README.md

---
language:
- en
license: apache-2.0
tags:
- legal
- ohio
- family-law
- pro-se
- custody
- qwen2
- lora
base_model: Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct
---

# 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.*

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## 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.

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## 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

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## 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.

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## Why Now: SB174

Ohio is passing its biggest family law reform in 25 years. [Senate Bill 174](https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/sb174) 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.

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## Usage

```bash
# 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

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## 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

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## 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

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## License

Apache 2.0 — Free forever. No restrictions on use.

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*Built in Dayton, Ohio by a father who refused to let another parent face the system alone.*
*A [ProSe AI](https://huggingface.co/ProSeAI) project.*