2011 Ohio Revised Code
Title [21] XXI COURTS - PROBATE - JUVENILE
Chapter 2152: DELINQUENT CHILDREN; JUVENILE TRAFFIC OFFENDERS
2152.52 Determination of competency.

(A)(1) In any proceeding under this chapter other than a proceeding alleging that a child is a juvenile traffic offender, any party or the court may move for a determination regarding the child’s competency to participate in the proceeding.

(2) In any proceeding under this chapter other than a proceeding alleging that a child is a juvenile traffic offender, if the child who is the subject of the proceeding is fourteen years of age or older and if the child is not otherwise found to be mentally ill, intellectually disabled, or developmentally disabled, it is rebuttably presumed that the child does not have a lack of mental capacity. This presumption applies only in making a determination as to whether the child has a lack of mental capacity and shall not be used or applicable for any other purpose.

(B) The court may find a child incompetent to proceed without ordering an evaluation of the child’s competency or holding a hearing to determine the child’s competency if either of the following applies:

(1) The prosecuting attorney, the child’s attorney, and at least one of the child’s parents, guardians, or custodians agree to the determination.

(2) The court relies on a prior court determination that the child was incompetent and could not attain competency even if the child were to participate in competency attainment services.

Added by 129th General Assembly File No. 29, HB 86, § 1, eff. 9/30/2011.