best interests of the child

• In re K.M.D., (Ohio 2012)

Civil law: permanent custody; best interests of the child; ineffective assistance of counsel.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Judging the Best Interests of the Child: Judges' Accounts of the Tender Years Doctrine

With dramatic changes in family life over the last several decades, child custody law has shifted from a maternal preference to a more egalitarian standard, the best interests of the child. Despite this change in the law, scholars have debated whether gender continues to play a role in the resolution of custody disputes. Drawing on feminist legal scholarship and sociolegal research on judges, I assess the current debates over gender and custody by examining the accounts of judges who frequently adjudicate custody cases. I conduct indepth, face-to-face interviews with twenty-five trial court judges in Indiana and investigate judges' accounts about whether they continue to use the tender years doctrine in custody disputes, even though the custody statute is explicitly gender-neutral. Then...

• Law & Society Review
• Vol. 38 Nbr. 4, December 2004

• In re J.H., (Ohio 2011)

Appellant child tax exemption; reallocation; R.C. 3119.82; change in circumstances; best interests of the child; parentage; never married.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Care Policies On Behalf of Children in Dcfs Care

CHICAGO, Aug. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Catholic Charities policy of providing state-funded adoption and foster care services in a fashion that excludes same sex couples does significant harm to children in the custody of the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and discriminates against same- sex couples who desire to act as foster or adoptive parents. These arguments are the focal point of a filing by the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, which moved late Friday (July 29, 2011) to intervene in a case brought by four Catholic Charities agencies (from Joliet, Springfield, Peoria and Belleville). The ACLU of Illinois is seeking to intervene in the case on behalf of all children under the care of DCFS, children who already are clients of the ACLU in a two-d...

... in a manner that is in conflict with the "best interests" of the child, notwithstanding their rel...

• U.S. Newswire
• August 01, 2011

• Evangelista v. Horton, (Ohio 2011)

Parentage action; juvenile court may adjust child support based on deviations from standard visitation order; R.C. 3109.051; changing a child’s surname must be done in the best interests of the child; no presumption that income tax dependency credit will go to residential parent.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Forney v. Forney, (Ohio 2012)

Modification of Custody; Change in Circumstances; Best Interests of the Child; Manifest Weight of the Evidence; Homeschool.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District Case Summaries: November 8, 2012

Criminal LawSex OffenderFailure To Register Change Of AddressWhere a defendant challenged his conviction for failing to register as a sex offender after he failed to report a change of address, evidence that the defendant registered previously in the county showed that he acknowledged an obligation to register as a sex offender and abide by the law's notification requirements, and the evidence was sufficient to show that the defendant was not living at his registered address, so the conviction is affirmed since there was sufficient evidence for the trial court to conclude that the defendant knew that he changed his address and that he failed to report the change. Judgment is affirmed. State v. Younger (MLW No. 64336/Case No. WD74675 - 17 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western Distri...

• Missouri Lawyers Media
• November 15, 2012

• Liston v. Liston, (Ohio 2012)

DOMESTIC RELATIONS - GENERAL - shared parenting plan; abuse of discretion standard; best interests of the child; R.C. 3109.04.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• What's my Place in this World?

Best Interests of the Child . II. Statutory Prohibitions on Information . III. Law-Making and Parental & Agency Responsibility: A California Example . IV. Conclusion .

• Capital University Law Review
• Nbr. 35-2, December 2006

• Brandt v. Brandt, (Ohio 2012)

DOMESTIC RELATIONS - shared parenting plan; abuse of discretion standard; best interests of the child; R.C. 3109.04; companionship determination; R.C. 3109.051.

• Ohio Supreme Court