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You are NOT the Father! Can you sue to recover the child support you paid?

February 19, 2012

Virginia Cornwell is an Ohio Family Lawyer in Columbus, Ohio and an Ohio State Bar Association Certified Family Relations Specialist.  She helps clients throughout Ohio and accepts cases from all 88 Ohio Counties.  The information in this article applies only to the state of Ohio. So you paid child support for years thinking you were the father of [...]

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Ask an Ohio Family Lawyer: separate property, community property, marital property – what does it all mean?

January 31, 2012

Virginia Cornwell is an Ohio Family Lawyer in Columbus, Ohio and an Ohio State Bar Association Certified Family Relations Specialist.  She helps clients throughout Ohio and accepts cases from all 88 Ohio Counties. What is community property in Ohio?  We get that question a lot from our divorce clients.  The truth is, there is no [...]

Can you get a divorce in Ohio while pregnant (or a dissolution, annulment or legal separation)?

January 21, 2012 Annulment

Virginia Cornwell is a Columbus Ohio Family Law Attorney who assists clients with family law matters throughout Ohio. Trying to end your marriage in Ohio can be difficult if the wife is pregnant.  Difficult, but not impossible. Ironically, the difficulty does not come from any obstacle in the law, but rather from the practices in [...]

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ANNULMENT IN OHIO: 10 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW

January 17, 2012 Annulment

Virginia Cornwell is a Columbus Annulment Attorney and Columbus Family Law Lawyer, representing clients throughout Ohio.   1.    Annulment (sometimes called annulment of marriage) is not the same thing as dissolution (sometimes called dissolution of marriage, dissolutionment, disolutionment, etc). In a dissolution, the marriage is ended by agreement, but as far as the law is [...]

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In Ohio, how far back can child support go? That depends on PATERNITY.

October 29, 2011 Child Support

Virginia Cornwell is a Columbus Ohio Child Support Attorney and an Ohio State Bar Association Certified Family Relations Specialist. How far back can child support go in Ohio? I didn’t even know about this baby, and now, 10 years later she is going for child support all the way back to birth.  Can she do that? In [...]

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Family Law Attorneys in Columbus Ohio FAQs

October 27, 2011 Columbus Ohio Family Law

Q.  Where do you go to file a divorce in Columbus, Ohio (Franklin County)?   If you have a Columbus, Ohio divorce attorney, your attorney will file the divorce for you.  If you are filing your own divorce, you will go to the Franklin County Court House, Clerk of Court, Domestic Relations Division, 373 S. [...]

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Ohio Unmarried and Never Married Parent FAQs

October 26, 2011 Child Custody or Visitation

In Columbus and throughout Ohio, custody attorneys are often asked about the rights of parents who are not married to the mother or father of their child.  We have answered a lot of the basic questions in other articles on our web site.  This article will focus on some of the questions frequently asked in [...]

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What is Ohio Family Law? Do I need a lawyer for my case?

October 22, 2011 Columbus Ohio Family Law

Family law is a term that is often misunderstood.  People sometimes think that a family law attorney is a lawyer that you hire when you want to sue your family.  In a way, that’s true, but family law does not cover every area that might involve litigation between you and your family.  Traditionally, family law [...]

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You need the bad news and good news from your family law attorney

October 1, 2011 Franklin County Ohio Family Law

Finding a good attorney for your family law needs can be a challenge.  Just as every attorney is unique, so is every client and every case. Almost every case has one or more weaknesses. Even if you are fortunate enough to have the rare situation where all of the law and all of the facts line [...]

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Ohio Father’s Rights News: Fast Action May Be Needed to Protect Your Rights!

August 21, 2011 Fathers Rights and Paternity

Ohio Fathers may need to act fast to preserve their rights to parent their child. Although registering with the Ohio Putative Father’s Registry before the birth of their child or within 30 days of the birth of their child will entitled them to notice of an adoption, it does not necessarily preserve their right to [...]

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How to register an out of state custody order in Ohio.

April 19, 2011 Child Custody or Visitation

If you have a custody or visitation order from another state, and you now live in Ohio, the process for registering your order with the courts in the state of Ohio is actually relatively simple.  Unfortunately, jurisdictions is an issue that can be complicated and sometimes difficult to understand.  However, if the state that made [...]

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Divorce and Medical Practice Owners in Ohio

March 25, 2011 Divorce

Larry J. Kasper, CPA, CVA , CBA is appearing as a Guest Blogger on our site.  He does not work for the Law Offices of Virginia C. Cornwell, and is not being paid to write this article. Ohio Court of Appeals Affirms and Settles Business Valuation Issue Hissa v Hissa, 2010 WL 2637905 (Ohio. July [...]

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Emergency Custody Orders in Franklin County Ohio

March 4, 2011 Emergency Custody and Supervised Visitation

Our Ohio Family Law Attorneys are often asked how easy or hard it is to get emergency custody.   In Franklin County (Columbus), as in most Ohio Counties, the procedure for obtaining Emergency Custody Orders is governed by both state law and the local rules of court.  This article talks about Franklin County’s Local Rules regarding [...]

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Supervised Visitation in Ohio

February 24, 2011 Child Custody or Visitation

As Columbus Ohio family law attorneys, we are often asked about supervised visitation.  We are asked questions such as: What is supervised visitation? Who supervises the Visitation? Can the County supervise the Visitation? Can one parent or the other supervise the Visitation? Can relatives, aunts, uncles or grandparents supervise the Visitation? Are there places you can [...]

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Family Support Columbus Ohio & UIFSA

February 19, 2011 Alimony & Spousal Support

What is family support?  It’s not a legal term in Ohio law, but it is included in the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, or UIFSA.  Family support is a term that is used to mean child support and/or spousal support (alimony). The UIFSA is a result of federal regulations requiring states to cooperate in establishing [...]

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Psychological Evaluations in Ohio Divorce and Custody Cases

February 18, 2011 Child Custody or Visitation

There is a lot of fuss and fanfare about psychological evaluations in family law.  The most common reason we hear for requesting a psychological evaluation in Ohio family law cases (divorce, custody, visitation, shared parenting), is, “I think my ex is bipolar and I want custody of my children.”  Many clients want to have a [...]

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Ohio Interstate Divorce Attorney series on Divorce part 15: Interstate Divorce and Child Custody

February 14, 2011 Child Custody or Visitation

This is the 15th installment in a series by a Ohio Interstate Divorce and Custody Attorney about the process and options for ending your marriage in Ohio, and about Ohio divorce laws. This article discusses interstate child custody jurisdiction.  Interstate child support and enforcement will be discussed in another article. You can view other articles [...]

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What counts as income for child support in Ohio?

February 14, 2011 Child Support

This article is written by Virginia Cornwell, an Ohio Child Support Attorney and Ohio State Bar Association Certified Family Relations Specialist. People often want to know what counts as income according to the Ohio child support guidelines worksheet.  There are a lot of myths bouncing around about what does and does not count as income. [...]

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