Child Custody

Multiple factors determine where a child lives and how much parenting time takes place when Ohio couples separate or divorce. Many child-rearing decisions are included in plans agreed upon by parents and approved by Columbus family courts. Sometimes child custody...

An Ohio parent involved in an international custody disagreement can be tested to the limit before the case is resolved. Add to that the loss and pain of separation a parent feels after a child is secretly relocated to a foreign country.Suddenly, all hopes of...

More than half the states permit men who father children through rape to petition a court for parental rights. Ohio lawmakers have crafted legislation that would "inhibit" father's rights for men with sexual battery or rape convictions. The state House recently gave...

Parental rights aren't removed by courts as easily as some Columbus families think. Ohio judges strive to keep parents in a child's life, whenever possible, because parent-child relationships are frequently in the best interests of the child.A child's needs rise above...

Divorced Ohio parents with court-sanctioned parenting plans may be limited by geography. Parental relocation affects child custody and visitation arrangements, even when a former partner only moves across Delaware County.When a parent with residential custody plans to...

It's natural for Columbus spouses to feel strong emotions when they divorce. While spouses bear the emotional brunt of the end of a marriage, it's easy for them to forget that others also have deep feelings - children.A 17-year-old girl wants the Ohio Supreme Court to...

The custody and support of children go hand in hand when Columbus parents divorce. Ohio ex-spouses resolve these issues either by negotiation and compromise or with a court's help. The focus for child custody and support revolves around what's best for...

When celebrities are covered in the news or on tabloids, the bulk of the content is usually centered on the horrible break-ups that they are going through and how they are dealing with these major life moments. Microscopic analyses of these individuals often yield the...

A new study may be shaking up the way child custody determinations are arranged, if judges in Columbus, Ohio, choose to pay attention. According to the researchers involved, the number of overnights a child spends with the secondary caregiver during the first year of...

A divorce can set off a number of events for the couple that is involved. Property division is often one that sparks concern on both sides of the table as is spousal support. But if the spouses share a daughter or son, child custody may be more important than both of...