Often times our clients who receive a traffic citation-whether it be for speeding or an OVI-face collateral consequences from the BMV as a result of a conviction. The two most frequent issues we see from the BMV are insurance suspensions and/or 12 point...
Ohio Legal Issues Blog
The impact of tired driving on car accidents
A lack of sleep can be as dangerous as alcohol consumption when it comes to car accidents. A new report has concluded that fatigued driving could be more dangerous than most people believe. Given the nationwide epidemic of sleep deprivation, that is bad news for...
Motorcycle safety and autonomous vehicles
When a car and a motorcycle collide, the fault often lies with the driver of the automobile. The typical excuse from the driver is that he or she never saw the motorcycle. In other words, driver error is the most likely cause of crashes involving cars and motorcycles....
Can I Leave The Marital Residence?
Many people come in for their first consultation and one of the questions that they have is whether they can leave the marital residence. They want to know if it is OK to leave or if they are abandoning the house. Under Ohio law you do not lose any property interest...
Extending Child Support Beyond The Age Of Majority
Once upon a time, a child support order that was placed upon a non-residential parent was terminated upon that parent's child emancipating at age 18 or graduating from high school. Then in 1984, Castle v. Castle, 15 Ohio St. 3d 279 (1984), changed that when the...
An OVI Motion To Suppress
Last week, in an OVI suppression hearing, a local judge ordered all evidence of our client's alcohol impairment, including her incriminating statements and failed field sobriety tests to be suppressed, effectively protecting her from prosecution as a multiple OVI...
Ohio’s New Good Samaritan Law
Ohio has modified its laws in an attempt to save lives as part in light of the state’s worsening opioid and heroin overdose epidemic. The Good Samaritan Law prevents overdose victims and those calling for aid from being charged criminally for minor drug possession...
What To Tell The Children When Getting A Divorce
Deciding to get a divorce is oftentimes a difficult decision. Once that decision is made you have to broach the topic of what, when, and how to tell the children. It is important to remember that your children are smart and intuitive. They likely either know or sense...
Juvenile Sex Offender Registration In Ohio
Under Ohio law, juveniles convicted of sex crimes are potentially subject to sexual registration requirements. There are three levels of registration for juveniles, which vary slightly from those of adult sex offenders. Tier I, the least severe level of registration,...
Ohio Supreme Court Declares Portion Of The Sexual Battery Statute Unconstitutional
The Ohio Supreme Court recently held that a portion of Ohio's sexual battery statute was unconstitutional as it applies to police officers. Although the statute imposes criminal liability for a number of classes of individuals with authoritarian relationships over...

