Ohio Supreme Court, 2013

Fondessy v. Simon

Fondessy v. Simon
Ohio Supreme Court · Decided November 20, 2013 · Connor, Donnell, Pfeifer
137 Ohio St. 3d 1409; 998 N.E.2d 509

Fondessy v. Simon

Opinion of the Court

Ottawa App. No. OT-11-041, 2013-Ohio-3465. On review of order certifying a conflict. The court determines that a conflict exists. The parties are to brief the issue stated at page 4 of the court of appeals’ entry filed September 20, 2013:

“Whether R.C. 2903.211(A)(1) requires a victim to actually experience mental distress or only believe that the stalker will cause the victim physical harm or mental distress, for a court to issue a civil stalking protection order.”
O’Connor, C.J., and Pfeifer and O’Donnell, JJ., dissent.

The conflict case is Caban v. Ransome, 7th Dist. Mahoning No. 08 MA 36, 2009-Ohio-1034.

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