DOMESTIC AND JUVENILE COURT
Ms. Reibel has assisted clients in many Domestic Court proceedings seeking a divorce, dissolution, and award of custody or shared parenting (joint custody). She has represented both married and unmarried parents in the courts of central Ohio in obtaining visitation and child support. She has conducted many trials in front of a Judge or Magistrate in Domestic and Juvenile Court. Ms. Reibel has also represented parents who were in danger of losing their children in abuse and neglect cases, juveniles charged with crimes, or persons in danger of losing their liberty for failure to pay child support. Ms. Reibel has also been appointed by the court to act as Guardian ad litem to represent abused and neglected children.
In a high-profile case, Ms. Reibel represented Mary Franks in a case in Delaware County Probate and Juvenile Court as she attempted to gain custody of her grand-daughters. Mrs. Franks was known as the “Vigilante Grandmother” in a issue of Mirabella magazine after attempting to defend her grand-daughter from the step-father, who had been convicted of sexually assaulting her. This case was made into a movie, “The Cucumber Incident”, in 2001 by film-makers Bonita Makuch and Melodie Calvert.
