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Update: On February 26, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“So one dollar would have thwarted the adoption?”
Chief Justice O’Connor, to Father’s Lawyer
“If the legislature changed the statute to add the word ‘de minimis’ to apply to contact…if they wanted the…
Update: On February 26, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read the analysis of the oral argument here.
On May 7, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in In Re Adoption of A.C.B., 2018-1300. The issue in the…
On January 25, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a unanimous decision, authored by Justice O’Donnell, in the case In re Adoption of M.B, 2012-Ohio-236.
The first part of the decision answers the question “do small monetary gifts paid directly to a child by an otherwise non-complying parent constitute maintenance and support so that…
Update: The merit decision in this case was handed down January 25, 2012. Read the analysis of the decision here.
On November 2 the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in In In the Matter of Adoption of M.B.,a case involving the question of whether token monetary gifts given directly to…
