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In 1968, the Modern Courts Amendment to the Ohio Constitution was adopted, establishing probate divisions of the courts of common pleas instead. Probate courts additionally have jurisdiction over the issuance of marriage licenses, adoption proceedings, determination of sanity or mental competency and certain eminent domain proceedings.
Cuyahoga County was established in 1807 with the county seat still in the air. The county decided to place the temporary county seat in the largest settlement of Cleveland. The courts met in various taverns and inns around town while waiting for the courthouse to be built. This first courthouse was designed and built by Levi Johnson.
Donnelly grew up watching his dad, a long-time Cuyahoga County Probate Court judge, listen to heated, emotional arguments and help parties come to resolutions. "That had a big impact on me.
An appeals court agreed with the county probate court. She then appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court, which was unable to reach a majority, so the 2nd District's Court of Appeals ruling stands ...
Resigned to become Medina County Probate Court judge. [2] Vacant: March 27, 1968 – December 31, 1968 107th: William G. Batchelder : Republican: January 6, 1969 – December 31, 1972 108th 109th: Elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to the 93rd district. William L. Mallory Sr. Democratic: January 1, 1973 – December 31, 1992 ...
[5] [6] In 1969 he was nominated to the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, to which he was elected in 1970, serving there until 1977. In his final year on the court, he presided over the trial of Owen and Martin Kilbane, "two brothers convicted of orchestrating the murder of a former Euclid judge's wife". [2] Nahra became a probate judge in ...
Cuyahoga County had long been led by a three-member Board of County Commissioners, which is the default form of county government in the state. [25] In July 2008, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents began raiding the offices of Cuyahoga County Commissioners and those of a wide range of cities, towns, and villages across Cuyahoga County. The ...
Eighty-six of Ohio's 88 counties (all except Summit as of 1981 and Cuyahoga as of 2011) have the following elected officials as provided by statute: . Three county commissioners (the Board of Commissioners): Control budget; oversee planning and approve zoning regulations where county rural zoning is implemented; approve annexations to cities and villages; set overall policy; oversee ...