FRANKLIN COUNTY RULES OF PRACTICE
OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Domestic Relations Division
Juvenile Branch
Effective February 1, 1990 unless otherwise noted

	JUVENILE RULES
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RULE 20:

Magistrate hearings

Magistrates shall conduct arraignments in adult criminal proceedings under Criminal Rules 10 and 19, and shall conduct hearings in complaints initiated in the Juvenile Branch for custody, delinquency, unruliness, parentage, juvenile traffic offenses, and for abuse, neglect and dependency.

In addition to the above duties, Magistrates shall hear the following matters:

(A) All motions, except probable cause and amenability hearings conducted in proceedings to transfer jurisdiction for purposes of criminal prosecution pursuant to Juvenile Rule 30 and R.C.2152.10 and 2152.12, and motions / complaints requesting a serious youthful offender disposition. However, magistrates may conduct arraignments when a child is charged as a serious youthful offender.

(B) Contempt citations, unless assigned before a Judge.

(C) Motions requesting a new trial or relief from judgment pursuant to Civil Rule 59 or 60. Such motions should be heard by the Judge or Magistrate who heard the matter originally.

(D) All hearings required under chapters 3111, 3113, 3115, 3119, 3121 or 3123 of the Ohio Revised Code, including all objections to CSEA administrative determinations.

(E) Motions for relief from judgment which were journalized by the Court without hearing following a FCCSEA administrative hearing.

(Amended effective 7/1/90; 7/1/95; 1/1/00; 11/1/04)