Child Custody / Parenting Time

Columbus Child Custody Attorney

Child Custody

The issues within child custody are numerous and include:

• child support
• parenting time (visitation)
• allocation of authority between the parents for making decisions about:
• health care,
• school placement,
• child involvement in extracurricular school activities.

Child custody is easily one of the top emotional issues in any divorce case. As a concerned and loving parent, it is especially important to realize the extra care and attention the child or children need, if the parents are in the midst of a custody battle.

We assist you in pursuing your child custody goals as they relate to the best interests of the child or children. Dougherty, Hanneman and Snedaker, LLC have the experience to identify potential emotional issues and the insight to recommend highly trained specialists to monitor the well being of the child or children.

There are ten factors that the court considers in deciding child custody, when given the duty to make that decision, when the parents cannot agree on what is best for their child.

Shared Parenting

Parents also have the option of shared parenting of their child or children if the court finds that is in their best interest. There are additional factors the legal statutes say the court must consider in deciding if shared parenting is best.

The skilled lawyers at Dougherty, Hanneman and Snedaker, LLC are specially trained and have significant experience navigating the statutes and the courts to advocate for what you desire regarding child custody and shared parenting.

Contact Us

Please contact the attorneys at Dougherty, Hanneman and Snedaker for a confidential consultation with an Ohio State Bar Association Certified Specialist in Family Relations Law regarding your family law issue. Attorneys Douglas Dougherty, James Hanneman and Robert “Chip” Snedaker are three of just ninety-nine attorneys (as of January 1, 2008) in the state of Ohio, who have earned the designation of Certified Specialist, Family Relations Law.