Common Pleas Court - Juvenile | Geauga County Court Of Common Pleas - Juvenile / Probate Division
231 Main St., 2nd Flr., Chardon, OH 44024
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Hours
M-F: 8:00am-4:30pm
(440) 226-4446
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Fees
Fixed fee for court costs
Service area
Geauga County, Ohio
Assumes responsibility for the arraignment, adjudication, and disposition of cases of unruly, delinquent, neglected, dependent, and abused children. Resolving juvenile court cases usually starts with the police or other persons presenting information about possible delinquent or unruly children to the court. If alternatives such as mediation or diversion are not appropriate, an official complaint is filed. A hearing is held, the youth is determined delinquent or unruly and then the court decides what action should be taken or the case may be dismissed. A delinquent is a child who has committed an act which, if committed by an adult, would be a crime (such as theft or murder); an unruly is a child who has committed an act that is illegal for children but not for adults (such as truancy or curfew violations).
Last assured
05/20/2024
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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.