Courtroom Sunshine, Inc. focuses on improprieties known or reported of judges in Ohio. The Ohio Supreme Court’s “Ohio Code of Judicial Conduct” establishes standards for the ethical conduct of judges and judicial candidates. Within these 100+ pages, is one of particular interest in regards to judicial awarding of child custody;
RULE 2.3 Bias, Prejudice, and Harassment
(B) A judge shall not, in the performance of judicial duties, by words or conduct manifest bias or prejudice, or engage in harassment, including but not limited to bias, prejudice, or harassment based upon race, sex, gender, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, marital status, socioeconomic status, or political affiliation, and shall not permit court staff, court officials, or others subject to the judge’s direction and control to do so.
As you review the following Custody Ruling Statistics for various judges, ask yourself if they are upholding these standards, or if they are guilty of Bias or Prejudice.
For the complete text, visit the Supreme Court of Ohio site here: http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/LegalResources/Rules/conduct/judcond0309.pdf
Courtroom Sunshine submits “Open Records“ requests for all tracked Judges at the beginning of each month. The Cito Custody Reports® are then produced and posted to CourtroomSunshine.com as quickly as possible once we receive the filed court documents.
Franklin County, Ohio Domestic Relations Judges*:
Judge James W. Brown (coming soon)
(click here for official web page from Franklin County Courts)
Judge Kim Browne (click to download Custody Ruling Report)
(click here for official web page from Franklin County Courts)
Judge Elizabeth Gill (click to download Custody Ruling Report)
(click here for official web page from Franklin County Courts)
Judge Dana Preisse (click to download Custody Ruling Report)
(click here for official web page from Franklin County Courts)
Judge Terri Jamison (click to download Custody Ruling Report)
(click here for official web page from Franklin County Courts)
Past Judges:
Judge Jim Mason (Retired May 31 2014)
CHRISTOPHER J. GEER (term ended Jan 6 2013)
*Common Pleas judges are paid $121,350 annually. (source: Columbus Dispatch, Tuesday November 4, 2014)
Licking County, Ohio Domestic Relations Judges:
Past Judges:
Craig Baldwin (Jan. 2012 – March 2013)
Fairfield County, Ohio Domestic Relations Judge:
Judge B. Laura Smith (coming soon)
(click here for official web page from Fairfield County Courts)
Delaware County, Ohio Domestic Relations Judge:
(click here for official web page from Delaware County Courts)
If you are in need of Domestic Court Rulings reports for other counties, or other special reports based from Ohio government records, please submit a request with additional information through our Ohio Records Procurement page.