When Settlement Agreement Disputed, Must Court Hold Hearing Before Either Enforcing or Refusing to Enforce?

12th District Court of Appeals (Butler County)

ISSUE: When terms of a settlement agreement are disputed in a court action, or a court is asked to rule on whether a settlement agreement existed between the parties, must the court conduct an evidentiary hearing before entering judgment in the case regardless of whether its decision enforces or denies enforcement of the purported agreement?