Ohio Code § 2153.03

Ohio Code § 2153.03. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.

§ 2153.03.

Each of the judges of the juvenile court division shall be elected for six years at

the general election immediately preceding the year in which the term, as provided

in this section, commences, and the judge's successor shall be elected at the general

election immediately preceding the expiration of such term. Each judge shall be elected by the electors of Cuyahoga county in the same manner

as is provided for the election of judges of the court of common pleas.  The terms of office of the judges of the juvenile court shall begin as follows:

 January 1, 1959, January 2, 1959, January 1, 1963, January 2, 1963, January 3, 1977,

and January 3, 1987.  Each of the judges of the juvenile court shall have the same judicial duties. In addition to the judge's regular judicial duties, one of the judges shall be the

administrator of the juvenile court's subdivisions and departments. The administrative judge shall be elected in the manner provided by rule 3 of the

rules adopted by the supreme court of Ohio for the superintendence of the common pleas

court.  During any absence from the court by the administrative judge, the administrative

judge may designate one of the other judges to serve in the administrative judge's

place and stead as the clerk of the court and as the administrator of the court's

subdivisions and departments.

Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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  • Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 2153.03
  • Jurisdiction: Ohio
  • Code: Ohio Revised Code
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