State ex rel. N.A. v. Cross

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing a complaint for a writ of prohibition to prevent a juvenile court judge from proceeding with an adjudicatory hearing in a delinquency case after the alleged delinquent child had turned 21 years old. Because the juvenile court judge does not patently and unambiguously lack jurisdiction to proceed, we affirm.

Facts

{¶ 2} Appellant, N.A., was born on May 15, 1987. On November 4, 2005, the prosecuting attorney filed a complaint in the Medina County Court of Common Pleas, Juvenile Division, alleging that N.A. appeared to be a delinquent child for…