Legal Question in Family Law in Ohio

I live with the father of my two small children and i want to leave him because he drinks way to much and he is verbally abusive to me. He says that if I leave with the kids it will be considered kidnapping because you can't take kids out of an established home. We are not married and have lived here less than a year. In fact, for the past 6 years we have not lived anywhere for more than a year. I want to leave and I don't want to leave the kids with him, but I don't know if I can be charged with kidnapping if i leave with the kids. Since he is careful not to say anything in front of either of our family members and we don't have very many friends, i don't think that I can prove that he is verbaly abusive. Even though we are not married he is on both of the children's birth certificates. Can I leave with both of my children and not get charged with kidnapping?


Asked on 12/13/13, 11:36 am

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Answered on 12/13/13, 11:48 am


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