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June 19, 2014

Teen’s Constitutional Rights Not Violated by Excluding Her from Custody Hearing

Teen’s Constitutional Rights Not Violated by Excluding Her from Custody Hearing. In the case of In Re A.G slip opinion the Ohio Supreme Court according to an article by Bret Crow found that: A trial court did not violate a teenager’s due-process rights or abuse its discretion when it excluded her from a custody hearing in a divorce case, especially after considering […]
March 27, 2014

Unvested Military Retirement Benefits earned during marriage qualify as marital asset

By Kathleen Maloney | March 26, 2014 Daniel v. Daniel (Slip Opinion) 2012-2113[Full Text – PDF] The Ohio Supreme Court on March 26, 2014 in a 4-3 Decision found that unvested military pensions must be taken into account when dividing marital assets. The Supreme Court of Ohio in it’s announcement stated: A trial court must take the value of unvested […]
December 2, 2013

Hague Convention and Equitable Tolling: A Matter for the Supreme Court

The United States Supreme Court will hear Oral Arguments on a Hague Convention Case on December 11, 2013. The case is Lozano v. Alvarez Docket No., 12-820. The issue presented by the Lozano case as detailed in an ABA article on the case are as follows: QUESTION PRESENTED: The primary purpose of The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of […]
June 19, 2014

Teen’s Constitutional Rights Not Violated by Excluding Her from Custody Hearing

Teen’s Constitutional Rights Not Violated by Excluding Her from Custody Hearing. In the case of In Re A.G slip opinion the Ohio Supreme Court according to an article by Bret Crow found that: A trial court did not violate a teenager’s due-process rights or abuse its discretion when it excluded her from a custody hearing in a divorce case, especially after considering […]
March 27, 2014

Unvested Military Retirement Benefits earned during marriage qualify as marital asset

By Kathleen Maloney | March 26, 2014 Daniel v. Daniel (Slip Opinion) 2012-2113[Full Text – PDF] The Ohio Supreme Court on March 26, 2014 in a 4-3 Decision found that unvested military pensions must be taken into account when dividing marital assets. The Supreme Court of Ohio in it’s announcement stated: A trial court must take the value of unvested […]
December 2, 2013

Hague Convention and Equitable Tolling: A Matter for the Supreme Court

The United States Supreme Court will hear Oral Arguments on a Hague Convention Case on December 11, 2013. The case is Lozano v. Alvarez Docket No., 12-820. The issue presented by the Lozano case as detailed in an ABA article on the case are as follows: QUESTION PRESENTED: The primary purpose of The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of […]