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Lorain County judgeâs order to not procreate because of owed child support is unconstitutional, Ohio Supreme Court says
Lorain County judgeâs order to not procreate because of owed child support is unconstitutional, Ohio Supreme Court says By Hannah Catlett | December 21, 2020 at 3:37 PM EST - Updated December 21 at 6:07 PM
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Earlier this year 19 News Investigators interviewed a man who filed an appeal after a judge ordered him not to procreate because he owned hundreds of thousands of dollars in child support. The Ohio Supreme Court just ruled thatâs unconstitutional.
London Chapmanâs attorney, Giovanna Bremke, got Ohioâs Supreme Court to reverse the order that she says restricted Chapmanâs constitutional rights.
Ohio Supreme Court tosses judge’s order preventing man from fathering children while on probation for failing to pay child support
Updated Dec 18, 2020;
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Ohio Supreme Court on Friday tossed a judge’s decision that a Lorain father “make all reasonable efforts to avoid impregnating a woman” while on probation for failing to pay child support.
The state’s high court ruled in favor of London Chapman, who pleaded guilty to charges for not paying child support for his 11 children. He owed more than $200,000. Lorain County Probate Judge James Walther placed Chapman on probation for five years.
One of the conditions Walther imposed was for Chapman to make every effort to stop fathering children.
The Ohio Supreme upheld the right to procreate as a fundamental constitutional right in a case involving a Lorain man.
In a 6-1 decision on Dec. 18 the Supreme Court reversed a decision from Ohioâs Ninth District Court of Appeals and ruled it was unconstitutional to legally bar London Chapman from procreating as part of his community control provisions in a 2016 child support case.
In a majority opinion authored by Justice Patrick DeWine, the Supreme Court ruled that an order requiring Chapman to âmake all reasonable efforts to avoid impregnating a woman during community controlâ was not reasonably aligned with the goal of prioritizing his financial obligations towards his children.