Amended Substitute Senate Bill 210 Summary

• Removes population limit (less than 25,000) and in-territory residency preference requirements for appointing acting judges to municipal and county courts, allowing judges to appoint qualified substitutes from contiguous jurisdictions without population restrictions.

• Creates new section 3103.061 establishing validity requirements for spousal agreements altering legal relations, requiring written signatures, voluntary entry without fraud or duress, full financial disclosure, and terms that do not promote divorce or profiteering.

• Modifies sections 3103.05 and 3103.06 to permit spouses to enter into postnuptial agreements and modify or terminate antenuptial agreements, subject to compliance with new validation requirements under section 3103.061.

• Expands domestic violence protection order provisions in sections 3113.31 and 3113.33 to include persons in dating relationships, allowing courts to issue protection orders for acts of domestic violence committed against dating partners meeting specific relationship criteria.

• Repeals section 3105.72 regarding court maintenance of Social Security numbers in divorce, dissolution, annulment, or spousal support proceedings.