Columbus Ohio Family Law Attorneys

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.

Click here to get a list of phone numbers for the Clerk of Court in your county.

If you know that the court in this county has implemented a new rule, PLEASE tell us by e-mailing us at info@cornwell-law.com and we will update our website.

The office of the Clerk of Court cannot give you legal advice.  This website, although prepared in part by attorneys, cannot and does not give you legal advice.  You can only get legal advice by talking to an attorney of your choice about the facts of your case, and the law as it applies to the facts of your case.

If you understand the information you have just read and would like to see the most recent local rule visitation schedule we have on our website, see the information below:

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Ross County – Amended Rule 21.10

Companionship Schedule

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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 make it like home for them.

Liberal companionship 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.

COMPANIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CHILDREN AND THE NON-RESIDENTIAL PARENT SHALL TAKE PLACE AT SUCH TIMES AND PLACES. A THE PARTIES MAY AGREE, BUT WILL NOT NORMALLY BE LESS THAN:

1. 1. Weekends: Alternate weekends from Friday at 6:00 p.m. until  Sunday at 6:00 p.m. This alternating weekend schedule shall  continue unchanged, even if interrupted by holiday and  birthday, summer and/or vacation companionship.
2. 2. Weekdays: (One or Two) weekday evenings per week from 6:00  P.M. to 9:00 P.M.
3. 3. Extracurricular Activities: Regardless of where the  children pare living: their continued participation in  extracurricular activities, school related or otherwise,  shall continue uninterrupted. It shall be the  s responsibility . of the parent with whom   they are :are‑ residing‑ at  the time of the activity to provide the physical and  economic cost of transportation to these activities. The  residential parent shall provide the non‑residential parent  with notice of all extracurricular activities .school related  or otherwise, in which the children participate, schedules  of„ all, extracurricular activities (handwritten:‑ by ‑the  residential parent if no formal schedule is provided by the  activity) and the name of the activity leader (including  address and telephone number if reasonably available to the  residential parent).
4. 4. Holidays and Birthdays: In odd‑numbered years, mother has  New Year’s Day, Spring Break, Memorial Day, Labor Day,  Christmas Eve and the first half of Christmas Break. In  odd‑numbered years, father has Martin Luther King’s Day,  Easter, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and the  second half of Christmas Break. In the even‑numbered years,  the schedules are reversed.
   1. a. When in conflict, holiday companionship shall supersede and take precedence over the alternating weekend companionship. For any holiday falling on a Friday or Monday, if the weekend immediately preceding the Monday holiday or following the Friday holiday and the holiday companionship are spent with the same parent, there is no need for that parent to return the child to the other parent; rather if a holiday falls on a Friday, companionship commences Friday at 8:00 am to Sunday at 6:00 PM; if a holiday falls on Monday, companionship commences Friday at 6:00 pm to Monday at 8:00 pm.
   2. b. Mother’s Day and Father’s Day and, . the parents’ birthdays only when they fall on a ‑Saturday or Sunday, to be spent with the appropriate parent. These‑are as agreed or 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. These do not have to be made up.
   3. Other days of special meaning, such as religious  holidays, etc., should be decided together, written into the Court Order and al  alternated as above These do not have to be made up.
   4. Hours for parents who cannot agree are as follows:New Year’s Day (9:00 a. m. to 7:00 p.m.);Martin Luther King’s Day (9:00 a. m. to 7:00 p.m.);Spring Break (6:00 p.m. the Friday school is out to 7:00 p.m. the day before school recommences, to be coincidental with the days of the school vacation and not to interfere with school);Easter(8:00 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 4th (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);

      Christmas Break (first half commences at 8:00 a.m., the day Christmas Break begins, continuously, unless interrupted by Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, through half ‘of the vacation break; which may be, at noon if the number of days in Christmas vacation are an odd number or 9:00 p.m. if the school vacation has an even number of days; second half commences at noon of the middle day of the break if the break has an odd number of days or 9:00 p.m. the last day of the first half of the break if the break has an even number of days to 9:00 a.m. New Year’s Day).

      Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day are to be exercised independently from the Christmas Break companionship and shall be spent with the designated parent. To calculate the Christmas Break, the parties shall add all days of the Christmas Break, excluding the day the children are out of school and the day they return to school but including all weekdays and weekend days that fall during the break, the children are off school (again excluding Christmas Eve Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day) and divide the total in half. The Christmas Break companionship shall be consecutive days, except as interrupted by Christmas Eve, Christmas Day.

   5. 48 hour notice should be given by the parent with whom the holiday is being spent for any arrangements for out of town travel on the holidays or of a change, in pickup/return times.
   6. The children’s birthdays should be alternated per child, between the parents and on an annual basis. Hours for parents who cannot agree are 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Brothers and sisters attend the birthday event. These do not have to be made up.
5. Waiting: The children.. anal: residential parent have no duty      to await the visiting parent for more than 30 minutes of the  companionship time. A parent who is late forfeits  companionship for that period.
6. Cancellation: The non‑residential parent should give 24hour notice to, cancel. The time canceled by the nonresidential parent is forfeited.
7. Illness: If a child is ill, the residential parent should give 24‑hour notice, if possible, so appropriate plans can be made. However, if more than one day of any companionship, weekend:, holiday/birthday, or   vacation:, is . . : missed due to non-emergency and/or non-critical illness, then any missed companionship shall. be made. up, as. soon as practicable.
8. Summer: The non-residential parent shall have companionship with the children ,for the last half of the summer each year. The summer school` vacation is defined as the entire summer school vacation, commencing the day after the .children are out of school and continuing until seven (7) days before school begins. The number of intervening weeks (full and/or partial) shall be divided by two, and the non-residential parent shall have the last half of the summer as companionship with the children. During summer companionship, the residential parent receives weekday companionship as afforded the non‑residential parent ‘ the rest of the year. The alternating weekends continue during the non-residential parent’s summer companionship, without interruption.
9. Vacation: Each parent may arrange an uninterrupted vacation of not more than two weeks with the children. The nonresidential parent shall schedule this during his/her one-half (1/2) summer companionship period, and the residential parent shall schedule this at a time other than the nonresidential parent’s one‑half (1/2) summer companionship. A general itinerary of the vacation shall be provided for the other parent, including dates, locations, addresses, and telephone numbers. Holiday and birthday celebrations with either parent shall not be missed, requiring scheduling of the vacation around these events or that the missed occasion be made up. Alternate weekends are missed during vacation, and are therefore not required to be made up.
10. Upon either parent learning or determining, whichever first occurs, that he/she will be moving, he/she shall immediately, notify the other parent except’ in those circumstances wherein notice is not required by R.C. 3109.051 (G) and provide the other parent with the moving date, new residence address and telephone number, and such other pertinent information necessary to effectuate a smooth move for the children. The parents shall attempt, in good faith, to renegotiate an, appropriate and beneficial new companionship schedule. But if they are unable to do so, the non-residential parent shall, at a minimum, enjoy the existing companionship schedule for distances under three hours or the long distance companionship for distances longer than three hours, including the sharing of physical and monetary costs of transportation and telephone expenses until a Court order modifying companionship is entered.
11. Access to Records: Both parents shall have access to all  medical, dental, optometric, psychiatric and psychological.  records of ‘the minor children and :may consult with any treating physician, dentist or other health care provider to  the children. Both parents. shall execute any authorizations or releases necessary to release these records and documents, to the other. Both parents shall retain the authority to consent to any necessary emergency medical treatment for the children. Each parent shall notify each other of any health problems of the children. Both parents shall have access to the children’s school records. Both parents shall have the. right to participate in ‘parent teacher conferences school trips, school :programs; and other school events .in which, parents are invited to participate. The parent receiving the grade card shall give a ‘copy to the other parent within 3 days of receipt. Both parents shall have access to babysitting, day care, nursery school and/or latch key records of the children. Both parents shall be entitled to communicate with all physical care providers for the children. Either parent shall execute any authorizations or releases necessary to release the records to the other. Both parents shall have access to all religious records of the children. Both parents shall have the right to participate and attend all religious activities of the children.
12. Telephone Access: The children must be allowed to communicate by telephone, one time per week, with both parents, regardless of with whom the child is currently, residing. Both parents shall permit no less than one half hour conversations. The party with whom the children are residing at the time of the call shall bear the expense unless the children are permitted to telephone the other parent collect. The children may call either parent, collect, with the agreement of the parent being called, at any and all reasonable times as he or she wishes.
13. Make-up Companionship: Any make-up companionship `required. by this schedule shall occur the first weekend of the other parent immediately following the missed companionship and shall continue during the other parent’s weekends until made up in full, including partial weekends.
14. Current Address and Telephone Number: Each‑parent must keep the other informed of his/her , current address and telephone number apt all times.
15. Car Seat: For any and all children required bylaw to ride in a car seat, the parents shall transfer the car seat with the child as companionship exchanges occur.
16. Clothing: The residential parent is responsible for providing sufficient appropriate clean clothing for every companionship period, based on the lifestyle of the residential parent and child. If the planned companionship activities require special or unusual clothing needs, the non-residential parent must notify the residential parent at least two (2) days in advance of the companionship period.  If the child does not have the type of clothing requested,  the residential parent is under no obligation to comply, with the request. All clothing sent by the residential parent  must be returned immediately after the companionship period.  The non-residential parent is not required to return: the  clothing washed and cleaned, unless the residential parent  has companionship with the children for a period in excess  of four (4) days. Additionally, any. clothing purchased by the non-residential parent and .which the children are  wearing upon their return to the residential parent after companionship, shall be returned by the residential. parent  to the non-residential parent at the next companionship period. If the next companionship period is longer than seven (7) days, then the clothing returned to the non­ residential parent must be washed and cleaned.

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Rule 21.11 – Companionship Schedule (For Long Distance Travel – Over 150 Miles One Way)

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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 make it like home for them.

Liberal companionship 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, i s shown.

COMPANIONSHIP SHALL HE AT SUCH :TIMES. AID PLACES AS THE PARTIES MAY AGREE; HOWEVER, WHENEVER “REASONABLE COMPANIONSHIP FOR A NON‑RESIDENTIAL PARENT APPEARS IN AN ENTRY IS SHALL NOT NORMALLY BE LESS THAN:

1. 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.
2. 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 the Saturday before Easter to the Saturday after Easter for pre‑schoolers with no school‑aged siblings.
3. Alternative Holiday Plan: Those who wish more frequent contact, and who develop a plan to pay for the transportation, can have half of Easter vacation, half the summer, alternate year Thanksgiving, and half of the Christmas vacation each year. The holidays themselves must be alternated as the parties agree, or Eater and Thanksgiving in the odd-numbered years and Christmas in the even-numbered years for the non;-residential, parent.
4. Summer: One half of the school‑ summer vacation: Summer school necessary to the child(ren) to pass to the next grade must be attended. The residential parent shall notify the nonresidential parent by March 15 of when the summer vacation begins and ends. The non-residential parent must notify the residential parent as to their intentions by April 15.
   1. If the. parties cannot agree which half of   tie summer  they prefer, in the even-numbered years, the first half  of the summer shall be, spent at the.. non-residential  home, and in the odd-numbered years, the second half.
   2. The children must be allowed to communicate, by telephone, one time per week, with both parents, regardless of with whom the child is currently residing. Both parents shall permit no less than one half hour conversations. The calling party shall bear the expense. The children may call either parent, collect, at any and all reasonable times as he or she wishes.
   3. A general itinerary should be provided either parent if more than 2 days will be spent away from either home when the children are in that parent’s care.
5. Vacations:Each parent may arrange an uninterrupted vacation of not more than two weeks with the children. A general itinerary of the vacation shall be provided for the other parent, including dates, locations, addresses and telephone numbers.
   1. Vacation is defined as a trip away from the parents’ home. It does not include a parents’ vacation time off from work. where that parent spends time; at; home.
   2. Summer school necessary‑ for the child to pass to. the next grade must be attended. .
6. Additional Companionship:
   1. Weekend: A once‑a‑month, weekend visit to the nonresidential home 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.’
   2. Father’s Day and Mother’s Day can always be spent with  the appropriate parent. c. The non‑residential parent shall notify the residential  parent at least two days in advance of any time the  non‑residential parent will be in the area and wants a  companionship period. Absent extraordinary  circumstances, this companionship shall occur. d. The residential parent must notify the non‑residential parent ‘at least two‑days in advance when the ‑:  residential parent and child(ren) will be in the area of the non‑residential parent, and companionship must  be  al lowed.
7. Transportation: Responsibility for transportation costs should be decided in advance and a plan written into‑an Order of the Court. ‘The costs of transportation, in the appropriate case, may be a basis for deviation from the child support schedule.
8. Moving : Upon :.either parent learning or determining . whichever first  occurs -that he/she will be moving he/she shall immediately notify the other parent and provide the other parent with the moving date, new residence address and telephone number, and such other pertinent information necessary to effectuate a smooth move for the children. The parents shall attempt, in good faith, to renegotiate an appropriate and beneficial new companionship schedule. But if they are unable to do so, the non-residential parent shall, at a minimum, enjoy the existing companionship schedule for distances under three hours or the distance companionship for distances longer than three hours, including the sharing of physical and monetary costs of transportation and telephone expenses until a Court order modifying companionship is entered.
9. Access to Records: The non‑residential parent shall have access to all medical, dental, optometric, psychiatric and  psychological records of the minor children and may consult with any treating physician, dentist or other health care  provider to the children. The residential parent shall execute any authorizations or releases necessary to release  these records and documents to the non‑residential parent.   Each parent shall notify each other of any health problems  of the children. The non-residential parent shall have the same access as the residential parent , to the children’ s  school records. The non-residential parent shall have the right to participate in parent-teacher conferences, school  trips, school programs, and other school events in which parents are invited to participate. The parent receiving   the grade card shall give a copy to the other parent within 3 days of receipt.
10. Current Address and Telephone Number: Each parent must keep , the other informed of his/her current address and, telephone number at all times.
11. Modification: This schedule can be changed or modified by the Court if need for such is shown.
12. Car Seat: For any and all children required by law to ride in a car seat, the parents shall transfer the car seat with the child as companionship exchanges occur.
13. Clothing: The residential parent is responsible for providing :sufficient appropriate clean  clothing  for every companionship period, based on the lifestyle of the residential parent and child. If the planned companionship activities require special or: unusual clothing needs. the non-residential parent must notify the residential parent at least two (2) days in advance of the companionship period. If the child does not have the type of clothing requested, the residential parent is under no obligation to comply with the request. All clothing sent by the residential Parent must be returned immediately after the companionship period. The` non-residential parent is not required too return the clothing washed and cleaned, unless the residential parent has companionship with the children for a period in excess of four (4) days. Additionally, any clothing purchased by the non-residential parent and which the children are wearing upon their return to the residential parent after companionship, shall be returned by the residential parent to the non-residential parent at the next companionship period. If the next companionship period is longer than seven (7) days, then the clothing returned to the nonresidential parent must be washed and cleaned.

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.

Click here to get a list of phone numbers for the Clerk of Court in your county.

If you know that the court in this county has implemented a new rule, PLEASE tell us by e-mailing us at info@cornwell-law.com and we will update our website.

The office of the Clerk of Court cannot give you legal advice.  This website, although prepared in part by attorneys, cannot and does not give you legal advice.  You can only get legal advice by talking to an attorney of your choice about the facts of your case, and the law as it applies to the facts of your case.

If you understand the information you have just read and would like to see the most recent local rule visitation schedule we have on our website, see the information below:

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Richland County Local Rule 24
Standard Parenting Time Order

https://richlandcourtsoh.us/forms/LOCALRULES.pdf

 

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.

Click here to get a list of phone numbers for the Clerk of Court in your county.

If you know that the court in this county has implemented a new rule, PLEASE tell us by e-mailing us at info@cornwell-law.com and we will update our website.

The office of the Clerk of Court cannot give you legal advice.  This website, although prepared in part by attorneys, cannot and does not give you legal advice.  You can only get legal advice by talking to an attorney of your choice about the facts of your case, and the law as it applies to the facts of your case.

If you understand the information you have just read and would like to see the most recent local rule visitation schedule we have on our website, see the information below:

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Pike County Parenting Time Schedule

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Parenting time 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 helps make it like home for them.

Liberal parenting time is 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.

Please be advised that this schedule is merely a guideline for parenting time.  It is each party’s responsibility to tailor this schedule as necessary to meet the best interests of their children.

PARENTING TIME SHALL TAKE PLACE AT SUCH TIME AND PLACES AS THE PARTIES MAY AGREE, BUT THIS WILL NOT BE LESS THAN:

1.         Weekends: Alternate weekends from Friday at 6:00 p.m. until Sunday at 6;00 p.m.  This alternating weekend scheduled shall not change, even if interrupted by holiday and birthday, summer and/or vacation visitation (the beginning and ending times may be varied to accommodate the work schedule of the parties).

2.         Weekdays: One-two weekday evenings per week from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00p.m. during the school year, and one weekday overnight during summer vacation.

3.         Extracurricular Activities: Regardless of where the children are living, their participation in existing and renewed extracurricular activities, school related or otherwise, shall continue uninterrupted.  The parent with whom they are residing at the time of the activity shall provide the physical and economic cost of transportation to these activities.  The residential parent shall provide the non-residential parent with  notice of all extracurricular activities, school related or otherwise, in which the children participate, schedules of all extracurricular activities (handwritten by the residential parent if no formal schedule is provided by the activity) and the name of the activity leader.

4.         Pre-School Agers: Pre-school age children follow the same schedule of school age children in the school district where they live regardless of whether or not other school age children live in the family.

5.         Holidays and Birthdays: In odd-numbered  years, mother has New Year’s Day, Spring Break, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Christmas Eve, and the first half of Christmas Break. In odd-numbered years, father has Martin Luther King Jr.’s Day, Easter, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and the second half of Christmas Break.  In even-numbered years, the schedules are 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 spent with the parent who would normally have that weekend.  These do not have to be made up.

b.         Mother’s day and Father’s day, and the parent’s birthdays only when they fall on a Saturday or Sunday, are to be spent with the appropriate parent.  These are as agreed or 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. These do not have to be made up.

c.         Other days of special meaning, such as religious holidays, should be decided together and alternate each year as follows: ________________________

______________________________.  These do not have to be made up.

d.         Hours for parents who cannot agree are as follows:

• New Year’s Day (9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.);
• Martin Luther King Jr.’s Day (9:00a.m. to 7:00 p.m.);
• Spring Break (6:00 p.m. the Friday school is out to 7:00 p.m. the day before school recommences, to be coincidental with the days of the school vacation and not to interfere with school);
• Memorial Day and Labor Day (6:00 p.m. Friday to 6:00 p.m. Monday);
• July 4^th (9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.);
• Thanksgiving (9:00 a.m. to 9:00a.m. the next day);
• Christmas Eve (9:00 a.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);
• Christmas Break (first half commences at 8:00 a.m. the day Christmas Break begins, continuously, unless interrupted by Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, through half of the vacation break, which may be at noon if the number of days in Christmas vacation are an odd number or 9:00 p.m. the last day of the first half of the break if the break has an even number of days to 9:00 a.m. New year’s Day).

e.         Forty-eight (48) hours notice should be given by the parent with whom the holiday is being spent for any arrangements for out of town travel on the holidays or of a change in pick-up/return times.

f.          The children’s birthdays should be alternated per child, between the parents, and on an annual basis.  Hours for parents who cannot agree are 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., brothers and sisters attend the birthday event.  These do not have to be made up.

6.         Transportation: The parties shall divide the transportation equally.  The parent who is exercising their parenting/visitation right shall pick up the children.

7.         Waiting: The residential parent and children shall be present at the residential home for the schedule pick up by the visiting parent.  If the residential parent and children are not present, the visiting parent shall wait 30 minutes for the residential parent and children to return.  A residential parent who is late, must pride additional visitation during the next similar visitation period, i.e. if he/she is late for a weekend visitation, the visiting parent shall be entitled to additional visitation during the next weekend visitation.  The residential the residential parent shall wait thirty (30) minutes for the visiting parent to pick up the children.  If the visiting parent does not arrive by the end of the thirty (30) minute period, visitation for the  missed time shall be forfeited and shall not b made up.  If the visiting parent is to be more than thirty (30) minutes late for pick-up of the children, but still plans to pick up the children within a reasonable time (not to exceed half of the scheduled visitation’s remaining time), he/she must give notice, to the residential parent, at least one (1) hour before the scheduled visitation’s remaining time if at least half of the scheduled visitation remains.

8.         Illness: If a child is ill, the residential parent should give twenty-four (24) hour notice, if possible, so appropriate plans can be made.  However, if more than one (1) day visitation, weekend, holiday/birthday, or vacation is missed due to non-emergency and/or non-critical illness, then any missed visitation shall be made up as soon as practicable.

9.         Summer: The non-residential parent shall have visitation with the children for the last half of the summer each year.  The summer school vacation commences the day after the children are out of school and continues until seven (7) days before school begins.  Then number of intervening weeks (full and/or partial) shall be divided in half, and the non-residential parent shall have the last half of the summer as visitation with the children.  During the summer visitation, the residential parent receives weekday and alternating weekend visitation as afforded the non-residential parent the rest of the year.

10.       Vacations: Each parent may arrange an uninterrupted vacation of not more than two weeks with the children.  Each parent shall schedule this vacation during  his;/her half of the summer.  A general itinerary of the vacation shall be provided for the other parent including dates, locations, addresses, and telephone numbers.  Holiday and birthday celebrations with either parent shall not be missed, requiring scheduling of the vacation around these events or that the missed occasion be made up.  Alternate weekends are missed during vacation, and are therefore not required to be made up.

11.       Moving: Upon either parent learning or determining, whichever first occurs, that he/she will be moving, he/she shall immediately  notify the other parent except in those circumstances wherein notice is not required by R.C. 3109.051(G), and provide the other parent with the moving date, new residence address and telephone number, and such other pertinent information necessary to effectuate a smooth move for the children.  The parents shall attempt, in good faith, to renegotiate an appropriate and beneficial new visitation schedule.

12.       Telephone Access: Telephone communications by the children with the parent with whom they are not residing shall occur not less than three times per week for not less than 15 minutes.  Children can call the other parent as often as the parent and child agree, at reasonable times, so long as the call is collect if it is a long distance call.  The non-possessory parent shall be allowed to communicate with children not less than one time per week for not less than ½ hour by either calling or having the children call him/her.  Possessory parent shall not interfere with or stop the telephone communication.

13.       Make-Up Visitation: Any make-up visitation required by this schedule shall occur the first weekend of the other parent immediately following the missed visitation and shall continue during the other parent’s weekends until made up in full, including partial weekends.

14.       Current Address and Telephone Number: Except as provided in the court order, each parent shall keep the other information of his/her current address and telephone number at all times. Emergency Contact:  Both parents shall at all times, regardless of whether the children are with him/her, provide the other parent with a telephone number for contact in the event of an emergency.

15.       Car Seat: For any and all children required by law to ride in a car seat, if each parent does not own an individual car seat, the parents shall transfer the car seat with the child as visitation occurs.

16.       Clothing: The residential parent is responsible for providing sufficient, appropriate, clean clothing for every visitation period. All clothing sent by the residential parent must be returned immediately after the visitation period.  If the visitation period is in excess of four (4) days, then the clothing returned must be washed and cleaned.

17.       Parenting Time: Parenting time does not include picking the children up and leaving them with a non-family member while the visiting parent pursues his/her own pleasures, nor does it including taking the children to inappropriate places for minors.  Violations shall be deemed to be cause for curtailment of parenting time.

18.       Removal of Children from County: The residential parent shall not remove the children from Pike County to permanently reside, or in the event said children are not presently in Pike County to a situs more distant from Pike County that their present situs without first obtaining permission of the Court by Judgment Entry.

19.       Communication Between Parent and Child: The parents shall encourage free communications between the children and the other parent and shall not do anything to impede or restrict communications by phone or mail between the children or the other parent, whether initiated by the children or the parent.  Mail between the children and the parent shall be strictly confidential between them and that parent, and shall not be opened or read by the other parent.

20.       Criticizing: Both parents shall refrain from criticizing the other parent in the presence of the children.

21.       Modifications of Religious Practice: Neither party shall attempt to modify the religious practice of the children without first having consulted each other and the Court.

(Web Page updated 11-29-09)

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.

Click here to get a list of phone numbers for the Clerk of Court in your county.

If you know that the court in this county has implemented a new rule, PLEASE tell us by e-mailing us at info@cornwell-law.com and we will update our website.

The office of the Clerk of Court cannot give you legal advice.  This website, although prepared in part by attorneys, cannot and does not give you legal advice.  You can only get legal advice by talking to an attorney of your choice about the facts of your case, and the law as it applies to the facts of your case.

If you understand the information you have just read and would like to see the most recent local rule visitation schedule we have on our website, see the information below:

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Pickaway County
Local Rule 18.11(A)
Companionship and Visitation Schedule

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

Liberal visitation arrangements are encouraged, as extensive contact with both parents is important to the children.  Specific items in the judgment entry can take precedence over this schedule. Changes or modifications can be made by the Court if the need for such is shown.  This schedule does not affect support payments, nor does it apply to parents living more than 200 miles apart.  The Long-Distance Companionship Schedule shall apply to parents living far apart.

I.  VISITATION:

Companionship between the children and the non-residential parent shall take place at such times and places as the parties may agree, but in the absence of agreement, will not be less than:

A. INFANTS UP TO 12 MONTHS:

Every Sunday from 12:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. and one weekday evening from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.  If the parents cannot agree, the weekday shall be Wednesday.  The non-residential parent shall also have holiday visitations on Easter, the Fourth of July and Christmas Day from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.  The children shall be with the mother on Mother’s Day and with the father on Father’s Day, resulting in the non-residential parent exercising his or her Sunday visitation on Saturday on that particular weekend.  The non-residential parent shall not exercise the one evening per week on any holiday.  Said visitation shall be modified so as not to interfere with breastfeeding in the event the mother is nursing the child.

B. FROM 12 MONTHS UNTIL 18 MONTHS:

Every other weekend from 10:00 a.m. on Saturday until 6:00 p.m. on Sunday and one weekday evening from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.  If the parents cannot agree, the weekday shall be Wednesday.  The non-residential parent shall also have holiday visitation on Easter, the Fourth of July and Christmas day from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.  The children shall be with the mother on Mother’s Day and with the father on Father’s Day, resulting in the non-residential parent exercising his or her visitation from 10:00 a.m. on Friday until 6:00p.m. on Saturday if it falls on that particular weekend.  The non-residential parent shall not exercise the one evening per week on any holiday.

C. AFTER 18 MONTHS OF AGE:

1. Weekends:
   Alternate weekends from Friday at 6:00 p.m. until Sunday at 6:00 p.m.
2. Weekdays:
   One weekday evening per week from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.  If the parents cannot agree, the weekday shall be Wednesday.
3. Holidays and School Vacations:
   In the odd-numbered year, mother shall have visitation on Martin Luther King Day (if observed by school), Easter, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and the second half of Christmas vacation (if applicable).  Father shall have visitation on President’s Day, spring vacation (if applicable), Memorial Day, Labor Day, and the first week of Christmas vacation (if applicable) and Christmas Eve. In the even-numbered years, the schedules are reversed.  Following are general rules for holiday visitation:
   1. holiday which 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 spent with the parent who would normally have that weekend. These do not have to be made up.
   2. Mother’s Day and Father’s Day shall be spent with the appropriate parent.  The times are from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.  These do not have to be made up.
   3. Other days of special meaning such as religious holidays shall be decided together, written into the court order, and alternated as above.  These do not have to be made up.
   4. Spring break shall be applicable for all children when one or more is of school age and receives spring break from school.  It shall commence at 6:00 p.m. on the day school is out until 6:00 p.m. on the day before school recommences.
   5. Easter shall be from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. unless at least one child is entitled to spring break from school and Easter is during that time, in which case, subsection (d) hereinabove shall apply.
   6. Memorial Day shall be from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.
   7. Fourth of July shall be from 9:00 a.m. on July 4th until 9:00 a.m. the next day.
   8. Labor Day shall be from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.
   9. Thanksgiving shall be from 6:00 p.m. on the day before Thanksgiving until 6:00 p.m. on the Sunday after Thanksgiving.
   10. Christmas Eve shall be from 6:00 p.m. on December 23rd until 8:00 p.m. on December 24th.
   11. Christmas Day shall be from 8:00 p.m. on December 24th until 8:00 p.m. on December 25th.
   12. At such time as one or more children is of school age and entitled to a Christmas vacation, then the Christmas holiday shall consist of the entire school vacation, with the first half of Christmas vacation commencing at 6:00 p.m. on the day school is out until 10:00 a.m. on December 25th, and the second half commencing at 10:00 a.m. on December 25th through 6:00 p.m. on New Year’s Day.
   13. Should the non-residential parent have visitation on a weekend immediately preceding a Monday holiday to which he or she is also entitled, then said non-residential parent need not return the children on Sunday at 6:00 p.m., but may continue visitation until the end of the Monday holiday.
   14. 48 hours notice shall be given by the parent with whom the holiday is being spent for any arrangements for out of town travel on the holidays or change in pick-up/return times.
4. Birthdays:
   The children’s birthdays shall be alternated between the parents on an annual basis, with mother to have the children in all odd-numbered years and father to have the children in all even-numbered years. The visitation shall be from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. unless the birthday falls on a school day, in which case it shall be from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.  Brothers and sisters shall attend the birthday event.  Birthday visitation shall take precedence over regular weekend visitation and all holidays excepting Christmas Day, Easter or other major religious holidays.  These do not have to be made up.
5. Summer:
   Four weeks of companionship each year to be arranged with 45 days advance notice by the non-residential parent. The residential parent must give the non-residential parent 60 days notice of vacations or special plans for the child to avoid planning conflicts.  In the event the child must attend summer school in order to pass to the next grade, school must be attended.  Said visitation shall be exercised in one week non-consecutive periods for children under three years of age and in one or two week non-consecutive periods for children three years of age and over.
6. Vacations:
   Each parent may arrange an uninterrupted vacation of not more than two weeks with the children.  The non-residential parent shall schedule this during his or her four-week summer visitation, and the residential parent shall schedule this at a time other than the non-residential parent’s four week summer visitation. A general itinerary shall be provided to the other parent, including dates, locations, addresses and telephone numbers.  Holiday and birthday celebrations with either parent shall not be missed.  Scheduling of the vacation around these events shall be required or the missed occasion be made up if the parties so agree.  Alternate weekends which are missed during vacation are not required to be made up.  A vacation is defined as a parent’s vacation time off from work where that parents spends time with the children.

II. TRANSPORTATION:

Unless otherwise agreed upon or ordered by the Court, and subject to paragraph XI, the non-residential parent shall be responsible for all transportation involving exchanges of children for visitation.  The parent providing transportation may employ another responsible adult known well and trusted by the child or children when necessary.

If this provision causes an inequitable hardship on the non-residential parent due to the distances involved, economic circumstances, or work schedules, the parties are urged to share transportation responsibilities.  The Court upon application shall make an order it considers equitable.

III. SPECIAL ACTIVITIES:

The residential parent shall not unilaterally schedule special activities for the children which necessarily will conflict with or limit the visitation of the non-residential parent.  However, activities of a continuing nature which are important to the child(ren) and an integral part of the responsibility of the residential parent, such as regular or compulsory church attendance or religious training, regular extracurricular activities including academic clubs, sports, cheerleading, and musical and dramatic organizations, and summer recreation programs such as little league baseball, should be encouraged.  In such instances, the non-residential parent shall be responsible for good faith efforts to help the children participate when activities occur during scheduled visitation.

IV. CHILDREN RESIDING WITH DIFFERENT PARENTS:

Whenever the children are “split” between the parents, that is, one or more residing with the mother and one or more residing with the father, all visitation under this Schedule shall be coordinated so that the children are together on all weekends and holidays.

V. VISITATION SHALL NOT CONFLICT WITH SCHOOL ATTENDANCE:

If any one of the holidays listed above are not school holidays, the non-residential parent shall not be entitled to visitation on said holiday

VI. RELATIONSHIP WITH CHILD:

No overnight visitation shall commence at any age unless the non-residential parent has had an ongoing relationship with the child, such as in the case of recently separated parents, or exercised regular visitations at least during the past 60 days.  The purpose of this section is to prevent undue fright or disruption for the child who has little or no contact with the non-residential parent.  In such circumstances, the non-residential parent should exercise visitation as if the child were an infant under this Schedule for 60 days before beginning overnight visitation.

VII. CANCELLATION:

The non-residential parent shall give 24 hours notice to cancel.  The time canceled by the non-residential parent is forfeited.

VIII. ILLNESS:

If a child is ill, the residential parent should give 24 hours notice if possible, so appropriate plans can be made.  However, if more than one day of any visitation weekend, holiday, or vacation is missed to a non-emergency or non-critical illness, then any missed visitation shall be made up as soon as practicable.

IX. MAKE-UP VISITATION:

Any make-up visitation required by this Schedule shall occur the first weekend of the other parent immediately following the missed visitation, and shall continue during the other parent’s weekends until made up in full, including partial weekends.

X. WAITING:

The children and residential parent have no duty to await the visiting parent more than 30 minutes past the visitation time.  A parent who is  more than 30 minutes late forfeits companionship for that period, unless the delay is reasonable, advance notice is given, and other arrangements have been made, which do not work a hardship on the child or residential parent.

XI. MOVING:

Upon either parent learning that he or she will be moving, he or she shall immediately notify the other parent and provide the other parent with the moving date, new residence address and telephone number, and such other pertinent information necessary to effectuate a smooth move for the children.  The parents shall attempt in good faith to renegotiate an appropriate and beneficial new companionship schedule. If they are unable to do so, the non-residential parent shall, at a minimum, enjoy the existing companionship schedule for distances under 200 miles or the long-distance visitation for distances farther than 200 miles.  If the residential parent moves farther than fifty (50) miles from his/her current residence, then he/she shall bear the expense and responsibility of transportation until a court order modifying visitation is entered.  In the event the residential parent learns or determines that he or she will be moving, he or she shall file a notice of intent to relocate with this Court, and this Court shall send a copy of the notice to the non-residential parent.

XII. ACCESS TO RECORDS:

The non-residential parent shall have access to all medical, dental, optical, and psychological records of the minor children, and may consult with any treating physician, dentist, health care provider or teacher or school official regarding the children.  The residential parent hereby assigns to the nonresidential parent the authority to consent to any necessary emergency medical treatment for the children.  Each parent shall notify the other of any health problems of the children.

The non-residential parent shall have the same access as the residential parent to the children’s school records.  The non-residential parent shall have the right to participate in parent/teacher conferences, school trips, school programs, and other events in which parents are invited to participate.  The parent receiving the notices of such events, as well as the grade card, shall give a copy to the other parent within three days of receipt.  Any keeper of records or school official or employee who knowingly fails to comply with this Order is in contempt of court

XIII. CHILD DAY CARE CENTER:

The non-residential parent shall be entitled to access to any child day care center that is attended by the minor children of the parties.

XIV. TELEPHONE ACCESS:

Unless otherwise excused by the Court, each parent shall disclose to the other his/her home telephone number.  The children must be allowed to communicate by telephone on time per week with both parents, regardless of with whom the child is currently residing.  Both parents shall permit no less than one-half hour conversations.  The calling party shall bear the expense.  The children may call either parent collect at any and all reasonable times as he or she wishes.  Telephone communication shall not be monitored or censored.

XV. CURRENT ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER:

Each parent must keep the other informed of his or her current address and telephone number at all times.

XVI. SCHEDULE TO BE FURNISHED PARTIES:

Attorneys representing parties in domestic relations actions in this Court where there are no minor children shall furnish their clients with a copy of this Schedule when applicable.   A copy of the applicable visitation schedule shall be attached to the decree of dissolution or divorce and made a part thereof with any change in the schedule being noted in the decree.

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.

Click here to get a list of phone numbers for the Clerk of Court in your county.

If you know that the court in this county has implemented a new rule, PLEASE tell us by e-mailing us at info@cornwell-law.com and we will update our website.

The office of the Clerk of Court cannot give you legal advice.  This website, although prepared in part by attorneys, cannot and does not give you legal advice.  You can only get legal advice by talking to an attorney of your choice about the facts of your case, and the law as it applies to the facts of your case.

If you understand the information you have just read and would like to see the most recent local rule visitation schedule we have on our website, see the information below:

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Perry County, Ohio
Standard Rules For Visitation

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1. The non-custodial parent shall have visitation of alternate weekends from Friday evenings at 6:00 p.m. to Sunday evenings at 6:00 p.m.

2. The children and/or the custodial parent have no duty to await the visiting parent for more than thirty (30) minutes of the visitation time.  A parent late more than thirty (30) minutes shall forfeit that visitation period.  If the non-custodial parent cannot exercise visitation twenty-four (24) hours notice must be given to the children and custodial parent.

3. For the purpose of visitation, there are eight (8) holidays to be divided between the parents:

1.      Easter	2.      Memorial Day
3.      July 4	4.      Labor Day
5.      Thanksgiving	6.      Christmas Eve (6 p.m. Dec. 24 to 10:00 a.m. Dec. 25)
7.      Christmas Day (after 10 a.m.)	8.      New Years Day

In the odd numbered years (i.e. 1987), the custodial parent shall have the children on the odd-numbered holidays (left column), and the non-custodial parent shall have visitation on the even numbered holidays (right column).  In the even-numbered years (i.e. 1986) the non-custodial parent shall have the odd-numbered holidays and the custodial parent the even-numbered holidays.

4.  On Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, no matter whose turn for visitation, the children shall be with the appropriate parent on those days.

5. The non-custodial parent shall have a two week period of visitation each summer so that he/she has the opportunity to take the children on vacation.  Likewise, to give the custodial parent the same opportunity, visitation schedule shall be adjusted to provide the custodial parent with a two week period in the summer uninterrupted by the non-custodial parent’s visitation.  The vacation period shall be arranged the moment the parents’ vacation schedules are posted  Child support is not abated for any period of visitation.

6.  The child shall celebrate his birthday in the house of the custodial parent in odd-number years and in the house of the non-custodial parent in even numbered years.  The parent not having visitation on the child’s birthday can have a separate birthday party, if desired.

7. In the event that a regularly schedule weekend visitation period is cancelled because of the child’s illness, the visitation shall be made up the next weekend.

8. The non-custodial parent shall bear the transportation expense necessary for exercising visitation.

9. Visitation does not mean picking up the children and then leaving them with someone else.  If circumstances so require, however, another responsible adult, such as a grandparent, may pick up the children for visitation and/or watch the children for a short period of time.  One example of a situation requiring such an arrangement is where the parent exercising visitation cannot get off work in time to pick up the children.

10. The residence of the children is not to be removed from the State of Ohio without first obtaining a modified visitation order from the Court.