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Columbus Ohio Collaborative Divorce Attorneys

February 4, 2013

What is collaborative divorce?  Simply put, it is a process designed to streamline the process for ending a marriage, and to motivate clients and attorneys to reach resolution quickly, instead of  engage in long, drawn out court battles.   The Ohio Collaborative Family Law Act (Ohio Revised Code 3105.41 to 3105.54) becomes effective March 22, [...]

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Looking for an Alimony or Spousal Support Calculator for Ohio?

January 24, 2013

Looking for an alimony (or spousal support) calculator for the state of Ohio?  Alas, you won’t find one, because it doesn’t exist.  Alimony is completely within the discretion of the court.  There are no statutory spousal support guidelines in Ohio like you see in child support. CALL NOW (614) 225-9316 There is, however, a statute [...]

What is the average cost of a divorce in Ohio?

January 21, 2013 Divorce

We get this question all the time. Know why lawyers look so nervous when you ask them this question?  Because there is no average divorce.  Clients really really want there to be, because they want to know what to expect.  Of course they do!  This is one of the most stressful times of their lives! [...]

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Ohio Supreme Court Puts Limits on Free Attorneys for Contempt of Court

January 21, 2013 Contempt & Enforcement

On October 24, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio decided that while an indigent parent may have an attorney for a hearing to decide whether they are in contempt of court or not, once they are found in contempt he or she may lose their free attorney.  When a person is found in contempt, the [...]

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Military Custody Issues: Deployment and Active Service in Ohio

October 8, 2012 Child Custody or Visitation

When military servicemembers (sometimes also referred to as service members) are called to active duty or are deployed it can wreak havoc on their families, especially families with children.  Even though the servicemember may already have a Family Care Plan in place, service members who are divorced or unmarried parents may be worried that the other [...]

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Franklin County Ohio 2012 Domestic Relations Parenting Class / Seminar Brochure

June 6, 2012 Divorce

  Franklin County has published a new brochure for the required parenting class for parents in divorce.  You can download a copy by clicking here.  (You must open the blog page for the link to be active, you cannot do it from viewing the blog roll).  Please note the seminar brochure is TWO PAGES and [...]

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

February 19, 2012 Child Support

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 Annulment

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 [...]

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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: Series on Divorce Part 17

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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