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# Kim A. Browne

Franklin Co. Domestic Relations/Juvenile Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Franklin Co. Domestic Relations/Juvenile Court
- State: Ohio
- Role: Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-27

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### remote hearing exhibits

Scope: statewide

Ohio's statewide virtual-court guidance tells courts to include instructions for submitting exhibits or notifying the court of witnesses when remote-hearing information is sent to participants.

Evidence excerpt: Instructions for submitting exhibits or notifying the court of witnesses.

[Virtual Public Access to Ohio Court Proceedings](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/virtual-court/)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### remote hearing ground rules

Scope: statewide

Ohio's statewide virtual-court guidance recommends advance ground rules for documents, exhibits, screen sharing, and pre-marking exhibits for remote hearings.

Evidence excerpt: Documents: Share any documents/exhibits that will be reviewed in advance. Use the share screen function while documents are being discussed during the hearing. Request that the documents are pre-marked for exhibit purposes.

[Virtual Public Access to Ohio Court Proceedings](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/virtual-court/)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### remote recording

Scope: statewide

Ohio's statewide virtual-court guidance states that litigants, attorneys, and the public should be instructed not to record the hearing.

Evidence excerpt: The court should instruct the litigants, attorneys, and the public to not record the hearing.

[Virtual Public Access to Ohio Court Proceedings](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/virtual-court/)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.ohiojudges.org/directory/ojc-directory/)
- [Official roster](https://www.ohiojudges.org/directory/ojc-directory/)
- [Ohio Judicial Conference Directory official judicial roster](https://www.ohiojudges.org/directory/ojc-directory/)
- [Virtual Public Access to Ohio Court Proceedings](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/virtual-court/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- She has also held the role of an Adjunct Professor at Ohio Dominican University, teaching in master’s, bachelor’s, and associate degree programs
- Her work emphasizes juvenile justice reform, community engagement, and equitable access to the court system

### Education

- Undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Cincinnati in 1990 and her J.D. from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in 1993

### Additional information

- Actively involved in programs aimed at youth development, including the Teen and Police Service Academy and the Ohio Center for Law Related Education, where she contributes as a writer and mock trial coach
- She oversees the Court’s Judicial Extern program with OSU Moritz and Capital University Colleges of Law She chairs the Ohio RECLAIM Advisory Committee and participates in numerous organizations, such as the Ohio Supreme Court Case Management Advisory Committee, Ohio JDAI State Leadership Committee, Ohio Black Judges Association, Columbus NAACP Chapter 3177, and the Ohio Women’s Bar Association
- She has held the role of both Lead Juvenile Judge and Administrative Judge, reflecting her peers’ recognition of her leadership and judicial expertise
- Judge Browne has received awards and recognition from judicial peers, the United States Courts Southern District of Ohio, the Supreme Court of Ohio, the Ohio Association of Juvenile Court Judges, and other organizations for her leadership and community service