Domestic Violence Program

• Domestic Violence Protection Order Forms
• Juvenile Civil Protection Order Forms
• Stalking and Sexually Oriented Offenses Protection Order Forms

Ohio Legal Help Information on Protection Order Forms

Civil Stalking Protection Order Mediation Rules and Forms

• Civil Domestic Violence Case Statistics
• Data Dashboard FAQs
• Statistical Reporting Information and Forms
• Domestic Violence Overall Caseloads
• Domestic Violence Terminations

Protection Orders: Statutes & Rules Reference Chart (April 2019)

Ohio Revised Code

• ORC 2903.211 – Menacing by Stalking
• ORC 2903.212 – Bail for Violation for Certain Protection Orders
• ORC 2903.213 – Motion for and Hearing on Certain Protection Orders
• ORC 2903.214 – Petition for Protection Order in Menacing by Stalking Cases
• ORC 2919.25 – Domestic Violence
• ORC 2919.251 – Bail in Certain Domestic Violence Cases
• ORC 2919.26 – Motion for and Hearing on Protection Order
• ORC 2919.27– Violating Protection Orders
• ORC 2919.271 – Evaluation of Mental Condition of Defendant
• ORC 2919.272 – Protection Order Issued by Court of Another State
• ORC 2935.03 – Authority to Arrest without Warrant – Pursuit outside Jurisdiction
• ORC 2935.032 – Written Policy and Procedure for Responding to Domestic Violence Incidents or Protection Order Violations
• ORC 2943.033 – Court to Advise Defendant for Possible Firearm Restrictions
• ORC 2945.392 – Expert Testimony of the Battered Woman Syndrome
• ORC 3109.04 – Allocating Parental Rights and Responsibilities for Care of Children; Shared Parenting
• ORC 3109.051 – Parenting & Time - Companionship or Visitation Rights
• ORC 3113.31 – Domestic Violence Definitions
• ORC 3113.32 – Domestic Dispute and Violence Problems Records
• ORC 2151.34 – Protection order against a minor
• ORC 2151.358 – Expungement of sealed records
• ORC 3109.52 – Mediation of differences as to allocating parental rights and responsibilities

Rules

• Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 65.1 - Civil Protection Order
• Rules of Superintendence Rule 10 – Notifying Law Enforcement Agencies of Criminal or Civil Protection Orders
• Rules of Superintendence Rule 10.01 – Standard Civil Protection Order Forms - Domestic Relations Division
• Rules of Superintendence Rule 10.02 – Standard Criminal Temporary Protection Order Forms
• Rules of Superintendence Rule 10.03 – Standard Criminal and Civil Stalking Protection Order Forms
• Rules of Superintendence Rule 10.04 - Notice Concerning Possession or Purchase of Firearms
• Rules of Superintendence Rule 10.05 - Standard Civil Protection Order Forms in Juvenile Division of the Courts of Common Pleas
• Rules of Superintendence Rule 10.06 - Inter-Court Communication in Domestic Violence and Related Cases
• Rules of Superintendence Rule 16 - Mediation
• Rules of Superintendence Rule 48 - Guardians ad litem

Relevant Cases

Court's Ban on Future Social Media Postings about Relatives Unconstitutional
The Ohio Supreme Court vacated portions of Mercer County civil stalking protection orders that prohibited a man from posting anything on social media about his mother and sister, whom he accused of contributing to the deaths of their husbands.

Board of Professional Conduct Advisory Opinion 96-005 (Advice provided under the former Ohio Code of Judicial Conduct, which was superseded by the Ohio Code of Judicial Conduct, eff. 3/1/2009)

Attorney General's Opinion No. 2017-031

• Criminal Domestic Violence Courts: Key Principles
• Performance Measures for Specialized Domestic Violence Courts
• Fact Sheet: Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence
• Fact Sheet: Domestic Violence Court Compliance Monitoring
• What Makes a Domestic Violence Court Work?
• Creating a Domestic Violence Court: Adapting the Model to Your Community
• Fact Sheet: Collaborating with Victim Service Agencies
• Supreme Court of Ohio Specialized Dockets Section

• Groupwork with Men Who Batter: What the Research Literature Indicates
• Parenting Interventions for Men Who Batter
• Court Checklist for Batterer Intervention Programs in Ohio Model Protocol for Responding to Domestic Violence
• Court Responses to Batterer Program Noncompliance
• Do Batterer Program Length or Approach Affect Completion or Re-Arrest Rates?
• Testing the Effectiveness of Batterer Programs and Judicial Monitoring
• Do Batterer Intervention Programs Work—Two Studies
• Batterer Intervention Programs: Where Do We Go From Here?

• Domestic Violence and Children Questions and Answers for Domestic Violence Project Advocates

• Preventing and Responding to Domestic & Sexual Violence in Later Life
• National Council for Aging Care
• National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
• Domestic Violence in Later Life
• Domestic Violence in Later Life: A Guide to the Aging Network for Domestic Violence and Victim Service Programs
• National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life

• Language Services Program
• Court Interpretation in Protection Order Hearings Bench Card

These materials represent a partial list of resources currently available when weighing risk factors and making lethality assessments. These resources could be used as a starting point for any analysis on this topic.

• Assessing Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Homicide
• Murder-Suicide in Families
• Practical Implications of Current Domestic Violence Research: For Law Enforcement, Prosecutors and Judges
• Intimate Partner Violence Risk Assessment Validation Study, Final Report
• How Can Practitioners Help an Abused Woman Lower Her Risk of Death?
• Do Domestic Violence Services Save Lives?
• Domestic Violence & Firearms Prohibition

• 8 Things Every Judge Should Know About Teen Dating Violence
• Love is Respect – National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline
• Break the Cycle
• That's Not Cool –Teen Dating Violence Prevention Campaign
• Teens Under Pressure: Exploring Dating Violence, Prostitution, and Human Trafficking
  • Dating Violence and Abuse
    Emily F. Rothman, ScD
  • Human Trafficking in the United States
    Officer Ken Lawson
  • Child Sex Trafficking in the Midwest
    Celia Williamson, PhD
  • The Realities of Teen Victims of Human Trafficking
    Theresa Flores, LSW, MSE

• Crime Victims: Know Your Rights!
• Power and Control Wheel
• NCIC Mental Health Notice
• Technology Guide for Judges

• Human Trafficking Bench Card (January 2018)
• Domestic Violence & Firearms Prohibition (January 2017)
• Assessing Allegations of Domestic Violence in Child Abuse Cases (November 2016)
• Guide to Firearms Return in Domestic Violence Cases (October 2016)
• Domestic Violence & Allocation of Parental Rights and Responsibilities Court Guide (May 2016)
• Protection Orders Overview Card (July 2018)
• Protection Orders: Statutes & Rules Reference Chart (April 2019)
• Domestic Relations Resource Guide - Protection Order Chapter (April 2014)
• Domestic Violence in Later Life (October 2009)
• Increasing Safety for Victims; Increasing Accountability of Offenders (October 1996)
• Increasing Victim Safety, Holding Offenders Accountable Executive Summary (October 1996)

• Action Ohio for Battered Women
• American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence
• American Judges Association: Effective Adjudication of Domestic Abuse Cases
• Full Faith and Credit: A Passport to Safety A Judge's Guide
  (Reprinted with permission from the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges)
• Futures Without Violence
• National Center for State Courts
• National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
• National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
• Ohio Attorney General
• Ohio Domestic Violence Network
• Ohio Domestic Violence Resource Center
• Ohio Department of Public Safety, Family Violence Prevention Center
• US Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• The Center for Court Innovation