How Can A DUI Affect Your Divorce?
A DUI during Divorce can cost you more than just your life…
If you are involved in a custody dispute, or have a vindictive spouse who would like to start one, a DUI/OVI conviction can be used against you in domestic relations court. Automatic license suspensions may make it difficult to exercise visitation with your children. You may also find a court who will refuse to let you transport the children due to a DUI/OVI conviction, thereby increasing the cost and difficulty in seeing your kids, even possibly affecting the amount of parenting time/visitation time you are allowed with your child. If you are seeking an adoption, a DUI conviction may be used against you by an investigating agency charged with deciding if you are approved. Visit www.OhioDivorceAttorney.com for issues involving child custody.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) has long advocated putting a provision in every divorce decree calling for immediate suspension of parental rights of the parent if found to be driving while intoxicated. Make sure that you review your divorce decree to see if any such language is included and decide whether or not you will engage in negotiations to remove this language.
Jamie L. Anderson dedicates her practice to representing families through the changes of a divorce or dissolution. She has made herself one of Greene County’s most prominent matrimonial attorneys and will use her experience to secure your family, your finances and your future. Contact Jamie L. Anderson at (937) 879-9542 or visit www.OhioDivorceAttorney.com to learn more. If you have recently been charge with driving under the influence or OVI, check out www.DaytonDUI.com for the best DUI representation in the Miami Valley.
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