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Jackson County Ohio Local Rule Parenting Time Shared Parenting Visitation Schedule

July 11, 2008

PLEASE TAKE NOTE: Counties change their local visitation schedules. The county you live in may have changed their rule(s) yesterday. The county you live in may have different visitation schedules for Juvenile Court and Domestic Court. The rule may have been changed or updated since the last time this web page was updated. In addition, if you already have a visitation schedule pursuant to local rule, and that schedule was attached to your parenting time orders, it is POSSIBLE that the court did not mean for YOUR visitation schedule to change if the local visitation schedule in your county changes. The local visitation schedules are put on this website as a courtesy and are updated as often as possible. They are NOT legal advice and they are NOT meant to help you figure out if a decision you are about to make would be a violation of an existing court order. If you want to make sure that you have the most current version of the local rule in your county, you can either look on your county Clerk of Court’s website, go to your local Clerk of Court’s office, or call your local Clerk of Court.

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Jackson County Rule 19 – Standard Parenting Schedule

This Court encourages parents who are divorcing or divorced to create parenting schedules tailored to the specific needs of their child(ren), taking into account their respective work schedules and the individual needs of the child(ren).

Parents who are unable to agree upon a parenting schedule shall follow the schedule set forth below. This Court‑imposed schedule is intended to further two goals: (1) preservation of, or development of, a close relationship between child(ren) and each pa rent; and (2) consideration of the changing developmental needs of the child(ren).

A. INFANTS: 1 – 2 MONTHS

For infants up to two months of age, the nonresidential parent may spend time with the baby in the residential parent’s home three days per week, for two hours per visit. If the parties cannot agree as to days and time, the following schedule shall be followed: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on each Sunday and each Tuesday and Thursday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

B. INFANTS: 2 MONTHS – AGE 2

(Commencing at age 2 months, parenting time is spent away from residential parent’s residence.)

1. Beginning at two months through twelve months, the non‑residential parent may spend time with the child away from the residential parent’s residence every Tuesday and Thursday evening from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and one day each weekend, alternating between Saturday and Sunday, from 10:00 am. to 6:00 p.m.

2. From twelve months to two years, the non‑residential parent may spend time with the child as follows: every Tuesday and Thursday evening from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., and on alternating weekends from Saturday at 10:00 a.m. to Sunday at 6:00 p. m.

3. Holidays: In odd‑numbered years, the non‑residential parent may spend time with the child(ren) from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on President’s Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve. In even‑numbered years, the non‑residential parent may spend time with the child(ren) from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Easter, July 4th, Labor Day and Christmas Day.

4. Older Siblings: If there are older brothers and sisters of the infant child(ren), the parenting time (including holidays) set forth below for children ages two years through twelve years shall govern infant visitation once the infant is two months old. [Read more…]

Holmes County Ohio Visitation Parenting Time Schedule

July 11, 2008

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Holmes County Rule 25 (F) Visitation

(1) General provisions.

Visitation is a time for children to do things with the parent they do not live with. Activities the nonresidential parent does with the children or skills taught to the children help the time to be rewarding. Helping the children to find friends in the non‑residential parent’s neighborhood also helps to make it like home for them. Liberal visiting arrangements are encouraged, as contact with both parents is important to children. Specific items in any journal entry of the Court take precedence over this rule. Changes or modifications can be made by the Court if the need for such is shown.

(a) Unless otherwise agreed in writing between the parties and subject to further order of this Court, subparagraphs (2) and (3) set forth the minimum amount of visitation between the non‑residential parent and the children.

(b) Visitation does not constitute the nonresidential parent picking the children up and leaving them with someone other than a relative, other than as required for employment.

(c) The residence of the children shall not be removed from the State of Ohio without first obtaining a modified allocation of parental rights and responsibilities order from this Court.

(d) All parties shall refrain from arguments or breaches of the peace in the presence of the children and in carrying out the terms of this Rule or an order of the Court. Any arguments or breaches of the peace shall be treated as contempt of Court.

(e) The non‑residential parent shall be responsible for transporting the children to and from visitation.

(f) The children shall be permitted to speak on the telephone at least twice per week with the nonresidential parent. The children shall‑be permitted to send and receive at least three letters or cards per week to or from the non‑residential parent.

(2) Standard Visitation Guideline.

Pursuant to R.C. 3109.051(F)(2), the following minimum amount of visitation between the non‑residential parent and the children shall be:

(a) Alternate weekends from Friday to Sunday for forty‑eight hour period commencing on the first weekend after this Order is issued. In the event the parties are unable to agree as to the starting and ending time of said period, the Court Orders that said visitations shall commence on Friday at 6:00 p.m. and shall conclude on Sunday at 6:00 p.m.

(b) The non-residential parent shall have visitation one weeknight per week. If the parties are unable to agree, then this midweek visitation shall be every Wednesday evening from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. (during the school years) or 9:00 p.m. (during school vacation periods). .

(c) The children and/or the residential parent have no duty to await the non‑residential visiting parent for more than thirty (30) minutes from the beginning of the visitation time. The non‑residential parents being late more than thirty (30) minutes shall operate as a forfeiture of that visitation period.

(d) For the purposes of visitation, there are eight (8) holidays as follows:

New Year’s Eve
Martin Luther Ring Day
President’s Day
Easter
Memorial Day
Fourth of July
Labor Day
Thanksgiving

In the odd numbered years, the mother shall have the children on the odd number holidays; the father shall have the children on the even numbered holidays. In the even number years, the father shall have the children on the odd numbered holidays; and the mother shall have the children on the even numbered holidays.

(e) Each year at Christmas time, the residential parent shall have the children on Christmas Day and the nonresidential parent shall have the children from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve. In addition, at Christmas time, the non‑residential parent shall have the children for an additional six (6) days visitation. Said visitation shall take place during the children’s Christmas vacation from school, if applicable.

(f) On Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, no matter whose turn it is for visitation, the children shall be with the respective parent for a period of at least eight (8) hours.

(g) The non‑residential parent shall have a six (6) week visitation each summer, to be arranged for as soon as vacation schedules are posted for both parties to have an opportunity to take the children on vacation.

The six (6) week visitation period shall be arranged to allow a period of two (2) consecutive weeks during the summer visitation for the residential parent to have the children. The residential parent shall be permitted a minimum of alternate weekend visitation the same as provided in Section 1 above during the six (6) week visitation, if practicable.

(h) The children shall celebrate their birthdays in the home of the residential parent; regardless of the nonresidential parent’s visitation.

2. Standard Visitation Guidelines for Long‑Distance Travel.

Pursuant to R.C. 3109.051(F)(2) the following is the minimum amount of visitation between the non‑residential parent and the children when the parents live over 150 miles one way apart from each other:

(a) Christmas: Christmas vacation, excluding Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, will be divided in half and alternated annually, by half, between the parents. Additionally, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day shall be alternated annually between the parents.

(b) Spring Break: School vacation (the Friday school is out to the day before school recommences, to be coincidental with the days of the school vacation and not to interfere with school) in odd numbered years or with the same alternation the Saturday before Easter to the Saturday after Easter for preschoolers with no school‑aged siblings.

New Year’s Eve
Martin Luther King Day
President’s Day
Easter
Memorial Day
Fourth of July
Labor Day
Thanksgiving

In the odd numbered years, the mother shall have the children on the odd numbered holidays and vacations; father shall have the children on the even numbered holidays and vacations. In the even numbered years the father shall have the children on the odd numbered holidays and vacations; and the mother shall have the children on the even numbered holidays and vacations.

(d) Summer vacation: One half of the school summer vacation. Summer school necessary for the children to pass to the next grade must be attended. The residential parent shall notify the non‑residential parent by March 15 of when the summer vacation begins and ends. The nonresidential parent must notify the residential parent as to his/her intentions by April 15.

(i) If the parties cannot agree which half of the summer they prefer, in the even numbered years, the first half of the summer shall be spent with the nonresidential parent, and in the odd numbered years, the second half.

(ii) A general itinerary shall be provided either parent if more than two (2) days will be spent away from either home when the children are in that parent’s care.

(e) Each parent may arrange an uninterrupted vacation of not more than two (2) weeks with the children. A general itinerary of the vacation shall be provided for the other parent,, including dates, locations, addresses and telephone numbers.

(f) Additional visitation: A once per month weekend visitation with the non‑residential parent will be permitted if the child’s traveling time does not exceed three hours one way. The residential parent must be notified at least one week in advance. Weekend visitation shall be as defined in Local R. 25 (F) (2) (a) and (c).

(g) Father’s Day and Mother’s Day shall always be spent with the appropriate parent.

Hocking County, Ohio Parent Visitation Rights and Model Schedule

July 11, 2008

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Companionship Schedule
Hocking County Common Pleas Court

Companionship is a time for children to do things with the parent they do not live with. Activities you can do with them or skills you can teach them help the time be rewarding. Helping the children find friends in your neighborhood also helps them make it like home for them.

Liberal visiting arrangements are encouraged, as contact with both parents is important to the children. Specific items in the Journal Entry take precedence over this schedule. Changes or modifications can be made by the Court if need for such is shown. This schedule does not affect support payments.

1. At Such Times And Places As The Parties Agree.

This Will Not Be Normally Less Than:

2. Weekends: Alternate weekends from Friday at 6:00 P.M. until Sunday at 6:00 P.M.

3. Holidays: In the odd-numbered years, mother has Easter, July 4^th, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve; the father has Memorial Day, Labor Day, Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day. In the even numbered years, the schedule is reversed.

a) A holiday that falls on a weekend should be spent with the parent who is supposed to have the children for that holiday. The rest of the weekend is to be spent with the parent who would normally have that weekend. These do not have to made up.

b) 48 hour notice should be given by the non-custodial parent to the custodial parent of intentions about the holidays.

c) Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are to be spent with the appropriate parent. These are agreed or 10:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.

d) Other days of special meaning, such as Religious Holidays, Martin Luther King Day, etc., should be decided together, written into the Court Order, and alternated as above.

e) Hours for parents who cannot agree are as follows:

Easter	(10:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.),
Memorial Day	(9:00 A.M. to 9:00 A.M. the next day. Not to interfere with school), July 4^th (9:00 A.M. to 9:00 A.M. the next day),
Labor Day	(9:00 A.M. to 9:00 A.M. the next day. Not to interfere with school),
Thanksgiving	(9:00 A.M. to 9:00 A.M. the next day),
Christmas Eve	(9:00 P.M. December 23 to 9:00 P.M. December 24),
Christmas Day	(9:00 P.M. December 24 to 9:00 P.M. December 25),
New Year’s Eve	(9:00 P.M. December 30 to 9:00 P.M. December 31),
New Year’s Day	(9:00 P.M. December 31 to 9:00 P.M. January 1).

4. Birthdays: This child shall celebrate his/her birthday in the home of the custodial parent, unless it falls on a visitation day, and the other parent can celebrate at another time if desired.

5. Waiting: The children and the custodial parent have no duty to await the visiting parent for more than 30 minutes of the visitation time. A parent who is late forfeits companionship of that period.

6. Cancellations: If a child is ill, the custodial parent should give 24-hour notice, if possible, so appropriate plans can be made. The non-custodial parent should give 24-hour notice to cancel. The time canceled by the non-custodial parent is forfeited.

7. Vacations: Four weeks of companionship each year are to be arranged with 60-day advance notice by the non-custodial parent. The custodial parent must give the non-custodial parent 60-day notice of vacations or special plans for the child to avoid planning conflicts.

a) Alternate weekends or holidays which normally would be spent with the custodial parent, and that fall during the non-custodial parent’s vacation must be given to the custodial parent or made up at another time. Alternate weekends or holidays which normally would be spent with the non-custodial parent, and that fall during the custodial parent’s vacation, must be given to the non-custodial parent or made up at another time. Holidays and alternate weekends that are to be made up must be given/taken within three (3) months.

b) Summer school necessary for the child to pass to the next grade must be attended.

c) A general itinerary should be provided for the custodial parent if vacation will be out of town

8. Moving: For parents residing in different locations that make the above schedule impractical, they shall apply to the Court for modification.

9. If additional help is needed, contact your legal counsel

Companionship Schedule

(For long distance travel – over 150 miles one way)

1. Companionship is to take place at such times and places as the parties may agree.

This Will Not Normally Mean Less Than:

2. Christmas: School vacation in the even-numbered years or up to five days at Christmas for preschoolers with no school age children.

3. Easter: School vacation in the odd-numbered years or up to five days for preschoolders with no school-aged siblings.

4. Alternative Holiday Plan: Those who wish more frequent contact, and who develop a plan to pay for the transportation, can have half of Eater vacation, half the summer, alternate-year Thanksgiving, and half of Christmas vacation each year. The holidays themselves must be alternated, as the parties agree, or Easter and Thanksgiving in the odd-numbered years and Christmas in the even-numbered years for non-custodial parent.

5. Vacation: One half of the school summer vacation. Summer school necessary for the child(ren) to pass to the next grade must be attended. The custodial parent shall notify the non-custodial parent by March 15 of when the summer vacation begins and ends. The non-custodial parent must notify the parent as to their intentions by April 15.

a) If the parties cannot agree which half of the summer they prefer, in even-numbered years, the first half of summer shall be spent at the non-custodial home, and in the odd-numbered years, the second half.

b) Child(ren) and custodial parent must be allowed to communicate by telephone once a week. Calling party shall bear the expense.

c) A general itinerary should be provided to the custodial parent if more than 2 days will be spent away from the non-custodial home.

6. Additional Visitation:

a) Weekend: A once-a-month, weekend visit to the non-custodial home will be permitted if the child’s traveling time does not exceed three hours one way. The custodial parent must be notified at least one week in advance.

b) Father’s Day or Mother’s Day can always be spent with the appropriate parent.

c) The non-custodial parent shall notify the custodial parent at least two days in advance of any time the non-custodial parent will be in the area and wants a visitation period.

d) The custodial parent must notify the non-custodial parent and child(ren) of any time the custodial parent will be in the area of the non-custodial parent, and visitation must be allowed.

7. Transportation: Responsibility for transportation costs should be decided in advance and a plan written into an Order of the Court.

8. This schedule can be changed or modified by the Court if need for such is shown.

Note To Custodial Parent: Sufficient clothing and personal items must be sent with the child(ren).

So Ordered.

Highland County Ohio Standard Visitation Schedule

July 11, 2008

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Highland County Standard Visitation Schedule

Visitation

Infants up to 15 months. Non-custodial parent may visit in custodial home from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. each Sunday
From 15 months to 3 years of age. Second weekend of month from 10:00 a.m. Saturday to 6:00 p.m. Sunday; fourth weekend of month from 10:00 a.m. Sunday to 6:00 p.m.
From 3 years of age. Non-custodial visitation shall be as follows:
1. Visitation by the non-custodial parent on alternate weekends from Friday at 6:00 p.m. to Sunday at 6:00 p.m. (The beginning and ending times may be varied to suit the work schedules of the parties).
2. Mother’s Day, the children shall be with the mother and Father’s Day, the children shall be with the father. In the event this provision required the children to be with the custodial parent when it is the non-custodial parent’s normal weekend visitation, the non-custodial parent shall return the children by 9:00 a.m. on Mother’s Day or Father’s Day. In the event that this provision requires the children to be with the non-custodial parent on a day not falling within the non-custodial parent’s visitation weekend, said non-custodial parent shall receive the children at 9:00 a.m. on that day and shall return them at 7:00 p.m. on said day.
3. If the child’s birthday does not fall within two (2) days of the non-custodial parent’s visitation time, then the non-custodial parent shall have the child from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on the day prior to the child’s birthday.
4. The parents shall have the children on holidays as follows; [Read more…]

Harrison County Ohio Parenting Time Guidelines

July 11, 2008

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Harrison County, Ohio Parenting Time Guidelines

Parenting time is a time for children to do things with the parent with whom they do not live. Activities that you do with them or skills you can teach them help the time be rewarding and enriching. Encouraging the children to find friends in your neighborhood also helps make it like home for them. Children clearly profit by continued meaningful contact with both parents. Children need the continuing and regular involvement of both parents to feel loved. No specific schedule will satisfy the change in needs of both children and parents over the years. Critical to the success of any schedule is that each parent be flexible, based upon the changing needs of the child, as the child grows older.

This Guideline Parenting Schedule takes into account the changing developmental needs of children. This schedule represents the minimum requirements for parenting time. It is each party’s responsibility to tailor this schedule as necessary to meet the best interest of their child(ren). It is recognized that each situation and each child is different. Liberal parenting time arrangements are encouraged, as contact with both parents is important to the children. Absent such agreement each party shall follow these requirements. Specific items in each case’s Order take precedence over this schedule as the court will strive to adopt a parenting schedule that is in the child(ren)’s best interests. Changes or modifications can be made by the court if need of such is shown. Any request to deviate from the following parenting schedule shall be supported by the filing of the proper motion.

NO PARENT IS PERMITTED TO MAKE PARENTING TIME ARRANGEMENTS OR MODIFY ORDERED PARENTING TIME ARRANGEMENTS DIRECTLY WITH THE CHILD(REN). THE PARENTS MUST PERSONALLY DISCUSS ANY ISSUES OR CONFLICTS INVOLVING PARENTING TIME WITHOUT USING THE CHILD(REN) AS INTERMEDIARY/INTERMEDIARIES. [Read more…]