Legal Opinion
In re Julie Anne
Lake County Court of Common Pleas
Decided August 27, 2002No. 97-PR-755PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
William F. Chinnock, Judge.
{¶ 1} This is a case of first impression in which the court on its own initiative issues a restraining order against tobacco smokers, restraining them from smoking in the presence of a healthy child within the court’s care, to protect the child from having her health compromised by being forced to breathe secondhand smoke.
{¶ 2} This ruling is a recognition of the law as it exists, and does not constitute an extension of the law.
{¶ 3} In this case, the court conducted a hearing on custody and visitation in which it was admitted that adults smoke cigarettes around the…
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