534
shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	1535
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of	1536
the court of common pleas of Lucas county, shall be elected and	1537
designated as judges of the court of common pleas, juvenile	1538
division, and shall be the juvenile judges as provided in	1539
Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code with the powers and	1540
jurisdictions conferred by those chapters. In addition to the	1541
judge's regular duties, the judge of the court of common pleas,	1542
juvenile division, senior in point of service, shall be the	1543
administrator of the juvenile division and its subdivisions and	1544
departments and shall have charge of the employment, assignment,	1545
and supervision of the personnel of the division engaged in	1546
handling, servicing, or investigating juvenile cases, including	1547
any referees considered necessary by the judges of the division in	1548
the discharge of their various duties.	1549

The judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division,	1550
senior in point of service, also shall designate the title,	1551
compensation, expense allowance, hours, leaves of absence, and	1552
vacation of the personnel of the division and shall fix the duties	1553
of the personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in	1554
addition to other statutory duties include the handling,	1555
servicing, and investigation of juvenile cases and counseling and	1556
conciliation services that may be made available to persons	1557
requesting them, whether or not the persons are parties to an	1558
action pending in the division.	1559

(3) If one of the judges of the court of common pleas,	1560
division of domestic relations, or one of the judges of the	1561
juvenile division is sick, absent, or unable to perform that	1562
judge's judicial duties or the volume of cases pending in that	1563
judge's division necessitates it, the duties shall be performed by	1564
the judges of the other of those divisions.	1565

(E) In Mahoning county:

1566

(1) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term began	1567
on January 1, 1955, and successors, shall have the same	1568
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	1569
receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of	1570
common pleas of Mahoning county, shall be elected and designated	1571
as judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic	1572
relations, and shall be assigned all the divorce, dissolution of	1573
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases coming before the	1574
court. In addition to the judge's regular duties, the judge of	1575
the court of common pleas, division of domestic relations, shall	1576
be the administrator of the domestic relations division and its	1577
subdivisions and departments and shall have charge of the	1578
employment, assignment, and supervision of the personnel of the	1579
division engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating divorce,	1580
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases,	1581
including any referees considered necessary in the discharge of	1582
the various duties of the judge's office.	1583

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	1584
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	1585
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the	1586
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in	1587
addition to other statutory duties, include the handling,	1588
servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage,	1589
legal separation, and annulment cases and counseling and	1590
conciliation services that may be made available to persons	1591
requesting them, whether or not the persons are parties to an	1592
action pending in the division.	1593

(2) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term began	1594
on January 2, 1969, and successors, shall have the same	1595
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	1596
receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of	1597
common pleas of Mahoning county, shall be elected and designated	1598
as judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, and	1599
shall be the juvenile judge as provided in Chapters 2151. and	1600
2152. of the Revised Code, with the powers and jurisdictions	1601
conferred by those chapters. In addition to the judge's regular	1602
duties, the judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division,	1603
shall be the administrator of the juvenile division and its	1604
subdivisions and departments and shall have charge of the	1605
employment, assignment, and supervision of the personnel of the	1606
division engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating juvenile	1607
cases, including any referees considered necessary by the judge in	1608
the discharge of the judge's various duties.	1609

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	1610
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacation of the	1611
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the	1612
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in	1613
addition to other statutory duties, include the handling,	1614
servicing, and investigation of juvenile cases and counseling and	1615
conciliation services that may be made available to persons	1616
requesting them, whether or not the persons are parties to an	1617
action pending in the division.	1618

(3) If a judge of the court of common pleas, division of	1619
domestic relations or juvenile division, is sick, absent, or	1620
unable to perform that judge's judicial duties, or the volume of	1621
cases pending in that judge's division necessitates it, that	1622
judge's duties shall be performed by another judge of the court of	1623
common pleas.	1624

(F) In Montgomery county:

1625

(1) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms	1626
begin on January 2, 1953, and January 4, 1977, and successors,	1627
shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	1628
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of	1629
the court of common pleas of Montgomery county and shall be	1630
elected and designated as judges of the court of common pleas,	1631
division of domestic relations. These judges shall have assigned	1632
to them all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation,	1633
and annulment cases.	1634

The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in	1635
point of service, shall be charged exclusively with the assignment	1636
and division of the work of the division and shall have charge of	1637
the employment and supervision of the personnel of the division	1638
engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating divorce,	1639
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases,	1640
including any necessary referees, except those employees who may	1641
be appointed by the judge, junior in point of service, under this	1642
section and sections 2301.12, 2301.18, and 2301.19 of the Revised	1643
Code. The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in	1644
point of service, also shall designate the title, compensation,	1645
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacation of the	1646
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties.	1647

(2) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms	1648
begin on January 1, 1953, and January 1, 1993, and successors,	1649
shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	1650
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of	1651
the court of common pleas of Montgomery county, shall be elected	1652
and designated as judges of the court of common pleas, juvenile	1653
division, and shall be, and have the powers and jurisdiction of,	1654
the juvenile judge as provided in Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the	1655
Revised Code.	1656

In addition to the judge's regular duties, the judge of the	1657
court of common pleas, juvenile division, senior in point of	1658
service, shall be the administrator of the juvenile division and	1659
its subdivisions and departments and shall have charge of the	1660
employment, assignment, and supervision of the personnel of the	1661
juvenile division, including any necessary referees, who are	1662
engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating juvenile cases.	1663
The judge, senior in point of service, also shall designate the	1664
title, compensation, expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence,	1665
and vacation of the personnel of the division and shall fix their	1666
duties. The duties of the personnel, in addition to other	1667
statutory duties, shall include the handling, servicing, and	1668
investigation of juvenile cases and of any counseling and	1669
conciliation services that are available upon request to persons,	1670
whether or not they are parties to an action pending in the	1671
division.	1672

If one of the judges of the court of common pleas, division	1673
of domestic relations, or one of the judges of the court of common	1674
pleas, juvenile division, is sick, absent, or unable to perform	1675
that judge's duties or the volume of cases pending in that judge's	1676
division necessitates it, the duties of that judge may be	1677
performed by the judge or judges of the other of those divisions.	1678

(G) In Richland county, the judge of the court of common	1679
pleas whose term begins on January 1, 1957, and successors, shall	1680
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	1681
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other	1682
judges of the court of common pleas of Richland county and shall	1683
be elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas,	1684
division of domestic relations. That judge shall have all of the	1685
powers relating to juvenile courts, and all cases under Chapters	1686
2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, all parentage proceedings	1687
over which the juvenile court has jurisdiction, and all divorce,	1688
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases	1689
shall be assigned to that judge, except in cases that for some	1690
special reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of	1691
common pleas.	1692

(H) In Stark county, the judges of the court of common pleas	1693
whose terms begin on January 1, 1953, January 2, 1959, and January	1694
1, 1993, and successors, shall have the same qualifications,	1695
exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same	1696
compensation as other judges of the court of common pleas of Stark	1697
county and shall be elected and designated as judges of the court	1698
of common pleas, division of domestic relations. They shall have	1699
all the powers relating to juvenile courts, and all cases under	1700
Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, all parentage	1701
proceedings over which the juvenile court has jurisdiction, and	1702
all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and	1703
annulment cases, except cases that are assigned to some other	1704
judge of the court of common pleas for some special reason, shall	1705
be assigned to the judges.	1706

The judge of the division of domestic relations, second most	1707
senior in point of service, shall have charge of the employment	1708
and supervision of the personnel of the division engaged in	1709
handling, servicing, or investigating divorce, dissolution of	1710
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, and necessary	1711
referees required for the judge's respective court.	1712

The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in	1713
point of service, shall be charged exclusively with the	1714
administration of sections 2151.13, 2151.16, 2151.17, and 2152.71	1715
of the Revised Code and with the assignment and division of the	1716
work of the division and the employment and supervision of all	1717
other personnel of the division, including, but not limited to,	1718
that judge's necessary referees, but excepting those employees who	1719
may be appointed by the judge second most senior in point of	1720
service. The senior judge further shall serve in every other	1721
position in which the statutes permit or require a juvenile judge	1722
to serve.	1723

(I) In Summit county:

1724

(1) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms	1725
begin on January 4, 1967, and January 6, 1993, and successors,	1726
shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	1727
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of	1728
the court of common pleas of Summit county and shall be elected	1729
and designated as judges of the court of common pleas, division of	1730
domestic relations. The judges of the division of domestic	1731
relations shall have assigned to them and hear all divorce,	1732
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases	1733
that come before the court. Except in cases that are subject to	1734
the exclusive original jurisdiction of the juvenile court, the	1735
judges of the division of domestic relations shall have assigned	1736
to them and hear all cases pertaining to paternity, custody,	1737
visitation, child support, or the allocation of parental rights	1738
and responsibilities for the care of children and all post-decree	1739
proceedings arising from any case pertaining to any of those	1740
matters. The judges of the division of domestic relations shall	1741
have assigned to them and hear all proceedings under the uniform	1742
interstate family support act contained in Chapter 3115. of the	1743
Revised Code.	1744

The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in	1745
point of service, shall be the administrator of the domestic	1746
relations division and its subdivisions and departments and shall	1747
have charge of the employment, assignment, and supervision of the	1748
personnel of the division, including any necessary referees, who	1749
are engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating divorce,	1750
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases.	1751
That judge also shall designate the title, compensation, expense	1752
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	1753
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties	1754
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall	1755
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce,	1756
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and	1757
of any counseling and conciliation services that are available	1758
upon request to all persons, whether or not they are parties to an	1759
action pending in the division.	1760

(2) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins	1761
on January 1, 1955, and successors, shall have the same	1762
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	1763
receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of	1764
common pleas of Summit county, shall be elected and designated as	1765
judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, and shall	1766
be, and have the powers and jurisdiction of, the juvenile judge as	1767
provided in Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code. Except	1768
in cases that are subject to the exclusive original jurisdiction	1769
of the juvenile court, the judge of the juvenile division shall	1770
not have jurisdiction or the power to hear, and shall not be	1771
assigned, any case pertaining to paternity, custody, visitation,	1772
child support, or the allocation of parental rights and	1773
responsibilities for the care of children or any post-decree	1774
proceeding arising from any case pertaining to any of those	1775
matters. The judge of the juvenile division shall not have	1776
jurisdiction or the power to hear, and shall not be assigned, any	1777
proceeding under the uniform interstate family support act	1778
contained in Chapter 3115. of the Revised Code.	1779

The juvenile judge shall be the administrator of the juvenile	1780
division and its subdivisions and departments and shall have	1781
charge of the employment, assignment, and supervision of the	1782
personnel of the juvenile division, including any necessary	1783
referees, who are engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating	1784
juvenile cases. The judge also shall designate the title,	1785
compensation, expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and	1786
vacation of the personnel of the division and shall fix their	1787
duties. The duties of the personnel, in addition to other	1788
statutory duties, shall include the handling, servicing, and	1789
investigation of juvenile cases and of any counseling and	1790
conciliation services that are available upon request to persons,	1791
whether or not they are parties to an action pending in the	1792
division.	1793

(J) In Trumbull county, the judges of the court of common	1794
pleas whose terms begin on January 1, 1953, and January 2, 1977,	1795
and successors, shall have the same qualifications, exercise the	1796
same powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as	1797
other judges of the court of common pleas of Trumbull county and	1798
shall be elected and designated as judges of the court of common	1799
pleas, division of domestic relations. They shall have all the	1800
powers relating to juvenile courts, and all cases under Chapters	1801
2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, all parentage proceedings	1802
over which the juvenile court has jurisdiction, and all divorce,	1803
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases	1804
shall be assigned to them, except cases that for some special	1805
reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of common	1806
pleas.	1807

(K) In Butler county:

1808

(1) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms	1809
begin on January 1, 1957, and January 4, 1993, and successors,	1810
shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	1811
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of	1812
the court of common pleas of Butler county and shall be elected	1813
and designated as judges of the court of common pleas, division of	1814
domestic relations. The judges of the division of domestic	1815
relations shall have assigned to them all divorce, dissolution of	1816
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases coming before the	1817
court, except in cases that for some special reason are assigned	1818
to some other judge of the court of common pleas. The judge	1819
senior in point of service shall be charged with the assignment	1820
and division of the work of the division and with the employment	1821
and supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations	1822
division.	1823

The judge senior in point of service also shall designate the	1824
title, compensation, expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence,	1825
and vacations of the personnel of the division and shall fix their	1826
duties. The duties of the personnel, in addition to other	1827
statutory duties, shall include the handling, servicing, and	1828
investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal	1829
separation, and annulment cases and providing any counseling and	1830
conciliation services that the division makes available to	1831
persons, whether or not the persons are parties to an action	1832
pending in the division, who request the services.	1833

(2) The judgejudges of the court of common pleas whose term	1834
beginsterms begin on January 3, 1987, and January 2, 2003, and	1835
successors, shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same	1836
powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as	1837
other judges of the court of common pleas of Butler county, shall	1838
be elected and designated as judgejudges of the court of common	1839
pleas, juvenile division, and shall be the juvenile judgejudges	1840
as provided in Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, with	1841
the powers and jurisdictions conferred by those chapters. The	1842
judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, who is	1843
senior in point of service, shall be the administrator of the	1844
juvenile division and its subdivisions and departments. The	1845
judge, senior in point of service, shall have charge of the	1846
employment, assignment, and supervision of the personnel of the	1847
juvenile division who are engaged in handling, servicing, or	1848
investigating juvenile cases, including any referees whom the	1849
judge considers necessary for the discharge of the judge's various	1850
duties.	1851

The judge, senior in point of service, also shall designate	1852
the title, compensation, expense allowances, hours, leaves of	1853
absence, and vacation of the personnel of the division and shall	1854
fix their duties. The duties of the personnel, in addition to	1855
other statutory duties, include the handling, servicing, and	1856
investigation of juvenile cases and providing any counseling and	1857
conciliation services that the division makes available to	1858
persons, whether or not the persons are parties to an action	1859
pending in the division, who request the services.	1860

(3) If a judge of the court of common pleas, division of	1861
domestic relations or juvenile division, is sick, absent, or	1862
unable to perform that judge's judicial duties or the volume of	1863
cases pending in the judge's division necessitates it, the duties	1864
of that judge shall be performed by the other judges of the	1865
domestic relations and juvenile divisions.	1866

(L)(1) In Cuyahoga county, the judges of the court of common	1867
pleas whose terms begin on January 8, 1961, January 9, 1961,	1868
January 18, 1975, January 19, 1975, and January 13, 1987, and	1869
successors, shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same	1870
powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as	1871
other judges of the court of common pleas of Cuyahoga county and	1872
shall be elected and designated as judges of the court of common	1873
pleas, division of domestic relations. They shall have all the	1874
powers relating to all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal	1875
separation, and annulment cases, except in cases that are assigned	1876
to some other judge of the court of common pleas for some special	1877
reason.	1878

(2) The administrative judge is administrator of the	1879
domestic relations division and its subdivisions and departments	1880
and has the following powers concerning division personnel:	1881

(a) Full charge of the employment, assignment, and	1882
supervision;	1883

(b) Sole determination of compensation, duties, expenses,	1884
allowances, hours, leaves, and vacations.	1885

(3) "Division personnel" include persons employed or referees	1886
engaged in hearing, servicing, investigating, counseling, or	1887
conciliating divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation	1888
and annulment matters.	1889

(M) In Lake county:

1890

(1) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins	1891
on January 2, 1961, and successors, shall have the same	1892
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	1893
receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court of	1894
common pleas of Lake county and shall be elected and designated as	1895
judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic	1896
relations. The judge shall be assigned all the divorce,	1897
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases	1898
coming before the court, except in cases that for some special	1899
reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of common	1900
pleas. The judge shall be charged with the assignment and	1901
division of the work of the division and with the employment and	1902
supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations	1903
division.	1904

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	1905
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	1906
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties	1907
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall	1908
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce,	1909
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and	1910
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the	1911
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons	1912
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the	1913
services.	1914

(2) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins	1915
on January 4, 1979, and successors, shall have the same	1916
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	1917
receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of	1918
common pleas of Lake county, shall be elected and designated as	1919
judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, and shall	1920
be the juvenile judge as provided in Chapters 2151. and 2152. of	1921
the Revised Code, with the powers and jurisdictions conferred by	1922
those chapters. The judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile	1923
division, shall be the administrator of the juvenile division and	1924
its subdivisions and departments. The judge shall have charge of	1925
the employment, assignment, and supervision of the personnel of	1926
the juvenile division who are engaged in handling, servicing, or	1927
investigating juvenile cases, including any referees whom the	1928
judge considers necessary for the discharge of the judge's various	1929
duties.	1930

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	1931
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacation of the	1932
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties	1933
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, include	1934
the handling, servicing, and investigation of juvenile cases and	1935
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the	1936
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons	1937
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the	1938
services.	1939

(3) If a judge of the court of common pleas, division of	1940
domestic relations or juvenile division, is sick, absent, or	1941
unable to perform that judge's judicial duties or the volume of	1942
cases pending in the judge's division necessitates it, the duties	1943
of that judge shall be performed by the other judges of the	1944
domestic relations and juvenile divisions.	1945

(N) In Erie county, the judge of the court of common pleas	1946
whose term begins on January 2, 1971, and successors, shall have	1947
the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	1948
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other judge	1949
of the court of common pleas of Erie county and shall be elected	1950
and designated as judge of the court of common pleas, division of	1951
domestic relations. The judge shall have all the powers relating	1952
to juvenile courts, and shall be assigned all cases under Chapters	1953
2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, parentage proceedings over	1954
which the juvenile court has jurisdiction, and divorce,	1955
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases,	1956
except cases that for some special reason are assigned to some	1957
other judge.	1958

(O) In Greene county:

1959

(1) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins	1960
on January 1, 1961, and successors, shall have the same	1961
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	1962
receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court of	1963
common pleas of Greene county and shall be elected and designated	1964
as the judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic	1965
relations. The judge shall be assigned all divorce, dissolution	1966
of marriage, legal separation, annulment, uniform reciprocal	1967
support enforcement, and domestic violence cases and all other	1968
cases related to domestic relations, except cases that for some	1969
special reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of	1970
common pleas.	1971

The judge shall be charged with the assignment and division	1972
of the work of the division and with the employment and	1973
supervision of all other personnel of the division. The judge	1974
also shall designate the title, compensation, hours, leaves of	1975
absence, and vacations of the personnel of the division and shall	1976
fix their duties. The duties of the personnel of the division, in	1977
addition to other statutory duties, shall include the handling,	1978
servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage,	1979
legal separation, and annulment cases and the provision of	1980
counseling and conciliation services that the division considers	1981
necessary and makes available to persons who request the services,	1982
whether or not the persons are parties in an action pending in the	1983
division. The compensation for the personnel shall be paid from	1984
the overall court budget and shall be included in the	1985
appropriations for the existing judges of the general division of	1986
the court of common pleas.	1987

(2) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins	1988
on January 1, 1995, and successors, shall have the same	1989
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and	1990
receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court of	1991
common pleas of Greene county, shall be elected and designated as	1992
judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, and, on or	1993
after January 1, 1995, shall be the juvenile judge as provided in	1994
Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code with the powers and	1995
jurisdiction conferred by those chapters. The judge of the court	1996
of common pleas, juvenile division, shall be the administrator of	1997
the juvenile division and its subdivisions and departments. The	1998
judge shall have charge of the employment, assignment, and	1999
supervision of the personnel of the juvenile division who are	2000
engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating juvenile cases,	2001
including any referees whom the judge considers necessary for the	2002
discharge of the judge's various duties.	2003

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	2004
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacation of the	2005
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties	2006
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, include	2007
the handling, servicing, and investigation of juvenile cases and	2008
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the court	2009
makes available to persons, whether or not the persons are parties	2010
to an action pending in the court, who request the services.	2011

(3) If one of the judges of the court of common pleas,	2012
general division, is sick, absent, or unable to perform that	2013
judge's judicial duties or the volume of cases pending in the	2014
general division necessitates it, the duties of that judge of the	2015
general division shall be performed by the judge of the division	2016
of domestic relations and the judge of the juvenile division.	2017

(P) In Portage county, the judge of the court of common	2018
pleas, whose term begins January 2, 1987, and successors, shall	2019
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	2020
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other	2021
judges of the court of common pleas of Portage county and shall be	2022
elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas,	2023
division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all	2024
divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment	2025
cases coming before the court, except in cases that for some	2026
special reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of	2027
common pleas. The judge shall be charged with the assignment and	2028
division of the work of the division and with the employment and	2029
supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations	2030
division.	2031

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	2032
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	2033
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties	2034
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall	2035
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce,	2036
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and	2037
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the	2038
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons	2039
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the	2040
services.	2041

(Q) In Clermont county, the judge of the court of common	2042
pleas, whose term begins January 2, 1987, and successors, shall	2043
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	2044
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other	2045
judges of the court of common pleas of Clermont county and shall	2046
be elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas,	2047
division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all	2048
divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment	2049
cases coming before the court, except in cases that for some	2050
special reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of	2051
common pleas. The judge shall be charged with the assignment and	2052
division of the work of the division and with the employment and	2053
supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations	2054
division.	2055

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	2056
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	2057
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties	2058
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall	2059
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce,	2060
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and	2061
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the	2062
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons	2063
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the	2064
services.	2065

(R) In Warren county, the judge of the court of common	2066
pleas, whose term begins January 1, 1987, and successors, shall	2067
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	2068
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other	2069
judges of the court of common pleas of Warren county and shall be	2070
elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas,	2071
division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all	2072
divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment	2073
cases coming before the court, except in cases that for some	2074
special reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of	2075
common pleas. The judge shall be charged with the assignment and	2076
division of the work of the division and with the employment and	2077
supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations	2078
division.	2079

The judge also shall designate the title, compensation,	2080
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	2081
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties	2082
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall	2083
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce,	2084
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and	2085
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the	2086
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons	2087
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the	2088
services.	2089

(S) In Licking county, the judge of the court of common	2090
pleas, whose term begins January 1, 1991, and successors, shall	2091
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	2092
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other	2093
judges of the court of common pleas of Licking county and shall be	2094
elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas,	2095
division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all	2096
divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment	2097
cases, all cases arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code,	2098
all proceedings involving child support, the allocation of	2099
parental rights and responsibilities for the care of children and	2100
the designation for the children of a place of residence and legal	2101
custodian, parenting time, and visitation, and all post-decree	2102
proceedings and matters arising from those cases and proceedings,	2103
except in cases that for some special reason are assigned to	2104
another judge of the court of common pleas. The judge shall be	2105
charged with the assignment and division of the work of the	2106
division and with the employment and supervision of the personnel	2107
of the division.	2108

The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense	2109
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	2110
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the	2111
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel of the	2112
division, in addition to other statutory duties, shall include the	2113
handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of	2114
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising	2115
under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving	2116
child support, the allocation of parental rights and	2117
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for	2118
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian,	2119
parenting time, and visitation and providing any counseling and	2120
conciliation services that the division makes available to	2121
persons, whether or not the persons are parties to an action	2122
pending in the division, who request the services.	2123

(T) In Allen county, the judge of the court of common pleas,	2124
whose term begins January 1, 1993, and successors, shall have the	2125
same qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction,	2126
and receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court	2127
of common pleas of Allen county and shall be elected and	2128
designated as judge of the court of common pleas, division of	2129
domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all divorce,	2130
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases,	2131
all cases arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, all	2132
proceedings involving child support, the allocation of parental	2133
rights and responsibilities for the care of children and the	2134
designation for the children of a place of residence and legal	2135
custodian, parenting time, and visitation, and all post-decree	2136
proceedings and matters arising from those cases and proceedings,	2137
except in cases that for some special reason are assigned to	2138
another judge of the court of common pleas. The judge shall be	2139
charged with the assignment and division of the work of the	2140
division and with the employment and supervision of the personnel	2141
of the division.	2142

The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense	2143
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	2144
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the	2145
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel of the	2146
division, in addition to other statutory duties, shall include the	2147
handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of	2148
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising	2149
under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving	2150
child support, the allocation of parental rights and	2151
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for	2152
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian,	2153
parenting time, and visitation, and providing any counseling and	2154
conciliation services that the division makes available to	2155
persons, whether or not the persons are parties to an action	2156
pending in the division, who request the services.	2157

(U) In Medina county, the judge of the court of common pleas	2158
whose term begins January 1, 1995, and successors, shall have the	2159
same qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction,	2160
and receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of	2161
common pleas of Medina county and shall be elected and designated	2162
as judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic	2163
relations. The judge shall be assigned all divorce, dissolution	2164
of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, all cases	2165
arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, all proceedings	2166
involving child support, the allocation of parental rights and	2167
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for	2168
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian,	2169
parenting time, and visitation, and all post-decree proceedings	2170
and matters arising from those cases and proceedings, except in	2171
cases that for some special reason are assigned to another judge	2172
of the court of common pleas. The judge shall be charged with the	2173
assignment and division of the work of the division and with the	2174
employment and supervision of the personnel of the division.	2175

The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense	2176
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	2177
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the	2178
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in	2179
addition to other statutory duties, include the handling,	2180
servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage,	2181
legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising under Chapter	2182
3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving child	2183
support, the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities	2184
for the care of children and the designation for the children of a	2185
place of residence and legal custodian, parenting time, and	2186
visitation, and providing counseling and conciliation services	2187
that the division makes available to persons, whether or not the	2188
persons are parties to an action pending in the division, who	2189
request the services.	2190

(V) In Fairfield county, the judge of the court of common	2191
pleas whose term begins January 2, 1995, and successors, shall	2192
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	2193
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other	2194
judges of the court of common pleas of Fairfield county and shall	2195
be elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas,	2196
division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all	2197
divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment	2198
cases, all cases arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code,	2199
all proceedings involving child support, the allocation of	2200
parental rights and responsibilities for the care of children and	2201
the designation for the children of a place of residence and legal	2202
custodian, parenting time, and visitation, and all post-decree	2203
proceedings and matters arising from those cases and proceedings,	2204
except in cases that for some special reason are assigned to	2205
another judge of the court of common pleas. The judge also has	2206
concurrent jurisdiction with the probate-juvenile division of the	2207
court of common pleas of Fairfield county with respect to and may	2208
hear cases to determine the custody of a child, as defined in	2209
section 2151.011 of the Revised Code, who is not the ward of	2210
another court of this state, cases that are commenced by a parent,	2211
guardian, or custodian of a child, as defined in section 2151.011	2212
of the Revised Code, to obtain an order requiring a parent of the	2213
child to pay child support for that child when the request for	2214
that order is not ancillary to an action for divorce, dissolution	2215
of marriage, annulment, or legal separation, a criminal or civil	2216
action involving an allegation of domestic violence, an action for	2217
support under Chapter 3115. of the Revised Code, or an action that	2218
is within the exclusive original jurisdiction of the	2219
probate-juvenile division of the court of common pleas of	2220
Fairfield county and that involves an allegation that the child is	2221
an abused, neglected, or dependent child, and post-decree	2222
proceedings and matters arising from those types of cases.	2223

The judge of the domestic relations division shall be charged	2224
with the assignment and division of the work of the division and	2225
with the employment and supervision of the personnel of the	2226
division.	2227

The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense	2228
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	2229
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the	2230
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel of the	2231
division, in addition to other statutory duties, shall include the	2232
handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of	2233
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising	2234
under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving	2235
child support, the allocation of parental rights and	2236
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for	2237
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian,	2238
parenting time, and visitation, and providing any counseling and	2239
conciliation services that the division makes available to	2240
persons, regardless of whether the persons are parties to an	2241
action pending in the division, who request the services. When	2242
the judge hears a case to determine the custody of a child, as	2243
defined in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code, who is not the	2244
ward of another court of this state or a case that is commenced by	2245
a parent, guardian, or custodian of a child, as defined in section	2246
2151.011 of the Revised Code, to obtain an order requiring a	2247
parent of the child to pay child support for that child when the	2248
request for that order is not ancillary to an action for divorce,	2249
dissolution of marriage, annulment, or legal separation, a	2250
criminal or civil action involving an allegation of domestic	2251
violence, an action for support under Chapter 3115. of the Revised	2252
Code, or an action that is within the exclusive original	2253
jurisdiction of the probate-juvenile division of the court of	2254
common pleas of Fairfield county and that involves an allegation	2255
that the child is an abused, neglected, or dependent child, the	2256
duties of the personnel of the domestic relations division also	2257
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of those types	2258
of cases.	2259

(W)(1) In Clark county, the judge of the court of common	2260
pleas whose term begins on January 2, 1995, and successors, shall	2261
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and	2262
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of	2263
the court of common pleas of Clark county and shall be elected and	2264
designated as judge of the court of common pleas, domestic	2265
relations division. The judge shall have all the powers relating	2266
to juvenile courts, and all cases under Chapters 2151. and 2152.	2267
of the Revised Code and all parentage proceedings under Chapter	2268
3111. of the Revised Code over which the juvenile court has	2269
jurisdiction shall be assigned to the judge of the division of	2270
domestic relations. All divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal	2271
separation, annulment, uniform reciprocal support enforcement, and	2272
other cases related to domestic relations shall be assigned to the	2273
domestic relations division, and the presiding judge of the court	2274
of common pleas shall assign the cases to the judge of the	2275
domestic relations division and the judges of the general	2276
division.	2277

(2) In addition to the judge's regular duties, the judge of	2278
the division of domestic relations shall serve on the children	2279
services board and the county advisory board.	2280

(3) If the judge of the court of common pleas of Clark	2281
county, division of domestic relations, is sick, absent, or unable	2282
to perform that judge's judicial duties or if the presiding judge	2283
of the court of common pleas of Clark county determines that the	2284
volume of cases pending in the division of domestic relations	2285
necessitates it, the duties of the judge of the division of	2286
domestic relations shall be performed by the judges of the general	2287
division or probate division of the court of common pleas of Clark	2288
county, as assigned for that purpose by the presiding judge of	2289
that court, and the judges so assigned shall act in conjunction	2290
with the judge of the division of domestic relations of that	2291
court.	2292

(X) In Scioto county, the judge of the court of common pleas	2293
whose term begins January 2, 1995, and successors, shall have the	2294
same qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction,	2295
and receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of	2296
common pleas of Scioto county and shall be elected and designated	2297
as judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic	2298
relations. The judge shall be assigned all divorce, dissolution	2299
of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, all cases	2300
arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, all proceedings	2301
involving child support, the allocation of parental rights and	2302
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for	2303
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian,	2304
parenting time, visitation, and all post-decree proceedings and	2305
matters arising from those cases and proceedings, except in cases	2306
that for some special reason are assigned to another judge of the	2307
court of common pleas. The judge shall be charged with the	2308
assignment and division of the work of the division and with the	2309
employment and supervision of the personnel of the division.	2310

The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense	2311
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the	2312
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the	2313
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in	2314
addition to other statutory duties, include the handling,	2315
servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage,	2316
legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising under Chapter	2317
3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving child	2318
support, the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities	2319
for the care of children and the designation for the children of a	2320
place of residence and legal custodian, parenting time, and	2321
visitation, and providing counseling and conciliation services	2322
that the division makes available to persons, whether or not the	2323
persons are parties to an action pending in the division, who	2324
request the services.	2325

(Y) In Auglaize county, the judge of the probate and	2326
juvenile divisions of the Auglaize county court of common pleas	2327
also shall be the administrative judge of the domestic relations	2328
division of the court and shall be assigned all divorce,	2329
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases	2330
coming before the court. The judge shall have all powers as	2331
administrator of the domestic relations division and shall have	2332
charge of the personnel engaged in handling, servicing, or	2333
investigating divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation,	2334
and annulment cases, including any referees considered necessary	2335
for the discharge of the judge's various duties.	2336

(Z)(1) In Marion county, the judge of the court of common	2337
pleas whose term begins on February 9, 1999, and the successors to	2338
that judge, shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same	2339
powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the	2340
other judges of the court of common pleas of Marion county and	2341
shall be elected and designated as judge of the court of common	2342
pleas, domestic relations-juvenile-probate division. Except as	2343
otherwise specified in this division, that judge, and the	2344
successors to that judge, shall have all the powers relating to	2345
juvenile courts, and all cases under Chapters 2151. and 2152. of	2346
the Revised Code, all cases arising under Chapter 3111. of the	2347
Revised Code, all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal	2348
separation, and annulment cases, all proceedings involving child	2349
support, the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities	2350
for the care of children and the designation for the children of a	2351
place of residence and legal custodian, parenting time, and	2352
visitation, and all post-decree proceedings and matters arising	2353
from those cases and proceedings shall be assigned to that judge	2354
and the successors to that judge. Except as provided in division	2355
(Z)(2) of this section and notwithstanding any other provision of	2356
any section of the Revised Code, on and after February 9, 2003,	2357
the judge of the court of common pleas of Marion county whose term	2358
begins on February 9, 1999, and the successors to that judge,	2359
shall have all the powers relating to the probate division of the	2360
court of common pleas of Marion county in addition to the powers	2361
previously specified in this division, and shall exercise	2362
concurrent jurisdiction with the judge of the probate division of	2363
that court over all matters that are within the jurisdiction of	2364
the probate division of that court under Chapter 2101., and other	2365
provisions, of the Revised Code in addition to the jurisdiction of	2366
the domestic relations-juvenile-probate division of that court	2367
otherwise specified in division (Z)(1) of this section.	2368

(2) The judge of the domestic relations-juvenile-probate	2369
division of the court of common pleas of Marion county or the	2370
judge of the probate division of the court of common pleas of	2371
Marion county, whichever of those judges is senior in total length	2372
of service on the court of common pleas of Marion county,	2373
regardless of the division or divisions of service, shall serve as	2374
the clerk of the probate division of the court of common pleas of	2375
Marion county.	2376

(3) On and after February 9, 2003, all references in law to	2377
"the probate court," "the probate judge," "the juvenile court," or	2378
"the judge of the juvenile court" shall be construed, with respect	2379
to Marion county, as being references to both "the probate	2380
division" and "the domestic relations-juvenile-probate division"	2381
and as being references to both "the judge of the probate	2382
division" and "the judge of the domestic relations-	2383
juvenile-probate division." On and after February 9, 2003, all	2384
references in law to "the clerk of the probate court" shall be	2385
construed, with respect to Marion county, as being references to	2386
the judge who is serving pursuant to division (Z)(2) of this	2387
section as the clerk of the probate division of the court of	2388
common pleas of Marion county.	2389

(AA) If a judge of the court of common pleas, division of	2390
domestic relations, or juvenile judge, of any of the counties	2391
mentioned in this section is sick, absent, or unable to perform	2392
that judge's judicial duties or the volume of cases pending in the	2393
judge's division necessitates it, the duties of that judge shall	2394
be performed by another judge of the court of common pleas of that	2395
county, assigned for that purpose by the presiding judge of the	2396
court of common pleas of that county to act in place of or in	2397
conjunction with that judge, as the case may require.	2398

Section 4. That the existing version of section 2301.03 of	2399
the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect January 1, 2002,	2400
is hereby repealed.	2401

Section 5. Sections 3 and 4 of this act shall take effect	2402
January 1, 2002.	2403

Section 6.  Section 2301.03 of the Revised Code is presented	2404
in Section 3 of this act as a composite of the section as amended	2405
by both Am. Sub. S.B. 179 and Am. Sub. S.B. 180 of the 123rd	2406
General Assembly. The General Assembly, applying the principle	2407
stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that	2408
amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of	2409
simultaneous operation, finds that the composite is the resulting	2410
version of the section in effect on and after January 1, 2002.	2411