OHIO: Cultural Custody Requires Cultural Activities
August 15, 2010
Chinese Father Who Did Not Involve Child in Cultural Activities Cannot Complain From Adverse Custody Order
Ohio (July 10, 2010): Father, Chinese, appealed from a domestic relations division order denying him shared custody time with the eight year child of the marriage. Father claimed that denial of custody time, limits his ability to introduce the child to the Chinese culture. In case of Kong v. Kong, Court Of Appeal Of Ohio for the Eighth Appellate District, County Of Cuyahoga, disagreed. The Court noted that Father failed to testify or provide evidence at trial showing that the child was participating in any cultural or heritage-based activities that would be curtailed as a result of an order denying shared parenting.