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Stop Ohio SB174 - The Judges' Bill
Nearly nine out of ten Ohioans believe that children have the right to spend equal or near equal time with both parents after divorce or separation*

Only one in six parenting time orders in Ohio provide at least 90 overnights for each parent (less than 1% provide equal time)**

 

Decades of research has made it common knowledge, if not common sense, that children do better when both parents are involved in raising the child. Despite that research, Ohio Courts have established a culture wherein one parent is routinely sidelined after divorce or separation, relegated to a mere visitor in their child’s life.

 

Instead of seeking to correct this culture, Senate Bill 174 was written by Ohio's judges and doubles down on the process that has led us here. Not only will the best interest of the child still be subject to the preconceived biases of the jurist, but by repealing the concepts of parental rights and shared parenting, courts will have even more authority to dictate how our children will be raised. In effect, Senate Bill 174 also repeals the child’s right to a two-parent upbringing and all the advantages that come with it.

 

Senate Bill 174, introduced by two Family Law Attorneys and written by Ohio Judges, deletes "shared parenting" and "parental rights" from custody law and gives courts additional and "complete" discretion over the fate of Ohio's children.

 

Speak up NOW and let your voices be heard. This bill must be stopped!

 

* sharedparenting.org/shared-parenting-polling

**2023 Ohio Child Support Guideline Advisory Council Report

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