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Licking County Probate-Juvenile CourtJudge Robert H. Hoover
JUVENILE COURTJuvenile courts in Ohio were not created statewide until around 1906. Today, juvenile courts have jurisdiction to hear cases of alleged delinquency, unruliness, juvenile traffic offenders; juvenile tobacco offenders; cases of alleged child abuse, neglect and dependency usually initiated by a county children services agency when children have been removed from their homes because of their condition or environment; and private complaints for custody. Juvenile courts also have jurisdiction to hear certain adult criminal cases (misdemeanors only) such as criminal non-support, contributing to the delinquency or unruliness of a child, child endangering and sexual imposition when the stated victim is a minor child. All adult criminal cases heard by a juvenile court are open to the public.
The preceding list is not all exhaustive but does give the reader a general idea of the types of cases heard by juvenile courts.
PURPOSE STATEMENTThe Licking County Juvenile Court administers justice and provides quality services to offenders and their families, to victims, and to the citizens of the community. The Court emphasizes:
The efforts of our court reflect a proactive approach to developing and supporting partnerships in all facets of the Licking County community.
PROBATE COURTThe term "probate" comes from the Latin word probatio, meaning "to prove", wherein matters in early English religious courts were proven before an ecclesiastical judge. Early American probate courts may be traced back to English Courts of Chancery and ecclesiastical, or religious courts, which had jurisdiction over the probate of wills, administration of estates and guardianships. Today's Probate Court has jurisdiction to hear over two hundred (200) separate kinds of cases. They include the administration of decedent's estates, consent for medical treatment, the appointment of guardians for minors and incapacitated adults and the supervision of their property, civil involuntary commitments of the mentally ill, adoptions, birth record corrections and registrations, changes of name, issuance of marriage licenses, supervision of testamentary trusts (those created by will) and interpretation and enforcement of inter vivos trusts (those created during a person's lifetime), land appropriations, will constructions and will contests. With the exception of adoptions and hearings involving the involuntary hospitalization of the mentally ill, probate court hearings are open to the public and probate court records are public records.
The attachments to this site are meant to be informative to the public at large and will give the reader more specific information about our local courts and the courts of our state. Thank you for visiting these sites!
Judge Robert H. Hoover The Probate-Juvenile Divisions of the Licking County Common Pleas Court Courthouse, Newark, Ohio 43055 Hours of Operation (M-F, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) General Telephone number: (740) 670-5624, Fax number: (740) 670-5881, Marriage License Information: (740) 670-5812 | |||||
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In each of Ohio's eighty-eight (88) counties there is a juvenile court and a separate probate court, both of which are divisions within that county's common pleas court. In the majority of Ohio's counties, the probate judge serves also as the juvenile court judge. This is the case in Licking County where Robert Hoover has served as probate-juvenile court judge since January of 1996.
