Q: How does a court decide whether to order shared parenting or order one parent to have custody of the children when a marriage ends? A: One or both parents may file a pleading or motion requesting shared parenting and a proposed shared parenting plan. To determine whether shared parenting is …
Other marriages of gays dissolved in county court Why was a lesbian couple’s marriage dissolution rejected by a Franklin County judge when the same court granted two gay men a divorce days earlier? That’s the question Laura Christina Thompson and Evangeline Grace Roller are asking after Judge Jim Mason of Franklin County Domestic Relations Court …
When Olivia Newton-John sang Hopelessly Devoted to You in the 1978 movie Grease, baby boomers were deeply in love and headed for the altar. But now that they’re older, many are saying to heck with ’til death do us part.While studies have determined that the overall divorce rate has held steady or declined since …
As most everyone realizes, some child custody cases can quickly become heated between the two feuding parents. More often than one might like to admit, one of the parents might engage in some less than honorable behavior. One millionaire father in Florida recently did just that and is now finding himself in hot water. The …
TOPEKA, Kan. — The state of Kansas is trying to force a man who donated sperm to a lesbian couple to pay child support, arguing that the agreement he and the women signed releasing him from all parental duties was invalid because they didn’t go through a doctor. Under Kansas law, a doctor’s involvement …
A statewide project in Ohio will try to increase the time a child spends with both parents, even if they are divorced or separated. Fairfield County Job and Family Services is leading the four-year $400,000 initiative and Ohio University’s College of Health Sciences and Professions will participate. According to The Athens Messenger, the goal is …
[Cite as In re M.I.S., 2012-Ohio-5178.] Court of Appeals of Ohio EIGHTH APPELLATE DISTRICT COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION No. 98138 IN RE: M.I.S. A Minor Child [APPEAL BY A.M.S., FATHER] JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED Civil Appeal from the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Juvenile Division Case No. CU 10105512 BEFORE: Boyle, P.J., Cooney, …
LEGAL GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE: A divorce may be granted for the following causes: [Based on Ohio Revised Code Section 3105.01] Incompatibility, unless denied by either party. Living separate and apart for one year. Desertion for one year. Either party had a husband or wife living at the time of the marriage from which the divorce …
Can Social Security benefits be garnished, levied or otherwise withheld by the Federal government? There are a number of circumstances when the Federal government can garnish Social Security benefits. Social Security will garnish benefits: To enforce child support or alimony obligations under 42 USC 659. To enforce a valid garnishment for court-ordered victim restitution under …
Education for Divorcing Parents For Our Children Parents are forever . . . Divorce is a very stressful experience for parents and children. Although you may decide to end your marriage, both parents will always need to be part of their children’s lives. You will continue to be a mother and a father for a …
