Ward v. Ward

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Larson, J.:

We begin our opinion, in this complex and troubling appeal involving the guardianship and custody of a now 7-year-old little girl, cognizant of the admonition of Chief Justice Frank D. Celebrezze of the Ohio Supreme Court in In re Wonderly, 67 Ohio St. 2d 178, 188, 423 N.E.2d 420 (1981), where in a contest over a guardianship, he said:

‘While statutes can be amended and case law can be distinguished or overruled, we take judicial notice of the fact that children grow up only once. When a mistake is made in a custody dispute, the harmful…