Barth v. Barth

Opinion

MOORE, Acting P. J.

If ever there was a case where the adage “be careful what you wish for”1 applied, this is surely it. Appellant Jeffrey Barth spent years resisting Andrea Barth’s2 attempt to litigate their divorce and child custody issues in Ohio, going as far as appealing to the Ohio Supreme Court. That court agreed with Jeffrey and concluded the Ohio courts lacked jurisdiction because Andrea had not lived in Ohio for six months immediately prior to filing her divorce action. (Barth v. Barth (2007) 113 Ohio St. 3d 27 [2007 Ohio 973, 862 N.E.2d 496, 498].) Jeffrey finally achieved…