According to Ohio laws, you and the other parent should consider the following factors when making decisions regarding the development of your parenting plan:
1. The ability of the parents to cooperate and make decisions jointly, with respect to the children.
2. The ability of each parent to encourage the sharing of love, affection, and contact between the child and the other parent.
3. Any history of, or potential for, child abuse, spouse abuse, other domestic violence, or parental kidnapping by either parent.
4. The geographic proximity of the parents to each other, as the proximity relates to the practical considerations of shared parenting.
5. The wishes of the child's parents regarding the child's care.
6. the child's wishes and concerns as to the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities concerning the child, the wishes and concerns of the child, as expressed to the court.
7. The child's interaction and interrelationship with the child's parents, siblings, and any other person who may significantly affect the child's best interest.
8. The child's adjustment to the child's home, school, and community.
9. The mental and physical health of all persons involved in the situation.
10. The parent more likely to honor and facilitate court-approved parenting time rights or visitation and companionship rights.
11. Whether either parent has failed to make all child support payments, including all arrearages, that are required of that parent pursuant to a child support order under which that parent is an obligor.
12. Whether either parent previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any criminal offense involving any act that resulted in a child being an abused child or a neglected child.
13. Whether the residential parent or one of the parents subject to a shared parenting decree has continuously and willfully denied the other parent's right to parenting time in accordance with an order of the court.
14. Whether either parent has established a residence, or is planning to establish a residence, outside this state.
The Ohio courts realize you and the other parent know your own situation better than anyone else, which is why this is your opportunity to create a parenting plan that will maintain a family structure that is in the best interests of your child(ren).
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