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March is the Month with the Most Franklin County Ohio Divorce Filings

January 5, 2011

The Columbus Dispatch recently interviewed Virginia Cornwell and other Columbus Ohio Divorce Lawyersfor an article in the Columbus Dispatch. The article discussed what time of year people are most likely to file for divorce. Although family law firms typically receive more calls in January than in December, it often takes several months before people are ready to actually file their divorce papers. Virginia Cornwell says “Your head is ready before your feet are ready.”

It is common for people to postpone divorce and other family law litigation until after the holidays, especially when child custody is likely to be an element of the divorce. In cases involving child custody, people often wait until the end of the school year to file for divorce because they don’t want the children to have to switch schools in the middle of the year.

In addition, once the decision to divorce is made, there are a lot of decisions to make, discussions to have and preparation for a move and starting a new life. There are financial considerations, and if children are involved there may be a need for counseling to help the children adjust to all the changes in their life. If you are going to hire a lawyer, you may have to meet with several lawyers before you select one that is a good fit for you. To learn more about divorce in Ohio, see the following page from our web site: https://cornwell-law.com/divorce-and-marriage/

To read the Columbus Dispatch article, see: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2011/01/05/couples-most-likely-to-call-it-quits-in-march.html

To read some of our “Divorce in Ohio” series, click any of the following links:

Part 1 (Conciliation or Legal Separation),

Part 2 (Dissolution or Uncontested Divorce),

Part 3 (Reasons to Choose Divorce),

Part 4 (Restraining Orders),

Part 5 (Where will you live?),

Part 6 (Paper Work),

Part 7 (Health Insurance),

Part 8 (Attorney Fees),

Part 9 (5 Dirty Divorce Tricks),

Part 10, (5 More Dirty Divorce Tricks).

Virginia Cornwell has been added to U.S. Department of State Attorney Network for Hague Abductions Cases

November 12, 2009

Virginia Cornwell has been placed on the U.S. Department of State’s list of Attorneys to whom the Department of State refers parents to when their child has been abducted to a country which is a signatory to the The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. To see a list of countries which have ratified this convention, click here.

Virginia Cornwell also has experience in securing the return of children who have been abducted to countries which are not members of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. She has experience working with the Department of State, local authorities, embassies and INTERPOL, as needed, to secure the return of internationally abducted children of United States citizens.

Virginia C. Cornwell, is an Ohio State Bar Association Certified Family Relations Specialist and is admitted to practice in all 88 Ohio Counties and in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio.

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How to Domesticate a Foreign State’s Subpoena for Records in Franklin County Ohio

May 13, 2009

Franklin County Ohio Attorney Subpoena Ohio adopted the Uniform Foreign Depositions Act in 1953 and it remains in effect today. O.R.C. 2319.09 states:

“[w]henever any mandate, writ, or commission is issued out of any court of record in any other state, territory, district, or foreign jurisdiction, or whenever upon notice or agreement it is required to take the testimony of a witness in this state, witnesses may be compelled to appear and testify in the same manner and by the same process and proceedings as are employed for the purpose of taking testimony in proceedings pending in this state.”

While not necessarily “testimony,” Ohio courts have permitted this section of the O.R.C. to be utilized in the domestication of foreign states’ subpoenas. Franklin County has a specific procedure in place already if an attorney would like to domesticate a foreign subpoena for records from an entity in Ohio. Other counties may have alternative methods of filing, domesticating, and issuing a foreign subpoena, so you would be advised to inquire about your local county’s procedures before filing anything. In Franklin County, you need to file the following: (1) a Petition for the Issuance of Subpoenas pursuant to O.R.C. 2319.09; (2) the original, issued subpoena from a foreign state and 3 copies; (3) a new original Ohio subpoena that is identical in content to the foreign state subpoena and 3 copies; (4) If you are using a process server, you will need a motion for the appointment of a process server; and (5) finally a proposed court order for a Franklin County Common Pleas judge to sign, directing the Clerk of Courts to issue the subpoenas.

This process will domesticate a foreign subpoena and make it valid and enforceable in Ohio. The subpoena will be issued a miscellaneous case number and any enforcement actions will need to be filed under this case number. If you are looking to domesticate an Ohio subpoena in a foreign state, you should first check to see if the foreign state has adopted the Uniform Foreign Depositions Act (UFDA) or the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act (UIDDA). If the foreign state has adopted either Act, chances are that the process of domesticating a subpoena should be similar to Franklin County’s procedure.

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Columbus Ohio Family Law Attorneys providing free document notarization – notarized, notary public

July 30, 2008

The Law Offices of Virginia C. Cornwell is a law firm of Columbus Ohio Family Law Attorneys.

As a public service, our Columbus Ohio Family Law Attorneys provides free notarization and notary public services in Columbus, Ohio on Wednesdays from 10:00 a.m. to noon. If you want to make sure that our office is open and a notary is available on the day you plan to come, you can CALL, NOT E-MAIL, 24 hours in advance. YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST HAVE A FORM PREPARED THAT WE CAN NOTARIZE FOR YOU. IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO HAVE NOTARIZED, OR WHAT THE FORM SHOULD LOOK LIKE, YOU MUST RESOLVE THAT ON YOUR OWN BEFORE YOU COME IN TO HAVE YOUR DOCUMENT NOTARIZED. If you come in without the form you need notarized already prepared, we will have to ask you to come back when you have it.

Although we are Columbus Ohio Family Law Attorneys, we will not give you legal advice unless you schedule a consultation and your legal matter relates to Ohio Family Law. Having a lawyer or law office employee notarize your document does NOT give your document any additional legal significance or authority.

If you need documents notarized for an international adoption or for some other purpose for which you will need documents authenticated or apostilled by the Ohio Secretary of State, please call us to make sure an attorney is present to notarize your documents.

Clients can have documents notarized for free at any time.

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