Ohio Code § 2111.08
Ohio Code § 2111.08. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 2111.08.
The wife and husband are the joint natural guardians of their minor children and are
equally charged with their care, nurture, welfare, and education and the care and
management of their estates. The wife and husband have equal powers, rights, and duties and neither parent has
any right paramount to the right of the other concerning the parental rights and responsibilities
for the care of the minor or the right to be the residential parent and legal custodian
of the minor, the control of the services or the earnings of such minor, or any other
matter affecting the minor; provided that if either parent, to the exclusion of the
other, is maintaining and supporting the child, that parent shall have the paramount
right to control the services and earnings of the child. Neither parent shall forcibly take a child from the guardianship of the parent who
is the residential parent and legal custodian of the child. If the wife and husband live apart, the court may award the guardianship of a minor
to either parent, and the state in which the parent who is the residential parent
and legal custodian or who otherwise has the lawful custody of the minor resides has
jurisdiction to determine questions concerning the minor's guardianship.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 2111.08
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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