Columbus, Ohio, Child Custody and Visitation Lawyers

Edward F. Whipps & Associates is a law firm where children matter most. Located in the Columbus, Ohio, area, we are dedicated to helping parents protect their children through effective legal action. Our child custody attorneys do this by leveraging their extensive legal and psychological knowledge and experience to get results.

In Ohio, courts determine child custody and parenting time (often called child visitation) in a divorce by using a "best interests of the child" standard. To decide what your child's best interests are, judges look at a series of factors. These factors look at the history of the parent/child relationship and how the child is doing in the parent's care and in the community.

Taking a Psychological Approach to Child Custody Issues

Taking a psychological approach to a child custody case can be an effective tool in advocating for the best interests of your child. At the law offices of Edward F. Whipps & Associates, we often involve psychological evaluations by forensic psychologists in preparation for court. The opinion of an expert psychologist who has run tests, done interviews and observed particular behaviors is often noted by judges as persuasive evidence in a decision to award sole child custody to one parent or another, or to seek another type of joint custody arrangement.

When your needs — or the needs of your child — change, our experienced attorneys can also assist with matters of child custody and visitation modification. Our services can be especially critical when one parent plans to relocate out of the state of Ohio.

Contact Edward F. Whipps & Associates

When complex child custody issues may affect you or your children, turn to Edward F. Whipps & Associates. Contact our law firm by calling our Columbus law office at 614-461-6006 or our Dublin law office at 614-461-6007 to schedule an in-depth consultation.