hi there my name's Kate mizanskey and I'm one of the staff attorneys at the equality Ohio legal clinic as many of you may know Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and dr.
Amy Acton recently really is to stay at home order for the state of Ohio this order has resulted in the temporary closure of many Ohio businesses and it's also left a lot of people with questions about what is and what's not allowed under the order in particular a lot of people have questions about how best to keep their families safe during stay at home in this video I'm going to explain the legal topic of co-parenting during the coronavirus before we get started it's important to note that while I might be giving out some general information in this video I'm not your attorney this video you're listening to this video you're watching this video does not create an attorney-client relationship between the two of us basically I'm not your lawyer however if after watching this video you have additional questions about this topic or you have additional legal needs and you'd like to discuss engaging the clinic to potentially represent you I would encourage you to reach out that's why we're here towards the end of this video I'll give you a little bit more information about how to go about doing that so onto the topic for today how do you co-parent during Kovan for anybody who has children during the COBIT 19 pandemic keeping your children safe and keeping your family healthy is absolutely the first priority however this can be significantly more complicated for many parents who currently have a shared parenting agreement it's really important to know that social distancing and governor DeWine stay-at-home order do not directly affect custody orders so you should expect to be following your current shared parenting plan and custody arrangement that being said it's really important to have a conversation with your co-parent about creating a social distancing plan that's going to work for both of your households for some families this can be is speaking with your co-parent about establishing rules during your parenting time for example it might be really helpful to discuss how you want to handle social visits during the epidemic and what some let's discuss more broadly what's in the best interest of your kids ideally if you have a good co-parenting relationship you and your co-parent might be able to agree by yourselves on social distancing measures that both households will follow to keep your kids safe however not everybody's got a great co-parenting relationship and not everybody is taking governor DeWine stay-at-home murder as seriously as they should be so what if one parent is refusing to social distance and has friends or other people coming in and out of the home or continues to take the kids out on playdates sort of public places or what if your children have an underlying medical condition and they're particularly susceptible to contracting kovin if you think that sending your child to your ex's home would put your child's health or safety at risk you should speak to your child's other parent and try and gir agree on a modified custody plan under the terms of your existing shared parenting plan I'd encourage you to first review the terms of your existing shared parenting plan to see what kind of language there is about modifying parenting time I know that when I draft one of these I often add in language that says that parenting time can be modified by a mutual agreement in writing by the parties if reaching a mutual agreement with your co-parent ultimately fails and you're not able to work out how you want to handle this day at home order I'd really encourage you to reach out to a family law attorney in some cases you might be able to obtain an emergency temporary child custody order but this is an option that you should absolutely discuss with an attorney a qualified family law attorney before pursuing so if you're currently experiencing this sort of legal issue or if you're experiencing other legal issues that's why our clinic is here you can reach out to us in a number of ways so if phone is easiest for you you can give us a call at eight five five LGBT law again 855 LGBTQ law additionally you can also go online to our website it's WWE quality Ohio all one word work when you get to the website you can scroll up to the top of the page to legal clinic and you can click on the intake and fill out an intake form there and once you submit an intake one of our staff attorneys will be reaching out to you thanks so much for watching our video today and we hope to hear from you thanks.
