by Congressman Michael Turner (R-OH)
Washington, Feb 26 2010
The stories are too frequent: a service member, many times a single mom, is called to serve her country and is given a short time to wind down her personal business and deploy. She makes temporary custody arrangements for her children usually with her former spouse, sometimes in the form of a non-binding family care plan. The mom is then deployed. Upon return from deployment, she goes to pick up her child, and finds out that her ex-spouse won’t relinquish custody without a court order.
Sometimes the story is even worse. For example, a service member in fighting for custody in court has their custodial rights terminated by a judge simply because of ‘deployment’ or even the ‘possibility of deployment.’ Deployed parents, serving our country in places like Afghanistan or Iraq, need protections from state courts disrupting these established family arrangements. We cannot have one branch of government asking American men and women to serve, while another branch punishes them for their service.From our law office in Westerville, Ohio, Jesse R. Mann, Attorney at Law, provides comprehensive family law services to clients throughout Central Ohio, in Franklin County, Licking County, Delaware County, Knox County, and the communities of Columbus, Newark, Sunbury, Galena, Delaware, Mt. Vernon, Centerburg, Worthington, New Albany, and Powell. Ohio Family Law, Westerville Divorce Lawyers, Dissolution Attorney Ohio, Delaware County
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