Sec. 2101.11. (A)(1) The probate judge shall have the care | 7 |
and custody of the files, papers, books, and records belonging to | 8 |
the probate court. The probate judge is authorized to perform the | 9 |
duties of clerk of the judge's court. The probate judge may | 10 |
appoint deputy clerks, stenographers, a bailiff, and any other | 11 |
necessary employees, each of whom shall take an oath of office | 12 |
before entering upon the duties of the employee's appointment and, | 13 |
when so qualified, may perform the duties appertaining to the | 14 |
office of clerk of the court. | 15 |
(iii) By entering into an agreement with another department | 31 |
or agency of the county, including, but not limited to, the | 32 |
sheriff's department or the county department of job and family | 33 |
services, pursuant to which an employee of the other department or | 34 |
agency will serve and perform the duties of investigator for the | 35 |
court, upon request of the probate judge, and designating that | 36 |
employee as a probate court investigator during the times when the | 37 |
person is performing the duties of an investigator for the court. | 38 |
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this division, a probate | 45 |
court investigator shall hold at least a bachelor's degree in | 46 |
social work, psychology, education, special education, or a | 47 |
related human services field. A probate judge may waive the | 48 |
education requirement of this division for a person the judge | 49 |
appoints or otherwise designates as a probate court investigator | 50 |
if the judge determines that the person has experience in family | 51 |
services work that is equivalent to the required education. | 52 |
(3)(a) The probate judge may provide for one or more persons | 65 |
to perform the duties of an assessor under sections 3107.031, | 66 |
3107.032, 3107.082, 3107.09, 3107.101, and 3107.12 of the Revised | 67 |
Code or may enter into agreements with public children services | 68 |
agencies, private child placing agencies, or private noncustodial | 69 |
agencies under which the agency provides for one or more persons | 70 |
to perform the duties of an assessor. A probate judge who provides | 71 |
for an assessor shall do so in either of the following manners, as | 72 |
the judge considers appropriate: | 73 |
(B)(1)(a) Subject to the appropriation made by the board of | 98 |
county commissioners pursuant to this division, each appointee of | 99 |
a probate judge under division (A) of this section shall receive | 100 |
such compensation and expenses as the judge determines and shall | 101 |
serve during the pleasure of the judge. The compensation of each | 102 |
appointee shall be paid in semimonthly installments by the county | 103 |
treasurer from the county treasury, upon the warrants of the | 104 |
county auditor, certified to by the judge. | 105 |
(2) The probate judge annually shall submit a written request | 111 |
for an appropriation to the board of county commissioners that | 112 |
shall set forth estimated administrative expenses of the court, | 113 |
including the salaries of appointees as determined by the judge | 114 |
and any other costs, fees, and expenses, including, but not | 115 |
limited to, those enumerated in section 5123.96 of the Revised | 116 |
Code, that the judge considers reasonably necessary for the | 117 |
operation of the court. The board shall conduct a public hearing | 118 |
with respect to the written request submitted by the judge and | 119 |
shall appropriate such sum of money each year as it determines, | 120 |
after conducting the public hearing and considering the written | 121 |
request of the judge, is reasonably necessary to meet all the | 122 |
administrative expenses of the court, including the salaries of | 123 |
appointees as determined by the judge and any other costs, fees, | 124 |
and expenses, including, but not limited to, the costs, fees, and | 125 |
expenses enumerated in section 5123.96 of the Revised Code. | 126 |
If the judge considers the appropriation made by the board | 127 |
pursuant to this division insufficient to meet all the | 128 |
administrative expenses of the court, the judge shall commence an | 129 |
action under Chapter 2731. of the Revised Code in the court of | 130 |
appeals for the judicial district for a determination of the duty | 131 |
of the board of county commissioners to appropriate the amount of | 132 |
money in dispute. The court of appeals shall give priority to the | 133 |
action filed by the probate judge over all cases pending on its | 134 |
docket. The burden shall be on the probate judge to prove that the | 135 |
appropriation requested is reasonably necessary to meet all | 136 |
administrative expenses of the court. If, prior to the filing of | 137 |
an action under Chapter 2731. of the Revised Code or during the | 138 |
pendency of the action, the judge exercises the judge's contempt | 139 |
power in order to obtain the sum of money in dispute, the judge | 140 |
shall not order the imprisonment of any member of the board of | 141 |
county commissioners notwithstanding sections 2705.02 to 2705.06 | 142 |
of the Revised Code. | 143 |
The judge isshall not be personally liable for the default, | 150 |
malfeasance, or nonfeasance of any such appointee, but, if a bond | 151 |
is required of the appointee, the liability of the judge is | 152 |
limited to the amount by which the loss resulting from the | 153 |
default, malfeasance, or nonfeasance exceeds the amount of the | 154 |
bond. | 155 |
Sec. 2151.13. The juvenile judge may appoint such bailiffs, | 159 |
probation officers, and other employees as are necessary and may | 160 |
designate their titles and fix their duties, compensation, and | 161 |
expense allowances. The juvenile court may by entry on its journal | 162 |
authorize any deputy clerk to administer oaths when necessary in | 163 |
the discharge of histhe deputy clerk's duties. Such employees | 164 |
shall serve during the pleasure of the judge. | 165 |
The judge may require any employee to give bond in the sum of | 171 |
not less than one thousand dollars, conditioned for the honest and | 172 |
faithful performance of histhe employee's duties. The sureties on | 173 |
such bonds shall be approved in the manner provided by section | 174 |
2151.12 of the Revised Code. The judge shall not be personally | 175 |
liable for the default, misfeasance, or nonfeasance of any | 176 |
employee from whom a bond has been required. | 177 |