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Franklin County hearing officers outline juvenile, dependency, divorce and support roles
Summary
Two county hearing officers described their duties in juvenile delinquency/dependency and family/divorce support proceedings, explaining timelines, case types and how their work reduces the county court workload.
Kristen Hamilton, the Franklin County juvenile hearing officer, and James (Jim) Stein, the county’s divorce and support hearing officer, gave separate presentations to the Franklin County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 22 about their offices’ functions and caseloads.
Hamilton said her role covers shelter care hearings, permanency review hearings and other dependency- and delinquency-related proceedings. “I am a quasi judicial official who works under the supervision of a judge,” Hamilton said, describing that her orders are regularly reviewed and can be overruled by a judge. She explained dependency cases aim to reunify children with…
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