When parties are ending their marital relationship, one of the most important issues that the Court must determine, if the parties have children, is the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities. (i.e., child custody)
Just because the parents are no longer Husband and Wife, doesn’t mean that they are no longer Mom and Dad.
Ohio Revised Code Section 3109.03 Equal parental rights of father and mother:
“When husband and wife are living separate and apart from each other, or are divorced, and the question as to the parental rights and responsibilities for the care of their children and the place of residence and legal custodian of their children is brought before a court of competent jurisdiction, they shall stand upon an equality as to the parental rights and responsibilities for the care of their children and the place of residence and legal custodian of their children, so far as parenthood is involved.”
Also, see Ohio Revised Code Section 3109.04 Allocation of parental rights and responsibilities for care of children; shared parenting.
