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Marital Property Appreciation
According to Ohio law, an increase in the value of separate property due to one spouse or either spouse’s efforts becomes marital property and is divisible in a divorce, dissolution or separation agreement. The increase in value of the separate property, which...
What is a Separation Agreement? Items to Discuss
When separating from your spouse, questions surrounding how assets and liabilities will be divided can be decided in one of two ways. If you disagree, the Court can hold a hearing and issue a decision deciding division for you, or you and your spouse can come to your...
Relocating with Children After a Divorce
You are always allowed to move after a divorce; however, you may not always be allowed to take your children with you. When parents get a divorce, it is important that they work together to determine where the child will live, go to school and which parent will have...
Tips for Successful Co-Parenting
Working with your ex-spouse after a divorce or separation may never be easy, but when there are children involved it is certainly necessary. Unless your family has faced issues such as substance abuse or domestic violence, it is imperative that you work together to...
Shared Parenting Explained
In Ohio, “shared parenting” means joint custody. Shared parenting can be explained as a parenting agreement in which both parents equally share in all or some of the decision-making process as it pertains to the minor child or children. This means that the parents...
Paternity and Parental Rights of an Unwed Father
In Ohio, it is determined that paternity between an unwed mother and child is established by proof of her having given birth to the child, but unwed father’s do not have that same paternity determination upon the birth of the child or any parenting rights...
Grandparent Visitation and Companionship Time
In Ohio, in any case of divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, annulment or child support proceeding that involves a child, the court has the ability to grant reasonable companionship or visitation rights to a grandparent. Prior to the court entertaining...
Divorce: Spousal Support & Alimony
When a divorce happens, alimony is not a guaranteed outcome. Another term often used in place of alimony is spousal support. Both have the same meaning which is the financial support that a person is ordered by a court to give their spouse during...
What is a Civil Protection Order
Under Ohio law, a Civil Protection Order (“CPO”) is a restraining order directing a person to do or not do certain things as outlined by the court order. One form of a civil protection order is a Domestic Violence Civil Protection Order, in which a person who claims...
Legal Separation: Different Than Divorce
To understand how a legal separation differs from a divorce, you need to be aware that a legal separation is a court’s order that addresses property division, debts, spousal support, custody, visitation and child support. A divorce also addresses property division,...