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1994 Ohio 97

Young v. Young

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided November 8, 1994

Ohio Supreme Court · decided 1994-11-08

Domestic relations—Child support—Order to pay child support may be enforced by means of imprisonment through contempt proceedings even after the child who is the subject of the order is emancipated.

Relies on Cramer v. Petrie · Young v. Young

Decided 1994-11-08

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 
70 Ohio St.3d 679
.]




                     YOUNG, APPELLANT, v. YOUNG, APPELLEE.
                      [Cite as Young v. Young, 
1994-Ohio-97
.]
Domestic relations—Child support—Order to pay child support may be enforced
        by means of imprisonment through contempt proceedings even after the
        child who is the subject of the order is emancipated.
  (No. 94-1220—Submitted September 13, 1994—Decided November 9, 1994.)
       Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Miami County, No. 93-CA-10.
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        Gretchen K. Beers and Ann Ratcliff, Miami County Child Support
Enforcement Agency, for appellant.
        Louie R. Kindell & Associates and Louie R. Kindell, for appellee.
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        {¶ 1} The discretionary appeal is allowed; the judgment of the court of
appeals is reversed and the judgment of the court of common pleas is reinstated on
the authority of Cramer v. Petrie (1994), 
70 Ohio St.3d 131
, 
637 N.E.2d 882
.
        MOYER, C.J., A.W. SWEENEY, DOUGLAS, WRIGHT, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY
and PFEIFER, JJ., concur.
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