Our Diversion Program recently received recognition as a Research-Based Program from the Supreme Court of Ohio.
Below is a Program Description Review for the First year of our revised program.
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Court Receives Security Grant
NQIC for CCCT selects Juvenile Court
National Quality Improvement Center for Collaborative Community Court Teams selects Coshocton Juvenile Court for Project
NEW – E-FILING!
Coshocton County Probate Court will now be accepting e-filed documents. The below-listed forms are currently being accepted:
- Annual Plan – Estate
- Annual Plan – Person
- Application to Expend Funds
- Application to Extend Time
- Application to Release Funds
- Application to Terminate Guardianship
- Certificate of Service of Notice of Hearing on Account
- Certificate of Service of Notice of Hearing on Inventory
- Guardian’s Account
- Guardian’s Inventory
- Guardian’s Report
- Notice of/Application for Change of Address
- Notification of Compliance with Guardian Education Requirements
- Waiver of Notice of Hearing on Account
- Waiver of Notice of Hearing on Inventory
Though the forms listed above relate only to guardianships; the Court is hopeful to expand the number of accepted documents in the very near future.
Court Assists Fatherhood Initiative
Coshocton County Juvenile & Probate Court Judge Van Blanchard II and staff members Doug Schonauer and Nathan Berry helped the local Coshocton County Fatherhood Initiative (CCFI) with its pancake breakfast at Ridgewood Elementary School on February 1-2, 2018. Over 452 children and dads in the Ridgewood District participated in the free breakfast and enjoyed the fellowship and awards prior to the school day. Part of the CCFI mission is to empower fathers and promote strengthening families by having children spend quality time with dads.
Judge Van Blanchard II helps with cleanup activities at Ridgewood Elementary School where over 450 children and dads participated in the CCFI All-Pro Dad’s Pancake Breakfast on February 1-2.
Free Event – January 29th
SEOLS Volunteer Spotlight
VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT
Magistrate Maria Kalis
Coshocton County Juvenile Court
“The need is huge. I see it every day with my docket.”
“More and more cases involving children services due to drug issues are being filed as third party custody actions in the Coshocton County Juvenile Court. These grandparents, relatives and friends have no idea what they need to do, and are already under a heightened financial burden by taking in children – they can’t afford to hire attorneys.”
Magistrate Maria Kalis is not alone in her observations. SEOLS has heard similar concerns from judges and magistrates across the region over the last few years. To address these concerns in Coshocton County, Magistrate Kalis worked with her judicial colleagues to launch a pro bono clinic in 2016.
Coshocton County Judges Blanchard and Batchelor, along with Court Administrator Doug Schonauer, had discussed the need for a pro bono clinic in their county for some time. In 2016, Magistrate Maria Kalis was able to bring together key players to make the clinic a reality. Her experience on the bench in Coshocton County Juvenile Court, and her many years of volunteering at the Muskingum County Domestic Relations Clinic, were instrumental in starting the Coshocton County Family Law Clinic.
Magistrate Kalis facilitated conversations between Judge Blanchard and Judge Hooper in Muskingum County. She also brought SEOLS into the conversation to help organize and support the pro bono clinic.
The Coshocton County Family Law Clinic began in June 2016, and has been a great success with a consistent volunteer attorney presence and a growing number of clients attending the clinic each month. Magistrate Kalis commented that “the local attorneys have all been phenomenally supportive of the effort and have volunteered their time and knowledge to an amazing extent for such a small bar association.”
The coordination and support provided by the Coshocton County Juvenile Court has been key to the clinic’s success. Court Administrator, Doug Schonauer, schedules attorney volunteers for each clinic. While the Court provides the space, the Court is still separate from the clinic. SEOLS runs the monthly clinic, with Brenda Canella, a legal secretary from the SEOLS New Philadelphia office, attending each clinic to coordinate client intake and pro bono attorneys.
Magistrate Kalis believes that the clinic has been a great resource for the court to refer pro se litigants to. “The opportunity to meet with an attorney, even for a short time, provides invaluable advice and assistance that the litigants won’t be able to get any other way.”
To volunteer at the Coshocton County Family Law Clinic —or any other clinic in the SEOLS service area—please express your interest here. SEOLS offers free access to its trainings, CLE credit for your pro bono hours, and mentoring to new lawyers.
Courtesy of :
Southeastern Ohio Legal Services: Pursuing Justice, Changing Lives
DECEMBER ISSUE: Volunteer Spotlight – Maria Kalis
National Certification Received
Court Staff Receives National Certification
Nicole Shaw, Chief Probation Officer of the Coshocton County Juvenile Court recently received her Certified Court Manager (CCM) certification in a ceremony at The Thomas J. Moyer Judicial Center in Columbus. With 37 more court professionals achieving national certification recently, Ohio now employs nearly 300 certified court managers working in courts statewide.
Offered through a partnership between the Ohio Supreme Court’s Judicial College and the National Center for State Courts’ Institute for Court Management since 2002, the Court Management Program addresses specific training needs of court leaders.
Each court professional attained the credential by completing a three-year program of courses, including the purposes and responsibilities of courts, case flow management, and court performance standards.
Ohio is among a handful of states that bring this training program to court professionals so that traveling out-of-state isn’t necessary.
Participants represent all jurisdictions and regions of the state and include court administrators, elected and appointed clerks, chief probation officers and other court staff in management positions.
Supreme Court Justice Patrick F. Fischer offered his congratulations, as did Supreme Court Administrative Director Michael L. Buenger during a graduation ceremony at the Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center.
