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Domestic Violence Grant to Help in Ohio Child Custody Matters

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Monday, October 21, 2013   

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new project is being developed to assist Ohio courts in the matter of parental rights in domestic violence cases.

Funding from a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice will be used to help develop a tool to enhance judicial decision-making in child custody issues in families with a history of domestic violence.

Diana Ramos-Reardon, domestic violence counsel at the Supreme Court of Ohio, says the court is exploring different ways to approach cases of domestic violence than situations involving high-conflict families.

"When courts understand that there is domestic violence should the response be different?” she asks. “And if so, how?

“Are courts then supposed to take other precautions to ensure the safety of that child and also ensure the safety of the non-offending parent?"

While the specifics of the court tool are being developed, Ramos-Reardon says judges, magistrates, attorneys and victim advocates will be key collaborators in the process.

A pilot program is expected in early 2015. Announcement of the grant comes during Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Ramos-Reardon says the court will collaborate with state and national partners so domestic relations courts can access better information to make the best determination in domestic violence cases.

And she says while the funding for the project will end in 2015, the work will continue.

"As a state, as the judiciary, as domestic relations courts continue to involve and grow and better understand, we will be building on the information that has been developed through this project," she says.

The grant will also be used in part to support the domestic violence track at the Domestic Relations Summit in April of next year.





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