Ohio Supreme Court January 17, 1996, No. 94-1693 (Byard v. Byler)

Alice Robie Resnick, J.

The issue presented by this case is whether Ohio’s Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (“URESA”), R.C. Chapter 3115, grants a court subject matter jurisdiction to determine child custody and visitation rights. The purpose of URESA is to “improve and extend by reciprocal legislation the enforcement of duties of support ” across state lines. (Emphasis added.) R.C.