Active provisions classified under Family Law.
DOMESTIC RELATIONS LAW Laws 1909, Chap. 19. AN ACT relating to the domestic relations, constituting chapter fourteen of the consolidated laws. Became a law February 17, 1909, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, d…
CHAPTER 686 AN ACT to establish a family court for the state of New York to implement article six of the constitution of the state of New York, approved by the people on the seventh day of November, nineteen hundred sixty-one Became a law April 24, 1962, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, by a majority vote, th…
CHAPTER 55 OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS SOCIAL SERVICES LAW AN ACT relating to social services, constituting chapter fifty-five of the consolidated laws. Became a law April 18, 1940, with approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do…
(1) PURPOSES OF CHAPTER.—The purposes of this chapter are:(a) To provide for the care, safety, and protection of children in an environment that fosters healthy social, emotional, intellectual, and physical development; to ensure secure and safe custody; to promote the health and well-being of all children under the st…
As used in this chapter:(1) “Arbitration” means a process whereby a neutral third person or panel, called an arbitrator or arbitration panel, considers the facts and arguments presented by the parties and renders a decision which may be binding or nonbinding as provided in this chapter.(2) “Mediation” means a process w…
Service of process by publication may be made in any court on any party identified in s. 49.021 in any action or proceeding:(1) To enforce any legal or equitable lien or claim to any title or interest in real or personal property within the jurisdiction of the court or any fund held or debt owing by any party on whom p…
(1) Every marriage license shall be issued by a county court judge or clerk of the circuit court under his or her hand and seal. The county court judge or clerk of the circuit court shall issue such license, upon application for the license, if there appears to be no impediment to the marriage. An application for a mar…
Any woman who is pregnant or has a child, any man who has reason to believe that he is the father of a child, or any child may bring proceedings in the circuit court, in chancery, to determine the paternity of the child when paternity has not been established by law or otherwise. After the birth of the child, a parent…
As used in this chapter:(1) “Business relationship” means a relationship between two or more individuals or entities where there exists an oral or written contract or agreement for goods or services.(2) “Caregiver” means a person who has been entrusted with or has assumed responsibility for the care or the property of…
As used in this chapter:(A) "Affiliate" means any individual or entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with a family trust company.(B) "Business entity" means a partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other entity.(C) "Control" means the power to direct or cause the direction of the…
(A) As used in this section:(1) "Consumer reporting agency" has the same meaning as in the "Fair Credit Reporting Act," 84 Stat. 1128, 15 U.S.C.A. 1681a.(2) "Court" means the division of the court of common pleas having jurisdiction over actions for divorce, annulment, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, child s…
(A) After the initial appointment of an administrator or executor of the estate, the probate court shall issue a citation to the surviving spouse, if any is living at the time of the issuance of the citation, to elect whether to exercise the surviving spouse's rights under Chapter 2106. of the Revised Code, including,…
As used in sections 2108.02 to 2108.35 of the Revised Code: (A) "Adult" means an individual who is at least eighteen years of age.(B) "Agent" means an individual who is either of the following:(1) The principal's attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney for health care;(2) Expressly authorized to make an anat…
As used in Chapters 2101. to 2131. of the Revised Code:(A) "Guardian," other than a guardian under sections 5905.01 to 5905.19 of the Revised Code, means any person, association, or corporation appointed by the probate court to have the care and management of the person, the estate, or both of an incompetent or minor.…
(1) The Legislature finds that:(a) The state has a compelling interest in providing stable and permanent homes for adoptive children in a prompt manner, in preventing the disruption of adoptive placements, and in holding parents accountable for meeting the needs of children.(b) An unmarried mother faced with the respon…
As used in ss. 415.101-415.113, the term:(1) “Abuse” means any willful act or threatened act by a relative, caregiver, or household member which causes or is likely to cause significant impairment to a vulnerable adult’s physical, mental, or emotional health. Abuse includes acts and omissions.(2) “Activities of daily l…
As used in this chapter:(1) “Capital” means shares, deposits, and equity.(2) “Corporate credit union” means any credit union organized pursuant to any state or federal act for the purpose of serving other credit unions.(3) “Correspondent” means that person designated on an application to organize a credit union as the…
As used in this act, the term:(1) “Adult” means an individual who has attained the age of 21 years.(2) “Benefit plan” means a retirement plan and may include, but is not limited to, any pension, profit-sharing, stock-bonus, or stock-ownership plan or individual retirement account.(3) “Broker” means a person lawfully en…
The intestate share of the surviving spouse is:(1) If there is no surviving descendant of the decedent, the entire intestate estate.(2) If the decedent is survived by one or more descendants, all of whom are also descendants of the surviving spouse, and the surviving spouse has no other descendant, the entire intestate…
(1) The proceedings must be in the circuit court of the county where the plaintiff resides or the county where the defendant resides.(2) The complaint shall assert sufficient facts charging the paternity of the child. Upon filing of a complaint seeking to determine paternity, the clerk of court shall issue a notice to…
A grandparent of a minor child whose parents are deceased, missing, or in a persistent vegetative state, or whose one parent is deceased, missing, or in a persistent vegetative state and whose other parent has been convicted of a felony or an offense of violence evincing behavior that poses a substantial threat of harm…
A spouse who has not relinquished or been barred from it shall be endowed of an estate for life in one third of the real property of which the consort was seized as an estate of inheritance at any time during the marriage. Such dower interest shall terminate upon the death of the consort except:(A) To the extent that a…
(A) The clerk of the probate court shall furnish a guardianship guide, prepared e ither by the attorney general w ith the approval of the Ohio judicial conference or b y the Ohio judicial conference under division (B) of this section, to a guardian at either of the following times, whichever is applicable: (1) Upon the…
As used in this chapter, the term:(1) “Abandoned” means a situation in which the parent or person having legal custody of a child, while being able, makes little or no provision for the child’s support or makes little or no effort to communicate with the child, which situation is sufficient to evince an intent to rejec…
The Department of Education and the Department of Health shall utilize the continuum of prevention and early assistance services for high-risk pregnant women and for high-risk and handicapped children and their families, as outlined in this section, as a basis for the intraagency and interagency program coordination, m…