Family Law and Divorce Law in Columbus, Ohio

Low Cost Ohio Step-Parent or Adult Adoption - no charge for travel time in Franklin Delaware Fairfield Pickaway Licking Union & Madison County

Virginia — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:17:35 +0000

As of December 26, 2008, the Law Offices of Virginia C. Cornwell charges the following fees. They are subject to change at any time - our fee structure at the time you hire us are the fees you would be charged.

UNCONTESTED STEP-PARENT OR ADULT ADOPTION - BIOLOGICAL PARENT GIVES WRITTEN CONSENTS TO THE ADOPTION (OR ADULT ADOPTEE GIVES WRITTEN CONSENT)

For uncontested step-parent adoptions (biological parent gives written consent to adoption)

ALL matters are agreed upon, no changes are requested from the initially reported agreement, AND
the biological parent’s whereabouts are known, AND
the biological parent signs and returns the consent we prepare within 45 days of the consent being mailed to the address provided to our firm, AND
If the child is over 12 years old, the child consents to the adoption;

THEN our fees are

$100 Initial consultation (non-refundable) PLUS
$1500 for document preparation
PLUS the filing fee(s) charged by the court in your county
PLUS - you will have to pay the cost of a homestudy and the background checks, inspections etc. that are part of a homestudy (not necessary in adult adoption
If the biological parent contests the adoption or refuses to consent - and their consent may be necessary under the law - between $175-$235 an hour for attorneys to discuss, negotiate or make changes to terms of the agreement.
If the county you live in is not in Franklin, Madison, Union, Delaware, Licking, Fairfield or Pickaway County, a $470 charge for travel time is required.
In situations where an adult is being adopted a physical examination of the adult adoptee MAY be required
PLEASE NOTE: Paperwork necessary to terminate child support withholding for the biological parent, and, where applicable to reduce or eliminate child support arrearages ARE NOT part of these fees, and would be additional fees.

All fees must be paid in advance and no legal work will be done until fees are paid in full. We accept cash, credit cards, personal checks (must clear before work begins), & money orders. If you retain us at the initial consultation, we can have the paperwork ready 1-2 weeks from when you give us the completed information regarding your finances and your agreement (for an expedited fee of $250 the documents can sometimes be prepared within 48 hours, depending on availablilty when you request this). If you live in Ohio and would like to begin the step-parent adoption process, call us today at 614-225-9316.

Low Cost Annulment in Central Ohio (Franklin Delaware Fairfield Madison Licking Pickaway or Union County)

Virginia — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:12:28 +0000

ANNULMENT:

Annulments in Franklin or Surrounding Counties (representing one party only):

If all matters are agreed upon, and no changes from the initially reported agreement,

$100 Initial consultation (non-refundable - you must have legal grounds for annulment) PLUS
$1150 for document preparation
PLUS Filing fee(s) charged by the court in your county ($175 in Franklin County)
PLUS Private Judge fee - final hearing to be in our office required as part of the flat fee (Aprox. $150 -$175 - you will never have to go to the courthouse!)
PLUS - If one party changes their mind or requests changes to the paperwork, between $175-$235 an hour for attorneys to discuss, negotiate or make changes to terms of the agreement.
PLUS - If the other party will not agree to a private judge and/or to have the hearing at our office, $175-$235 per hour to travel to where the final hearing will be held and to attend the final hearing.
Please note: this annulment is for purposes of court proceedings only - this has no impact upon whether your church will or will not grant you an annulment for religious purposes.

All fees must be paid in advance and no legal work will be done until fees are paid in full. We accept cash, credit cards, personal checks (must clear before work begins), & money orders. If you retain us at the initial consultation, we can have the paperwork ready 1-2 weeks from when you give us the completed information regarding your finances and your agreement (for an expedited fee of $250 the documents can sometimes be prepared within 48 hours, depending on availablilty when you request this). Your annulment can be finalized approximately 6 weeks from the date it is filed with the court.

If you would like to begin the annulment process, call us today at 614-225-9316.

Low Cost Dissolution in Central Ohio (Franklin Delaware Fairfield Madison Licking Pickaway or Union County)

Virginia — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 07:38:29 +0000

DISSOLUTIONS:

Uncontested Dissolution in Franklin or Surrounding Counties (representing one party only):

If all matters are agreed upon, and no changes from the initially reported agreement,

$100 Initial consultation PLUS
ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

$950 for document preparation - no children OR
$1150 for document preparation - children, sole custody to one party OR
$1400 for document preparation - children, shared parenting

3. PLUS Filing fee(s) charged by the court in your county ($175 in Franklin County)

4. PLUS Private Judge fee - final hearing to be in our office required as part of the flat fee (Aprox. $150 -$175 - you will never have to go to the courthouse!)

5. PLUS - If one party changes their mind or requests changes to the paperwork, between $175-$235 an hour for attorneys to discuss, negotiate or make changes to terms of the agreement.

6. PLUS - If the other party will not agree to a private judge and/or to have the hearing at our office, $175-$235 per hour to travel to where the final hearing will be held and to attend the final hearing.

7. These fees DO NOT include

establishing paternity of any children born to the married couple BEFORE marriage
any paternity disputes of children born during the marriage
any documents necessary to divide or transfer retirement accounts or other assets (separate fees apply - please inquire)

All fees must be paid in advance and no legal work will be done until fees are paid in full. We accept cash, credit cards, personal checks (must clear before work begins), & money orders. If you retain us at the initial consultation, we can have the paperwork ready 1-2 weeks from when you give us the completed information regarding your finances and your agreement (for an expedited fee of $250 the documents can sometimes be prepared within 48 hours, depending on availablilty when you request this). Your dissolution can be finalized approximately 6 weeks from the date it is filed with the court.

If you would like to begin the dissolution process, call us today at 614-225-9316.

Help! My ex won’t list me as a contact at my child’s school! My ex won’t give me copies of our child’s report card, soccer schedule, etc. …

Virginia — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:11:09 +0000

This is a complaint that family law attorneys hear often, regardless of whether parents live across the street from each other or across the country. In Ohio, unless a court finds it is not in the child’s best interest for reasons such as domestic violence, both the residential and non-residential parent are entitled to school and day care records access. This means you have the RIGHT to receive those documents.

The real problem comes in when people rely on their ex to deliver the documents and facilitate that access! Unless your ex is specifically court ordered to list you as an emergency contact, it is not their job to list you as a parent with the school, it’s yours. Unless your ex is specifically court ordered to give you a copy of your child’s report card, then it is not their job to get a copy to you, it is your job to arrange to get a copy. Let’s be honest, if your ex is not listing you as an emergency contact at your child’s school, and is not giving you copies of the report cards - it’s a power struggle. They are getting a charge out of keeping that information from you. So the next logical questions are:

Are your arms broken?
Do you have access to a telephone?
Can you call your child’s school?
Can you mail a copy of your court order to your child’s school and ask that it be placed in your child’s file?
Have you ever read your court order - or are you relying on your ex, friend, family or neighbor to tell you what the law is?
If your child’s school will only mail the report cards to one parent, show them the court order that tells them you are entitled to access to your child’s records and give them postage pre-paid envelopes so that they can mail you additional copies of your child’s records and notices. Are you willing to do this?
If your child’s school places report cards online, and your ex keeps changing the password - Why don’t you go to the school to obtain a copy - it’s cheaper than hiring a lawyer.
Have you made any effort to get the child’s soccer schedule from the soccer coach directly? Perhaps if you gave the coach your e-mail or mailing address, you would receive all notices in a timely fashion.

The bottom line is many people are so focused in the playing the game that their ex has started, they go YEARS without having information about their child that they are entitled to. Don’t be a victim, and don’t waste your energy trying to make your ex do the right thing. Your ex is probably enjoying this little game immensely and you are helping them! So pick up the phone, your mouse or your car keys and fix the problem! A judge is going to ask you why you didn’t pick up the phone, the mouse or the car keys before you hired a lawyer and requested a trial - “Because I shouldn’t have to.” is not going to impress the judge. He or she is going to expect you to engage in a little self-help in this matter before going to court.

The information provided in this web site is applicable in the state of
Ohio and is provided as a public service. While Virginia Cornwell is a Columbus Ohio Divorce Lawyer, Columbus Ohio Custody Attorney, and an Ohio Grandparents Rights Attorney, and an Ohio Child Custody Jurisdiction Attorney, viewing the information in this web site does not constitute an attorney-client communication, and acting upon information obtained from this web site does not create an attorney-client relationship. If you would like to discuss the application of the law to your fact situation, or if you would like additional information, please call the Law Offices of Virginia C. Cornwell at 614-225-9316 to schedule a consultation

10 Things You Should Know About Adultery / Infidelity and How it Relates to Divorce in Ohio

Virginia — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:10:47 +0000

In Ohio, adultery (infidelity) is one of the statutory grounds for divorce. Incompatibility, gross neglect of duty, extreme cruelty, and habitual drunkeness are also grounds for divorce in Ohio. None of these grounds are more legally significant than any of the others - they will all suffice to allow the court to find that there are grounds to terminate the marriage.
In Ohio, as in most states, adultery is not legally relevant to custody matters. In the eyes of the law, a person can be a bad spouse and that has nothing to do with whether they are a bad parent.
In Ohio, adultery has no legal relevance to the division of property. A court will not give one spouse more property than they other in order to punish the spouse who has been unfaithful. In Ohio the primary purpose of the divorce court is to divide things and end things.
In Ohio, one spouse’s commision of adultery does not automatically mean that the other spouse will be awarded the marital home in the divorce. If the one spouse asks the other to leave as a result of adultery, the faithful spouse will not be any more entitled to have the house than they would if adultery were not an issue.
In Ohio, just because the marriage is ending after adultery, that does not mean a court will fail to consider shared parenting.
Once the marriage is over, the court will rarely enter an order requiring separation between the “object of affection” and the children. Unless a court finds a parent unfit, that parent will have the right to make their own child care arrangements.
When one spouse is leaving a marriage because of adultery, the other spouse may unnecessarily prolong divorce litigation in order to maintain a connection. While adultery is not legally relevant, it is not unusual for divorce litigation to confuse the feelings surrounding infidelity with the legal issues surrounding the end of the marriage.
If one of the parties alienates the children by disclosing the other parent’s infidelity, or worse, by stating the infidelity as the reason for the end of the marriage, a court may find that the disclosing parent is unable to put the needs of the children before their own need for vindication. A pattern of such behavior, with no regard to the strain it causes on the children, could result in custody of the children being awarded to the party.
In Ohio, the court does not care if you were a good spouse to the unfaithful party, and you did not cause the end of the marriage. The court only cares that the marriage is ending and things have to be ended and divided. You will not be awarded any more spousal support (alimony) than you would received otherwise, and the court is not going to order the leaving party to “find a way” to let you maintain the exact same lifestyle that you lived before the end of the marriage. The court is going to expect you to live as if the income available to the parties is now being divided among two households.
Be honest with your lawyer about infidelity - it is never a good thing for your lawyer to find out about any relevant information by surprise.

The information provided in this web site is applicable in the state of
Ohio and is provided as a public service. While Virginia Cornwell is a Columbus Ohio Divorce Lawyer, Columbus Ohio Custody Attorney, and an Ohio Grandparents Rights Attorney, and a Child Custody Jurisdiction Attorney, viewing the information in this web site does not constitute an attorney-client communication, and acting upon information obtained from this web site does not create an attorney-client relationship. If you would like to discuss the application of the law to your fact situation, or if you would like additional information, please call the Law Offices of Virginia C. Cornwell at 614-225-9316 to schedule a consultation.

Supreme Court of Ohio Makes Landmark Child Support Decision: Retroactive Arrearage Modification Not Prohibited By Ohio Law

Virginia — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:18:24 +0000

On December 11, 2008, in a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of Ohio decided that parties to a support order may modify child support by agreement. In Byrd v. Knuckles, the Supreme Court of Ohio held that nothing in Ohio Revised Code 3119.83 or 3119.84 prohibits a juvenile court from adjusting an existing arrearage in child support if the parties agreed to do so.

In this case, as part of an agreement to consent to a step-parent adoption, the mother agreed that father’s child support arrearage would be reduced by 50%. After the adoption was completed, father attempted to have his child support arrearage reduced pursuant to this agreement, and the court found that it had no authority to reduce this arrearage under Ohio law. This matter was appealed, and then brought before Supreme Court of Ohio. For a summary of the Ohio Supreme Court’s opinion, click here.

The Supreme Court noted that this decision does not mean that a court MUST accept a parties’ agreement to reduce a prior arrearage, but that a court is not prohibited from doing so pursuant to Ohio law. As in this case, this issue is particularly relevant where one party is willing to sign away their legal rights in order to be released from future, and possibly past child support obligations. For more information on relinquishing parental rights, click here.

The information provided in this web site is applicable in the state of
Ohio and is provided as a public service. While Virginia Cornwell is a Columbus Ohio Divorce Lawyer, Columbus Ohio Custody Attorney, and an Ohio Grandparents Rights Attorney, and a Child Custody Jurisdiction Attorney, viewing the information in this web site does not constitute an attorney-client communication, and acting upon information obtained from this web site does not create an attorney-client relationship. If you would like to discuss the application of the law to your fact situation, or if you would like additional information, please call the Law Offices of Virginia C. Cornwell at 614-225-9316 to schedule a consultation.

Ten Things To Expect At Your First Ohio Child Custody Hearing

Virginia — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:18:47 +0000

In Ohio child custody cases, you are not required to be represented by an attorney. It is possible to represent yourself in these matters, but you may be disadvantaged. An attorney can provide you with legal guidance, help you make strategic decisions regarding your Ohio child custody situation, be an advocate for you and your Ohio parental rights, and provide you with an insight to the Ohio child custody process that has developed through years of experience in the Ohio domestic court system. The decision whether to hire an attorney to represent you in your child custody case is ultimately up to you, but here are ten things that you should expect at your first Ohio child custody hearing.

1. Another Court Date Will Be Set In The Future - It would be extremely rare for an Ohio child custody case to be resolved at the first hearing. Your first hearing date will be a chance for the lawyers to meet and discuss possible settlement and for the judge or magistrate to determine any emergency issues. A continuance will be set and you will get another court date in the future.2. Your Second Court Date Will Probably Not Be Your Last Court Date Either - Unfortunately, if there are still Ohio child custody issues being worked out between the parents, the second court hearing date will probably not be your last one either. Whenever there is a dispute on OHio custody issues, the lawyers will need time to conduct depositions, work on discovery, and to draft and negotiate settlement offers and parenting plans. Serious child custody matters resolving themselves in a month or two are not the norm.

3. Your Future Court Dates Will Be Farther Out Than You Think - Ohio Domestic Relations Court and Juvenile Courts, at least in Franklin County, are really backed up. A new court date for your Ohio child custody case may not be available for over a month or more. The new court date will also need to be cleared with the parents and with all attorneys, so a couple of dates may need to be tried on everyone’s calendars before finding one that works. This isn’t all bad news. Time between court dates will let you and your attorney work on gathering documents, conducting discovery, and preparing settlement offers and / or new shared parenting proposals.

4. Plan To Arrive Early - You should plan to arrive at least 30 minutes prior to your Ohio child custody hearing time in order to check in with the court and meet with your attorney. It’s never a good move for you to not be present when the court is calling your case to be heard.

5. Expect To Wait For Your Case To Be Heard - The time that you were given on your Notice of Hearing from the court is not the official start time for your Ohio child custody case to be heard. You should always be at court before that time, but your case will, more likely than not, be heard sometime later in the morning. The Ohio domestic or juvenile court has a lot of cases on the docket and they are working through them as the morning rolls on. If you are taking off time from work, expect to be at court at least all morning.

6. Your Ohio Child Custody Attorney Will Talk to the Judge Without You Present - It is common for a judge or magistrate to ask to see the attorneys in his or her chambers before a child custody case is heard. This gives the judge or magistrate the chance to hear the issues briefly from the attorneys, ask questions about the case and the child or children, and to let the attorneys know what may or may not happen. Your attorney will meet with you afterwards and let you know what happened or what the judge or magistrate is thinking.

7. You May Not Get A Chance To Talk With The Judge - When a case is called, the parents and their lawyers will move to the tables in the courtroom. The judge or magistrate will typically address the lawyers and let them make statements, answer questions, or provide evidence or documents to review. The whole process can happen without the parents saying a word or getting a chance to address the court. However, there are certainly times when the judge or magistrate would prefer to hear an answer from the parent and not the lawyer. In these instances, the judge or magistrate will directly ask a parent a question about their child custody case and it is fine to answer these questions. Please remember that a judge or magistrate may not like a parent interrupting their own lawyer or the opposing counsel while they are presenting the case and it is usually best to whisper to your lawyer or slip him or her a note so that he or she can address your concern.

8. You Will Have To Deal With The Opposing Parent - Just like you, the opposing parent has a right to be present at the child custody hearing. You will have to deal with them being present, even if it means sitting across a conference table to work on a settlement. It may be hard for some people to cope with being around the opposing parents as child custody cases can involve a lot of stress, emotional anger, and hurt, but it is necessary for the process that both parents are present. You should always let your Ohio child custody attorney know about your comfort levels regarding the other parent so that he or she can make decisions to minimize your stress.

9. A Guardian Ad Litem May Be Appointed - In child custody cases, the court or the attorneys may think it is in the best interest of the children to have a Guardian ad Litem appointed. A Guardian ad Litem (typically another Ohio child custody attorney) has an important two-fold role: 1 - to determine what he or she believes is in the best interest of the child or children, and 2 - to represent the children’s wishes. Guardians are not appointed on every single child custody case, but more often than not, they are appointed if the child custody case appears to be headed to trial. The Guardian’s legal fees are split between the parties and he or she will conduct an investigation, meet with the children, meet with the parents, and give an opinion on the best interest of the minor children.

10. You Will Have To Make Some Decisions With Your Ohio Child Custody Attorney About The Next Step - Once the first Ohio child custody hearing date is out of the way, you should meet with your Ohio child custody attorney and discuss the next step. Document and record discovery, depositions, witness interviews and witness affidavits are all beneficial but they will cost money and time to pursue and prepare. You should meet with your attorney and discuss the benefit of the information that can be gained versus the costs of pursuing it and the risk of it not being as helpful as you had hoped. If the child custody matter appears to be headed to trial, it is always better to be prepared with more information than to play it safe and not pursue as much discovery.

Adam Barney, Associate

Law Offices of Virginia C. Cornwell

The information provided in this web site is applicable in the state of Ohio and is provided as a public service. While Virginia Cornwell is a Columbus Ohio Divorce Lawyer, Columbus Ohio Custody Attorney, and an Ohio Grandparents Rights Attorney, and a Child Custody Jurisdiction Attorney, viewing the information in this web site does not constitute an attorney-client communication, and acting upon information obtained from this web site does not create an attorney-client relationship. If you would like to discuss the application of the law to your fact situation, or if you would like additional information, please call the Law Offices of Virginia C. Cornwell at 614-225-9316 to schedule a consultation.

List of Franklin County & Columbus Ohio Pro Bono or Reduced Fee Attorneys

Virginia — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:50:13 +0000

At the Law Offices of Virginia C. Cornwell, located in Columbus Ohio , we offer a reduced fee of $100 for an initial consultation with an attorney, but WE DO NOT OFFER FREE CONSULTATIONS, WE DO NOT WORK FOR A REDUCED OR LOWER FEE, AND WE MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE IN THE FORM OF A RETAINER. While you may make payments toward your retainer, we do not legal work until your retainer is paid in full, and you do not have a lawyer until your retainer is paid in full. - WE DO ACCEPT ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS). We do some work for a flat fee (see our website regarding dissolution, annulment, step-parent adoption and bankruptcy). If you need an attorney who will work pro bono, or if you want to have legal work done BEFORE you make your payment, then our office is not a good match for you. Instead, you might try calling some of the offices listed below.

Some people know they need a Columbus Ohio Family Law Attorney, but cannot afford to hire one. Those people may benefit by contacting the following associations and clinics to see if free or low cost lawyer assistance is available for them:

Columbus Bar Association

Lawyer Referral Service

175 S. Third St.

614-221-0754

Legal Aid Society of Columbus

1108 City Park Avenue, Suite 100

Columbus, Ohio 43215

614-224-8374

Capital University Law School Clinic

303 East Broad Street

Columbus, Ohio

614-236-6245

The Ohio State University

College of Law Clinic

55 West 12th Avenue

Columbus, Ohio

614-292-6821

The information provided in this web site is applicable in the state of
Ohio and is provided as a public service. While Virginia Cornwell is a Columbus Ohio Divorce Lawyer, Columbus Ohio Custody Attorney, and an Ohio Grandparents Rights Attorney, and a Child Custody Jurisdiction Attorney, viewing the information in this web site does not constitute an attorney-client communication, and acting upon information obtained from this web site does not create an attorney-client relationship. If you would like to discuss the application of the law to your fact situation, or if you would like additional information, please call the Law Offices of Virginia C. Cornwell at 614-225-9316 to schedule a consultation.

10 Ohio Child Support Information Sources You Need To Know About

Virginia — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:50:18 +0000

This one is going to be short and sweet - because all the hard work is already done. Now you just have to read it, learn it & know it.

The information provided in this web site is applicable in the state of
Ohio and is provided as a public service. While Virginia Cornwell is a Columbus Ohio Divorce Lawyer, Columbus Ohio Custody Attorney, and an Ohio Grandparents Rights Attorney, and a Child Custody Jurisdiction Attorney, viewing the information in this web site does not constitute an attorney-client communication, and acting upon information obtained from this web site does not create an attorney-client relationship. If you would like to discuss the application of the law to your fact situation, or if you would like additional information, please call the Law Offices of Virginia C. Cornwell at 614-225-9316 to schedule a consultation.

Why does my divorce case take so long? Why do I have keep going to court when nothing ever happens? 10 things you need to know about how long a contested divorce case will last in Ohio.

Virginia — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:21:45 +0000

People often ask, how long will my divorce case last? In Ohio, there are rules about how quickly courts SHOULD resolve divorce cases. Unfortunately, many courts are unable to consistently resolve cases within these time frames. The reasons are numerous. Here are 10 things you need to know about how long a CONTESTED divorce case in Ohio SHOULD last, and why they sometimes last longer.

The Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio require that a divorce with children be concluded within 18 months.
The Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio require that a divorce without children be concluded within 12 months.
Click here to read an informative article from the Cleveland Plain Dealer about the length of divorces in Cuyahoga County.
Click here to read an informative article from the Columbus Dispatch about divorces in Franklin County take longer than almost any other county in Ohio.
Depending on your situation, trying to act as your own lawyer can make your divorce take longer than if you had hired a lawyer. Click here to read an article about this from the Columbus Dispatch.
In a contested divorce, there is almost always one party who will benefit from delay for any number of reasons (e.g. they got a great deal on temporary orders, they want to live in the marital residence as long as possible, they do not want to testify under oath, even at a deposition, because they have “skeletons in the closet” they do not want to reveal, they are likely to lose control, they are hoping you will run out of money and give up, etc.). That party, or their lawyer, or both, will find a million reasons to delay, such as
- they are sick and can’t come to their hearing, deposition, you name it
- their child is sick
- they need more time to find an attorney
- they had a consultation with an attorney (whose name they can’t recall) and the attorney told them (NOT) that they should not come to court
- their attorney is sick
- their attorney’s child is sick
- their attorney had a scheduling mistake and booked another hearing on that date
- they were mistaken about the date
- they didn’t receive any notice of the hearing (because they didn’t open their door, their mail, or return their attorney’s calls)
- they have a job interview on the court date
- a relative died and they have to attend the funeral
- they have a parent teacher conference that day
- their car broke down
- they couldn’t find a parking spot
- they got stuck in traffic
- they got lost
The other party’s lawyer is not getting paid, and so he or she is not doing any work to move the case forward.
Judges and Magistrates do NOT like to have a trial. It slows down their docket and they have too many cases to have a lot of trials. They want the parties to settle the case, because an agreement is is more likely to resolve the case than a court’s decision.
If the parties to a divorce want a trial, and the court’s docket is crowded, Judges and Magistrates often delay trial in order to encourage the parties to settle. If one or both of the parties is not ready for trial, then domestic Judges and Magistrates often tell the parties to begin trial in the hopes that the parties would rather settle then go to trial unprepared. The more crowded a county’s court docket is, the more likely this is to happen. It is not your lawyer’s fault that this happens - Judges are elected, and while your lawyer may have knowledge of how your Judge (or Magistrate) generally runs their docket, your case would have to be REALLY old before they can do anything about the Judge or Magistrate refusing to have a trial.
You have to pay your lawyer the same hourly fee to yell at them about your frustration over how slowly the system moves as you pay them to practice law. Therapists are a lot cheaper. Friends and family are free. They feel your pain, but can only do so much about it.

The information provided in this web site is applicable in the state of
Ohio and is provided as a public service. While Virginia Cornwell is a Columbus Ohio Divorce Lawyer, Columbus Ohio Custody Attorney, and an Ohio Grandparents Rights Attorney, and a Child Custody Jurisdiction Attorney, viewing the information in this web site does not constitute an attorney-client communication, and acting upon information obtained from this web site does not create an attorney-client relationship. If you would like to discuss the application of the law to your fact situation, or if you would like additional information, please call the Law Offices of Virginia C. Cornwell at 614-225-9316 to schedule a consultation.