Visitation Rights – Answers to Common Questions

In Ohio, each county has a “standard parenting time” schedule to determine visitation rights.  This schedule is used as the starting point and provides the parties with an idea of what the court would do with visitation absent evidence overcoming the presumption.  Visitation can only be determined by the courts.  A court may order a parenting…

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Child Custody and the UCCJEA

UCCJEA: Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act Child custody matters are the most emotionally charged, and most important, issues dealt with by divorce attorneys.  Custody disputes arise between parents during, but more frequently after a divorce or dissolution, or between unmarried biological parents, and sometimes grandparents.  When parents and their children live in one state, the courts of that…

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