Update: On July 14, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed this case as improvidently accepted.  Read more about that here.

On May 5, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of James P. Kuhn v. Kelly L. Kuhn n/k/a Cottle, 2014-0601.  At issue in this case is

Update: On July 14, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed this case as improvidently accepted.  Read more about that here.

Read the analysis of the oral argument here.

On May 5, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of James P. Kuhn v. Kelly L. Kuhn n/k/a Cottle

Case Background

Christen and Sean Daniel were married in 1995 and were divorced in 2011. The only real asset of the parties was Sean’s military retirement benefit. Sean had enlisted in the National Guard shortly before the parties married. At the time of the divorce hearing, Sean had sixteen years in the National Guard; fifteen

On June 19, 2014 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in In re A.G., 2014-Ohio-2597. In a 5-2 opinion authored by Chief Justice O’Connor, the Court held that in ongoing child-custody litigation arising from a divorce, a child is not a proper party, and has no due process right to

On June 19, 2014 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in In re A.G., 2014-Ohio-2597. In a 5-2 opinion authored by Chief Justice O’Connor, the Court held that in ongoing child-custody litigation arising from a divorce, a child is not a proper party, and has no due process right to

Read what happened when this case was remanded here.

On March 26, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Daniel v. Daniel,  2014-Ohio-1161. By a vote of 4-3, in an opinion written by Justice O’Neill, for himself and Justices Pfeifer, French, and Kennedy, the Court held that unvested military

On January 16, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued a merit decision in State v. McGlothan,  2014-Ohio-85. In a 4-3 decision written by Justice O’Donnell, for himself, Chief Justice O’Connor, and Justices Pfeifer and Kennedy, the Court held that in a prosecution for domestic violence where the state establishes the victim is a

Update: On March 26, 2014, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

On October 22, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of Christen M. Daniel v. Sean M. Daniel, 2012 -2113. The issue before the Court was whether unvested military

On  October 16, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Morrow v. Becker, 2013-Ohio-4542. In a 6-1 decision written by Justice Pfeifer, the Court held that it was not an abuse of discretion to include certain employer-paid benefits in gross income for the purposes of calculating child support obligation, even

Update: On January 16, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

Read the analysis of the oral argument of this case here.

On October 23, 2013 the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State v. Jeffrey McGlothan, 2012-1782.