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In Ohio, when a child is born to married parents, both parents automatically have parenting rights to the child. When a child is born to unmarried parents, however, a biological father does not have any legal rights to the child until he seeks them through the juvenile court.

Two consecutive overnights every other week. An additional three- to six-hour period or overnight may be added each week. The parents share time with the child during alternating 7-day periods. A midweek overnight period is optional with the parent who does not have parenting time that week.

A shared parenting plan must be filed 30 days prior to trial. Shared Parenting is a plan used when at least one parent is requesting to share custody among them. Otherwise a parenting plan may be submitted by an individual who is seeking sole custody of child(ren). A parenting plan can be filed at anytime.

Section 3109.04 of the Ohio Revised Code provides the Court with a variety of options when handling child custody and parenting time issues. However, once a Shared Parenting Decree or other Order establishing parenting time is in effect, it can only be modified by filing a Motion with the Court.

If you are in a situation where you and your child's mother are unmarried and she won't let you see your child, you can take legal action. You would need to file a petition with the court to get a visitation order.

In Ohio, a motion to reallocate parental rights and responsibilities is a legal process used to modify a prior court order establishing custody arrangements for minor children. This process is often necessary when there is a significant life change since the original order.