Many Ohio residents have been paying close attention to the legal battle over same-sex marriage. The practice was banned in Ohio by lawmakers in 2004, and the state's residents have also supported a constitutional amendment prohibiting the recognition of same-sex...
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Month: June 2015
New study focuses on unpaid child support
Throughout Ohio and the rest of the country, much of the child support that has been ordered remains unpaid. In fact, only about 61 percent of child support ordered of men had been paid to the mothers of their children in 2011. A new study looked at other...
Protecting fathers’ rights in Ohio
In child custody proceedings of the past, mothers were often awarded primary custody of their children while fathers were given limited visitation time. However, the times have changed.Fathers now play a much more active role in their children's lives, and they are...
Fraternal twins can have two fathers, but how?
In any child custody and child support case, paternity is a deciding factor. That's because courts here in Ohio don't want to order a man to pay support or give him parental rights if a link to the child cannot be established either through voluntary acknowledgement...
Same-sex marriage could soon be legal in Ohio
In April, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a landmark case questioning the validity of the same-sex marriage bans in Ohio and three other states.A decision is expected sometime this month, and if the Supreme Court rules in favor of same-sex marriage,...