Same-sex marriage is now the law of the land in the U.S., after this summer's Supreme Court ruling. This ruling has important implications for the several states that previously limited marriage to heterosexual couples. For instance, it likely means that all states...

Raising a child is a profound responsibility. Parents have to make decisions about where their children will live, where they will go to school and what religion they will grow up in, if any. Besides everyday love, support and discipline, these decisions are perhaps...

When both parents are seeking primary child custody, what factors will a court consider? An attorney that focuses on divorce and child custody law knows that the applicable legal standard is the best interest of the child. However, decisions based on that standard...

Dysfunction in families is probably the rule, rather than the exception. It would be nice if things were the other way around but there's a lot of evidence to support the claim. Cain killed Abel, the Bible says. Jacob stole Esau's birthright. And there is plenty of...

When it comes to child custody, or shared parenting as it is known in Ohio, the legal system does not fool around. This is understandable. Such plans are constructed and approved in the course of a divorce with the objective of ensuring that the best interests of the...

Some weeks ago we shared a story to highlight the family law issues that service people can sometimes face when they are called to duty. The case involves a Navy submariner who was facing a court summons and the threat of arrest in connection with a dispute related to...

There are a number of men and women in Columbus who are in the military and, even though we are sending far fewer people to fight overseas these days, a number of these military members remain deployed. Though many of these deployed service members hope to come back...

At one point in time, if parents divorced in Columbus, a father was effectively out of his children's lives. Perhaps he would see them on the holidays or maybe he would get a weekend or two with his children, but the general assumption was that the children went with...

Military service has often been seen as a man’s role, but more and more women are joining the military every day. In fact, 15 percent of the nation’s current active forces are women. Many of these women are not only members of the military, but they are...

There have been over 200,000 women who have served in the military in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that number of female service members is only expected to double in the next couple of decades. Already today, 15 percent of the active forces are women. The face of the...