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In 1937, Macelwane became a prosecutor for Lucas County, specializing in child neglect cases. She was elected to the Toledo Municipal Court as the first woman judge in 1952. [ 2 ] In 1956, she was appointed to the Lucas County Common Pleas Court by Governor Frank Lausche , a position she held until her death in 1974.
The duties of the courts are outlined in Article IV, Section 4. Each of Ohio's 88 counties has a court of common pleas. The Ohio General Assembly (the state legislature) has the power to divide courts of common pleas into divisions, and has done so, establishing general, domestic relations, juvenile, and probate divisions:
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (in case citations, N.D. Ohio) is the federal trial court for the northern half of Ohio, encompassing most territories north of the city of Columbus. The court has courthouses in Cleveland, Toledo, Akron and Youngstown.
TOLEDO − A Lucas County grand jury has indicted a Canton teen in a 2023 homicide in Sylvania Township. Kaitlyn Coones, 17, a runaway teen living in a foster home in Stark County, is accused of ...
Jun. 29—Lucas County Sheriff Michael Navarre said Monday he is in the process of rebuilding the Lucas County sheriff reserve organization, which he disbanded when he took office in January, but ...
Harris County Juvenile Justice Center. The American juvenile justice system is the primary system used to handle minors who are convicted of criminal offenses. The system is composed of a federal and many separate state, territorial, and local jurisdictions, with states and the federal government sharing sovereign police power under the common authority of the United States Constitution.
The Lucas County Courthouse is an architecturally-significant courthouse in downtown Toledo, Ohio, located at 700 Adams Street. [2] The courthouse first opened in 1897. [3] It was designed by David L. Stine, and the contractors were Dun, Perley & Co. [4] [5] The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [2]
Geraldine Macelwane: [66] First female to serve as a Judge of the Toledo Municipal Court (1952) as well as a Judge of the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas (1956), Ohio; Carla J. Baldwin: [67] First African American female elected as a judge in Mahoning County, Ohio (2017) Julia Bates: [2] First female elected as the Lucas County Prosecutor