Legal Opinion
Cramer v. Petrie
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided August 30, 1994No. 1993-1102PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Cramer et al., Appellees, v. Petrie, Appellant. [Cite as Cramer v. Petrie (1994), Ohio St.3d .] Domestic relations -- Child support -- Order to pay child support may be enforced by means of imprisonment through contempt proceedings even after the child who is the subject of the order is emancipated. An obligation to pay child support is not a "debt" within the meaning of that term in Section 15, Article I of the Ohio Constitution. Because this obligation does not fall within the scope of Section 15, Article I, an order to pay child support may be enforced by means of imprisonment through…
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