Monday, September 06th, 2010
Proposed Changes to the Greene County Court Rules



Please Contact Judge Robert W. Hutcheson at (937)-562-4000 or fax at (937)-562-4010 to leave comments.


Proposed Rules:

It is hereby Ordered that the Local Rules of Greene County Juvenile Court be modified as follows:

  1. Appendix A, examples of mandatory support language for child support and medical support orders, is substituted by revised examples, identified as Revised December, 2008.


  2. Local Rule 4 Case Management shall read as follows:

    • 4.1 Scheduling of Hearings. All hearings which have scheduling requirements imposed by The Ohio Revised Code, The Ohio Rules of juvenile Procedure, The Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure, or The OhioRules of Criminal Procedure shall be so scheduled. All other cases shall be scheduled for hearing within 30 days of the filing of the complaint or motion.
      4.2 Pre-Trial Conferences. Pre-trial conferences may be scheduled upon
      the motion of a party or upon the Court's directive. Discovery must be completed prior to the conference, unless good cause is shown for lack of completion.
      4.3 Alternative Dispute Resolution. In all cases involving the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities, the parties may participate in mediation, either through a mediator mutually agreed to by the parties
      or through the Creene County Family and Children First Department. See Local Rule 2. Mediation.
      4.4

      Disposition of Cases. Cases shall be disposed of from the date the action is commenced, as follows: - -
      (A) Delinquency - 6 months
      (B) Traffic - 3 months
      (C) Dependency, Neglect or Abuse - 3 months
      (D)Unruly - 3 months
      (E)Adult cases - 6 months
      (F)Motion for Permanent Custody - 9 months
      (G)Custody, Change of Custody, Visitation - 9 months
      (H)Support Enforcement or Modification - 12 months
      (I)Parentage - 12 months
      (J)W.I.F.S.A. - 3 months
      (K)All Other Cases - 6 months

      The Court staff will provide the Judge and Magistrates a monthly report identifying any case which is in jeopardy of exceeding its disposition time limit.



















































  3. Local Rule 14. Jury Management Plan shall be added to the Local Rules and shall read as fellows: "The selection of jurors for Greene County Common Pleas Court, Juvenile Division, shall be in accordance with Rule 1.21 of the Local Rules of
    Practice and Procedure of the General Division of the Greene County Common Pleas Court."

The Local Rules of Greene County Juvenile Court, as so modified, a set of which is attached hereto and made a part of this Judgment, are approved and adopted, effective December 30, 2008.



Click here to download the PDF which contains the "Appenix A" - Example of Mandatory Support Language for Child Support Orders


 

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