Sub. H. B. No. 26 As Passed by the Senate

Representatives Raga, Schneider, Willamowski, Widowfield, Oelslager, Driehaus, Harwood, Schmidt

Senators Blessing, Wachtmann, Schuler

A BILL

To amend sections 2151.07, 2301.02, and 2301.03 of 1
the Revised Code to add one additional judge for 2
the general division of the Warren County Court of 3
Common Pleas to be elected in 2004 and to add one 4
additional judge to the Henry County Court of 5
Common Pleas to be elected in 2004 as judge of the 6
domestic relations division. 7

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

       Section 1. That sections 2151.07, 2301.02, and 2301.03 of the 8
Revised Code be amended to read as follows: 9

       Sec. 2151.07. The juvenile court is a court of record within 10
the court of common pleas. The juvenile court has and shall 11
exercise the powers and jurisdiction conferred in Chapters 2151. 12
and 2152. of the Revised Code. 13

       Whenever the juvenile judge of the juvenile court is sick, is 14
absent from the county, or is unable to attend court, or the 15
volume of cases pending in court necessitates it, upon the request 16
of the administrative juvenile judge, the presiding judge of the 17
court of common pleas pursuant to division ~~(BB)~~(CC) of section 18
2301.03 of the Revised Code shall assign a judge of any division 19
of the court of common pleas of the county to act in the juvenile 20
judge's place or in conjunction with the juvenile judge. If no 21
judge of the court of common pleas is available for that purpose, 22
the chief justice of the supreme court shall assign a judge of the 23
court of common pleas, a juvenile judge, or a probate judge from a 24
different county to act in the place of that juvenile judge or in 25
conjunction with that juvenile judge. The assigned judge shall 26
receive the compensation and expenses for so serving that is 27
provided by law for judges assigned to hold court in courts of 28
common pleas. 29

       Sec. 2301.02. The number of judges of the court of common 30
pleas for each county, the time for the next election of the 31
judges in the several counties, and the beginning of their terms 32
shall be as follows: 33

       (A) In Adams, Ashland, Fayette, and Pike counties, one judge, 34
elected in 1956, term to begin February 9, 1957; 35

       In Brown, Crawford, Defiance, Highland, Holmes, Morgan, 36
Ottawa, and Union counties, one judge, to be elected in 1954, term 37
to begin February 9, 1955; 38

       In Auglaize county, one judge, to be elected in 1956, term to 39
begin January 9, 1957; 40

       In Coshocton, Darke, Fulton, Gallia, Guernsey, Hardin, 41
Jackson, Knox, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Monroe, Morrow, Paulding, 42
Vinton, and Wyandot counties, one judge, to be elected in 1956, 43
term to begin January 1, 1957; 44

       In Carroll, Champaign, Clinton, Hocking, Meigs, Pickaway, 45
Preble, Shelby, Van Wert, and Williams counties, one judge, to be 46
elected in 1952, term to begin January 1, 1953; 47

       In Harrison and Noble counties, one judge, to be elected in 48
1954, term to begin April 18, 1955; 49

       In Henry ~~and~~county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, 50
term to begin May 9, 1957, and one to be elected in 2004, term to 51
begin January 1, 2005; 52

       In Putnam ~~counties~~county, one judge, to be elected in 1956, 53
term to begin May 9, 1957; 54

       In Huron county, one judge, to be elected in 1952, term to 55
begin May 14, 1953; 56

       In Perry county, one judge, to be elected in 1954, term to 57
begin July 6, 1956; 58

       In Sandusky county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954, 59
term to begin February 10, 1955, and one to be elected in 1978, 60
term to begin January 1, 1979; 61

       (B) In Allen county, three judges, one to be elected in 1956, 62
term to begin February 9, 1957, the second to be elected in 1958, 63
term to begin January 1, 1959, and the third to be elected in 64
1992, term to begin January 1, 1993; 65

       In Ashtabula county, three judges, one to be elected in 1954, 66
term to begin February 9, 1955, one to be elected in 1960, term to 67
begin January 1, 1961, and one to be elected in 1978, term to 68
begin January 2, 1979; 69

       In Athens county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954, term 70
to begin February 9, 1955, and one to be elected in 1990, term to 71
begin July 1, 1991; 72

       In Erie county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term 73
to begin January 1, 1957, and the second to be elected in 1970, 74
term to begin January 2, 1971; 75

       In Fairfield county, three judges, one to be elected in 1954, 76
term to begin February 9, 1955, the second to be elected in 1970, 77
term to begin January 1, 1971, and the third to be elected in 78
1994, term to begin January 2, 1995; 79

       In Geauga county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term 80
to begin January 1, 1957, and the second to be elected in 1976, 81
term to begin January 6, 1977; 82

       In Greene county, four judges, one to be elected in 1956, 83
term to begin February 9, 1957, the second to be elected in 1960, 84
term to begin January 1, 1961, the third to be elected in 1978, 85
term to begin January 2, 1979, and the fourth to be elected in 86
1994, term to begin January 1, 1995; 87

       In Hancock county, two judges, one to be elected in 1952, 88
term to begin January 1, 1953, and the second to be elected in 89
1978, term to begin January 1, 1979; 90

       In Lawrence county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954, 91
term to begin February 9, 1955, and the second to be elected in 92
1976, term to begin January 1, 1977; 93

       In Marion county, three judges, one to be elected in 1952, 94
term to begin January 1, 1953, the second to be elected in 1976, 95
term to begin January 2, 1977, and the third to be elected in 96
1998, term to begin February 9, 1999; 97

       In Medina county, three judges, one to be elected in 1956, 98
term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1966, 99
term to begin January 1, 1967, and the third to be elected in 100
1994, term to begin January 1, 1995; 101

       In Miami county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954, term 102
to begin February 9, 1955, and one to be elected in 1970, term to 103
begin on January 1, 1971; 104

       In Muskingum county, three judges, one to be elected in 1968, 105
term to begin August 9, 1969, one to be elected in 1978, term to 106
begin January 1, 1979, and one to be elected in 2002, term to 107
begin January 2, 2003; 108

       In Portage county, three judges, one to be elected in 1956, 109
term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1960, 110
term to begin January 1, 1961, and the third to be elected in 111
1986, term to begin January 2, 1987; 112

       In Ross county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term 113
to begin February 9, 1957, and the second to be elected in 1976, 114
term to begin January 1, 1977; 115

       In Scioto county, three judges, one to be elected in 1954, 116
term to begin February 10, 1955, the second to be elected in 1960, 117
term to begin January 1, 1961, and the third to be elected in 118
1994, term to begin January 2, 1995; 119

       In Seneca county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term 120
to begin January 1, 1957, and the second to be elected in 1986, 121
term to begin January 2, 1987; 122

       In Warren county, ~~three~~four judges, one to be elected in 123
1954, term to begin February 9, 1955, the second to be elected in 124
1970, term to begin January 1, 1971, ~~and~~ the third to be elected 125
in 1986, term to begin January 1, 1987, and the fourth to be 126
elected in 2004, term to begin January 2, 2005; 127

       In Washington county, two judges, one to be elected in 1952, 128
term to begin January 1, 1953, and one to be elected in 1986, term 129
to begin January 1, 1987; 130

       In Wood county, three judges, one to be elected in 1968, term 131
beginning January 1, 1969, the second to be elected in 1970, term 132
to begin January 2, 1971, and the third to be elected in 1990, 133
term to begin January 1, 1991; 134

       In Belmont and Jefferson counties, two judges, to be elected 135
in 1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955, 136
respectively; 137

       In Clark county, four judges, one to be elected in 1952, term 138
to begin January 1, 1953, the second to be elected in 1956, term 139
to begin January 2, 1957, the third to be elected in 1986, term to 140
begin January 3, 1987, and the fourth to be elected in 1994, term 141
to begin January 2, 1995. 142

       In Clermont county, four judges, one to be elected in 1956, 143
term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1964, 144
term to begin January 1, 1965, the third to be elected in 1982, 145
term to begin January 2, 1983, and the fourth to be elected in 146
1986, term to begin January 2, 1987; 147

       In Columbiana county, two judges, one to be elected in 1952, 148
term to begin January 1, 1953, and the second to be elected in 149
1956, term to begin January 1, 1957; 150

       In Delaware county, two judges, one to be elected in 1990, 151
term to begin February 9, 1991, the second to be elected in 1994, 152
term to begin January 1, 1995; 153

       In Lake county, six judges, one to be elected in 1958, term 154
to begin January 1, 1959, the second to be elected in 1960, term 155
to begin January 2, 1961, the third to be elected in 1964, term to 156
begin January 3, 1965, the fourth and fifth to be elected in 1978, 157
terms to begin January 4, 1979, and January 5, 1979, respectively, 158
and the sixth to be elected in 2000, term to begin January 6, 159
2001; 160

       In Licking county, three judges, one to be elected in 1954, 161
term to begin February 9, 1955, one to be elected in 1964, term to 162
begin January 1, 1965, and one to be elected in 1990, term to 163
begin January 1, 1991; 164

       In Lorain county, eight judges, two to be elected in 1952, 165
terms to begin January 1, 1953, and January 2, 1953, respectively, 166
one to be elected in 1958, term to begin January 3, 1959, one to 167
be elected in 1968, term to begin January 1, 1969, two to be 168
elected in 1988, terms to begin January 4, 1989, and January 5, 169
1989, respectively, and two to be elected in 1998, terms to begin 170
January 2, 1999, and January 3, 1999, respectively; 171

       In Butler county, ten judges, one to be elected in 1956, term 172
to begin January 1, 1957; two to be elected in 1954, terms to 173
begin January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955, respectively; one to 174
be elected in 1968, term to begin January 2, 1969; one to be 175
elected in 1986, term to begin January 3, 1987; two to be elected 176
in 1988, terms to begin January 1, 1989, and January 2, 1989, 177
respectively; one to be elected in 1992, term to begin January 4, 178
1993; and two to be elected in 2002, terms to begin January 2, 179
2003, and January 3, 2003, respectively; 180

       In Richland county, three judges, one to be elected in 1956, 181
term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1960, 182
term to begin February 9, 1961, and the third to be elected in 183
1968, term to begin January 2, 1969; 184

       In Tuscarawas county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, 185
term to begin January 1, 1957, and the second to be elected in 186
1960, term to begin January 2, 1961; 187

       In Wayne county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term 188
beginning January 1, 1957, and one to be elected in 1968, term to 189
begin January 2, 1969; 190

       In Trumbull county, six judges, one to be elected in 1952, 191
term to begin January 1, 1953, the second to be elected in 1954, 192
term to begin January 1, 1955, the third to be elected in 1956, 193
term to begin January 1, 1957, the fourth to be elected in 1964, 194
term to begin January 1, 1965, the fifth to be elected in 1976, 195
term to begin January 2, 1977, and the sixth to be elected in 196
1994, term to begin January 3, 1995; 197

       (C) In Cuyahoga county, thirty-nine judges; eight to be 198
elected in 1954, terms to begin on successive days beginning from 199
January 1, 1955, to January 7, 1955, and February 9, 1955, 200
respectively; eight to be elected in 1956, terms to begin on 201
successive days beginning from January 1, 1957, to January 8, 202
1957; three to be elected in 1952, terms to begin from January 1, 203
1953, to January 3, 1953; two to be elected in 1960, terms to 204
begin on January 8, 1961, and January 9, 1961, respectively; two 205
to be elected in 1964, terms to begin January 4, 1965, and January 206
5, 1965, respectively; one to be elected in 1966, term to begin on 207
January 10, 1967; four to be elected in 1968, terms to begin on 208
successive days beginning from January 9, 1969, to January 12, 209
1969; two to be elected in 1974, terms to begin on January 18, 210
1975, and January 19, 1975, respectively; five to be elected in 211
1976, terms to begin on successive days beginning January 6, 1977, 212
to January 10, 1977; two to be elected in 1982, terms to begin 213
January 11, 1983, and January 12, 1983, respectively; and two to 214
be elected in 1986, terms to begin January 13, 1987, and January 215
14, 1987, respectively; 216

       In Franklin county, twenty-one judges; two to be elected in 217
1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955, 218
respectively; four to be elected in 1956, terms to begin January 219
1, 1957, to January 4, 1957; four to be elected in 1958, terms to 220
begin January 1, 1959, to January 4, 1959; three to be elected in 221
1968, terms to begin January 5, 1969, to January 7, 1969; three to 222
be elected in 1976, terms to begin on successive days beginning 223
January 5, 1977, to January 7, 1977; one to be elected in 1982, 224
term to begin January 8, 1983; one to be elected in 1986, term to 225
begin January 9, 1987; two to be elected in 1990, terms to begin 226
July 1, 1991, and July 2, 1991, respectively; and one to be 227
elected in 1996, term to begin January 2, 1997; 228

       In Hamilton county, twenty-one judges; eight to be elected in 229
1966, terms to begin January 1, 1967, January 2, 1967, and from 230
February 9, 1967, to February 14, 1967, respectively; five to be 231
elected in 1956, terms to begin from January 1, 1957, to January 232
5, 1957; one to be elected in 1964, term to begin January 1, 1965; 233
one to be elected in 1974, term to begin January 15, 1975; one to 234
be elected in 1980, term to begin January 16, 1981; two to be 235
elected at large in the general election in 1982, terms to begin 236
April 1, 1983; one to be elected in 1990, term to begin July 1, 237
1991; and two to be elected in 1996, terms to begin January 3, 238
1997, and January 4, 1997, respectively; 239

       In Lucas county, fourteen judges; two to be elected in 1954, 240
terms to begin January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955, 241
respectively; two to be elected in 1956, terms to begin January 1, 242
1957, and October 29, 1957, respectively; two to be elected in 243
1952, terms to begin January 1, 1953, and January 2, 1953, 244
respectively; one to be elected in 1964, term to begin January 3, 245
1965; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January 4, 1969; 246
two to be elected in 1976, terms to begin January 4, 1977, and 247
January 5, 1977, respectively; one to be elected in 1982, term to 248
begin January 6, 1983; one to be elected in 1988, term to begin 249
January 7, 1989; one to be elected in 1990, term to begin January 250
2, 1991; and one to be elected in 1992, term to begin January 2, 251
1993; 252

       In Mahoning county, seven judges; three to be elected in 253
1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, January 2, 1955, and 254
February 9, 1955, respectively; one to be elected in 1956, term to 255
begin January 1, 1957; one to be elected in 1952, term to begin 256
January 1, 1953; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January 257
2, 1969; and one to be elected in 1990, term to begin July 1, 258
1991; 259

       In Montgomery county, fifteen judges; three to be elected in 260
1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, January 2, 1955, and January 261
3, 1955, respectively; four to be elected in 1952, terms to begin 262
January 1, 1953, January 2, 1953, July 1, 1953, July 2, 1953, 263
respectively; one to be elected in 1964, term to begin January 3, 264
1965; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January 3, 1969; 265
three to be elected in 1976, terms to begin on successive days 266
beginning January 4, 1977, to January 6, 1977; two to be elected 267
in 1990, terms to begin July 1, 1991, and July 2, 1991, 268
respectively; and one to be elected in 1992, term to begin January 269
1, 1993. 270

       In Stark county, eight judges; one to be elected in 1958, 271
term to begin on January 2, 1959; two to be elected in 1954, terms 272
to begin on January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955, respectively; 273
two to be elected in 1952, terms to begin January 1, 1953, and 274
April 16, 1953, respectively; one to be elected in 1966, term to 275
begin on January 4, 1967; and two to be elected in 1992, terms to 276
begin January 1, 1993, and January 2, 1993, respectively; 277

       In Summit county, eleven judges; four to be elected in 1954, 278
terms to begin January 1, 1955, January 2, 1955, January 3, 1955, 279
and February 9, 1955, respectively; three to be elected in 1958, 280
terms to begin January 1, 1959, January 2, 1959, and May 17, 1959, 281
respectively; one to be elected in 1966, term to begin January 4, 282
1967; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January 5, 1969; 283
one to be elected in 1990, term to begin May 1, 1991; and one to 284
be elected in 1992, term to begin January 6, 1993. 285

       Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, in any county 286
having two or more judges of the court of common pleas, in which 287
more than one-third of the judges plus one were previously elected 288
at the same election, if the office of one of those judges so 289
elected becomes vacant more than forty days prior to the second 290
general election preceding the expiration of that judge's term, 291
the office that that judge had filled shall be abolished as of the 292
date of the next general election, and a new office of judge of 293
the court of common pleas shall be created. The judge who is to 294
fill that new office shall be elected for a six-year term at the 295
next general election, and the term of that judge shall commence 296
on the first day of the year following that general election, on 297
which day no other judge's term begins, so that the number of 298
judges that the county shall elect shall not be reduced. 299

       Judges of the probate division of the court of common pleas 300
are judges of the court of common pleas but shall be elected 301
pursuant to sections 2101.02 and 2101.021 of the Revised Code, 302
except in Adams, Harrison, Henry, Morgan, Morrow, Noble, and 303
Wyandot counties in which the judge of the court of common pleas 304
elected pursuant to this section also shall serve as judge of the 305
probate division. 306

       Sec. 2301.03. (A) In Franklin county, the judges of the 307
court of common pleas whose terms begin on January 1, 1953, 308
January 2, 1953, January 5, 1969, January 5, 1977, and January 2, 309
1997, and successors, shall have the same qualifications, exercise 310
the same powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same 311
compensation as other judges of the court of common pleas of 312
Franklin county and shall be elected and designated as judges of 313
the court of common pleas, division of domestic relations. They 314
shall have all the powers relating to juvenile courts, and all 315
cases under Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, all 316
parentage proceedings under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code over 317
which the juvenile court has jurisdiction, and all divorce, 318
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases 319
shall be assigned to them. In addition to the judge's regular 320
duties, the judge who is senior in point of service shall serve on 321
the children services board and the county advisory board and 322
shall be the administrator of the domestic relations division and 323
its subdivisions and departments. 324

       (B) In Hamilton county: 325

       (1) The judge of the court of common pleas, whose term begins 326
on January 1, 1957, and successors, and the judge of the court of 327
common pleas, whose term begins on February 14, 1967, and 328
successors, shall be the juvenile judges as provided in Chapters 329
2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, with the powers and 330
jurisdiction conferred by those chapters. 331

       (2) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms begin 332
on January 5, 1957, January 16, 1981, and July 1, 1991, and 333
successors, shall be elected and designated as judges of the court 334
of common pleas, division of domestic relations, and shall have 335
assigned to them all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal 336
separation, and annulment cases coming before the court. On or 337
after the first day of July and before the first day of August of 338
1991 and each year thereafter, a majority of the judges of the 339
division of domestic relations shall elect one of the judges of 340
the division as administrative judge of that division. If a 341
majority of the judges of the division of domestic relations are 342
unable for any reason to elect an administrative judge for the 343
division before the first day of August, a majority of the judges 344
of the Hamilton county court of common pleas, as soon as possible 345
after that date, shall elect one of the judges of the division of 346
domestic relations as administrative judge of that division. The 347
term of the administrative judge shall begin on the earlier of the 348
first day of August of the year in which the administrative judge 349
is elected or the date on which the administrative judge is 350
elected by a majority of the judges of the Hamilton county court 351
of common pleas and shall terminate on the date on which the 352
administrative judge's successor is elected in the following year. 353

       In addition to the judge's regular duties, the administrative 354
judge of the division of domestic relations shall be the 355
administrator of the domestic relations division and its 356
subdivisions and departments and shall have charge of the 357
employment, assignment, and supervision of the personnel of the 358
division engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating divorce, 359
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, 360
including any referees considered necessary by the judges in the 361
discharge of their various duties. 362

       The administrative judge of the division of domestic 363
relations also shall designate the title, compensation, expense 364
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the 365
personnel of the division, and shall fix the duties of its 366
personnel. The duties of the personnel, in addition to those 367
provided for in other sections of the Revised Code, shall include 368
the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution 369
of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and counseling 370
and conciliation services that may be made available to persons 371
requesting them, whether or not the persons are parties to an 372
action pending in the division. 373

       The board of county commissioners shall appropriate the sum 374
of money each year as will meet all the administrative expenses of 375
the division of domestic relations, including reasonable expenses 376
of the domestic relations judges and the division counselors and 377
other employees designated to conduct the handling, servicing, and 378
investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal 379
separation, and annulment cases, conciliation and counseling, and 380
all matters relating to those cases and counseling, and the 381
expenses involved in the attendance of division personnel at 382
domestic relations and welfare conferences designated by the 383
division, and the further sum each year as will provide for the 384
adequate operation of the division of domestic relations. 385

       The compensation and expenses of all employees and the salary 386
and expenses of the judges shall be paid by the county treasurer 387
from the money appropriated for the operation of the division, 388
upon the warrant of the county auditor, certified to by the 389
administrative judge of the division of domestic relations. 390

       The summonses, warrants, citations, subpoenas, and other 391
writs of the division may issue to a bailiff, constable, or staff 392
investigator of the division or to the sheriff of any county or 393
any marshal, constable, or police officer, and the provisions of 394
law relating to the subpoenaing of witnesses in other cases shall 395
apply insofar as they are applicable. When a summons, warrant, 396
citation, subpoena, or other writ is issued to an officer, other 397
than a bailiff, constable, or staff investigator of the division, 398
the expense of serving it shall be assessed as a part of the costs 399
in the case involved. 400

       (3) The judge of the court of common pleas of Hamilton county 401
whose term begins on January 3, 1997, and the successor to that 402
judge whose term begins on January 3, 2003, shall each be elected 403
and designated for one term only as the drug court judge of the 404
court of common pleas of Hamilton county. The successors to the 405
judge whose term begins on January 3, 2003, shall be elected and 406
designated as judges of the general division of the court of 407
common pleas of Hamilton county and shall not have the authority 408
granted by division (B)(3) of this section. The drug court judge 409
may accept or reject any case referred to the drug court judge 410
under division (B)(3) of this section. After the drug court judge 411
accepts a referred case, the drug court judge has full authority 412
over the case, including the authority to conduct arraignment, 413
accept pleas, enter findings and dispositions, conduct trials, 414
order treatment, and if treatment is not successfully completed 415
pronounce and enter sentence. 416

       A judge of the general division of the court of common pleas 417
of Hamilton county and a judge of the Hamilton county municipal 418
court may refer to the drug court judge any case, and any 419
companion cases, the judge determines meet the criteria described 420
under divisions (B)(3)(a) and (b) of this section. If the drug 421
court judge accepts referral of a referred case, the case, and any 422
companion cases, shall be transferred to the drug court judge. A 423
judge may refer a case meeting the criteria described in divisions 424
(B)(3)(a) and (b) of this section that involves a violation of a 425
term of probation to the drug court judge, and, if the drug court 426
judge accepts the referral, the referring judge and the drug court 427
judge have concurrent jurisdiction over the case. 428

       A judge of the general division of the court of common pleas 429
of Hamilton county and a judge of the Hamilton county municipal 430
court may refer a case to the drug court judge under division 431
(B)(3) of this section if the judge determines that both of the 432
following apply: 433

       (a) One of the following applies: 434

       (i) The case involves a drug abuse offense, as defined in 435
section 2925.01 of the Revised Code, that is a felony of the third 436
or fourth degree if the offense is committed prior to July 1, 437
1996, a felony of the third, fourth, or fifth degree if the 438
offense is committed on or after July 1, 1996, or a misdemeanor. 439

       (ii) The case involves a theft offense, as defined in section 440
2913.01 of the Revised Code, that is a felony of the third or 441
fourth degree if the offense is committed prior to July 1, 1996, a 442
felony of the third, fourth, or fifth degree if the offense is 443
committed on or after July 1, 1996, or a misdemeanor, and the 444
defendant is drug or alcohol dependent or in danger of becoming 445
drug or alcohol dependent and would benefit from treatment. 446

       (b) All of the following apply: 447

       (i) The case involves a probationable offense or a case in 448
which a mandatory prison term is not required to be imposed. 449

       (ii) The defendant has no history of violent behavior. 450

       (iii) The defendant has no history of mental illness. 451

       (iv) The defendant's current or past behavior, or both, is 452
drug or alcohol driven. 453

       (v) The defendant demonstrates a sincere willingness to 454
participate in a fifteen-month treatment process. 455

       (vi) The defendant has no acute health condition. 456

       (vii) If the defendant is incarcerated, the county prosecutor 457
approves of the referral. 458

       (4) If the administrative judge of the court of common pleas 459
of Hamilton county determines that the volume of cases pending 460
before the drug court judge does not constitute a sufficient 461
caseload for the drug court judge, the administrative judge, in 462
accordance with the Rules of Superintendence for Courts of Common 463
Pleas, shall assign individual cases to the drug court judge from 464
the general docket of the court. If the assignments so occur, the 465
administrative judge shall cease the assignments when the 466
administrative judge determines that the volume of cases pending 467
before the drug court judge constitutes a sufficient caseload for 468
the drug court judge. 469

       (C) In Lorain county, the judges of the court of common pleas 470
whose terms begin on January 3, 1959, January 4, 1989, and January 471
2, 1999, and successors, shall have the same qualifications, 472
exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same 473
compensation as the other judges of the court of common pleas of 474
Lorain county and shall be elected and designated as the judges of 475
the court of common pleas, division of domestic relations. They 476
shall have all of the powers relating to juvenile courts, and all 477
cases under Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, all 478
parentage proceedings over which the juvenile court has 479
jurisdiction, and all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal 480
separation, and annulment cases shall be assigned to them, except 481
cases that for some special reason are assigned to some other 482
judge of the court of common pleas. 483

       (D) In Lucas county: 484

       (1) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms begin 485
on January 1, 1955, and January 3, 1965, and successors, shall 486
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 487
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of 488
the court of common pleas of Lucas county and shall be elected and 489
designated as judges of the court of common pleas, division of 490
domestic relations. All divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal 491
separation, and annulment cases shall be assigned to them. 492

       The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in 493
point of service, shall be considered as the presiding judge of 494
the court of common pleas, division of domestic relations, and 495
shall be charged exclusively with the assignment and division of 496
the work of the division and the employment and supervision of all 497
other personnel of the domestic relations division. 498

       (2) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms begin 499
on January 5, 1977, and January 2, 1991, and successors shall have 500
the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 501
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of 502
the court of common pleas of Lucas county, shall be elected and 503
designated as judges of the court of common pleas, juvenile 504
division, and shall be the juvenile judges as provided in Chapters 505
2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code with the powers and 506
jurisdictions conferred by those chapters. In addition to the 507
judge's regular duties, the judge of the court of common pleas, 508
juvenile division, senior in point of service, shall be the 509
administrator of the juvenile division and its subdivisions and 510
departments and shall have charge of the employment, assignment, 511
and supervision of the personnel of the division engaged in 512
handling, servicing, or investigating juvenile cases, including 513
any referees considered necessary by the judges of the division in 514
the discharge of their various duties. 515

       The judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, 516
senior in point of service, also shall designate the title, 517
compensation, expense allowance, hours, leaves of absence, and 518
vacation of the personnel of the division and shall fix the duties 519
of the personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in 520
addition to other statutory duties include the handling, 521
servicing, and investigation of juvenile cases and counseling and 522
conciliation services that may be made available to persons 523
requesting them, whether or not the persons are parties to an 524
action pending in the division. 525

       (3) If one of the judges of the court of common pleas, 526
division of domestic relations, or one of the judges of the 527
juvenile division is sick, absent, or unable to perform that 528
judge's judicial duties or the volume of cases pending in that 529
judge's division necessitates it, the duties shall be performed by 530
the judges of the other of those divisions. 531

       (E) In Mahoning county: 532

       (1) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term began 533
on January 1, 1955, and successors, shall have the same 534
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and 535
receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of 536
common pleas of Mahoning county, shall be elected and designated 537
as judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic 538
relations, and shall be assigned all the divorce, dissolution of 539
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases coming before the 540
court. In addition to the judge's regular duties, the judge of the 541
court of common pleas, division of domestic relations, shall be 542
the administrator of the domestic relations division and its 543
subdivisions and departments and shall have charge of the 544
employment, assignment, and supervision of the personnel of the 545
division engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating divorce, 546
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, 547
including any referees considered necessary in the discharge of 548
the various duties of the judge's office. 549

       The judge also shall designate the title, compensation, 550
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the 551
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the 552
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in 553
addition to other statutory duties, include the handling, 554
servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage, 555
legal separation, and annulment 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

       (2) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term began 560
on January 2, 1969, and successors, shall have the same 561
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and 562
receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of 563
common pleas of Mahoning county, shall be elected and designated 564
as judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, and 565
shall be the juvenile judge as provided in Chapters 2151. and 566
2152. of the Revised Code, with the powers and jurisdictions 567
conferred by those chapters. In addition to the judge's regular 568
duties, the judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, 569
shall be the administrator of the juvenile division and its 570
subdivisions and departments and shall have charge of the 571
employment, assignment, and supervision of the personnel of the 572
division engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating juvenile 573
cases, including any referees considered necessary by the judge in 574
the discharge of the judge's various duties. 575

       The judge also shall designate the title, compensation, 576
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacation of the 577
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the 578
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in 579
addition to other statutory duties, include the handling, 580
servicing, and investigation of juvenile cases and counseling and 581
conciliation services that may be made available to persons 582
requesting them, whether or not the persons are parties to an 583
action pending in the division. 584

       (3) If a judge of the court of common pleas, division of 585
domestic relations or juvenile division, is sick, absent, or 586
unable to perform that judge's judicial duties, or the volume of 587
cases pending in that judge's division necessitates it, that 588
judge's duties shall be performed by another judge of the court of 589
common pleas. 590

       (F) In Montgomery county: 591

       (1) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms begin 592
on January 2, 1953, and January 4, 1977, and successors, shall 593
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 594
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of 595
the court of common pleas of Montgomery county and shall be 596
elected and designated as judges of the court of common pleas, 597
division of domestic relations. These judges shall have assigned 598
to them all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, 599
and annulment cases. 600

       The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in 601
point of service, shall be charged exclusively with the assignment 602
and division of the work of the division and shall have charge of 603
the employment and supervision of the personnel of the division 604
engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating divorce, 605
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, 606
including any necessary referees, except those employees who may 607
be appointed by the judge, junior in point of service, under this 608
section and sections 2301.12, 2301.18, and 2301.19 of the Revised 609
Code. The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in 610
point of service, also shall designate the title, compensation, 611
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacation of the 612
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. 613

       (2) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms begin 614
on January 1, 1953, and January 1, 1993, and successors, shall 615
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 616
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of 617
the court of common pleas of Montgomery county, shall be elected 618
and designated as judges of the court of common pleas, juvenile 619
division, and shall be, and have the powers and jurisdiction of, 620
the juvenile judge as provided in Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the 621
Revised Code. 622

       In addition to the judge's regular duties, the judge of the 623
court of common pleas, juvenile division, senior in point of 624
service, shall be the administrator of the juvenile division and 625
its subdivisions and departments and shall have charge of the 626
employment, assignment, and supervision of the personnel of the 627
juvenile division, including any necessary referees, who are 628
engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating juvenile cases. 629
The judge, senior in point of service, also shall designate the 630
title, compensation, expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, 631
and vacation of the personnel of the division and shall fix their 632
duties. The duties of the personnel, in addition to other 633
statutory duties, shall include the handling, servicing, and 634
investigation of juvenile cases and of any counseling and 635
conciliation services that are available upon request to persons, 636
whether or not they are parties to an action pending in the 637
division. 638

       If one of the judges of the court of common pleas, division 639
of domestic relations, or one of the judges of the court of common 640
pleas, juvenile division, is sick, absent, or unable to perform 641
that judge's duties or the volume of cases pending in that judge's 642
division necessitates it, the duties of that judge may be 643
performed by the judge or judges of the other of those divisions. 644

       (G) In Richland county, the judge of the court of common 645
pleas whose term begins on January 1, 1957, and successors, shall 646
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 647
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other 648
judges of the court of common pleas of Richland county and shall 649
be elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas, 650
division of domestic relations. That judge shall have all of the 651
powers relating to juvenile courts, and all cases under Chapters 652
2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, all parentage proceedings 653
over which the juvenile court has jurisdiction, and all divorce, 654
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases 655
shall be assigned to that judge, except in cases that for some 656
special reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of 657
common pleas. 658

       (H) In Stark county, the judges of the court of common pleas 659
whose terms begin on January 1, 1953, January 2, 1959, and January 660
1, 1993, and successors, shall have the same qualifications, 661
exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same 662
compensation as other judges of the court of common pleas of Stark 663
county and shall be elected and designated as judges of the court 664
of common pleas, division of domestic relations. They shall have 665
all the powers relating to juvenile courts, and all cases under 666
Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, all parentage 667
proceedings over which the juvenile court has jurisdiction, and 668
all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and 669
annulment cases, except cases that are assigned to some other 670
judge of the court of common pleas for some special reason, shall 671
be assigned to the judges. 672

       The judge of the division of domestic relations, second most 673
senior in point of service, shall have charge of the employment 674
and supervision of the personnel of the division engaged in 675
handling, servicing, or investigating divorce, dissolution of 676
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, and necessary 677
referees required for the judge's respective court. 678

       The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in 679
point of service, shall be charged exclusively with the 680
administration of sections 2151.13, 2151.16, 2151.17, and 2152.71 681
of the Revised Code and with the assignment and division of the 682
work of the division and the employment and supervision of all 683
other personnel of the division, including, but not limited to, 684
that judge's necessary referees, but excepting those employees who 685
may be appointed by the judge second most senior in point of 686
service. The senior judge further shall serve in every other 687
position in which the statutes permit or require a juvenile judge 688
to serve. 689

       (I) In Summit county: 690

       (1) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms begin 691
on January 4, 1967, and January 6, 1993, and successors, shall 692
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 693
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of 694
the court of common pleas of Summit county and shall be elected 695
and designated as judges of the court of common pleas, division of 696
domestic relations. The judges of the division of domestic 697
relations shall have assigned to them and hear all divorce, 698
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases 699
that come before the court. Except in cases that are subject to 700
the exclusive original jurisdiction of the juvenile court, the 701
judges of the division of domestic relations shall have assigned 702
to them and hear all cases pertaining to paternity, custody, 703
visitation, child support, or the allocation of parental rights 704
and responsibilities for the care of children and all post-decree 705
proceedings arising from any case pertaining to any of those 706
matters. The judges of the division of domestic relations shall 707
have assigned to them and hear all proceedings under the uniform 708
interstate family support act contained in Chapter 3115. of the 709
Revised Code. 710

       The judge of the division of domestic relations, senior in 711
point of service, shall be the administrator of the domestic 712
relations division and its subdivisions and departments and shall 713
have charge of the employment, assignment, and supervision of the 714
personnel of the division, including any necessary referees, who 715
are engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating divorce, 716
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases. 717
That judge also shall designate the title, compensation, expense 718
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the 719
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties 720
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall 721
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, 722
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and 723
of any counseling and conciliation services that are available 724
upon request to all persons, whether or not they are parties to an 725
action pending in the division. 726

       (2) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins 727
on January 1, 1955, and successors, shall have the same 728
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and 729
receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of 730
common pleas of Summit county, shall be elected and designated as 731
judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, and shall 732
be, and have the powers and jurisdiction of, the juvenile judge as 733
provided in Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code. Except 734
in cases that are subject to the exclusive original jurisdiction 735
of the juvenile court, the judge of the juvenile division shall 736
not have jurisdiction or the power to hear, and shall not be 737
assigned, any case pertaining to paternity, custody, visitation, 738
child support, or the allocation of parental rights and 739
responsibilities for the care of children or any post-decree 740
proceeding arising from any case pertaining to any of those 741
matters. The judge of the juvenile division shall not have 742
jurisdiction or the power to hear, and shall not be assigned, any 743
proceeding under the uniform interstate family support act 744
contained in Chapter 3115. of the Revised Code. 745

       The juvenile judge shall be the administrator of the juvenile 746
division and its subdivisions and departments and shall have 747
charge of the employment, assignment, and supervision of the 748
personnel of the juvenile division, including any necessary 749
referees, who are engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating 750
juvenile cases. The judge also shall designate the title, 751
compensation, expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and 752
vacation of the personnel of the division and shall fix their 753
duties. The duties of the personnel, in addition to other 754
statutory duties, shall include the handling, servicing, and 755
investigation of juvenile cases and of any counseling and 756
conciliation services that are available upon request to persons, 757
whether or not they are parties to an action pending in the 758
division. 759

       (J) In Trumbull county, the judges of the court of common 760
pleas whose terms begin on January 1, 1953, and January 2, 1977, 761
and successors, shall have the same qualifications, exercise the 762
same powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as 763
other judges of the court of common pleas of Trumbull county and 764
shall be elected and designated as judges of the court of common 765
pleas, division of domestic relations. They shall have all the 766
powers relating to juvenile courts, and all cases under Chapters 767
2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, all parentage proceedings 768
over which the juvenile court has jurisdiction, and all divorce, 769
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases 770
shall be assigned to them, except cases that for some special 771
reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of common 772
pleas. 773

       (K) In Butler county: 774

       (1) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms begin 775
on January 1, 1957, and January 4, 1993, and successors, shall 776
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 777
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of 778
the court of common pleas of Butler county and shall be elected 779
and designated as judges of the court of common pleas, division of 780
domestic relations. The judges of the division of domestic 781
relations shall have assigned to them all divorce, dissolution of 782
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases coming before the 783
court, except in cases that for some special reason are assigned 784
to some other judge of the court of common pleas. The judge senior 785
in point of service shall be charged with the assignment and 786
division of the work of the division and with the employment and 787
supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations 788
division. 789

       The judge senior in point of service also shall designate the 790
title, compensation, expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, 791
and vacations of the personnel of the division and shall fix their 792
duties. The duties of the personnel, in addition to other 793
statutory duties, shall include the handling, servicing, and 794
investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal 795
separation, and annulment cases and providing any counseling and 796
conciliation services that the division makes available to 797
persons, whether or not the persons are parties to an action 798
pending in the division, who request the services. 799

       (2) The judges of the court of common pleas whose terms begin 800
on January 3, 1987, and January 2, 2003, and successors, shall 801
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 802
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of 803
the court of common pleas of Butler county, shall be elected and 804
designated as judges of the court of common pleas, juvenile 805
division, and shall be the juvenile judges as provided in Chapters 806
2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, with the powers and 807
jurisdictions conferred by those chapters. The judge of the court 808
of common pleas, juvenile division, who is senior in point of 809
service, shall be the administrator of the juvenile division and 810
its subdivisions and departments. The judge, senior in point of 811
service, shall have charge of the employment, assignment, and 812
supervision of the personnel of the juvenile division who are 813
engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating juvenile cases, 814
including any referees whom the judge considers necessary for the 815
discharge of the judge's various duties. 816

       The judge, senior in point of service, also shall designate 817
the title, compensation, expense allowances, hours, leaves of 818
absence, and vacation of the personnel of the division and shall 819
fix their duties. The duties of the personnel, in addition to 820
other statutory duties, include the handling, servicing, and 821
investigation of juvenile cases and providing any counseling and 822
conciliation services that the division makes available to 823
persons, whether or not the persons are parties to an action 824
pending in the division, who request the services. 825

       (3) If a judge of the court of common pleas, division of 826
domestic relations or juvenile division, is sick, absent, or 827
unable to perform that judge's judicial duties or the volume of 828
cases pending in the judge's division necessitates it, the duties 829
of that judge shall be performed by the other judges of the 830
domestic relations and juvenile divisions. 831

       (L)(1) In Cuyahoga county, the judges of the court of common 832
pleas whose terms begin on January 8, 1961, January 9, 1961, 833
January 18, 1975, January 19, 1975, and January 13, 1987, and 834
successors, shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same 835
powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as 836
other judges of the court of common pleas of Cuyahoga county and 837
shall be elected and designated as judges of the court of common 838
pleas, division of domestic relations. They shall have all the 839
powers relating to all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal 840
separation, and annulment cases, except in cases that are assigned 841
to some other judge of the court of common pleas for some special 842
reason. 843

       (2) The administrative judge is administrator of the domestic 844
relations division and its subdivisions and departments and has 845
the following powers concerning division personnel: 846

       (a) Full charge of the employment, assignment, and 847
supervision; 848

       (b) Sole determination of compensation, duties, expenses, 849
allowances, hours, leaves, and vacations. 850

       (3) "Division personnel" include persons employed or referees 851
engaged in hearing, servicing, investigating, counseling, or 852
conciliating divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation 853
and annulment matters. 854

       (M) In Lake county: 855

       (1) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins 856
on January 2, 1961, and successors, shall have the same 857
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and 858
receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court of 859
common pleas of Lake county and shall be elected and designated as 860
judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic 861
relations. The judge shall be assigned all the divorce, 862
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases 863
coming before the court, except in cases that for some special 864
reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of common 865
pleas. The judge shall be charged with the assignment and division 866
of the work of the division and with the employment and 867
supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations 868
division. 869

       The judge also shall designate the title, compensation, 870
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the 871
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties 872
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall 873
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, 874
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and 875
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the 876
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons 877
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the 878
services. 879

       (2) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins 880
on January 4, 1979, and successors, shall have the same 881
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and 882
receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of 883
common pleas of Lake county, shall be elected and designated as 884
judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, and shall 885
be the juvenile judge as provided in Chapters 2151. and 2152. of 886
the Revised Code, with the powers and jurisdictions conferred by 887
those chapters. The judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile 888
division, shall be the administrator of the juvenile division and 889
its subdivisions and departments. The judge shall have charge of 890
the employment, assignment, and supervision of the personnel of 891
the juvenile division who are engaged in handling, servicing, or 892
investigating juvenile cases, including any referees whom the 893
judge considers necessary for the discharge of the judge's various 894
duties. 895

       The judge also shall designate the title, compensation, 896
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacation of the 897
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties 898
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, include 899
the handling, servicing, and investigation of juvenile cases and 900
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the 901
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons 902
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the 903
services. 904

       (3) If a judge of the court of common pleas, division of 905
domestic relations or juvenile division, is sick, absent, or 906
unable to perform that judge's judicial duties or the volume of 907
cases pending in the judge's division necessitates it, the duties 908
of that judge shall be performed by the other judges of the 909
domestic relations and juvenile divisions. 910

       (N) In Erie county, the judge of the court of common pleas 911
whose term begins on January 2, 1971, and successors, shall have 912
the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 913
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other judge 914
of the court of common pleas of Erie county and shall be elected 915
and designated as judge of the court of common pleas, division of 916
domestic relations. The judge shall have all the powers relating 917
to juvenile courts, and shall be assigned all cases under Chapters 918
2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code, parentage proceedings over 919
which the juvenile court has jurisdiction, and divorce, 920
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, 921
except cases that for some special reason are assigned to some 922
other judge. 923

       (O) In Greene county: 924

       (1) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins 925
on January 1, 1961, and successors, shall have the same 926
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and 927
receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court of 928
common pleas of Greene county and shall be elected and designated 929
as the judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic 930
relations. The judge shall be assigned all divorce, dissolution of 931
marriage, legal separation, annulment, uniform reciprocal support 932
enforcement, and domestic violence cases and all other cases 933
related to domestic relations, except cases that for some special 934
reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of common 935
pleas. 936

       The judge shall be charged with the assignment and division 937
of the work of the division and with the employment and 938
supervision of all other personnel of the division. The judge also 939
shall designate the title, compensation, hours, leaves of absence, 940
and vacations of the personnel of the division and shall fix their 941
duties. The duties of the personnel of the division, in addition 942
to other statutory duties, shall include the handling, servicing, 943
and investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal 944
separation, and annulment cases and the provision of counseling 945
and conciliation services that the division considers necessary 946
and makes available to persons who request the services, whether 947
or not the persons are parties in an action pending in the 948
division. The compensation for the personnel shall be paid from 949
the overall court budget and shall be included in the 950
appropriations for the existing judges of the general division of 951
the court of common pleas. 952

       (2) The judge of the court of common pleas whose term begins 953
on January 1, 1995, and successors, shall have the same 954
qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and 955
receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court of 956
common pleas of Greene county, shall be elected and designated as 957
judge of the court of common pleas, juvenile division, and, on or 958
after January 1, 1995, shall be the juvenile judge as provided in 959
Chapters 2151. and 2152. of the Revised Code with the powers and 960
jurisdiction conferred by those chapters. The judge of the court 961
of common pleas, juvenile division, shall be the administrator of 962
the juvenile division and its subdivisions and departments. The 963
judge shall have charge of the employment, assignment, and 964
supervision of the personnel of the juvenile division who are 965
engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating juvenile cases, 966
including any referees whom the judge considers necessary for the 967
discharge of the judge's various duties. 968

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

       (3) If one of the judges of the court of common pleas, 977
general division, is sick, absent, or unable to perform that 978
judge's judicial duties or the volume of cases pending in the 979
general division necessitates it, the duties of that judge of the 980
general division shall be performed by the judge of the division 981
of domestic relations and the judge of the juvenile division. 982

       (P) In Portage county, the judge of the court of common 983
pleas, whose term begins January 2, 1987, and successors, shall 984
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 985
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other 986
judges of the court of common pleas of Portage county and shall be 987
elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas, 988
division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all 989
divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment 990
cases coming before the court, except in cases that for some 991
special reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of 992
common pleas. The judge shall be charged with the assignment and 993
division of the work of the division and with the employment and 994
supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations 995
division. 996

       The judge also shall designate the title, compensation, 997
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the 998
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties 999
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall 1000
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, 1001
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and 1002
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the 1003
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons 1004
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the 1005
services. 1006

       (Q) In Clermont county, the judge of the court of common 1007
pleas, whose term begins January 2, 1987, and successors, shall 1008
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 1009
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other 1010
judges of the court of common pleas of Clermont county and shall 1011
be elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas, 1012
division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all 1013
divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment 1014
cases coming before the court, except in cases that for some 1015
special reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of 1016
common pleas. The judge shall be charged with the assignment and 1017
division of the work of the division and with the employment and 1018
supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations 1019
division. 1020

       The judge also shall designate the title, compensation, 1021
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the 1022
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties 1023
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall 1024
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, 1025
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and 1026
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the 1027
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons 1028
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the 1029
services. 1030

       (R) In Warren county, the judge of the court of common pleas, 1031
whose term begins January 1, 1987, and successors, shall have the 1032
same qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, 1033
and receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court 1034
of common pleas of Warren county and shall be elected and 1035
designated as judge of the court of common pleas, division of 1036
domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all divorce, 1037
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases 1038
coming before the court, except in cases that for some special 1039
reason are assigned to some other judge of the court of common 1040
pleas. The judge shall be charged with the assignment and division 1041
of the work of the division and with the employment and 1042
supervision of all other personnel of the domestic relations 1043
division. 1044

       The judge also shall designate the title, compensation, 1045
expense allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the 1046
personnel of the division and shall fix their duties. The duties 1047
of the personnel, in addition to other statutory duties, shall 1048
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, 1049
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases and 1050
providing any counseling and conciliation services that the 1051
division makes available to persons, whether or not the persons 1052
are parties to an action pending in the division, who request the 1053
services. 1054

       (S) In Licking county, the judge of the court of common 1055
pleas, whose term begins January 1, 1991, and successors, shall 1056
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 1057
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other 1058
judges of the court of common pleas of Licking county and shall be 1059
elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas, 1060
division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all 1061
divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment 1062
cases, all cases arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, 1063
all proceedings involving child support, the allocation of 1064
parental rights and responsibilities for the care of children and 1065
the designation for the children of a place of residence and legal 1066
custodian, parenting time, and visitation, and all post-decree 1067
proceedings and matters arising from those cases and proceedings, 1068
except in cases that for some special reason are assigned to 1069
another judge of the court of common pleas. The judge shall be 1070
charged with the assignment and division of the work of the 1071
division and with the employment and supervision of the personnel 1072
of the division. 1073

       The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense 1074
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the 1075
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the 1076
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel of the 1077
division, in addition to other statutory duties, shall include the 1078
handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of 1079
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising 1080
under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving 1081
child support, the allocation of parental rights and 1082
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for 1083
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian, 1084
parenting time, and visitation and providing any counseling and 1085
conciliation services that the division makes available to 1086
persons, whether or not the persons are parties to an action 1087
pending in the division, who request the services. 1088

       (T) In Allen county, the judge of the court of common pleas, 1089
whose term begins January 1, 1993, and successors, shall have the 1090
same qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, 1091
and receive the same compensation as the other judges of the court 1092
of common pleas of Allen county and shall be elected and 1093
designated as judge of the court of common pleas, division of 1094
domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all divorce, 1095
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, 1096
all cases arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, all 1097
proceedings involving child support, the allocation of parental 1098
rights and responsibilities for the care of children and the 1099
designation for the children of a place of residence and legal 1100
custodian, parenting time, and visitation, and all post-decree 1101
proceedings and matters arising from those cases and proceedings, 1102
except in cases that for some special reason are assigned to 1103
another judge of the court of common pleas. The judge shall be 1104
charged with the assignment and division of the work of the 1105
division and with the employment and supervision of the personnel 1106
of the division. 1107

       The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense 1108
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the 1109
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the 1110
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel of the 1111
division, in addition to other statutory duties, shall include the 1112
handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of 1113
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising 1114
under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving 1115
child support, the allocation of parental rights and 1116
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for 1117
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian, 1118
parenting time, and visitation, and providing any counseling and 1119
conciliation services that the division makes available to 1120
persons, whether or not the persons are parties to an action 1121
pending in the division, who request the services. 1122

       (U) In Medina county, the judge of the court of common pleas 1123
whose term begins January 1, 1995, and successors, shall have the 1124
same qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, 1125
and receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of 1126
common pleas of Medina county and shall be elected and designated 1127
as judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic 1128
relations. The judge shall be assigned all divorce, dissolution of 1129
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, all cases arising 1130
under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, all proceedings involving 1131
child support, the allocation of parental rights and 1132
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for 1133
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian, 1134
parenting time, and visitation, and all post-decree proceedings 1135
and matters arising from those cases and proceedings, except in 1136
cases that for some special reason are assigned to another judge 1137
of the court of common pleas. The judge shall be charged with the 1138
assignment and division of the work of the division and with the 1139
employment and supervision of the personnel of the division. 1140

       The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense 1141
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the 1142
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the 1143
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in 1144
addition to other statutory duties, include the handling, 1145
servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage, 1146
legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising under Chapter 1147
3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving child 1148
support, the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities 1149
for the care of children and the designation for the children of a 1150
place of residence and legal custodian, parenting time, and 1151
visitation, and providing counseling and conciliation services 1152
that the division makes available to persons, whether or not the 1153
persons are parties to an action pending in the division, who 1154
request the services. 1155

       (V) In Fairfield county, the judge of the court of common 1156
pleas whose term begins January 2, 1995, and successors, shall 1157
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 1158
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other 1159
judges of the court of common pleas of Fairfield county and shall 1160
be elected and designated as judge of the court of common pleas, 1161
division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned all 1162
divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment 1163
cases, all cases arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, 1164
all proceedings involving child support, the allocation of 1165
parental rights and responsibilities for the care of children and 1166
the designation for the children of a place of residence and legal 1167
custodian, parenting time, and visitation, and all post-decree 1168
proceedings and matters arising from those cases and proceedings, 1169
except in cases that for some special reason are assigned to 1170
another judge of the court of common pleas. The judge also has 1171
concurrent jurisdiction with the probate-juvenile division of the 1172
court of common pleas of Fairfield county with respect to and may 1173
hear cases to determine the custody of a child, as defined in 1174
section 2151.011 of the Revised Code, who is not the ward of 1175
another court of this state, cases that are commenced by a parent, 1176
guardian, or custodian of a child, as defined in section 2151.011 1177
of the Revised Code, to obtain an order requiring a parent of the 1178
child to pay child support for that child when the request for 1179
that order is not ancillary to an action for divorce, dissolution 1180
of marriage, annulment, or legal separation, a criminal or civil 1181
action involving an allegation of domestic violence, an action for 1182
support under Chapter 3115. of the Revised Code, or an action that 1183
is within the exclusive original jurisdiction of the 1184
probate-juvenile division of the court of common pleas of 1185
Fairfield county and that involves an allegation that the child is 1186
an abused, neglected, or dependent child, and post-decree 1187
proceedings and matters arising from those types of cases. 1188

       The judge of the domestic relations division shall be charged 1189
with the assignment and division of the work of the division and 1190
with the employment and supervision of the personnel of the 1191
division. 1192

       The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense 1193
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the 1194
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the 1195
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel of the 1196
division, in addition to other statutory duties, shall include the 1197
handling, servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of 1198
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising 1199
under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving 1200
child support, the allocation of parental rights and 1201
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for 1202
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian, 1203
parenting time, and visitation, and providing any counseling and 1204
conciliation services that the division makes available to 1205
persons, regardless of whether the persons are parties to an 1206
action pending in the division, who request the services. When the 1207
judge hears a case to determine the custody of a child, as defined 1208
in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code, who is not the ward of 1209
another court of this state or a case that is commenced by a 1210
parent, guardian, or custodian of a child, as defined in section 1211
2151.011 of the Revised Code, to obtain an order requiring a 1212
parent of the child to pay child support for that child when the 1213
request for that order is not ancillary to an action for divorce, 1214
dissolution of marriage, annulment, or legal separation, a 1215
criminal or civil action involving an allegation of domestic 1216
violence, an action for support under Chapter 3115. of the Revised 1217
Code, or an action that is within the exclusive original 1218
jurisdiction of the probate-juvenile division of the court of 1219
common pleas of Fairfield county and that involves an allegation 1220
that the child is an abused, neglected, or dependent child, the 1221
duties of the personnel of the domestic relations division also 1222
include the handling, servicing, and investigation of those types 1223
of cases. 1224

       (W)(1) In Clark county, the judge of the court of common 1225
pleas whose term begins on January 2, 1995, and successors, shall 1226
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 1227
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as other judges of 1228
the court of common pleas of Clark county and shall be elected and 1229
designated as judge of the court of common pleas, domestic 1230
relations division. The judge shall have all the powers relating 1231
to juvenile courts, and all cases under Chapters 2151. and 2152. 1232
of the Revised Code and all parentage proceedings under Chapter 1233
3111. of the Revised Code over which the juvenile court has 1234
jurisdiction shall be assigned to the judge of the division of 1235
domestic relations. All divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal 1236
separation, annulment, uniform reciprocal support enforcement, and 1237
other cases related to domestic relations shall be assigned to the 1238
domestic relations division, and the presiding judge of the court 1239
of common pleas shall assign the cases to the judge of the 1240
domestic relations division and the judges of the general 1241
division. 1242

       (2) In addition to the judge's regular duties, the judge of 1243
the division of domestic relations shall serve on the children 1244
services board and the county advisory board. 1245

       (3) If the judge of the court of common pleas of Clark 1246
county, division of domestic relations, is sick, absent, or unable 1247
to perform that judge's judicial duties or if the presiding judge 1248
of the court of common pleas of Clark county determines that the 1249
volume of cases pending in the division of domestic relations 1250
necessitates it, the duties of the judge of the division of 1251
domestic relations shall be performed by the judges of the general 1252
division or probate division of the court of common pleas of Clark 1253
county, as assigned for that purpose by the presiding judge of 1254
that court, and the judges so assigned shall act in conjunction 1255
with the judge of the division of domestic relations of that 1256
court. 1257

       (X) In Scioto county, the judge of the court of common pleas 1258
whose term begins January 2, 1995, and successors, shall have the 1259
same qualifications, exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, 1260
and receive the same compensation as other judges of the court of 1261
common pleas of Scioto county and shall be elected and designated 1262
as judge of the court of common pleas, division of domestic 1263
relations. The judge shall be assigned all divorce, dissolution of 1264
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, all cases arising 1265
under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, all proceedings involving 1266
child support, the allocation of parental rights and 1267
responsibilities for the care of children and the designation for 1268
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian, 1269
parenting time, visitation, and all post-decree proceedings and 1270
matters arising from those cases and proceedings, except in cases 1271
that for some special reason are assigned to another judge of the 1272
court of common pleas. The judge shall be charged with the 1273
assignment and division of the work of the division and with the 1274
employment and supervision of the personnel of the division. 1275

       The judge shall designate the title, compensation, expense 1276
allowances, hours, leaves of absence, and vacations of the 1277
personnel of the division and shall fix the duties of the 1278
personnel of the division. The duties of the personnel, in 1279
addition to other statutory duties, include the handling, 1280
servicing, and investigation of divorce, dissolution of marriage, 1281
legal separation, and annulment cases, cases arising under Chapter 1282
3111. of the Revised Code, and proceedings involving child 1283
support, the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities 1284
for the care of children and the designation for the children of a 1285
place of residence and legal custodian, parenting time, and 1286
visitation, and providing counseling and conciliation services 1287
that the division makes available to persons, whether or not the 1288
persons are parties to an action pending in the division, who 1289
request the services. 1290

       (Y) In Auglaize county, the judge of the probate and juvenile 1291
divisions of the Auglaize county court of common pleas also shall 1292
be the administrative judge of the domestic relations division of 1293
the court and shall be assigned all divorce, dissolution of 1294
marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases coming before the 1295
court. The judge shall have all powers as administrator of the 1296
domestic relations division and shall have charge of the personnel 1297
engaged in handling, servicing, or investigating divorce, 1298
dissolution of marriage, legal separation, and annulment cases, 1299
including any referees considered necessary for the discharge of 1300
the judge's various duties. 1301

       (Z)(1) In Marion county, the judge of the court of common 1302
pleas whose term begins on February 9, 1999, and the successors to 1303
that judge, shall have the same qualifications, exercise the same 1304
powers and jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the 1305
other judges of the court of common pleas of Marion county and 1306
shall be elected and designated as judge of the court of common 1307
pleas, domestic relations-juvenile-probate division. Except as 1308
otherwise specified in this division, that judge, and the 1309
successors to that judge, shall have all the powers relating to 1310
juvenile courts, and all cases under Chapters 2151. and 2152. of 1311
the Revised Code, all cases arising under Chapter 3111. of the 1312
Revised Code, all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal 1313
separation, and annulment cases, all proceedings involving child 1314
support, the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities 1315
for the care of children and the designation for the children of a 1316
place of residence and legal custodian, parenting time, and 1317
visitation, and all post-decree proceedings and matters arising 1318
from those cases and proceedings shall be assigned to that judge 1319
and the successors to that judge. Except as provided in division 1320
(Z)(2) of this section and notwithstanding any other provision of 1321
any section of the Revised Code, on and after February 9, 2003, 1322
the judge of the court of common pleas of Marion county whose term 1323
begins on February 9, 1999, and the successors to that judge, 1324
shall have all the powers relating to the probate division of the 1325
court of common pleas of Marion county in addition to the powers 1326
previously specified in this division, and shall exercise 1327
concurrent jurisdiction with the judge of the probate division of 1328
that court over all matters that are within the jurisdiction of 1329
the probate division of that court under Chapter 2101., and other 1330
provisions, of the Revised Code in addition to the jurisdiction of 1331
the domestic relations-juvenile-probate division of that court 1332
otherwise specified in division (Z)(1) of this section. 1333

       (2) The judge of the domestic relations-juvenile-probate 1334
division of the court of common pleas of Marion county or the 1335
judge of the probate division of the court of common pleas of 1336
Marion county, whichever of those judges is senior in total length 1337
of service on the court of common pleas of Marion county, 1338
regardless of the division or divisions of service, shall serve as 1339
the clerk of the probate division of the court of common pleas of 1340
Marion county. 1341

       (3) On and after February 9, 2003, all references in law to 1342
"the probate court," "the probate judge," "the juvenile court," or 1343
"the judge of the juvenile court" shall be construed, with respect 1344
to Marion county, as being references to both "the probate 1345
division" and "the domestic relations-juvenile-probate division" 1346
and as being references to both "the judge of the probate 1347
division" and "the judge of the domestic relations- 1348
juvenile-probate division." On and after February 9, 2003, all 1349
references in law to "the clerk of the probate court" shall be 1350
construed, with respect to Marion county, as being references to 1351
the judge who is serving pursuant to division (Z)(2) of this 1352
section as the clerk of the probate division of the court of 1353
common pleas of Marion county. 1354

       (AA) In Muskingum county, the judge of the court of common 1355
pleas whose term begins on January 2, 2003, and successors, shall 1356
have the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 1357
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other 1358
judges of the court of common pleas of Muskingum county and shall 1359
be elected and designated as the judge of the court of common 1360
pleas, division of domestic relations. The judge shall be assigned 1361
and hear all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, 1362
and annulment cases and all proceedings under the uniform 1363
interstate family support act contained in Chapter 3115. of the 1364
Revised Code. Except in cases that are subject to the exclusive 1365
original jurisdiction of the juvenile court, the judge shall be 1366
assigned and hear all cases pertaining to paternity, visitation, 1367
child support, the allocation of parental rights and 1368
responsibilities for the care of children, and the designation for 1369
the children of a place of residence and legal custodian, and all 1370
post-decree proceedings arising from any case pertaining to any of 1371
those matters. 1372

       (BB) In Henry county, the judge of the court of common pleas 1373
whose term begins on January 1, 2005, and successors, shall have 1374
the same qualifications, exercise the same powers and 1375
jurisdiction, and receive the same compensation as the other judge 1376
of the court of common pleas of Henry county and shall be elected 1377
and designated as the judge of the court of common pleas, division 1378
of domestic relations. The judge shall have all of the powers 1379
relating to juvenile courts, and all cases under Chapter 2151. or 1380
2152. of the Revised Code, all parentage proceedings arising under 1381
Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code over which the juvenile court 1382
has jurisdiction, all divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal 1383
separation, and annulment cases, all proceedings involving child 1384
support, the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities 1385
for the care of children and the designation for the children of a 1386
place of residence and legal custodian, parenting time, and 1387
visitation, and all post-decree proceedings and matters arising 1388
from those cases and proceedings shall be assigned to that judge, 1389
except in cases that for some special reason are assigned to the 1390
other judge of the court of common pleas. 1391

       (CC) If a judge of the court of common pleas, division of 1392
domestic relations, or juvenile judge, of any of the counties 1393
mentioned in this section is sick, absent, or unable to perform 1394
that judge's judicial duties or the volume of cases pending in the 1395
judge's division necessitates it, the duties of that judge shall 1396
be performed by another judge of the court of common pleas of that 1397
county, assigned for that purpose by the presiding judge of the 1398
court of common pleas of that county to act in place of or in 1399
conjunction with that judge, as the case may require. 1400

       Section 2. That existing sections 2151.07, 2301.02, and 1401
2301.03 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. 1402

Section 1. That sections 2151.07, 2301.02, and 2301.03 of the	8
Revised Code be amended to read as follows:	9

Sec. 2151.07. The juvenile court is a court of record within	10
the court of common pleas. The juvenile court has and shall	11
exercise the powers and jurisdiction conferred in Chapters 2151.	12
and 2152. of the Revised Code.	13

Whenever the juvenile judge of the juvenile court is sick, is	14
absent from the county, or is unable to attend court, or the	15
volume of cases pending in court necessitates it, upon the request	16
of the administrative juvenile judge, the presiding judge of the	17
court of common pleas pursuant to division ~~(BB)~~(CC) of section	18
2301.03 of the Revised Code shall assign a judge of any division	19
of the court of common pleas of the county to act in the juvenile	20
judge's place or in conjunction with the juvenile judge. If no	21
judge of the court of common pleas is available for that purpose,	22
the chief justice of the supreme court shall assign a judge of the	23
court of common pleas, a juvenile judge, or a probate judge from a	24
different county to act in the place of that juvenile judge or in	25
conjunction with that juvenile judge. The assigned judge shall	26
receive the compensation and expenses for so serving that is	27
provided by law for judges assigned to hold court in courts of	28
common pleas.	29

Sec. 2301.02. The number of judges of the court of common	30
pleas for each county, the time for the next election of the	31
judges in the several counties, and the beginning of their terms	32
shall be as follows:	33

(A) In Adams, Ashland, Fayette, and Pike counties, one judge,	34
elected in 1956, term to begin February 9, 1957;	35

In Brown, Crawford, Defiance, Highland, Holmes, Morgan,	36
Ottawa, and Union counties, one judge, to be elected in 1954, term	37
to begin February 9, 1955;	38

In Auglaize county, one judge, to be elected in 1956, term to	39
begin January 9, 1957;	40

In Coshocton, Darke, Fulton, Gallia, Guernsey, Hardin,	41
Jackson, Knox, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Monroe, Morrow, Paulding,	42
Vinton, and Wyandot counties, one judge, to be elected in 1956,	43
term to begin January 1, 1957;	44

In Carroll, Champaign, Clinton, Hocking, Meigs, Pickaway,	45
Preble, Shelby, Van Wert, and Williams counties, one judge, to be	46
elected in 1952, term to begin January 1, 1953;	47

In Harrison and Noble counties, one judge, to be elected in	48
1954, term to begin April 18, 1955;	49

In Henry ~~and~~county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956,	50
term to begin May 9, 1957, and one to be elected in 2004, term to	51
begin January 1, 2005;	52

In Putnam ~~counties~~county, one judge, to be elected in 1956,	53
term to begin May 9, 1957;	54

In Huron county, one judge, to be elected in 1952, term to	55
begin May 14, 1953;	56

In Perry county, one judge, to be elected in 1954, term to	57
begin July 6, 1956;	58

In Sandusky county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954,	59
term to begin February 10, 1955, and one to be elected in 1978,	60
term to begin January 1, 1979;	61

(B) In Allen county, three judges, one to be elected in 1956,	62
term to begin February 9, 1957, the second to be elected in 1958,	63
term to begin January 1, 1959, and the third to be elected in	64
1992, term to begin January 1, 1993;	65

In Ashtabula county, three judges, one to be elected in 1954,	66
term to begin February 9, 1955, one to be elected in 1960, term to	67
begin January 1, 1961, and one to be elected in 1978, term to	68
begin January 2, 1979;	69

In Athens county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954, term	70
to begin February 9, 1955, and one to be elected in 1990, term to	71
begin July 1, 1991;	72

In Erie county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term	73
to begin January 1, 1957, and the second to be elected in 1970,	74
term to begin January 2, 1971;	75

In Fairfield county, three judges, one to be elected in 1954,	76
term to begin February 9, 1955, the second to be elected in 1970,	77
term to begin January 1, 1971, and the third to be elected in	78
1994, term to begin January 2, 1995;	79

In Geauga county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term	80
to begin January 1, 1957, and the second to be elected in 1976,	81
term to begin January 6, 1977;	82

In Greene county, four judges, one to be elected in 1956,	83
term to begin February 9, 1957, the second to be elected in 1960,	84
term to begin January 1, 1961, the third to be elected in 1978,	85
term to begin January 2, 1979, and the fourth to be elected in	86
1994, term to begin January 1, 1995;	87

In Hancock county, two judges, one to be elected in 1952,	88
term to begin January 1, 1953, and the second to be elected in	89
1978, term to begin January 1, 1979;	90

In Lawrence county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954,	91
term to begin February 9, 1955, and the second to be elected in	92
1976, term to begin January 1, 1977;	93

In Marion county, three judges, one to be elected in 1952,	94
term to begin January 1, 1953, the second to be elected in 1976,	95
term to begin January 2, 1977, and the third to be elected in	96
1998, term to begin February 9, 1999;	97

In Medina county, three judges, one to be elected in 1956,	98
term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1966,	99
term to begin January 1, 1967, and the third to be elected in	100
1994, term to begin January 1, 1995;	101

In Miami county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954, term	102
to begin February 9, 1955, and one to be elected in 1970, term to	103
begin on January 1, 1971;	104

In Muskingum county, three judges, one to be elected in 1968,	105
term to begin August 9, 1969, one to be elected in 1978, term to	106
begin January 1, 1979, and one to be elected in 2002, term to	107
begin January 2, 2003;	108

In Portage county, three judges, one to be elected in 1956,	109
term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1960,	110
term to begin January 1, 1961, and the third to be elected in	111
1986, term to begin January 2, 1987;	112

In Ross county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term	113
to begin February 9, 1957, and the second to be elected in 1976,	114
term to begin January 1, 1977;	115