McGhan v. Vettel

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment denying a writ of prohibition to prevent a common pleas court judge from proceeding to modify a child-custody determination previously made by a Georgia court. Because the judge does not patently and unambiguously lack jurisdiction to so proceed, we affirm.

Georgia Divorce Decree

{¶ 2} Appellant, Jennifer L. McGhan, f.k.a. Bonds (“McGhan”), married Christopher Bonds (“Bonds”) in 1999 and had two children, Samantha, born in 2001, and Julianna, born in 2004. In May 2006, a Georgia court granted McGhan and Bonds a divorce and awarded them joint legal custody…