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Ohio Law - Does the Court Listen to the Children? The advantage of a court listening to a child's preference is that the child may be better off staying with the parent he or she prefers. Also, the child may have a valuable perspective to add. The disadvantage is that it could lead the parents to start coaching or bribing the child, or bad-mouthing the other parent, to the child's detriment. Courts in Ohio will consider children's preference. If either party so requests, the judge will interview the child in the judge's office (called the judge's "chambers"). But then, the judge may conclude that the child really can't express himself or herself, and decline to consider the child's wishes. The court will not accept written or recorded statements by the child. This is to prevent a parent from pressuring a child to write or record things favorable to that parent. Section 3109.04(B), 3109.051(C). Frost (1992) 618 NE2d 198 (The judge in this case met with 17 year old and 13 year old, each separately, in his office to determine the child's wishes with respect to custody).
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