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The duties of the courts are outlined in Article IV, Section 4. 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:
The Wood County Courthouse and Jail, located in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States, is Wood County's third courthouse. It was built after citizens decided to move the county seat from Perrysburg to Bowling Green. Ground was broken on November 28, 1893, and the cornerstone was laid on July 4, 1894.
In common law jurisdictions, probate is the judicial process whereby a will is "proved" in a court of law and accepted as a valid public document that is the true last testament of the deceased; or whereby, in the absence of a legal will, the estate is settled according to the laws of intestacy that apply in the jurisdiction where the deceased resided at the time of their death.
The Supreme Court of Ohio was founded in 1802, established in the state constitution as a three-member court, holding courts in each county every year. The constitution was approved that year, one year before statehood. In 1823, the state legislature ordered the court to meet annually in Columbus.
Latecia E. Wiles: [88] First female to serve as a Judge of Wayne County's Probate and Juvenile Court (2013) Molly Mack: [89] First female judge in Wood County, Ohio (2014). She is also the first female Wood County Common Pleas Court judge (2019). Laina Fetherolf-Rogers: First female judge in Vinton County, Ohio. (December 2024)
Wood County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio.As of the 2020 census, the population was 132,248. [2] Its county seat is Bowling Green. [3] The county was named for Captain Eleazer D. Wood, the engineer for General William Henry Harrison's army, who built Fort Meigs in the War of 1812. [4]
In 1892, the number of judges was increased to six. In 1912, the office of chief justice was created and the total number of judges was increased to seven (including the chief justice). In 1968, all the supreme court judges were re-titled as justice. See also: List of Ohio politicians; Ohio Supreme Court elections
In 2014, there were 129 municipal courts and 35 county courts. [2] They are created by the General Assembly as provided in R.C. 1901 and 1907, and are limited by subject-matter jurisdiction. Municipal courts may cover part or all of a county; any areas not covered by a municipal court are covered by the county court. [1]
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