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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.3515 | Desertion of Child Definitions.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
As used in sections 2151.3515 to 2151.3533 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Emergency medical service organization," "emergency medical technician-basic," "emergency medical technician-intermediate," "first responder," and "paramedic" have the same meanings as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Emergency medical service worker" means a first responder, emergency medical technician-basic, emergency medical technician-intermediate, or paramedic.
(C) "Hospital" has the same meaning as in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code.
(D) "Hospital employee" means any of the following persons:
(1) A physician who has been granted privileges to practice at the hospital;
(2) A nurse, physician assistant, or nursing assistant employed by the hospital;
(3) An authorized person employed by the hospital who is acting under the direction of a physician described in division (D)(1) of this section.
(E) "Law enforcement agency" means an organization or entity made up of peace officers.
(F) "Nurse" means a person who is licensed under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code to practice as a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse.
(G) "Nursing assistant" means a person designated by a hospital as a nurse aide or nursing assistant whose job is to aid nurses, physicians, and physician assistants in the performance of their duties.
(H) "Peace officer" means a sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, police officer of a township or joint police district, marshal, deputy marshal, municipal police officer, or a state highway patrol trooper.
(I) "Peace officer support employee" means an authorized person employed by a law enforcement agency who is acting under the direction of a peace officer.
(J) "Physician" means an individual authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery.
(K) "Physician assistant" means an individual who holds a current, valid license to practice as a physician assistant issued under Chapter 4730. of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 20, 2023 at 2:13 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.3516 | Delivery of Child by Parent to Persons Authorized to Take Possession of Deserted Child.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
A parent may voluntarily deliver the parent's child who is not older than thirty days, without intent to return for the child, to any of the following:
(A) An entity or person specified in section 2151.3517 of the Revised Code;
(B) A peace officer, peace officer support employee, hospital employee, or emergency medical service worker specified in section 2151.3517 of the Revised Code, by calling 9-1-1 and waiting with the child until the officer, support employee, employee, or worker arrives and takes possession of the child;
(C) A newborn safety incubator provided by an entity specified in section 2151.3517 of the Revised Code and that meets the requirements of section 2151.3532 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 20, 2023 at 2:15 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.3517 | Persons Authorized to Take Possession of Deserted Child.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The following entities or persons, while acting in an official capacity on behalf of any of the entities, shall take possession of a child delivered in accordance with section 2151.3516 of the Revised Code:
(A) A law enforcement agency, a peace officer employed by the agency, or a peace officer support employee;
(B) A hospital or a person granted the privilege to practice at, or employed by, the hospital;
(C) An emergency medical service organization or an emergency medical service worker employed by or providing services to the organization.
Last updated September 20, 2023 at 2:16 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.3518 | Duties Upon Taking Possession of Deserted Child.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) On taking possession of a child pursuant to section 2151.3517 of the Revised Code, a law enforcement agency, hospital, or emergency medical service organization shall do all the following:
(1) Perform any act necessary to protect the child's health or safety;
(2) Notify the public children services agency of the county in which the agency, hospital, or organization is located that the child has been taken into possession;
(3) If possible, make available to the parent who delivered the child forms developed under section 2151.3527 of the Revised Code that are designed to gather medical information concerning the child and the child's parents;
(4) If possible, make available to the parent who delivered the child written materials developed under section 2151.3527 of the Revised Code that describe services available to assist parents and newborns;
(5) If the child has suffered a physical or mental wound, injury, disability, or condition of a nature that reasonably indicates abuse or neglect of the child, attempt to identify and pursue the person who delivered the child.
(B) An emergency medical service worker who takes possession of a child shall, in addition to any act performed under division (A)(1) of this section, perform any medical service the worker is authorized to perform that is necessary to protect the physical health or safety of the child.
Last updated September 20, 2023 at 2:17 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.3519 | Duties of Public Children Services Agency Upon Receiving Notice of Deserted Child.

Effective:
April 6, 2017
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 332 - 131st General Assembly
On receipt of a notice given pursuant to section 2151.3518 of the Revised Code that an emergency medical service organization, a law enforcement agency, or hospital has taken possession of a child and in accordance with rules of the department of job and family services, a public children services agency shall do all of the following:
(A) Consider the child to be in need of public care and protective services;
(B) Accept and take emergency temporary custody of the child;
(C) Provide temporary emergency care for the child, without agreement or commitment;
(D) Make an investigation concerning the child;
(E) File a motion with the juvenile court of the county in which the agency is located requesting that the court grant temporary custody of the child to the agency or to a private child placing agency;
(F) Provide any care for the child that the public children services agency considers to be in the best interest of the child, including placing the child in shelter care;
(G) Provide any care and perform any duties that are required of public children services agencies under section 5153.16 of the Revised Code;
(H) Prepare and keep written records of the investigation of the child, of the care and treatment afforded the child, and any other records required by the department of job and family services.
Last updated September 25, 2023 at 3:50 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.3521 | Emergency Hearing to Determine Whether Child Is Deserted Child.

Effective:
April 6, 2017
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 332 - 131st General Assembly
When a public children services agency files a motion pursuant to division (E) of section 2151.3519 of the Revised Code, the juvenile court shall hold an emergency hearing as soon as possible to determine whether the child was delivered in accordance with section 2151.3516 of the Revised Code. The court shall give notice to the parents of the child in accordance with Rule 16 of the Rules of Juvenile Procedure. If the court determines at the initial hearing or at any other hearing that a child was delivered in accordance with section 2151.3516 of the Revised Code, the court shall adjudicate the child a deserted child and enter its findings in the record of the case.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.3522 | Adjudication That Child Is Deserted Child.

Effective:
April 6, 2017
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 332 - 131st General Assembly
If a juvenile court adjudicates a child a deserted child, the court shall commit the child to the temporary custody of a public children services agency or a private child placing agency. The court shall consider the order committing the child to the temporary custody of the agency to be an order of disposition issued under division (A)(2) of section 2151.353 of the Revised Code with respect to a child adjudicated a neglected child.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.3523 | Court to Treat Deserted Child as Neglected Child.

Effective:
April 6, 2017
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 332 - 131st General Assembly
A court that issues an order pursuant to section 2151.3522 of the Revised Code shall treat the child who is the subject of the order the same as a child adjudicated a neglected child when performing duties under Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code with respect to the child, except that there is a rebuttable presumption that it is not in the child's best interest to return the child to the natural parents.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.3524 | Agency Granted Temporary Custody to Treat Deserted Child as Neglected Child.

Effective:
April 6, 2017
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 332 - 131st General Assembly
A public children services agency or private child placing agency that receives temporary custody of a child adjudicated a deserted child shall prepare case plans, conduct investigations, conduct periodic administrative reviews of case plans, and provide services for the deserted child as if the child were adjudicated a neglected child and shall follow the same procedures under this chapter in performing those functions as if the deserted child was a neglected child.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.3525 | Immunity of Parent and of Person or Entity Taking Possession of Deserted Child.

Effective:
April 6, 2017
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 332 - 131st General Assembly
(A) A parent does not commit a criminal offense under the laws of this state and shall not be subject to criminal prosecution in this state for the act of voluntarily delivering a child under section 2151.3516 of the Revised Code.
(B) A person who delivers or attempts to deliver a child who has suffered any physical or mental wound, injury, disability, or condition of a nature that reasonably indicates abuse or neglect of the child is not immune from civil or criminal liability for abuse or neglect.
(C) A person or entity that takes possession of a child pursuant to section 2151.3517 of the Revised Code or takes emergency temporary custody of and provides temporary emergency care for a child pursuant to section 2151.3519 of the Revised Code is immune from any civil liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result of these actions, unless the person or entity has acted in bad faith or with malicious purpose. The immunity provided by this division does not apply if the person or entity has immunity from civil liability under section 9.86, 2744.02, or 2744.03 of the Revised Code for the action in question.
(D) A person or entity that takes possession of a child pursuant to section 2151.3517 of the Revised Code or takes emergency temporary custody of and provides temporary emergency care for a child pursuant to section 2151.3519 of the Revised Code is immune from any criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result of these actions, unless the person or entity has acted in bad faith or with malicious purpose.
(E) Divisions (C) and (D) of this section do not create a new cause of action or substantive legal right against a person or entity, and do not affect any immunities from civil liability or defenses established by another section of the Revised Code or available at common law, to which a person or governmental entity may be entitled under circumstances not covered by this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.3526 | Parent's Absolute Right to Anonymity.

Effective:
April 6, 2017
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 332 - 131st General Assembly
(A) A parent who voluntarily delivers a child under section 2151.3516 of the Revised Code has the absolute right to remain anonymous. The anonymity of a parent who voluntarily delivers a child does not affect any duty imposed under section 2151.3517 or 2151.3518 of the Revised Code. A parent who voluntarily delivers a child may leave the place at which the parent delivers the child at any time after the delivery of the child.
(B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, a parent who delivers or attempts to deliver a child who has suffered any physical or mental wound, injury, disability, or condition of a nature that reasonably indicates abuse or neglect of the child does not have the right to remain anonymous and may be subject to arrest pursuant to Chapter 2935. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.3527 | [Former r.c. 2151.3534, Amended and Renumbered by h.b. 33, 135th General Assembly, Effective 10/3/2023] Medical Information Forms.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The director of job and family services shall promulgate forms designed to gather pertinent medical information concerning a deserted child and the child's parents. The forms shall clearly and unambiguously state on each page that the information requested is to facilitate medical care for the child, that the forms may be fully or partially completed or left blank, that completing the forms or parts of the forms is completely voluntary, and that no adverse legal consequence will result from failure to complete any part of the forms.
(B) The director shall promulgate written materials to be made available to the parents of a child delivered pursuant to section 2151.3516 of the Revised Code. The materials shall describe services available to assist parents and newborns and shall include information directly relevant to situations that might cause parents to desert a child and information on the procedures for a person to follow in order to reunite with a child the person delivered under section 2151.3516 of the Revised Code, including notice that the person will be required to submit to a DNA test, at that person's expense, to prove that the person is the parent of the child.
(C) The director of job and family services shall distribute the medical information forms and written materials promulgated pursuant to this section to all of the following:
(1) Entities permitted to receive a deserted child as specified in section 2151.3517 of the Revised Code;
(2) Public children services agencies;
(3) Other public or private agencies that, in the discretion of the director, are best able to disseminate the forms and materials to the persons who are most in need of the forms and materials.
(D) If the department of job and family services determines that money in the putative father registry fund created under section 2101.16 of the Revised Code is more than is needed for its duties related to the putative father registry, the department may use surplus moneys in the fund for costs related to the development, distribution, and publication of forms and materials promulgated pursuant to divisions (A) and (B) of this section.
(E) The department of job and family services shall develop an educational plan, in collaboration with the Ohio family and children first cabinet council, for informing at-risk populations who are most likely to voluntarily deliver a child under section 2151.3516 of the Revised Code concerning the provisions of sections 2151.3515 to 2151.3533 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 12, 2023 at 5:24 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.3528 | Parent Completion of Medical Information Forms.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
All of the following apply to a parent who voluntarily delivers a child under section 2151.3516 of the Revised Code:
(A) The parent may complete all or any part of the medical information forms made available under section 2151.3518 of the Revised Code.
(B) The parent may deliver the fully or partially completed forms at the same time as delivering the child or at a later time.
(C) The parent is not required to complete all or any part of the forms.
(D) The parent may refuse to accept the materials made available under section 2151.3518 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 20, 2023 at 2:19 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.3530 | Activities Prohibited to Person Taking Possession of Deserted Child.

Effective:
April 6, 2017
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 332 - 131st General Assembly
(A) No person described in section 2151.3517 of the Revised Code and no other person employed by an entity described in that section shall do the following with respect to a parent who voluntarily delivers a child under that section:
(1) Coerce or otherwise try to force the parent into revealing the identity of the child's parents;
(2) Pursue or follow the parent after the parent leaves the place at which the child was delivered;
(3) Coerce or otherwise try to force the parent not to desert the child;
(4) Coerce or otherwise try to force the parent to complete all or any part of the medical information forms made available under division (A)(3) of section 2151.3518 of the Revised Code;
(5) Coerce or otherwise try to force the parent to accept the materials made available under division (A)(4) of section 2151.3518 of the Revised Code.
(B) Divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section do not apply with respect to a person who delivers or attempts to deliver a child who has suffered any physical or mental wound, injury, disability, or condition of a nature that reasonably indicates abuse or neglect of the child.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.3531 | DNA Testing of Person Seeking Reunification With Deserted Child.

Effective:
April 6, 2017
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 332 - 131st General Assembly
If a child is adjudicated a deserted child and a person indicates to the court that the person is the parent of the child and that the person seeks to be reunited with the child, the court that adjudicated the child shall require the person, at the person's expense, to submit to a DNA test to verify that the person is a parent of the child.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.3532 | Rules Governing Newborn Safety Incubators.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The director of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing newborn safety incubators provided by entities described in section 2151.3517 of the Revised Code. The rules shall provide for all of the following:
(1) Design and function requirements that include the following:
(a) Take into account installation at a facility operated by a law enforcement agency, hospital, or emergency medical service organization;
(b) Allow a child to be placed anonymously from outside the facility;
(c) Lock the incubator after a child is placed in it so that a person outside the facility is unable to access the child;
(d) Provide a controlled environment for the care and protection of the child;
(e) Provide notification to a centralized location in the facility within thirty seconds of a child being placed in the incubator;
(f) Trigger a 9-1-1 call if a facility does not respond within a reasonable amount of time after a child is placed in the facility's incubator.
(2) Manufacturing and manufacturer standards;
(3) Installation and installer standards, including:
(a) Qualifications for installers, including that installers must maintain appropriate certification and licensing credentials;
(b) Procedures and forms for registration of newborn safety incubator installers.
(4) Subject to section 2151.3533 of the Revised Code, operating policies, supervision, and maintenance requirements for an incubator;
(5) Procedures to provide emergency care for a child placed into an incubator;
(6) Sanitation standards;
(7) Costs for registering and regulating incubators and fees to cover those costs;
(8) Creating and posting signs to be placed near or on incubators to provide information about using them;
(9) Enforcement of and remedies for violations for failure to comply with the requirements governing incubators.
(B) Notwithstanding division (A) of section 2151.3526 of the Revised Code, video surveillance is permitted at the facility where the incubator is located. The surveillance footage may be reviewed only when:
(1) A child has been surrendered under the circumstances described in division (B) of section 2151.3526 of the Revised Code;
(2) There is reason to believe a crime has been committed within view of the video surveillance system.
Last updated September 19, 2023 at 12:16 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.3533 | Supervision of Newborn Safety Incubators.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) In adopting the rules described in division (A)(4) of section 2151.3532 of the Revised Code, the director of health shall specify that a newborn safety incubator is deemed to be supervised when either of the following is the case:
(1) A person authorized by section 2151.3517 of the Revised Code to take possession of a child is present at the facility where the incubator is located to take possession of a child placed in the incubator.
(2) An alternate peace officer, peace officer support employee, hospital employee, or emergency medical service worker is dispatched by a secondary alarm that triggers a 9-1-1 call, in accordance with division (A)(1)(f) of section 2151.3532 of the Revised Code, when either of the following is the case:
(a) No individual described in division (A) of this section who is present at the facility responds within a reasonable amount of time after a child is placed in the incubator.
(b) Every individual described in section 2151.3517 of the Revised Code who is scheduled to work at the facility when a parent places a child into the incubator has been dispatched on an emergency call.
(B) A person authorized by section 2151.3517 of the Revised Code to take possession of a child is not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property resulting from the person's failure to respond within a reasonable amount of time after a child is placed in the incubator or after the person is dispatched by a secondary alarm, unless that failure constitutes willful or wanton misconduct.
Last updated September 25, 2023 at 5:28 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.36 | Support of Child.

Effective:
March 15, 2002
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 27 - 124th General Assembly
Except as provided in section 2151.361 of the Revised Code, when a child has been committed as provided by this chapter or Chapter 2152. of the Revised Code, the juvenile court shall issue an order pursuant to Chapters 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code requiring that the parent, guardian, or person charged with the child's support pay for the care, support, maintenance, and education of the child. The juvenile court shall order that the parents, guardian, or person pay for the expenses involved in providing orthopedic, medical, or surgical treatment for, or for special care of, the child, enter a judgment for the amount due, and enforce the judgment by execution as in the court of common pleas.
Any expenses incurred for the care, support, maintenance, education, orthopedic, medical, or surgical treatment, and special care of a child who has a legal settlement in another county shall be at the expense of the county of legal settlement if the consent of the juvenile judge of the county of legal settlement is first obtained. When the consent is obtained, the board of county commissioners of the county in which the child has a legal settlement shall reimburse the committing court for the expenses out of its general fund. If the department of job and family services considers it to be in the best interest of any delinquent, dependent, unruly, abused, or neglected child who has a legal settlement in a foreign state or country that the child be returned to the state or country of legal settlement, the juvenile court may commit the child to the department for the child's return to that state or country.
Any expenses ordered by the court for the care, support, maintenance, education, orthopedic, medical, or surgical treatment, or special care of a dependent, neglected, abused, unruly, or delinquent child or of a juvenile traffic offender under this chapter or Chapter 2152. of the Revised Code, except the part of the expense that may be paid by the state or federal government or paid by the parents, guardians, or person charged with the child's support pursuant to this section, shall be paid from the county treasury upon specifically itemized vouchers, certified to by the judge. The court shall not be responsible for any expenses resulting from the commitment of children to any home, public children services agency, private child placing agency, or other institution, association, or agency, unless the court authorized the expenses at the time of commitment.
Last updated September 26, 2023 at 4:33 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.361 | Order Requiring Parents to Pay Support Where Adopted Child Is Placed Into Temporary Custody or Committed.

Effective:
April 7, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 7 - 127th General Assembly
(A) If the parents of a child enter into an agreement with a public children services agency or private child placing agency to place the child into the temporary custody of the agency or the child is committed as provided by this chapter, the juvenile court, at its discretion, may issue an order pursuant to Chapters 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code requiring that the parents pay for the care, support, maintenance, and education of the child if the parents adopted the child.
(B) When determining whether to issue an order under division (A) of this section, the juvenile court shall consider all pertinent issues, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(1) The ability of the parents to pay for the care, support, maintenance, and education of the child;
(2) The chances for reunification of the parents and child;
(3) Whether issuing the order will encourage the reunification of the parents and child or undermine that reunification;
(4) Whether the problem underlying the agreement to place the child into temporary custody existed prior to the parents' adoption of the child and whether the parents were informed of the problem prior to that adoption;
(5) Whether the problem underlying the agreement to place the child into temporary custody began after the parents' adoption of the child;
(6) Whether the parents have contributed to the child's problems;
(7) Whether the parents are part of the solution to the child's problems;
(8) The ability of the parents to meet the needs of all other children residing in the home.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.37 | Institution Receiving Children Required to Make Report.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
At any time the juvenile judge may require from an association receiving or desiring to receive children, such reports, information, and statements as he deems necessary. He may at any time require from an association or institution reports, information, or statements concerning any child committed to it by such judge under sections 2151.01 to 2151.54, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.38 | Duration of Dispositional Order.

Effective:
July 5, 2002
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 393 - 124th General Assembly
Subject to sections 2151.353 and 2151.412 to 2151.421 of the Revised Code, and any other provision of law that specifies a different duration for a dispositional order, all dispositional orders made by the court under this chapter shall be temporary and shall continue for a period that is designated by the court in its order, until terminated or modified by the court or until the child attains twenty-one years of age.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.39 | Placement of Children From Other States.

Effective:
May 14, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 214 - 127th General Assembly
No person, association or agency, public or private, of another state, incorporated or otherwise, shall place a child in a family home or with an agency or institution within the boundaries of this state, either for temporary or permanent care or custody or for adoption, unless such person or association has furnished the department of job and family services with a medical and social history of the child, pertinent information about the family, agency, association, or institution in this state with whom the sending party desires to place the child, and any other information or financial guaranty required by the department to determine whether the proposed placement will meet the needs of the child. The department may require the party desiring the placement to agree to promptly receive and remove from the state a child brought into the state whose placement has not proven satisfactorily responsive to the needs of the child at any time until the child is adopted, reaches majority, becomes self-supporting or is discharged with the concurrence of the department. All placements proposed to be made in this state by a party located in a state which is a party to the interstate compact for the placement of children shall be made according to the provisions of sections 5103.20 to 5103.22 of the Revised Code, or, if the interstate compact on the placement of children is in effect in this state, all placements proposed to be made in this state by a party located in a state that is a party to that compact shall be made according to the provisions of sections 5103.23 to 5103.237 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 26, 2023 at 4:37 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.40 | Cooperation With Court.

Effective:
November 28, 1975
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 85 - 111th General Assembly
Every county, township, or municipal official or department, including the prosecuting attorney, shall render all assistance and co-operation within his jurisdictional power which may further the objects of sections 2151.01 to 2151.54 of the Revised Code. All institutions or agencies to which the juvenile court sends any child shall give to the court or to any officer appointed by it such information concerning such child as said court or officer requires. The court may seek the co-operation of all societies or organizations having for their object the protection or aid of children.
On the request of the judge, when the child is represented by an attorney, or when a trial is requested the prosecuting attorney shall assist the court in presenting the evidence at any hearing or proceeding concerning an alleged or adjudicated delinquent, unruly, abused, neglected, or dependent child or juvenile traffic offender.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.411 | Placing Siblings Together.

Effective:
March 20, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 279 - 129th General Assembly
Whenever a child comes into the custody of a public children services agency, either as part of a sibling group or subsequent to the previous placement of a sibling, the agency is strongly encouraged to make reasonable efforts to place the siblings together, unless it would be contrary to the siblings' best interest or well-being. If siblings are not placed together, the agency should make reasonable efforts to ensure the siblings maintain frequent connections through visitation or other ongoing interaction, unless contrary to the siblings' placement or well-being.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.4115 | Definitions Regarding Locating and Engaging Kinship Caregiver.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in sections 2151.4116 to 2151.4122 of the Revised Code:
(1) "Kinship caregiver" has the same meaning as used in section 5101.85 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Search technology" means any locate-and-research tool, search engine, electronic database, or social media search tool available to a public children services agency or a private child placing agency.
Last updated September 15, 2021 at 6:11 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.4116 | Intensive Efforts Required for Locating and Engaging Kinship Caregiver.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
A public children services agency or private child placing agency shall make intensive efforts to identify and engage an appropriate and willing kinship caregiver for the care of a child who is in one of following:
(A) Temporary custody of the agency;
(B) A planned permanent living arrangement with the agency.
Last updated September 15, 2021 at 6:12 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.4117 | Court Review of Intensive Efforts.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) At every court hearing regarding a child described in section 2151.4116 of the Revised Code, the court shall determine whether the public children services agency or private child placing agency has continued intensive efforts to identify and engage appropriate and willing kinship caregivers for the child.
(B) At each hearing the court shall:
(1) Review the placement of the child to determine if the child is receiving care in the home of a kinship caregiver;
(2) Review the efforts of the agency since the previous hearing to place the child with a kinship caregiver in accordance with section 2151.33 of the Revised Code, including efforts to utilize search technology to find biological family members for the child;
(3) Review any previous court order issued under section 2151.4118 of the Revised Code to determine if the order should continue based on the child's current placement situation.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.4118 | Court Determination Intensive Efforts Not Required.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
A court may issue an order that determines, with respect to a child described in section 2151.4116 of the Revised Code who is not receiving care in the home of a kinship caregiver, that the continuation of the child's current placement is in the child's best interest and that intensive efforts to identify and engage an appropriate and willing kinship caregiver for the child are unnecessary if the court makes the findings in section 2151.4119 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 15, 2021 at 6:12 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.4119 | Findings Supporting Court Determination.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
A court may issue an order under section 2151.4118 of the Revised Code if it finds all of the following:
(A) The child has been living in a stable home environment with the child's current caregivers for the past twelve consecutive months.
(B) The current caregivers have expressed interest in providing permanency for the child.
(C) The removal of the child from the current caregivers would be detrimental to the child's emotional well-being.
Last updated September 15, 2021 at 6:12 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.4120 | Current Caregiver Equal to Kin Regarding Permanency.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
If a court makes the findings under section 2151.4119 of the Revised Code, the court and public children services agency or private child placing agency may consider the child's current caregiver as having a kin relationship with the child and at an equal standing to other kin in regards to permanency.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.4121 | Disqualifying Kin Unwilling or Not Interested in Providing Permanency.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
If a relative who received the required notice pursuant to section 2151.33 of the Revised Code fails within six months from the date of receipt to demonstrate interest in and willingness to provide a permanent home for a child, a court may excuse the public children services agency or private child placing agency from considering such relative for placement if the court has issued an order under section 2151.4119 of the Revised Code.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.4122 | Continued Search to Locate and Engage Kinship Caregiver Permitted.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
Nothing in sections 2151.4115 to 2151.4121 of the Revised Code shall be construed to prevent a public children services agency or private child placing agency from continuing to search or consider kinship caregivers.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.42 | Best Interests of Child - Order Granting Legal Custody.

Effective:
October 29, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 176 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) At any hearing in which a court is asked to modify or terminate an order of disposition issued under section 2151.353, 2151.415, or 2151.417 of the Revised Code, the court, in determining whether to return the child to the child's parents, shall consider whether it is in the best interest of the child.
(B) An order of disposition issued under division (A)(3) of section 2151.353, division (A)(3) of section 2151.415, or section 2151.417 of the Revised Code granting legal custody of a child to a person is intended to be permanent in nature. A court shall not modify or terminate an order granting legal custody of a child unless it finds, based on facts that have arisen since the order was issued or that were unknown to the court at that time, that a change has occurred in the circumstances of the child or the person who was granted legal custody, and that modification or termination of the order is necessary to serve the best interest of the child.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.422 | Child Living in Domestic Violence or Homeless Shelter.

Effective:
March 14, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 493 - 131st General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "Homeless shelter" means a facility that provides accommodations to homeless individuals.
(B) On receipt of a notice pursuant to division (A), (B), or (E) of section 2151.421 of the Revised Code, the public children services agency shall determine whether the child subject to the report is living in a shelter for victims of domestic violence or a homeless shelter and whether the child was brought to that shelter pursuant to an agreement with a shelter in another county. If the child is living in a shelter and was brought there from another county, the agency shall immediately notify the public children services agency of the county from which the child was brought of the report and all the information contained in the report. On receipt of the notice pursuant to this division, the agency of the county from which the child was brought shall conduct the investigation of the report required pursuant to section 2151.421 of the Revised Code and shall perform all duties required of the agency under this chapter with respect to the child who is the subject of the report. If the child is not living in a shelter or the child was not brought to the shelter from another county, the agency that received the report pursuant to division (A), (B), or (E) of section 2151.421 of the Revised Code shall conduct the investigation required pursuant to section 2151.421 of the Revised Code and shall perform all duties required of the agency under this chapter with respect to the child who is the subject of the report. The agency of the county in which the shelter is located in which the child is living and the agency of the county from which the child was brought may ask the shelter to provide information concerning the child's residence address and county of residence to the agency.
(C) If a child is living in a shelter for victims of domestic violence or a homeless shelter and the child was brought to that shelter pursuant to an agreement with a shelter in another county, the public children services agency of the county from which the child was brought shall provide services to or take custody of the child if services or custody are needed or required under this Chapter or section 5153.16 of the Revised Code.
(D) When a homeless shelter provides accommodations to a person, the shelter, on admitting the person to the shelter, shall determine, if possible, the person's last known residential address and county of residence. The information concerning the address and county of residence is confidential and may only be released to a public children services agency pursuant to this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.423 | Disclosure of Confidential Information to Protect Children.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
A public children services agency shall disclose confidential information discovered during an investigation conducted pursuant to section 2151.421 or 2151.422 of the Revised Code to any federal, state, or local government entity, including any appropriate military authority or any agency providing prevention services to the child, that needs the information to carry out its responsibilities to protect children from abuse or neglect.
Information disclosed pursuant to this section is confidential and is not subject to disclosure pursuant to section 149.43 or 1347.08 of the Revised Code by the agency to whom the information was disclosed. The agency receiving the information shall maintain the confidentiality of information disclosed pursuant to this section.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.424 | Notice and Opportunity to Present Evidence to Foster Caregiver, Relative, or Prospective Adoptive Parent.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) If a child has been placed in a certified foster home or is in the custody of, or has been placed with, a kinship caregiver as defined in section 5101.85 of the Revised Code, a court, prior to conducting any hearing pursuant to division (F)(2) or (3) of section 2151.412 or section 2151.28, 2151.33, 2151.35, 2151.414, 2151.415, 2151.416, or 2151.417 of the Revised Code with respect to the child, shall notify the foster caregiver or kinship caregiver of the date, time, and place of the hearing. At the hearing, the foster caregiver or kinship caregiver shall have the right to be heard.
(B) If a public children services agency or private child placing agency has permanent custody of a child and a petition to adopt the child has been filed under Chapter 3107. of the Revised Code, the agency, prior to conducting a review under section 2151.416 of the Revised Code, or a court, prior to conducting a hearing under division (F)(2) or (3) of section 2151.412 or section 2151.416 or 2151.417 of the Revised Code, shall notify the prospective adoptive parent of the date, time, and place of the review or hearing. At the review or hearing, the prospective adoptive parent shall have the right to be heard.
(C) The notice and the opportunity to be heard do not make the foster caregiver, kinship caregiver, or prospective adoptive parent a party in the action or proceeding pursuant to which the review or hearing is conducted.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.425 | Children's Advocacy Center - Definitions.

Effective:
October 12, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly
As used in sections 2151.426 to 2151.428 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Children's advocacy center" means a center operated by participating entities within a county or two or more contiguous counties to perform functions and activities and provide services, in accordance with the interagency agreement entered into under section 2151.428 of the Revised Code, regarding reports received under section 2151.421 of the Revised Code of alleged sexual abuse of a child or another type of abuse of a child that is specified in the memorandum of understanding that creates the center as being within the center's jurisdiction and regarding the children who are the subjects of the report.
(B) "Sexual abuse of a child" means unlawful sexual conduct or sexual contact, as those terms are defined in section 2907.01 of the Revised Code, with a person under eighteen years of age or a person under twenty-one years of age with a developmental disability or physical impairment.