Complaint details, (create complaint) screen

This screen allows you to view, add, or update the details of a complaint in Ohio SACWIS. Complete this screen to create a new complaint record and generate a document that you will file with the court. (See About legal actions and delinquency participants.)

The Person Search buttons allow you to locate and select the person filing the complain and the affiant, whose person profiles are entered in the system.

In the Parties to the Case area, the parties' names are listed for selection to be added, or removed.

The Preferred Disposition area provides the user to select the primary, secondary dispositions and other allegations, then enter the detailed narratives for each. Select to Associate Allegations which then allows the selections of the ORC details pertaining to the selected allegations.

If you created a complaint record in error, you must end the complaint record and select Created in Error in the Reason for Ending Complaint field. However, you cannot mark any legal action as created in error when another legal action is currently linked to it.

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Fields on this screen

Court Case Number	Enter the court case number, which is a court-assigned number that includes all children in a family.
Entered by	This field is read-only. It displays the name of the worker currently logged on.
Reason for Ending Compliant	If an existing complaint is not to be filed with the court, select the reason for ending the complaint.
Type of Complaint	Select the type of complaint. This field is required.
Complaint Filed By	Click Person Search, then select the person who is filing the complaint.
Affiant	Click Person Search, then select the person who swears to the truth of the information in the complaint.
Date Submitted	Enter the date the complaint was submitted to the court. Use the format MM/DD/YYYY.
File Stamp Date	Enter the court's file stamp date. Use the format MM/DD/YYYY. Once you enter and save this date, no further changes may be made to this complaint record. You can, however, amend or end the complaint.
Basis of Allegations	In this narrative field, describe the basis of the allegations, or what prompted the complaint. You can enter up to 3,000 characters.
Parties to Case	In the box on the left, select the case participants who are parties to this legal case, then click Add>>. You can select more than one participant. The participants you selected appear in the box on the right. To remove a participant from the list, select the participant's name in the box on the right, then click <<Remove.
Preferred Disposition	Select the preferred primary disposition and enter the narrative to describe in detail
Preferred Secondary Disposition	Select the secondary disposition and enter the narrative to describe in detail
Other Allegation Information	This is a narrative field only to detail other allegations pertaining to the complaint
Associate Allegations	Once one or more of the boxes are selected the user can select and associate specific allegations for each of these ORC... Abused, as defined in O.R.C. 2151.031: As used in this chapter, an 'abused child' includes any child who: Neglected, as defined in O.R.C.2151.03(A): As used in this chapter, 'neglected child' includes any child Dependent, as defined in O.R.C.2151.04: As used in this chapter, 'dependent child' means any child Deserted, as defined in O.R.C.2151.3515: As used in this chapter, 'deserted child' means any child