Taylor v. Heary

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 3094

Syllabus

Motion to modify spousal support show cause discovery protective order. Trial court's judgment holding husband in contempt of court was not an abuse of discretion where husband admitted he stopped paying premiums for ex-wife's long-term care insurance and there was no evidence that the court ever relieved husband of that obligation. Trial court's order granting protective order to preclude husband from taking wife's deposition was not an abuse of discretion where wife, who was physically disabled and lived in an assisted living facility, agreed to submit to a deposition in her residence, but husband refused to accommodate her. Order to modify, but not eliminate, spousal support was not an abuse of discretion where wife's recent receipt of social security benefits justified a reduction in spousal support, but husband's failure to pay long-term care insurance premiums, which resulted in insufficient funds to cover cost of assisted living, required him to continue supporting ex-wife.