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August 26, 2018

Talking Prenups With Clients: 6 Tips – Family Law Columbus

Talking Prenups With Clients: 6 Prenuptial Tips Original Article by: Kimberly Foss of Empyrion Wealth Management Many of my clients walk down the aisle with the security of a prenuptial agreement. Because the foundation of my work with clients is to plan for an unknowable future and ensure that they are prepared financially for whatever life throws at them, I […]
February 29, 2016

How to Split Child’s College Funds during Divorce

Gary J. Gottfried Co. LPA is your Columbus OH divorce attorney In many divorce cases there arises an issue with regard to how to address and/or divide the children’s “college funds.” These college funds which many time are held in accounts established under the Ohio Uniform Gift to Minors Act( or UTMA) and can be a source of contention as well […]
February 18, 2016

International Child Custody Case | Columbus Family Law

Gottfried Law Successfully Stays Federal Court Proceedings in Minette v. Minette Pursuant to the Younger Abstention Doctrine In what appears to be a rare instance in which the federal court has applied the Younger Abstention Doctrine in a Hague Convention case, Gottfried Law has successfully petitioned the United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio to stay its federal court […]
August 28, 2015

Parent Cannot View Records of Alleged Child Abuse Investigation

In a recent Supreme Court decision regarding confidentiality of Children Services Records, the court held that a parent cannot view records of alleged child abuse investigation. As reported by Kathleen Maloney of the Supreme Court in the Case of State ex rel. Clough v. Franklin Cty. Children Servs., Slip Opinion No. 2015-Ohio-3425, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that The records […]
August 26, 2018

Talking Prenups With Clients: 6 Tips – Family Law Columbus

Talking Prenups With Clients: 6 Prenuptial Tips Original Article by: Kimberly Foss of Empyrion Wealth Management Many of my clients walk down the aisle with the security of a prenuptial agreement. Because the foundation of my work with clients is to plan for an unknowable future and ensure that they are prepared financially for whatever life throws at them, I […]
February 29, 2016

How to Split Child’s College Funds during Divorce

Gary J. Gottfried Co. LPA is your Columbus OH divorce attorney In many divorce cases there arises an issue with regard to how to address and/or divide the children’s “college funds.” These college funds which many time are held in accounts established under the Ohio Uniform Gift to Minors Act( or UTMA) and can be a source of contention as well […]
February 18, 2016

International Child Custody Case | Columbus Family Law

Gottfried Law Successfully Stays Federal Court Proceedings in Minette v. Minette Pursuant to the Younger Abstention Doctrine In what appears to be a rare instance in which the federal court has applied the Younger Abstention Doctrine in a Hague Convention case, Gottfried Law has successfully petitioned the United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio to stay its federal court […]
August 28, 2015

Parent Cannot View Records of Alleged Child Abuse Investigation

In a recent Supreme Court decision regarding confidentiality of Children Services Records, the court held that a parent cannot view records of alleged child abuse investigation. As reported by Kathleen Maloney of the Supreme Court in the Case of State ex rel. Clough v. Franklin Cty. Children Servs., Slip Opinion No. 2015-Ohio-3425, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that The records […]