60 Ohio App. 2d 339 - Sexton v. Sexton’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. ““(B)(1) * * * [T]he court shall not modify a prior custody decree unless it finds, based on facts that have arisen since the prior decree or that were unknown to the court at the time of the prior decree, that a change has occurred in the circumstances of the child, [or] his custodian, * * * and that the modification is necessary to serve the best interest of the child. In applying these standards, the court shall retain the custodian * * * designated by the prior decree, unless one of the following applies: “(a) The custodian * * * agree[s] to a change in custody. “(b) The child, with the consent of the custodian * * * has been integrated into the family of the person seeking custody. “(c) The child’s present environment endangers significantly his physical health or his mental, moral, or emotional development and the harm likely to be caused by a change of environment is outweighed by the advantages of the change of environment to the child.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 19 Ohio App. 3d 198 - Tatom v. Tatom