Legal Question in Family Law in Ohio

child support/ domestic protection order

i missed a court hearing for a domestic protection order and child support was established at this hearing. the mother and my son are listed on the protection order. am i obligated to pay child support if i cannot see my son? how was child support calculated for me at $40,000 per year when i am unemployed? what course of action do i have at this point?


Asked on 8/29/07, 11:24 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Nancy Fioritto Patete Nancy Fioritto Patete, Esq.

Re: child support/ domestic protection order

Child support and visitation are separate issues. A parent cannot cease child support payments in retribution of not seeing a child. Likewise, a parent cannot prevent a nonpaying parent from seeing the child according to the terms of the share parenting plan.

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Answered on 8/30/07, 10:04 am


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