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Ohio Rev. Code § 2151.354 (2026)

Orders of disposition of unruly child

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October 9, 2026
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(A) If the child is adjudicated an unruly child, the court may:

(1) Make any of the dispositions authorized under section 2151.353 of the Revised Code;

(2) Place the child on community control under any sanctions, services, and conditions that the court prescribes, as described in division (A)(4) of section 2152.19 of the Revised Code, provided that, if the court imposes a period of community service upon the child, the period of community service shall not exceed one hundred seventy-five hours;

(3) Suspend the driver's license, probationary driver's license, or temporary instruction permit issued to the child for a period of time prescribed by the court and suspend the registration of all motor vehicles registered in the name of the child for a period of time prescribed by the court. A child whose license or permit is so suspended is ineligible for issuance of a license or permit during the period of suspension. At the end of the period of suspension, the child shall not be reissued a license or permit until the child has paid any applicable reinstatement fee and complied with all requirements governing license reinstatement.

(4) Commit the child to the temporary or permanent custody of the court;

(5) Make any further disposition the court finds proper that is consistent with sections 2151.312 and 2151.56 to 2151.59 of the Revised Code;

(6) If, after making a disposition under division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of this section, the court finds upon further hearing that the child is not amenable to treatment or rehabilitation under that disposition, make a disposition otherwise authorized under divisions (A)(1), (4), (5), and (8) of section 2152.19 of the Revised Code that is consistent with sections 2151.312 and 2151.56 to 2151.59 of the Revised Code.

(B) If a child is adjudicated an unruly child for committing any act that, if committed by an adult, would be a drug abuse offense, as defined in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code, or a violation of division (B) of section 2917.11 of the Revised Code, in addition to imposing, in its discretion, any other order of disposition authorized by this section, the court shall do both of the following:

(1) Require the child to participate in a drug abuse or alcohol abuse counseling program;

(2) Suspend the temporary instruction permit, probationary driver's license, or driver's license issued to the child for a period of time prescribed by the court. The court, in its discretion, may terminate the suspension if the child attends and satisfactorily completes a drug abuse or alcohol abuse education, intervention, or treatment program specified by the court. During the time the child is attending a program as described in this division, the court shall retain the child's temporary instruction permit, probationary driver's license, or driver's license, and the court shall return the permit or license if it terminates the suspension.

(C)(1) If a child is adjudicated an unruly child for being an habitual truant, in addition to or in lieu of imposing any other order of disposition authorized by this section, the court may do any of the following:

(a) Order the board of education of the child's school district or the governing board of the educational service center in the child's school district to require the child to attend an alternative school if an alternative school has been established pursuant to section 3313.533 of the Revised Code in the school district in which the child is entitled to attend school;

(b) Require the child to participate in any academic program or community service program;

(c) Require the child to participate in a drug abuse or alcohol abuse counseling program;

(d) Require that the child receive appropriate medical or psychological treatment or counseling;

(e) Maintain jurisdiction over the child during the subsequent school year for the purpose of monitoring the child's attendance;

(f) Make any other order that the court finds proper to address the child's habitual truancy, including an order requiring the child to not be absent without legitimate excuse from the public school the child is supposed to attend for thirty or more consecutive hours, forty-two or more hours in one school month, or seventy-two or more hours in a school year and including an order requiring the child to participate in a truancy prevention mediation program.

(2) If a child is adjudicated an unruly child for being an habitual truant and the court determines that the parent, guardian, or other person having care of the child has failed to cause the child's attendance at school in violation of section 3321.38 of the Revised Code, in addition to any order of disposition authorized by this section, all of the following apply:

(a) The court may require the parent, guardian, or other person having care of the child to participate in any community service program, preferably a community service program that requires the involvement of the parent, guardian, or other person having care of the child in the school attended by the child.

(b) The court may require the parent, guardian, or other person having care of the child to participate in a truancy prevention mediation program.

(c) The court shall warn the parent, guardian, or other person having care of the child that any subsequent adjudication of the child as an unruly or delinquent child for being an habitual truant or for violating a court order regarding the child's prior adjudication as an unruly child for being an habitual truant, may result in a criminal charge against the parent, guardian, or other person having care of the child for a violation of division (C) of section 2919.21 or section 2919.24 of the Revised Code.

(d) Not later than ten days after a child is adjudicated an unruly child for being an habitual truant, the court shall provide notice of that fact to the school district in which the child is entitled to attend school and to the school in which the child was enrolled at the time of the filing of the complaint.

Last updated August 3, 2026 at 4:40 PM

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1989–2021 · leading case: In re E.H., 2016-Ohio-1186.
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In re E.H., 2016-Ohio-1186. · cites it 5× “has cited to R.C. 2151.354, the statute that lists the dispositional orders available to the juvenile court after an unruly child adjudication, and argues that "adjudicated unruly minors may become subject to court orders that significantly restrict their liberty" under its…”
Lorain Cty Child. Servs. v. Gossick, 2014-Ohio-3865. “353(A)(2) (relative to a child who has been adjudicated dependent, neglected, or abused); R.C. 2151.354(A)(1) (relative to a child who has been adjudicated unruly); R.”
In re Kessler, 628 N.E.2d 153 (Ohio Ct. App. 6th Dist. 1993). “*235 R.C. 2151.354, however, does provide the trial court with the authority to make its June 3, 1992 order.”
In re Osman, 672 N.E.2d 1114 (Ohio Ct. App. 11th Dist. 1996). · cites it 4× “The trial court’s error as a matter of law and as an abuse of its discretion in upholding the referee[’s] [sic] findings of a disposition of five days in the juvenile detention center when the mandatory statutory hearing required under R.C. 2151.354 was not held to determine if…”
In re Trent, 539 N.E.2d 630 (Ohio 1989). · cites it 5× “Given the three choices for placement of children in Ross County, the shelter is by elimination the facility where neglected and unruly children should be placed, since R.C. 2151.354 mandates that unruly children be treated, initially at least, as neglected children.”
In re K.Z.-P., 2016-Ohio-3091. “to be an unruly child pursuant to R.C. 2151.354 and awarded custody of K.Z.”
In re K.D., 2021-Ohio-1538. “without first giving it notice of the juvenile court's intended dispositional order as required by R.”
In re K.Z., 2018-Ohio-3511. “was an unruly child pursuant to R.C. 2151.354, awarded custody to K.Z.-P’s mother, and awarded the supervised companionship to appellant.”
In Matter of McElroy, 2008 Ohio 1498 (Ohio Ct. App. 11th Dist. 2008). “Accordingly, this matter must be remanded to the trial court to enter a disposition in accordance with * * * R.C. 2151.354(A)." Id. at 737 . { 38} Since this court's decision in Osman , R.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 2151.354(A): 2 cases
In re Osman, 672 N.E.2d 1114 (Ohio Ct. App. 11th Dist. 1996). “The trial court’s error as a matter of law and as an abuse of its discretion in upholding the referee[’s] [sic] findings of a disposition of five days in the juvenile detention center when the mandatory statutory hearing required under R.C. 2151.354 was not held to determine if…”
In Matter of McElroy, 2008 Ohio 1498 (Ohio Ct. App. 11th Dist. 2008). “Accordingly, this matter must be remanded to the trial court to enter a disposition in accordance with * * * R.C. 2151.354(A)." Id. at 737 . { 38} Since this court's decision in Osman , R.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 2151.354(A)(1): 2 cases
Lorain Cty Child. Servs. v. Gossick, 2014-Ohio-3865. “353(A)(2) (relative to a child who has been adjudicated dependent, neglected, or abused); R.C. 2151.354(A)(1) (relative to a child who has been adjudicated unruly); R.”
In re K.D., 2021-Ohio-1538. “without first giving it notice of the juvenile court's intended dispositional order as required by R.”
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