Differences have arisen : Mandel discloses divorce records amid Senate bid
COLUMBUS – Former Ohio treasurer Josh Mandel s sealed divorce records reveal little about why he separated from his wife beyond differences have arisen.
Mandel and his former wife, Ilana Shafran Mandel, filed for divorce in April 2020 in Ashland County even though the couple lives in Cleveland s Cuyahoga County. Their reason was an effort to separate the public and personal lives of the petitioners and to protect the privacy, safety and security of their minor children, according to records disclosed by his Senate campaign.
Judge Ronald Forsthoefel, a Republican, sealed records about the couple s dissolution, which included details about their income, property and shared parenting plan.
Josh Mandel releases details of sealed divorce Seth A. Richardson, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio – After traveling to another county to dissolve his marriage in 2020, Republican Senate hopeful Josh Mandel voluntarily released details of the split with his wife to media on Thursday.
Mandel surprised the Ohio political world when he dropped out of the 2018 Senate race unexpectedly, citing a need to spend more time with his family and take care of his wife, Ilana Shafran Mandel, who he said had an undisclosed illness. Cleveland.com/The Plain Dealer first reported in September that the two Northeast Ohio natives had amicably separated in 2020 after asking a judge in Richland County to keep the specifics of the divorce secret.