Children are waiting in Ohio for a family. You’ve considered becoming an adoptive parent but just aren’t sure what the process entails. Here’s a brief look at what will occur should you decide to pursue parenthood: Before making any decisions, bring your immediate...
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Is your credit card debt unmanageable? Learn your options
You pull the mail out of the box, and there they are: the post-Christmas credit card bills. As much as you’d like to, you can’t put them in the shredder or hide them under the stack of papers on the kitchen table that you won’t unbury until about the same time the...
Prepare financial information for your divorce attorney’s review
Divorce changes everything. You’ll need to figure out child custody, maybe a new place to live. And your financial situation. You’re turning a two-income household into a one-income household, or maybe one of you has stayed home to care for the kids and will be...
Ohio man acquitted of drug, firearm charges
A jury acquitted a Marion, Ohio, man of drug charges following a three-day trial recently. The man, 33, was facing a number of drug charges, including a first-degree felony count of cocaine possession. He was indicted after officers discovered nearly 46 grams of...
Will every Ohio institution accept your power of attorney?
A power of attorney is a key part of the overall estate plan for Ohio residents, but will it always work the way you intended it to when you need it to? The document is designed to allow someone to take an action on your behalf when you aren’t able to do so. If you...
What should you know about child custody hearings in Ohio?
There’s nothing more important to parents than their kids – knowing they’re safe and raising them to be happy children with a bright future. You want to be with them all the time to teach them, guide them and love them. If you are no longer a couple with the other...
A tragic death brings workplace safety to light in Ohio
Two Ohio men, both former executives at an aluminum company, pleaded not guilty recently to charges relating to an alleged cover-up in the death of a plant worker. The employee was killed in 2012 by machinery that was deemed unsafe. One of the men, 62, was the general...
Ohio snowbirds: Make that estate plan before flying south
Halloween is almost here, and Thanksgiving isn’t far behind. Then once Christmas passes, it’s time for countless Ohio residents – the “snowbirds” – to fly south for the winter. But before you hop in the car and head to Florida, Arizona, South Carolina or another...
What are the penalties for theft charges in Ohio?
There’s nothing petty about petty theft. Or any theft in Ohio, no matter what it’s called. The state has several classifications of theft when it comes to legal charges — with petty theft being the least serious and first-degree felony theft being the most serious....
Help needed to make Ohio custody laws more equitable
In Ohio, child custody isn’t one size fits all. In fact, research done recently about how custody is awarded in Ohio shows that it varies throughout the state and depends on where you live. The Ohio Parenting Time Report shares in its research that children are better...