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Senate passes overhaul of parenting-responsibility rules, emphasizes child's best interest
Summary
Senate Bill 174, which revises Ohio’s parenting-responsibility and parenting-plan law to emphasize the child’s best interest and require written findings when parenting time is not substantially equal, passed 29–2 after floor debate about maintaining parental rights and statutory factors.
The Ohio Senate voted to pass Senate Bill 174 on Nov. 10, a multi-year effort its sponsors described as a modernization of domestic-relations law focused on the best interest of the child.
Sen. Gavarone, the bill’s floor sponsor, said the legislation is the product of two decades of work with parents, mental-health professionals, attorneys and judges. She said the measure focuses on allocating parenting responsibilities — not removing parental…
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