Bizarre Clermont Co. hearing raises questions about protection order procedures involving journalist

Bizarre Clermont Co. hearing raises questions about protection order procedures involving journalist

BATAVIA, Ohio — A nearly four-hour civil protection order hearing in Clermont County Common Pleas Court took an unusual turn Tuesday when Judge William Wolff, sitting by assignment after all county judges recused themselves, modified a temporary ex parte order without the petitioner ever formally presenting her case — a departure from standard civil procedure that raised questions about the orderliness of the proceeding. The hearing in Jessica L…