In re D.L.

Singer, Judge.

{¶ 1} This is an accelerated appeal from a judgment issued by the Ottawa County Court of Common Pleas granting a civil protection order against a juvenile. Because we conclude that the court permitted the unauthorized practice of law and that appellant’s due process rights as a juvenile were not protected, we reverse.

{¶ 2} Appellant, J.M., and his father, T.O., appeared before the Ottawa County Court of Common Pleas as respondents in a civil-protection-order complaint filed by V.L., on behalf of his son, D.L. The complaint sought a civil stalking order against J.M., then 13…