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Sponsors say Senate Bill 174 modernizes Ohio family-law language to emphasize co-parenting and best interests of children
Summary
Senate Bill 174 would revise family-law terminology and parenting-plan procedures to emphasize shared parental responsibilities and remove labels like 'custodial parent,' sponsors told the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Senate Bill 174, presented in sponsor testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, would revise Ohio family law to emphasize a child-centered, co-parenting approach, sponsors said, removing statutory labels that convey a hierarchical parental role and expanding the factors courts consider when allocating parental responsibilities.
Sponsors framed the measure as the product of long-running work begun under a 2005 Ohio Supreme Court Task Force on Family Law and…
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