Effective: April 11, 2005 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 185 – 125th General Assembly (A) As used in the Revised Code, “uniform child custody jurisdiction and enforcement act” means the act addressing interstate recognition and enforcement of child custody orders adopted in 1997 by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws or any law […]
Effective: April 11, 2005 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 185 – 125th General Assembly Sections 3127.01 to 3127.53 of the Revised Code do not govern adoption proceedings or proceedings pertaining to the authorization of emergency medical care for a child.
Effective: April 11, 2005 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 185 – 125th General Assembly (A) A child custody proceeding that pertains to an Indian child as defined in the Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. 1901 et seq., is not subject to sections 3127.01 to 3127.53 of the Revised Code to the extent that the proceeding […]
Effective: April 11, 2005 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 185 – 125th General Assembly (A) A court of this state shall treat a foreign country as if it were a state of the United States for the purpose of applying sections 3127.01 to 3127.24 of the Revised Code. (B) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) […]
Effective: April 11, 2005 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 185 – 125th General Assembly A child custody determination made by a court of this state with jurisdiction under sections 3127.01 to 3127.53 of the Revised Code binds all persons who have been served in accordance with the laws of this state, notified in accordance with section […]
Effective: April 11, 2005 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 185 – 125th General Assembly Upon the request of a party to a child custody proceeding that raises a question of existence or exercise of jurisdiction under sections 3127.01 to 3127.53 of the Revised Code, the question shall be given calendar priority and handled expeditiously.
Effective: April 11, 2005 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 185 – 125th General Assembly (A) Notice required for the exercise of jurisdiction over a person outside this state may be given in a manner prescribed by the Rules of Civil Procedure, or the Rules of Juvenile Procedure, as appropriate, for service of process or by the […]
Effective: April 11, 2005 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 185 – 125th General Assembly (A) A party to a child custody proceeding, including a modification proceeding, or a petitioner or respondent in a proceeding to enforce or register a child custody determination, is not subject to personal jurisdiction in this state for another proceeding or purpose […]
Effective: April 11, 2005 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 185 – 125th General Assembly (A) A court of this state may communicate with a court in another state concerning a proceeding arising under sections 3127.01 to 3127.53 of the Revised Code. (B) The court may give the parties the opportunity to participate in the communication. If […]
Effective: April 11, 2005 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 185 – 125th General Assembly (A) In addition to other procedures available to a party, a party to a child custody proceeding may offer testimony of witnesses who are located in another state, including testimony of the parties and the child, by deposition or other means allowable […]
Effective: April 11, 2005 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 185 – 125th General Assembly (A) A court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to do any of the following: (1) Hold an evidentiary hearing; (2) Order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of that state; (3) Order […]
Effective: April 11, 2005 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 185 – 125th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in section 3127.18 of the Revised Code, a court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial determination in a child custody proceeding only if one of the following applies: (1) This state is the home […]
Effective: April 11, 2005 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 185 – 125th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in section 3127.18 of the Revised Code, a court of this state that has made a child custody determination consistent with section 3127.15 or 3127.17 of the Revised Code has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction over the determination until the […]
Effective: April 11, 2005 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 185 – 125th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in section 3127.18 of the Revised Code, a court of this state may not modify a child custody determination made by a court of another state unless the court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial […]
Effective: April 11, 2005 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 185 – 125th General Assembly (A) A court of this state has temporary emergency jurisdiction if a child is present in this state and either of the following applies: (1) The child has been abandoned. (2) It is necessary in an emergency to protect the child because […]
Effective: April 11, 2005 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 185 – 125th General Assembly (A) Before a child custody determination is made under this chapter, notice and an opportunity to be heard in accordance with the standards set forth in section 3127.07 of the Revised Code shall be given to all persons entitled to notice under […]
Effective: April 11, 2005 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 185 – 125th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in section 3127.18 of the Revised Code, a court of this state may not exercise its jurisdiction under sections 3127.15 to 3127.17 of the Revised Code if, at the time of the commencement of the proceeding, a […]
Effective: April 11, 2005 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 185 – 125th General Assembly (A) A court of this state that has jurisdiction under this chapter to make a child custody determination may decline to exercise its jurisdiction at any time if it determines that it is an inconvenient forum under the circumstances and that a […]
Effective: April 11, 2005 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 185 – 125th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in section 3127.18 of the Revised Code or another law of this state, if a court of this state has jurisdiction under this chapter because a person seeking to invoke its jurisdiction has engaged in unjustifiable conduct, […]
Effective: April 11, 2005 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 185 – 125th General Assembly (A) Each party in a child custody proceeding, in the party’s first pleading or in an affidavit attached to that pleading, shall give information if reasonably ascertainable under oath as to the child’s present address or whereabouts, the places where the child […]
