Opinion
Nos. 00-1406 and 00-1730.
Submitted May 30, 2001.
Decided July 11, 2001.
Appeal from and Certified by the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 99AP-1156.
Douglas B. Dougherty, for appellant.
Cloppert, Portman, Sauter, Latanick Foley, Mark C. Collins and Rory P. Callahan, for appellee.
James A. Hanneman, urging reversal for amici curiae Children's and Parents' Rights Association, Parents and Children for Equality, and Children's Rights Council of Ohio.
Heather W. Tootle, urging reversal for amicus curiae Edward C. Kehres.
Michael R. Smalz, Ohio State Legal Services Association, urging affirmance for amici curiae Association for Children for Enforcement of Support, Ohio Now Education and Legal Fund, Ohio Domestic Violence Network, and Action Ohio Coalition for Battered Women.
The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority of Pauly v. Pauly (1997), 80 Ohio St.3d 386, 686 N.E.2d 1108.
Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.