Child Custody

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 also mothers....

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...

Possible tax consequences are a conversation that certainly may come up in a family law dispute. Conversely, an agreement reached in a family court has the potential to be used in a dispute in a tax court, as was recently the case for the father of a young boy. It was...

On Tuesday, April 15, U.S. District Judge Timothy S. Black made a precedential ruling in Ohio. In a case that was filed over birth certificates, the judge ruled that the current law in Ohio banning the recognition of same-sex marriages legally entered into in other...

The debate over same-sex marriage continues across the United States. The ruling made by the Supreme Court of the United States this past year, striking down the Defense of Marriage Act made the denial of federal benefits to same-sex spouses unconstitutional. What it...

The Ohio Senate was asked to address a controversial and difficult subject early this year when Senate Bill 171 was introduced. This bill would have a big effect on family courts, and more specifically, child custody laws in Ohio. Sen. Nina Turner (D-Cleveland)...

In this current era, life often happens outside of the boundaries of our home town. Moving from one state to another isn’t a rare occurrence, and when parents decide that they don’t want to live together anymore or at all, they may live in different cities...

A 38-year-old woman said that she is doing her best to raise her three children from three different fathers without sending them back and forth between houses. The children live with her, period. Although her life is extremely busy, this mom said that she always...

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, many families are getting ready for a traditional celebration. Individuals and families in Columbus travel across the state of Missouri and even across the country to celebrate the gift of loved ones. For those that recently...