Volunteer Opportunities - Visiting Wards Of County | Geauga County Court Of Common Pleas

Volunteer Opportunities - Visiting Wards Of County | Geauga County Court Of Common Pleas - Juvenile / Probate Division

470 Center St., Bldg. #5-c, Chardon, OH 44024

Eligibility

Target older adults age 60 or older but 18 and up; background check required (provided by agency at no cost)

Required documents

Agency will advise.

Hours

Three hours of training provided. Hours required may be once per month or once per year. Visits generally take about one hour.

Fax

Voice

Fax

Voice

Application process

Phone for information M-F: 8:00am-4:30pm

Fees

Free

Service area

United States

Description

Seeks volunteers to visit with wards of the county for approximately one hour and helps fill out forms and file them with the court. Volunteers select the number of wards they wish to visit. Wards are generally adults with developmental disabilities or who have dementia and who have been deemed incompetent by the court.

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What's Here

Criminal Justice/Legal Services Volunteer Opportunities

Providing organization

Geauga County Court Of Common Pleas - Juvenile / Probate Division

Hears cases involving the delinquency of persons under eighteen years of age and cases dealing with unruly, abused, neglected, and dependent children. The Juvenile Division also hears all traffic offenses committed by persons under eighteen years of age, and has jurisdiction in adult cases involving paternity, child abuse, nonsupport, and failure to send children to school.