Effective: March 22, 2013
Latest Legislation: House Bill 461 - 129th General Assembly
As used in sections 3105.41 to 3105.54 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Collaborative family law communication" means any statement that occurs after the parties sign a collaborative family law participation agreement and before the collaborative family law process is concluded and that is made for the purpose of conducting, participating in, continuing, or reconvening a collaborative law process.
(B) "Collaborative family law participation agreement" means an agreement by persons to participate in a collaborative family law process.
(C) "Collaborative family law process" means a procedure intended to resolve a matter without intervention by a court in which parties sign a collaborative family law participation agreement and are represented by collaborative family lawyers.
(D) "Collaborative family lawyer" means a lawyer who represents a party in a collaborative family law process but does not include a lawyer who is a public official and who does not represent individuals other than public officials in their official capacities.
(E) "Collaborative matter" or "matter" means a dispute, transaction, claim, problem, or issue for resolution that arises under Title XXXI of the Revised Code and is described in a collaborative family law participation agreement. The term includes a dispute, claim, or issue in a proceeding.
(F) "Family or household member" has the same meaning as in section 3113.31 of the Revised Code.
(G) "Law firm" means an association of lawyers who practice law together in a partnership, professional corporation, sole proprietorship, limited liability company, or other association, lawyers employed in a legal services organization, the legal department of a corporation or other organization, or the legal department of a government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality.
(H) "Nonparty participant" means a person, other than a party and the party's collaborative family lawyer, that the parties expressly designate in writing, in a collaborative family law participation agreement or an amendment to that agreement, to participate in a collaborative family law process.
(I) "Party" means a person that signs a collaborative family law participation agreement and whose consent is necessary to resolve a matter.
(J) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(K) "Proceeding" means a judicial, administrative, arbitral, or other adjudicative process before a court, including related prehearing and posthearing motions, conferences, and discovery.
(L) "Public official" means an officer or employee of the state or any political subdivision of the state.
(M) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
(N) "Related to a collaborative family law matter" or "related to a matter" means involving the same parties, transaction or occurrence, nucleus of operative fact, claim, issue, or dispute as a matter.
(O) "Sign" means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record, to do either of the following:
(1) Execute or adopt a tangible symbol;
(2) Attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound, or process.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children
Chapter 3105 | Divorce, Alimony, Annulment, Dissolution of Marriage
Section 3105.01 | Divorce Causes.
Section 3105.011 | Jurisdiction Over Domestic Relations Matters.
Section 3105.02 | Prohibited Acts.
Section 3105.04 | Residence of Spouse.
Section 3105.06 | Notice of Pendency of Action by Publication When Residence Unknown.
Section 3105.08 | Converting Divorce Action Into Dissolution Action.
Section 3105.091 | Conciliation Procedures.
Section 3105.10 | Judgment - Separation Agreement.
Section 3105.12 | Proof of Marriage.
Section 3105.16 | Restoring Name Before Marriage.
Section 3105.17 | Complaint for Divorce or Legal Separation.
Section 3105.171 | Equitable Division of Marital and Separate Property - Distributive Award.
Section 3105.18 | Awarding Spousal Support - Modification of Spousal Support.
Section 3105.21 | Order for Disposition, Care and Maintenance of Children.
Section 3105.31 | Causes for Annulment.
Section 3105.32 | When Action for Annulment Must Be Commenced and by What Parties.
Section 3105.34 | Restoring Name Before Marriage.
Section 3105.41 | Definitions for Sections 3105.41 to 3105.54.
Section 3105.42 | Laws Applicable to Collaborative Family Law Participation Agreement.
Section 3105.43 | Collaborative Family Law Participation Agreements; Mandatory Inclusions.
Section 3105.44 | Collaborative Family Law Process.
Section 3105.45 | Representation by Collaborative Family Lawyer.
Section 3105.46 | Informal Disclosure of Information.
Section 3105.47 | Applicability of Professional Responsibility Provisions.
Section 3105.48 | Confidentiality of Communications.
Section 3105.49 | Privileged Communications.
Section 3105.50 | Waiver of Privileges.
Section 3105.51 | Communications Not Subject to Privilege.
Section 3105.52 | Effect of Finding of Intent to Make an Agreement.
Section 3105.53 | Electronic Signatures.
Section 3105.54 | Short Title.
Section 3105.61 | Jurisdiction.
Section 3105.62 | Residency Requirement.
Section 3105.63 | Separation Agreement Provisions.
Section 3105.64 | Time of Court Appearance After Filing Petition.
Section 3105.65 | Power of Court.
Section 3105.73 | Award of Attorney's Fees and Litigation Expenses - Factors Considered - Payment.
Section 3105.80 | Property Division Orders Involving Public Retirement Program Definitions.
Section 3105.81 | Order for Equitable Division of Property to Require Compliance With Provisions.
Section 3105.82 | Requirements of Order.
Section 3105.821 | Monthly Benefit.
Section 3105.83 | Commencing Payments.
Section 3105.84 | Defraying Administrative Costs.
Section 3105.85 | Limit on Withholding.
Section 3105.86 | Terminating Alternate Payee Rights.
Section 3105.87 | Disclosing Participant's Personal History Record.
Section 3105.88 | Transmitting Order to Retirement Program.
Section 3105.89 | Court Retains Jurisdiction - Modification of Orders.