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IN RE BYARD

No. 94-1693.

74 Ohio St.3d 294 (1996)

IN RE BYARD, APPELLANT, v. BYLER, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided January 17, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Southeastern Ohio Legal Services and Jeffrey M. Ginsburg, for appellant.

Woodard & Bohse and Frederick H. Bohse; Connolly, Hillyer & Welch and Kenneth R. Welch, for appellee.

Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Karen Lazorishak, Assistant Attorney General, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Department of Human Services.

John S. Marshall, urging reversal for amici curiae, National Center on Women and Family Law, Inc., Association for Children for Enforcement of Support ("ACES"), Ohio National Organization for Women, and Ohio National Organization for Women Education and Legal Fund.

Ohio State Legal Services Association and Michael R. Smalz, urging reversal for amici curiae, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania ACES, Washtenaw County, Michigan ACES, Fayette County, Kentucky ACES, Franklin County, Ohio ACES, and Wisconsin ACES.

ALICE ROBIE RESNICK, J.

The issue presented by this case is whether Ohio's Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act ("URESA"), R.C. Chapter 3115, grants a court subject matter jurisdiction to determine child custody and visitation rights. The purpose of URESA is to "improve and extend by reciprocal legislation the enforcement of duties of support" across state lines. (Emphasis added.) R.C. 3115.01(A); Levi v. Levi (1960), 170...

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