COLUMBUS, Ohio — After months of delays, Geauga County Probate and Juvenile Court Judge Timothy Grendell’s disciplinary hearing before Ohio’s Board of Professional Conduct began in Columbus Monday morning.
The third charge relates to his testimony at the state legislature in support of a bill sponsored by his wife, former Ohio Rep. Diane Grendell Grendell’s attorney, George Jonson, said, “There’s a lot of the rest of the story,” and that Grendell followed the law and state’s code of judicial conduct.Grendell is accused of misconduct in a custody case involving Carson and Conner Glasier, who refused visitation with their father, Grant Glasier after the brothers claimed he physically abused them.
Hartman dropped off the boys at the Geauga County Sheriff’s Office, but the brothers continued to refuse time with their father. In his response, Grendell said, “The boys were not placed in custody because they allegedly refused to go with their father during his court-ordered parenting time; but, rather, for their alleged ongoing disobedience of their mother.”During their incarceration, the complaint said Grendell ordered the brothers to be kept in isolation from each other, be physically checked every 15 minutes, and have no contact with anyone except their father, including their guardian ad litem.
The second charge against Grendell relates to an ongoing dispute with Geauga County Auditor Charles Walder over how the court’s bills are paid.State law requires county expenses to be processed through the auditor’s office. County departments are required to send all invoices to the auditor as well as provide documentation related to the expense.
The auditor said it was misleading for Grendell to state “no tax dollars” were used. The money Grendell wanted for the ads was not from taxes, but it was from fees paid by taxpayers.Walder had written Grendell that his staff members were so disrespectful that they were no longer welcome in his office. Despite the letter, staff members allegedly showed up again and took some county records with them.
The Supreme Court of Ohio ultimately sided with Grendell about whether the auditor should pay the court’s expenses.The third charge against Grendell concerns his testimony in support of his wife’s"Truth in COVID Statistics" bill.The complaint highlights judicial rules barring judges from appearing or consulting with executive or legislative bodies and from “abusing the prestige” of their office in an effort to"advance the personal or economic interests of the judge or others.
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