Athens County Local Rule 24.06 Standard Visitation Schedule, and Local 24.07 Supervised Visitation

(web page updated 11-29-09)

Athens County Rule 24.06 Visitation/Parenting Time Guidelines

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24.06     VISITATION/PARENTING TIME GUIDELINES

(A)  Every decree involving children shall be accompanied by a specific visitation/parenting time schedule. The following are suggested schedules.

Plan A – (For parents who live in close proximity to each other and where work schedules permit.)

1.   Alternate weekends from 6:00 p.m. Friday until the child is returned to the other parent’s residence; the day care                  provider; or school on Monday morning.  (The beginning and ending times, other than drop-off at school, may be varied to accommodate the parents’ work schedules.)

2.   A mid-week overnight, on Wednesdays in the week when there is parenting time on the upcoming weekend and on Thursdays in the week when there is no parenting time on the upcoming weekend, from 6:00 p.m. until the child is returned to the other parent’s residence; the day care provider; or school on the following morning.  (The beginning and ending times, other than drop-off at school, may be varied to accommodate the parents’ work schedules.)

3.   Mother’s Day and Father’s Day shall be spent with the appropriate parent. Should this provision require the child      to be with the residential parent during the other parent’s visitation/parenting time, the parent who is not a                 residential parent shall return the child by 9:00 a.m. on Mother’s Day or Father’s Day. Should the reverse occur, the      parent who is not a residential parent shall receive the child at 9:00 a.m. on that day and return the child at 6:00         p.m.

4.   Alternate holidays as follows:

a)   in even-numbered years, the residential parent shall have the child:

(1) President’s Day, Friday night to Monday night.

(2)  Spring Vacation, 6:30 p.m. on the day school ends to 6:30 p.m. the Sunday prior to school                                 reconvening.

(3)  Memorial Day, Friday night to Monday night.

(4) Labor Day, Friday night to Monday night.

(5)  Christmas, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

b)   in even-numbered years, the parent who is not a  residential parent shall have the child:

(1) Easter, Thursday night to Sunday night.

(2)  Fourth of July, night before to morning after except when the 4th falls on Friday, Saturday,  Sunday or Monday – then visitation/parenting time shall continue the night before and continue to end of weekend or end of holiday, whichever is later.

(3) Thanksgiving Day, Wednesday night to Sunday  night.

(4)  Christmas Vacation and New Years Day, December 26th at 9:00 a.m. until the night of the end of  the New Years Holiday.

c)  In odd-numbered years the schedule stated in 3 a) and 3 b) shall be reversed between the parents.

d)   Other days of special meaning, such as religious holidays or Martin Luther King Day should be decided by the parties together, written down, and alternated.

e)   Unless otherwise indicated in an entry or these rules, holiday visitation/parenting time shall begin and end at the same times as weekend visitation/parenting time. Holiday visitations/parenting times have precedence over the regular visitation/parenting time  schedule, but shall not otherwise modify it.

5.  The parent who is not a residential parent shall have  extended summer visitation/parenting time up to four (4) weeks duration.  These extended times supercede the alternating weekend visitations/parenting times, i.e. a             nonresidential parent may not begin an extended time on a Monday following an alternating weekend, or end an extended time on a Friday before an alternating weekend, as a means of lengthening the extended visitation/parenting time.   Alternating weekends shall begin again two weeks after the end of the extended visitation/parenting time.

The parent who is not a residential parent shall attempt to coincide his or her vacation time with summer visitation/parenting time. The parent who is not a residential parent shall notify the residential parent no later than May 15th each year of the weeks summer visitation/parenting time will be exercised. Summer school necessary for the child to pass into the next grade must be attended.

6.   The child’s birthday shall be celebrated in the  residential parent’s home, unless it falls on a visitation/ parenting time day. The parent who is not a  residential parent may celebrate the birthday at another time if desired.

7.   Such other times and places as the parties may agree.

Plan B – (For parents who do not live in close proximity to each  other or whose work schedules do not permit the use of Plan A.)

1.   Alternate weekends from 6:30 p.m. Friday until 6:30 p.m. Sunday. (The beginning and ending times may be                     varied to accommodate the parents’ work schedules.)

2.   Same as Plan A, 3-7.

Plan C – (For parents residing in different locations that make the above schedules impractical/)

1.   Christmas vacation {including Christmas Day) in alternate years;

2.   Spring vacation every year;

3.   Up to six (6) weeks summer/parenting time every year.

4.   Such other times and places as the parties may agree.

(B) Both parents shall be diligent in having the children ready and available at the appointed times. The child and/or residential parent have no duty to await the nonresidential parent for more  than thirty (30) minutes. A parent who is late, unless he or she suffers an unavoidable vehicle breakdown or delay enroute and promptly notifies the residential parent of the delay, shall forfeit visitation/parenting time for that time period.

(C) The parent who is not a residential parent should give twenty- four (24) hour notice to cancel visitation/parenting time. If a child is ill, the residential parent should also give twenty- four (24) hours notice if possible.

(D) The residential parent shall send with the child sufficient clothing and other wear appropriate to the season to last the visitation/parenting time period.

(E) Visitation/parenting time does not include leaving the child with a non-family member while the nonresidential parent pursues his or her own pleasures or activities.

24.07     SUPERVISED VISITATION

The Athens County Supervised Visitation Center is administered through the Victim’s Assistance Program in the Athens County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, (740)592-3212.  The Center is funded for approximately twenty (20) hours per week and provides both supervised visitation/parenting time and supervised exchanges.  Use of the Center is by Court referral only, and a fee for use will be charged on a sliding fee scale with the Court having the authority to designate a paying party or setting forth the manner in which the parties shall share the fees.

Because the Center operates on limited hours, times for supervised visits and supervised exchanges must be arranged through the staff at the Center.   Therefore, Court entries can only speak in general terms, i.e. supervised visitation/parenting time shall be for one hour one time per week.  All entries shall contain basic information as to how the Center is to be contacted for the purposes of arranging exact times.  It will be the responsibility of the parties involved to contact the Center and make the actual arrangements.

Because use of the Center is by prior arrangement, supervised visitation/parenting time and/or supervised exchanges will not be granted in ex parte temporary orders issued pursuant to Civ. R. 75(N) or in ex parte preliminary civil protection orders issued pursuant to R.C. 3113.31.

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