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YOUNGSTOWN -- Emily and Michael Ciccone made it easy on visiting Judge Pam Rintala on Tuesday when Emily Ciccone dropped her domestic violence protection order request against her Mahoning County clerk of courts husband.
But the parties set an Aug. 28 hearing to dig further into the legal separation Michael Ciccone requested.
Emily Ciccone, her attorney Kathleen Bartlett and Michael Ciccone had more than 30 minutes to wait in the hallways outside of the Mahoning County Domestic Court courtroom Tuesday afternoon waiting for their hearing to begin. That's when Bartlett shuttled back and forth between the two, clearly discussing details of their dispute and seemingly making some sort of progress.
That proved to be true when they all sat down in front of Rintala, a retired Trumbull County Family Court judge. First Michael Ciccone, an attorney, advised that he was representing himself.
When Rintala addressed Bartlett, Bartlett said, "We have a resolution" and said the parties had been talking before the hearing and had put the agreement in writing for Rintala to sign, which Rintala did at the end of the hearing.
Michael Ciccone also filed for legal separation from Emily Ciccone on July 27, the same day he was served with the ex-parte domestic relations civil protection order filed by Emily Ciccone. The legal separation case was not dismissed Tuesday, and Rintala set a pretrial for 10 a.m. Aug. 28 in that matter.
Rintala approved the ex-parte protection order July 24 with ex-parte meaning an order based only on the petitioner, Emily Ciccone, providing testimony to Rintala, not the respondent, Michael Ciccone.
Rintala's order stated that on Oct. 23 at Michael Ciccone's home on South Edgehill Avenue in Austintown, Michael Ciccone, "placed a minor child … in danger by driving recklessly while the minor child was not fastened in a child safety seat."
It states that Emily Ciccone "is in fear that the child could have been seriously injured. (She) is fearful for herself and the members of her household as well as the child."
The order prevented Michael Ciccone from having any contact with Emily Ciccone or their children or interfering with the residence, school, business, place of employment, day care centers or child care providers or the protected persons.
Emily Ciccone's written complaint stated that she went to the Austintown residence about 9 p.m. July 23. Michael Ciccone and Pam Ciccone "came back" to the Austintown residence. Emily was there to pick up (blacked out name).
"Michael and I agreed to exchange (blacked out name). I walked up to the window. Michael gasses the car while (blacked out name) was in the front seat fighting with Michael. Michael goes through the yard driving the car while using the neighbor's driveway to escape and not letting me have my son," Emily Ciccone stated.