King Law Offices, LPA LLC

09/25/2026

08/21/2026

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08/19/2026

There will be no excuses this year for Ohio students who miss at least 10% of the school days required.

House Bill 96, Ohio’s budget bill, changes the definition of chronic absenteeism as “missing at least 10% of the minimum number of hours required in the school year, regardless of whether the absence is excused or unexcused.”

The law change passed in 2025, and this fall is the final phase-in.

Ohio schools have been struggling to get students back into class since the pandemic. The statewide chronic absenteeism rate has been stuck at around 1 in 4 students chronically absent since the 2023-24 school year.

This law change doesn’t mean that parents will get in trouble with the Juvenile Court, but it does mean they may be contacted more due to a student missing school.

The Legislative Budget Office says the act requires a Juvenile Court complaint only if the school district determines that the student is not making satisfactory progress in improving the student’s attendance at school.

The complaint filed with the court must allege the child is a “habitual truant.” A “habitual truant” is a student of compulsory school age who is absent without legitimate excuse for 30 or more consecutive hours, 42 or more hours in one school month, or 72 or more hours in a school year, according to Ohio law.

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12/14/2024

Every year we take a break during the holidays for all of us to recharge for the new year! This year, Christmas falls in the middle of the week. We will be CLOSING at NOON on Christmas Eve, and will be CLOSED on

Wednesday 12/25/2024
Thursday 12/26/2024
Friday 12/27/2024

No one will be in the office that weekend.

Addie will be in hearings on Monday 12/30/2024.

We will then be CLOSED on Tuesday 12/31/2024 and Wednesday 01/01/2025.

The office will reopen on Thursday January 2, 2025.

We will be monitoring voicemails and emails for emergencies. If your message is not an emergency, we will respond when we return.

Happy Holidays to all!

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11/23/2024

Getting ready for the holiday?

Remember courts will be closed Thursday Friday Saturday and Sunday next week. Some are closing early on Wednesday!

That means…if you get in trouble you gotta wait until at least the next Monday to see the judge!

(We will also be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Happy Thanksgiving!)

05/18/2024

Yes, the Champaign County Common Pleas court had an electrical fire in the basement last Thursday afternoon.

Yes, they closed the building on Friday to ensure that the problem has been fixed.

YES they will be open on Monday. If you have a hearing scheduled, PLEASE be at the courthouse on time. They will be expecting to see you and the fire will not be a valid reason to miss court.

07/08/2023

No there is no device to mess with the timeline in our counties. We send reminder letters of hearing dates. If you’re unsure when you are supposed to appear for court and you’re a client of ours, please call the office to verify the date and time of where you are supposed to appear!

05/24/2023

We now do Appeals! If you are still within time to file an appeal, give us a call! We are doing court appointed and private hire appeals for civil and criminal cases. We still reserve the right to refer you elsewhere if it is an appeal on a type of law we are not familiar with, but come talk to us to see if we could be a good fit!

12/23/2022

Champaign and Logan counties are both under Level 2 snow emergencies.

Our office is CLOSED today 12/23/2022 due to inclement weather. We do not have any remaining scheduled hearings today. If you have a phone conference scheduled with Addie, she will still be calling for those phone conferences as previously scheduled, but will be working from home, so you will see a different number when she calls.

Our office DOES traditionally close between Christmas and New Years every year to give our staff time to spend with their families at the holidays. We are doing that this year as well. Therefore, we will be CLOSED until January 3, 2023, although some staff may come in on January 2, 2023 for a couple of already existing appointments and prep for the coming week.

We will still be monitoring email and phone messages from the office remotely. Staff who are still in town will be picking up mail. Emergency calls will be returned as soon as we can; non-emergency calls will be returned when we reopen.

Happy Holidays to all from our staff and our families to yours. Stay safe and warm this weekend, and give others some grace for illness, weather, and the holiday spirit.