Kuchera v. Pfalzgraf

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 1218

Syllabus

R.C. 3109.04 — PARENTING TIME — BEST INTEREST — OBJECTIONS — CONTEMPT — ATTORNEY FEES — GUARDIAN AD LITEM FEES: The trial court did not abuse its discretion in granting father's motion to modify parenting time where the record established that the modification was in the best interest of the child. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in failing to find father in contempt of court for multiple violations of a shared-parenting plan and court orders where the record supported the trial court's determinations that father did not withhold parenting time from mother, block mother from contacting the child, fail to provide mother with login information for the child's devices, or fail to set up a court-ordered wage-deduction order, and that father's unilateral decision making regarding the child's care did not rise to the level of contempt. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in failing to award mother all requested attorney fees where father prevailed on the motion to modify parenting time and on all but one of the alleged violations in mother's motion for contempt. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in ordering each parent to pay half of the guardian ad litem's outstanding fees.