Ohio H.B. 10, 128^th General Assembly – Protection Order for Youth – Dating Partner/Domestic Violence
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=128_HB_10

• Permits a child who is less than 18 years of age to file a petition for a protection order on the child's own behalf and permits any person who is 18 years of age or older to file a petition for a protection order on behalf of a child, upon the child's request.
• Requires a petition for a protection order against a respondent who is a minor to be filed in the juvenile division of the court of common pleas in the county in which the person to be protected resides.
• Creates an additional ground upon which a protection order may be sought to protect a child.
• Defines "dating relationship."
• Broadens the definition of the "immediate and present danger" needed for menacing by stalking protection order under existing law.
• Expands the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to hear, determine, and enforce matters involving protection orders against a child.
• Includes a foster parent in the definition of "family or household member" in the criminal and civil domestic violence laws.

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