Loading chat...
OH HB244
Bill
Status
12/1/2009
Primary Sponsor
Denise Driehaus
Click for details
AI Summary
-
Permits courts to modify property divisions in divorce and dissolution decrees only when both spouses expressly consent in writing to the modification.
-
Allows spouses to authorize courts to modify property divisions in separation agreements by including explicit authorization language in the dissolution petition.
-
Applies to court orders dividing marital and separate property, which were previously non-modifiable without consent.
-
Requires written findings of fact supporting equitable property divisions and specifies that modifications require express written consent rather than allowing unilateral court modification.
-
Modifies Ohio Revised Code sections 3105.171, 3105.63, and 3105.65 governing property division in divorce and dissolution of marriage proceedings.
Legislative Description
To permit a court to modify a division of property in a divorce decree or decree of dissolution of marriage upon the express written consent or agreement of both spouses.
Spousal separation-division of property- modify with consent of spouses
Last Action
To Judiciary Civil Justice
12/2/2009