Who gets custody in an Ohio divorce?
Ohio courts allocate parental rights based on the child's best interest. There is no automatic preference for mothers or fathers. Courts weigh each parent's involvement, the child's adjustment to home and school, each parent's willingness to facilitate the other's parenting time, and, for older children, the child's own wishes.
Franklin County and surrounding courts increasingly favor shared parenting plans when both parents are engaged and can communicate. Sole custody outcomes usually follow evidence of a real problem: substance abuse, violence, or a parent who obstructs the other's relationship with the child.
The practical advice: the parent who keeps showing up (school events, medical appointments, daily routines) and documents it, walks into court with the stronger best-interest record.
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