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Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.02 (2026)

Who may serve as county public children services agency

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Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly
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Each county shall have a public children services agency. Any of the following may be the public children services agency:

(A) A county children services board;

(B) A county department of job and family services;

(C) A private or government entity designated under section 307.981 of the Revised Code.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2018–2025 · leading case: In re S Child., 2018-Ohio-5010, 126 N.E.3d 239.
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In re S Child., 2018-Ohio-5010, 126 N.E.3d 239. · cites it 2× “See R.C. 5153.02. A 3 OHIO FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS public children-services agency has broad, statutory authority to intervene to protect a child’s health and safety.”
Love v. Hamilton Cty. Job. & Fam. Servs., 2025-Ohio-2498. “, R.C. 5153.02(B) (specifying that a “county department of job and family services” may “be the public children services agency” for a county); R.”
Vo v. Ohio Dep't of Job & Fam. Servs., No. 1:21-cv-00241 (S.D. Ohio Mar. 16, 2022). · cites it 2× “See Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.02 (“Each county shall have a public children services agency.”
Williams v. Cuyahoga Cnty., 776 F. Supp. 3d 653 (N.D. Ohio 2025). · cites it 2× “Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.02. When a public children services agency closes an investigation, it makes a disposition finding whether the allegation of abuse or neglect is substantiated, indicated, unsubstantiated, or unable to be completed for various reasons.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.02(B): 1 case
Love v. Hamilton Cty. Job. & Fam. Servs., 2025-Ohio-2498. “, R.C. 5153.02(B) (specifying that a “county department of job and family services” may “be the public children services agency” for a county); R.”
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