About a hundred attorneys attended a workshop about the child support cash medical orders offered in conjunction with Child Support Awareness Month.

A room full of attorneys learned more about the new cash medical support orders coming this fall as part of Hamilton County's Child Support Awareness Month activities. The orders will require parents to provide private medical insurance or pay cash medical support in lieu of insurance.

The Aug. 6 workshop at 237 William H. Taft Road, facilitated by Child Support Section Chief Dan Cade, featured a panel of legal experts, including: Regina Campbell, Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati; David Fleischman, Office of Child Support, ODJFS; John F.McManus, Hamilton County Juvenile Court; and Gregory R. Theile, Hamilton County Domestic Relations Court.

Before the session began, three Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services managers nearing retirement -- Donna Collins, Germaine Sheppard and Carol Watson -- received Lifetime Achievement honors.

And Susan Garten, GRADS instructor at Northwest and Colerain high schools, was honored as the 2008 Child Support Hero. Past winners were: 2005, Juvenile Court Magistrate Dave Kelley; 2006, Sheriff Simon Leis; and 2007, Recorder Rebecca Prem Groppe.


(From left) Donna Collins, Germaine Sheppard and Carol Watson receive Lifetime Achievement awards from Agency Director Moira Weir and Assistant Director Jeff Startzman. To see video of the awards presentations, click here


Sue Garten, GRADS Instructor at Northwest and Colerain High Schools, is named the 2008 Hamilton County Child Support Hero for her work with pregnant teens.