COURT PROGRAMS AND PARTNERS AWARDED FUNDING

Coshocton County Juvenile Court and Coshocton County Common Pleas Court along with Coshocton Behavioral Health Choices and the Muskingum Area Mental Health and Recovery Services Board have been awarded $188,257 for State Fiscal Year 2018 in Addiction Treatment Program Funds from the State of Ohio Mental Health and Addiction Services.

To qualify for the program funding, eligible Courts must have certified Specialized Docket Drug Court Programs which utilize medication assisted treatment.  Enhancements as recommended in treatment plans by the clinicians may now include additional supports for skill attainment, recovery support services, and other items which contribute to client success.

Probate-Juvenile Court Summer Records Project

Thanks to Coshocton County JFS Summer Youth Employment Program, the Court has a more accurate inventory and location index of many important records! Anna Havranek, site supervisor and (2) summer youth workers helped the Court to organize and index a large number of records, as well as consolidate locations and provide an accurate mapping and rotational system for records management.

Some 13,644 cases were logged and 11, 652 that were eligible for sealing and expungement were removed from the Main Courthouse storage areas. These records included: 1,992 Abuse, Neglect and Dependency cases from 1907-1979; 7,942 Delinquency, Contributing and Unruly cases from 1906-1986; 3,710 Traffic, Delinquency and Unruly cases from 1968-1998.

In addition to the above work: 25 boxes of trash and old paperwork from the attic of the Main Courthouse were able to be destroyed, the staff assisted the County Commissioners Office with re-organizing their storage area at the County Records Building, 40 boxes that were previously damaged were re-boxed at the Records Building.

Finally, when this work did not keep the team busy enough, they also helped to gather computer equipment for auction, copied Marriage License Index Books to convert to Digital format, Re-indexed and organized all Probate records at the County Storage Building from 1811-2010, and then transferred some 45 boxes into new space which are on a set schedule for sealing and expungement.

The Summer Project was capped with a cookout at the Probate –Juvenile Court and small gifts of appreciation were presented to the crew for their help on this valuable project.

Special Thanks to the County Maintenance Department for their cooperation in moving many truckloads of records from place to place!

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On October 10, 2017, the Probate Court held a Guardian’s training course at the Coshocton COTC Campus.  The class, entitled Medications and Medical Advocacy, was available to all Guardians and counted toward the required continuing education.  There were over 50 guardians in attendance!

If you have any questions or need to complete your guardianship training, please contact Kelly Bratton at 740.295.7417.

Click link below to review the upcoming Family Law Clinic dates:

2017 Legal Clinic

04/2017 – Technology Grant Approval Letter

Anna M. Havranek, a Junior Biology Major at Shawnee State University, became a 3-time All American by finishing 2^nd in the 10K run with a time of 36:42.88 at the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Gulf Shores, Alabama on May 25-27. Anna will be supervising a records project for Probate & Juvenile Court this summer through the Coshocton County JFS Summer Youth Employment Program. She is the daughter of Katrina Havranek, Juvenile Deputy Clerk at Coshocton Juvenile Court.

Pictured – left to right:

Dave Wilson, Security Officer and Judge Van Blanchard II,

Please join us in wishing Dave Wilson, a security officer with the Probate Court for over 9 years, a happy retirement! He will be missed, but we wish him nothing but happiness in his retirement!

Pictured – left to right:

Doug Schonauer, Court Administrator, Scott Thompson, Treasurer, Friends of Coshocton County Drug Court, Judge Van Blanchard II, Becky Beiter, President, Friends of Coshocton County Drug Court, Elizabeth Porteus, JoAnn Uhlig, Coordinator and Heidi Miller, Case Manager, Family Drug Court

Elizabeth Porteus, daughter of Knox and Beccy Porteus, wanted to give back to her community. Each member of her youth group at Roscoe United Methodist Church, was given $50 to “Pay It Forward”.  She wanted to somehow multiply her funds to make a larger impact. The Youth could choose how they would spend their funds. Elizabeth offered to buy a gift certificate from various businesses, if they would consider donating one. Most businesses simply gave her the gift certificates. Some of those were Dominos, Kids America, Whits, Shelby Theatres, and Coshocton Bowling Center.

Elizabeth chose to donate the funds and gift certificates to the Friends of Coshocton County Drug Court. The items will be given as incentives to families and individuals involved with the Drug Court and dealing with substance abuse issues.

Elizabeth is a Junior at River View High School. Next year as a Senior, she would like to attend OSU/ ATI at Wooster, studying Animal Science. After she graduates from High School, Elizabeth would like to pursue an Animal Science degree at OSU, with her ultimate goal of becoming a Veterinarian.