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Amy's Law (House Bill 29) is an Ohio law that toughened requirements for granting bail or bond to persons accused of domestic assault in Ohio. [1] The bill was sponsored by State Representative James Raussen (OH-28), It was signed into law by Governor Bob Taft on May 25, 2005, after domestic violence survivor Amy Rezos pushed for stronger penalties for domestic abusers in the state.
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A Special Master hears claims for violations of access to public records. Todd Marti serves as the court's Special Master. Appeals from the Court of Claims are heard by the Tenth District Court of Appeals in Columbus. The court is located in the Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center in Columbus. The clerk of the court is Anderson Renick. [3]
Each of Ohio's 88 counties has a court of common pleas. The Ohio General Assembly (the state legislature) has the power to divide courts of common pleas into divisions, and has done so, establishing general, domestic relations, juvenile, and probate divisions: General divisions have original jurisdiction in all criminal felony cases, all civil ...
Deputies responded around 9:20 a.m. Friday to a domestic violence report at a home in the 4000 block of Northridge Road, where they allege witnesses saw a man trying to stab and kill his sister ...
A grand jury indicted Ohio state Rep. Bob Young on misdemeanor domestic violence and assault charges Tuesday — but he has no plans to resign. Following a fundraising party earlier this month ...
Voisine v. United States, 579 U.S. 686 (2016), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban in U.S. federal law extends to those convicted of reckless domestic violence. The court reached its judgment in a 6–2 majority. [131] [132] [133]
The lowest level is the courts of common pleas, the intermediate-level courts are the district courts of appeals, and the highest-ranking court is the Ohio Supreme Court. Ohio municipal and county courts hear cases involving traffic violations, non-traffic misdemeanors, evictions and small civil claims (in which the amount in controversy does ...