Legal Question in Family Law in Ohio

Grandma has legal custody and after a year was going to allow me(the mother) to finally visit my 3 kids....rules being I cant bring them any toys clothes absolutely nothing(her wording) also not allowed to take any photos of them and absolutely not allowed to mention their dad to them (which is my husband) he is supposed to be able to see the kids also. Would this be something we should go to court about. What motions should we file. As of now we just have the actual court ruling granting my mom legal custody. Which was a year ago.


Asked on 2/20/23, 10:06 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Eric Willison Eric Eastman Willison

In Ohio, you are going to have to either petition the Court that granted custody to the grandmother for either a change of custody or some sort of visitation schedule. Even if the visitation is supervised (meaning that it will be held at a county or city run center for that purpose where people who work at the center are there to observe your interaction with the children during the visit to make sure that nothing harmful or wrong is occurring) at least during the supervised visitation you will be able to take pictures of the children and speak about their father regarding them (unless there is some sort of Court order preventing this).

I don't know the details of why custody was awarded to the grandmother instead of remaining with you or the child's father. Usually this only happens if the children are determined to be neglected in some way. If that is the case, then you need to primarily put all of your efforts into getting full time jobs, establishing a secure and long term residence in an area with a good school system and low crime, and staying away from people who are not committed to bettering themselves and being a good example for your children.

Absent consistent and successful efforts and results of that, few if any attorneys will be able to make any of the changes you seek.

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Answered on 2/21/23, 5:45 am


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