ProSe-Ohio-14B
One father. Two heartbreaks. Free AI so no parent faces the system alone.
One father. Two heartbreaks. A lifetime of fighting a system that was never built for people like him.
The Story Behind This Model
In 1997, a father in Dayton, Ohio became one of the first men in the state to be legally "defathered." A DNA test proved he wasn't the biological father, but the court had no way to stop a child support order — not even for DNA. His case helped create Ohio's paternity fraud protections.
Then, in 2019, it happened again. A son. Years fighting to establish paternity. Years of being kept away. The same broken system.
Same father. Different county, different system — Hamilton County's bifurcated court forced him to learn an entirely new process from scratch. Same impossible choice: hire a lawyer at $5,000 — or represent yourself in a system designed for attorneys.
He chose to fight. No lawyer. Just statutes, sleepless nights, and a father who refused to lose another child to a broken system.
This model is the result. Every question he couldn't answer at 2 AM, every filing deadline he almost missed, every legal term nobody bothered to explain — it's all in here. So no parent ever has to go through that alone again.
What This Model Does
ProSe-Ohio is fine-tuned on 13,400+ Q&A pairs covering all 12 steps of an Ohio family court case:
| Step | Topic | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parental rights & triggers | Constitutional rights, ORC §3109 |
| 2 | Getting served / responding | Deadlines, forms, jurisdiction |
| 3 | Can't afford a lawyer | Fee waivers, legal aid, law libraries |
| 4 | Filing motions | Format, drafting, service of process |
| 5 | Building evidence | Best interest factors (9 current, 26 under SB174) |
| 6 | Discovery | Subpoenas, interrogatories, depositions |
| 7 | GAL involvement | Cooperation, challenges, Sup.R. 48 |
| 8 | Courtroom preparation | Procedure, objections, cross-examination |
| 9 | Adverse rulings | Magistrate objections (14-day deadline!), appeals |
| 10 | Order enforcement | Contempt motions, documentation |
| 11 | Modifications | Change of circumstances, relocation |
| 12 | Post-case | Co-parenting, record keeping |
How It Responds
- Defines every legal term in parentheses when first used
- Cites specific Ohio law — ORC sections, Civil Rules, local rules
- Gives step-by-step instructions with deadlines and forms
- Assumes zero legal knowledge — plain English throughout
- Warns when you need a real lawyer — honest about limitations
The Council of Agents (Coming Soon)
ProSe AI isn't just one model — it's a council simulating every person you'll face in court:
| Agent | Role |
|---|---|
| Legal Guide | Your main advisor through all 12 steps |
| Magistrate Simulator | Asks the hard questions the judge will ask |
| Opposing Counsel | Cross-examines you to find weaknesses |
| GAL Simulator | Evaluates your focus on the child |
| Custody Investigator | Simulates the home study interview |
| Psychologist | Assesses attachment and parenting capacity |
| Witness Coach | Prepares your testimony for pressure |
You walk into court having already faced every scenario. Most pro se litigants walk in blind.
Why Now: SB174
Ohio is passing its biggest family law reform in 25 years. Senate Bill 174 eliminates "custodial parent" labels, expands best interest factors from 9 to 26, and maximizes parenting time. ProSe AI is built to help parents understand both current law AND what's coming.
Usage
# With Ollama (coming soon)
ollama run ProSeAI/ProSe-Ohio
# With transformers
from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer
from peft import PeftModel
base = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct")
model = PeftModel.from_pretrained(base, "ProSeAI/ProSe-Ohio-14B")
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("ProSeAI/ProSe-Ohio-14B")
Requirements: 8GB RAM minimum
Training Details
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base model | Qwen 2.5 7B Instruct |
| Method | QLoRA (4-bit NF4) |
| LoRA rank | 16 |
| LoRA alpha | 32 |
| Training pairs | 12,724+ |
| Epochs | 3 |
| Trainable params | 40.4M / 4.4B (0.92%) |
Data Sources
- Ohio Revised Code (ORC Chapter 3109, 3111, 3105)
- Ohio Civil Rules of Procedure
- Hamilton County local rules
- Ohio Supreme Court decisions on custody
- Real-world pro se litigation experience
- SB174 legislative analysis
Limitations
- Legal information, not legal advice — same as a court self-help center
- Ohio-specific — not applicable to other states
- Not a substitute for an attorney in complex cases
- Model will tell you when your situation needs a real lawyer
License
Apache 2.0 — Free forever. No restrictions on use.
Built in Dayton, Ohio by a father who refused to let another parent face the system alone. A ProSe AI project.