The Supreme Court Ohio Annual Report
The Supreme Court Ohio Annual Report
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Advisory Committee<br />
on Children, Families<br />
& the <strong>Court</strong>s<br />
Steve W. Hanson<br />
staff liaison<br />
Hon. Deborah A. Alspach,<br />
co-chair<br />
Hon. Craig R. Baldwin<br />
Jill Beeler<br />
Kelly Castle<br />
Robert Clevenger<br />
Odella Lampkin Crafter<br />
Gary Crow, co-chair<br />
Hon. Denise N. Cubbon<br />
Hon. Charlotte Eufinger<br />
Hon. Timothy J. Grendell<br />
Hon. Charles G. Hague<br />
Alexandra Hull<br />
Dan Kieffer<br />
Jim McCafferty<br />
Jewel Neely<br />
Hon. Dixilene Park<br />
Jennifer Petrella<br />
Rhonda E. Reagh<br />
Cedric D. Riley<br />
Michael Smalz<br />
Heather Sowald<br />
Hon. Matt C. Staley<br />
Hon. Gerald L. Stebelton<br />
In addition, the Case Management Section presented two<br />
caseflow management training seminars where attendees<br />
learned the fundamentals of caseflow management and basic<br />
court performance measurement techniques using the National<br />
Center for State <strong>Court</strong>s CourTools product. Staff also provided<br />
statistical report form training to common pleas, municipal,<br />
county and mayor’s courts throughout the year.<br />
<strong>The</strong> section achieved significant reductions in the costs<br />
borne by both the state and local court funding authorities for<br />
assigned judges by encouraging courts to increase their use<br />
of sitting judges who serve at a lower cost than retired judges,<br />
implement improved caseflow management procedures and<br />
more efficiently allocate local judicial resources.<br />
<strong>Supreme</strong> <strong>Court</strong> Adopts Expanded<br />
Temporary Judge Rule<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Supreme</strong> <strong>Court</strong> increased the pool of sitting and<br />
retired judges who can be assigned to assist a municipal<br />
or county court by adopting amendments to Rule 17 of<br />
the Rules of Superintendence for the <strong>Court</strong>s of <strong>Ohio</strong>.<br />
Effective Dec. 1, a sitting or retired common pleas or<br />
court of appeals judge who has not served previously as a<br />
judge of a municipal or county court, but has completed<br />
an <strong>Ohio</strong> Judicial College educational program, would be<br />
eligible to sit by assignment.<br />
Children, Families & the <strong>Court</strong>s Section<br />
<strong>The</strong> Children, Families & the <strong>Court</strong>s Section provides<br />
technical assistance, training and policy recommendations<br />
to improve court performance in cases involving children<br />
and families. In 2009, major projects included developing<br />
alternative responses to reports of child abuse, neglect and<br />
dependency; juvenile defendant access to legal counsel;<br />
implementation of adult guardianship standards; recruitment<br />
and retention of qualified counsel serving children and<br />
families; release of domestic relations court forms; and<br />
implementation of guardian ad litem standards.<br />
<strong>The</strong> section also coordinated the 2009 <strong>Ohio</strong> Summit on<br />
Children, which was held Nov. 12 and 13, 2009, hosted by Chief<br />
Justice Moyer and Governor Strickland in Columbus. A followup<br />
to the 2008 Summit, the event brought together more than<br />
450 professionals from 66 counties to learn how they meet the<br />
needs of children in their communities. County teams included<br />
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