Gary's Blog

August 11, 2013

Find and Review a Columbus Ohio Attorney on AVVO

How to use Avvo to find an Attorney in Columbus Ohio? Avvo has over 1 million lawyer reviews and you can do a search for any attorney by name, practice area, State of practice or city of practice. Avvo is free to sign up for, but you can also browse anonymously. In order to leave review for an attorney, you […]
March 15, 2013

New York Case on Prenuptial Agreements

Prenuptial Agreements Tim Tepe an Ohio AAML fellow brought to my attention an article from the ABA Law Journal which may be of some interest to the members of the Ohio Family Law Bar. In the ABA Journal it was reported that lawyers are calling a landmark ruling, a New York appeals court has upheld a Long Island judge’s decision […]
March 14, 2013

Hague Convention on the International Abduction of Children

International Abduction of Children On February 19, 2013, the United States Supreme Court issued a significant decision which affects children who have been returned to their country of Habitual Residence pursuant to the Hague Convention on the International Abduction of Children ( The Hague). The case is Chafin v Chafin, and the Case No is 11-1347. In Chafin, Father was living in […]
January 13, 2013

Ohio House Bill 479 impacts Pension Rights

Pension Rights On December 20, 2012, The Ohio Legislature passed Ohio House Bill 479. Ohio House Bill 479 which becomes effective in March 2013 amends Ohio Revised Code 2329.66 ( A)(10)(a) in certain areas which have an impact on the practice of domestic relations in Ohio. I have reprinted below the sections of Ohio House Bill 479/Revised Code 2329.66 and […]
January 7, 2013

Return of the children under the Hague from Japan

Recently I had the occasion to address the issue of the return of children who had been wrongfully removed from the United States to Japan. Although Japan is a member of the Hague Convention on the abduction of children, it has been very difficult to obtain the return of children wrongfully removed from Japan. I have reprinted below a portion […]
January 1, 2013

Dischargeability of Marital Debts/ When are they not discharged

Recently in preparation for a seminar which I am presenting I ran across a very interesting case regarding the dischargeability of a debt. The case is Stocker v Stocker, 9th District, Case No. 12CA 0021 ( December 2012). It would appear that at least in the 9th Ohio Appellate District a debt may not be discharged even though it is […]
December 22, 2012

International Collection of Child Support

When I first started practicing law 39 years ago there was no need for a young lawyer to know about the collection of child support outside of the United States. However, as time as gone by and the world has grown smaller, the need to know about issues such as the international collection of child support becomes more important and […]
December 22, 2012

New Changes to the Ohio Child Support Statute

The Ohio Legislature in the enactment of SB 337 called the Collateral Sanctions Act has amended Ohio’s child support law in Ohio Collateral Sanctions Act ( SB 337) Amends Ohio Child Support Sections As follows: R.C. 3119.01 ( B) (11) (11) “Potential income” means both of the following for a parent who the court pursuant to a court support order, […]
December 22, 2012

International Divorce and Certification of Documents

Recently our firm was required to obtain a certified copy of an Ohio  divorce decree so that it could be used in divorce proceedings in India.  The process of obtaining a certified copy of a divorce decree which can be used in international matters is the process whereby the Ohio Secretary of State issues an Apostilles. The following is a […]
December 22, 2012

New Changes to the Ohio Child Support Statute

The Ohio Legislature in the enactment of SB 337 called the Collateral Sanctions Act has amended Ohio’s child support law in Ohio Collateral Sanctions Act ( SB 337) Amends Ohio Child Support Sections As follows: R.C. 3119.01 ( B) (11) (11) “Potential income” means both of the following for a parent who the court pursuant to a court support order, […]
August 11, 2013

Find and Review a Columbus Ohio Attorney on AVVO

How to use Avvo to find an Attorney in Columbus Ohio? Avvo has over 1 million lawyer reviews and you can do a search for any attorney by name, practice area, State of practice or city of practice. Avvo is free to sign up for, but you can also browse anonymously. In order to leave review for an attorney, you […]
March 15, 2013

New York Case on Prenuptial Agreements

Prenuptial Agreements Tim Tepe an Ohio AAML fellow brought to my attention an article from the ABA Law Journal which may be of some interest to the members of the Ohio Family Law Bar. In the ABA Journal it was reported that lawyers are calling a landmark ruling, a New York appeals court has upheld a Long Island judge’s decision […]
March 14, 2013

Hague Convention on the International Abduction of Children

International Abduction of Children On February 19, 2013, the United States Supreme Court issued a significant decision which affects children who have been returned to their country of Habitual Residence pursuant to the Hague Convention on the International Abduction of Children ( The Hague). The case is Chafin v Chafin, and the Case No is 11-1347. In Chafin, Father was living in […]
January 13, 2013

Ohio House Bill 479 impacts Pension Rights

Pension Rights On December 20, 2012, The Ohio Legislature passed Ohio House Bill 479. Ohio House Bill 479 which becomes effective in March 2013 amends Ohio Revised Code 2329.66 ( A)(10)(a) in certain areas which have an impact on the practice of domestic relations in Ohio. I have reprinted below the sections of Ohio House Bill 479/Revised Code 2329.66 and […]
January 7, 2013

Return of the children under the Hague from Japan

Recently I had the occasion to address the issue of the return of children who had been wrongfully removed from the United States to Japan. Although Japan is a member of the Hague Convention on the abduction of children, it has been very difficult to obtain the return of children wrongfully removed from Japan. I have reprinted below a portion […]
January 1, 2013

Dischargeability of Marital Debts/ When are they not discharged

Recently in preparation for a seminar which I am presenting I ran across a very interesting case regarding the dischargeability of a debt. The case is Stocker v Stocker, 9th District, Case No. 12CA 0021 ( December 2012). It would appear that at least in the 9th Ohio Appellate District a debt may not be discharged even though it is […]
December 22, 2012

International Collection of Child Support

When I first started practicing law 39 years ago there was no need for a young lawyer to know about the collection of child support outside of the United States. However, as time as gone by and the world has grown smaller, the need to know about issues such as the international collection of child support becomes more important and […]
December 22, 2012

New Changes to the Ohio Child Support Statute

The Ohio Legislature in the enactment of SB 337 called the Collateral Sanctions Act has amended Ohio’s child support law in Ohio Collateral Sanctions Act ( SB 337) Amends Ohio Child Support Sections As follows: R.C. 3119.01 ( B) (11) (11) “Potential income” means both of the following for a parent who the court pursuant to a court support order, […]
December 22, 2012

International Divorce and Certification of Documents

Recently our firm was required to obtain a certified copy of an Ohio  divorce decree so that it could be used in divorce proceedings in India.  The process of obtaining a certified copy of a divorce decree which can be used in international matters is the process whereby the Ohio Secretary of State issues an Apostilles. The following is a […]
December 22, 2012

New Changes to the Ohio Child Support Statute

The Ohio Legislature in the enactment of SB 337 called the Collateral Sanctions Act has amended Ohio’s child support law in Ohio Collateral Sanctions Act ( SB 337) Amends Ohio Child Support Sections As follows: R.C. 3119.01 ( B) (11) (11) “Potential income” means both of the following for a parent who the court pursuant to a court support order, […]