Lawless v. Henderson

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 588

Syllabus

Issuance of civil protection order (\CPO\) affirmed. Respondent was constructively served CPO petition and ex parte CPO at the time he attempted to deliberately avoid personal service of process from sheriff. The trial court therefore had jurisdiction to issue a full CPO after conducting a hearing the respondent did not attend. Further, respondent's judicial admission that he called to the court to advise he would be late to the hearing demonstrated he had notice of the hearing.