Starr v. Statler-Houchin

Citations

• 253 N.E.3d 807
• 2024 Ohio 4628

Syllabus

REALLOCATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES; SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION; UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT; R.C. 3127.15(A); DOCTRINE OF JUDICIAL ESTOPPEL; CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES; BEST INTERESTS; R.C. 3109.04. The trial court did not abuse its discretion by exercising its jurisdiction under the UCCJEA since it possessed home-state jurisdiction under R.C. 3127.15(A)(1). Petitioner-appellant is judicially estopped from raising her jurisdictional argument since she conceded the facts underlying the legal conclusion that Ohio was [the child's] home state at the time this matter commenced. The trial court did not abuse its discretion by modifying the shared-parenting decree and by concluding that it is in child's best interest for petitioner-appellee to have residential and legal custody of the child.