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Read. Follow. Verify.Ohio Bill HB 550 Requires Courts to Order Compensatory Parenting Time for Violations
Last action · October 29, 2025: Referred to JudiciarySponsors: Jodi Salvo and 4 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Ohio House Bill 550 requires courts to order , companionship, or visitation when a parent or custodian willfully violates a parenting schedule or when a child abuse or neglect report is found unsubstantiated. The measure applies to parents, grandparents, and relatives seeking to make up for lost time with a child.
Parents and relatives who lose court-ordered custody, visitation, or companionship time due to unjustified withholding or false abuse investigations gain a statutory right to mandatory makeup time and attorney fee recovery. Courts must award equivalent duration and type of parenting time unless good cause is shown.
Who It Would Affect
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Non-residential parents
Non-residential parents gain a statutory right to mandatory compensatory parenting time and recovery of attorney fees when visitation is wrongfully denied or interfered with.
Residential parents and legal custodians
Residential parents face mandatory court costs, attorney fee liability, and required makeup parenting time if they willfully violate schedules or cause unsubstantiated abuse reports that block visitation.
Grandparents and relatives
Grandparents and other relatives granted visitation or companionship rights are eligible to request compensatory time when their visits are wrongfully blocked.
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Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
2 actions- Oct 29, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Judiciary
- Oct 28, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced
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Mandatory Remediation for Custody Interference
Shifts judicial discretion toward mandatory compensatory parenting time remedies and automatic attorney fee assessments for proven visitation interference.
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www.legislature.ohio.gov
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0–100- Significance65How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy35Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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