Logo Description automatically generated Tyler Harmon Legislative Aide State Representative Jean Schmidt 77 S. High Street | 12th Floor | Columbus, OH 43215 O: 614-466-8134 Outlook Re: Guardianship Bill From Ray Lautenschlager <ma5hie@hotmail.com> Date Thu 9/4/2025 11:13 AM To Harmon, Tyler <Tyler.Harmon@ohiohouse.gov>; David Kahle <poundcake301@gmail.com> Cc McCarthy, Jordan <jordan.mccarthy@ohiohouse.gov> Incorrect understanding of this bill and Ohio law and procedures, as currently wrien. Probate Courts do NOT issue custody orders in Juvenile or Domesc Relaons cases. No changes are needed to 3109.04 or the military secons. Rep. Bird has supposedly submied the same bill as well, and the full custody bill that Rep. Schmidt was supposed to send to LSC much earlier this year. I am including Bird's aid in this conversaon, and I would like to ﬁnd out what is going on with the full custody bill. Please Advise. Ray Lautenschlager Ohio Family Rights From: Harmon, Tyler <Tyler.Harmon@ohiohouse.gov> Sent: Thursday, September 4, 2025 9:26 AM To: Ray Lautenschlager <ma5hie@hotmail.com>; David Kahle <poundcake301@gmail.com> Subject: RE: Guardianship Bill Additional question: understanding of division (B) of the provided language is that the modification of any custody or visitation orders is prohibited until the probate court issues a final order to appoint a guardian to the adult child with a disability. Are there any exceptions to this, e.g., for a parent who receives an order for active military service (R.C. 3109.04(I) and 3109.051(M)) or change of circumstances that makes modification necessary for the child’s best interest? Thank you, Firefox https://outlook.live.com/mail/0/sentitems/id/AAkALgAAAAAAHYQ... 1 of 3 9/4/2025, 11:15 AM

From: Ray Lautenschlager <ma5hie@hotmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 3, 2025 11:32 PM To: David Kahle <poundcake301@gmail.com>; Harmon, Tyler <Tyler.Harmon@ohiohouse.gov> Subject: Re: Guardianship Bill Tyler, To answer LSC's quesons: #1 - GAL provisions are for this bill only. No modiﬁcaons to 3109 are needed or required. #2 - No modiﬁcaon of the fee assignments is needed for this secon. LSC's presumpon that payment plans are required and that one party does not unnecessarily run the bill up is false. No modiﬁcaons to the proposed bill are needed. All we need are the LSC numbers so this can be introduced. Representave Schimdt is not the only one waing for this to clear LSC; there are several others. Ray Lautenschlager Ohio Family Rights Legislave Director From: David Kahle < poundcake301@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 3, 2025 7:59 PM To: Harmon, Tyler < Tyler.Harmon@ohiohouse.gov>; Ray Lautenschlager < ma5hie@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Guardianship Bill Tyler, I am going to refer these questions to the author of the bill Ray Lautenschlager with Ohio Family Rights to answer for you. Thank You for your attention to this matter. David Kahle On Wed, Sep 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM Harmon, Tyler < Tyler.Harmon@ohiohouse.gov> wrote: David, We have a couple of questions from the legislative drafters that I am hoping you can help with. Please see below: 1. Are the guardian ad litem provisions (division (C)) intended to apply to any GAL appointed under R.C. Chapter 3109 or only to GALs appointed for purposes of the bill? 2. Re: capped costs for GAL deposit, not all courts require a deposit and may use installation payments instead. Is it okay to simply refer to an “an amount determined by the court”? Firefox https://outlook.live.com/mail/0/sentitems/id/AAkALgAAAAAAHYQ... 2 of 3 9/4/2025, 11:15 AM

Logo Description automatically generated Tyler Harmon Legislative Aide State Representative Jean Schmidt 77 S. High Street | 12th Floor | Columbus, OH 43215 O: 614-466-8134 Thank you, Firefox https://outlook.live.com/mail/0/sentitems/id/AAkALgAAAAAAHYQ... 3 of 3 9/4/2025, 11:15 AM