Santantonio v. Santantonio

Baird, Judge.

This cause comes before the court upon the appeal of Diana S. Santantonio from the judgment of the Lorain County Court of Common Pleas, Domestic Relations Division, holding that it was without jurisdiction to modify a child support award contained within an agreed joint custody plan. The parties agreed to the plan in 1987, before the legislature amended the joint custody (R.C. 3109.04) and child support (R.C. 3113.215) statutes.

In 1987, Diana S. Santantonio (“wife”) and Rocky Santantonio (“husband”) agreed to a joint custody plan which incorporated child support provisions. Their…