Warman v. Warman, 2017 Ohio 7462

Dawn (Mother) and Guy Warman (Father) married in 2000 and have one child (b. 2003); Mother filed for divorce in January 2015.
Father earned about $130,000/year; Mother worked part‑time earning about $17,000/year.
Trial court designated Mother as the sole residential parent, ordered child and spousal support, and adopted Butler County Standard Parenting Time (DR610) for Father.
The court allocated multiple credit card accounts between the parties, classifying several accounts as Father's separate debt and assigning payment responsibility accordingly.
The court awarded the federal dependency exemption for the child to Mother.
Father appealed, raising three assignments claiming error as to parenting time, allocation of marital debt, and award of the dependency exemption.

Issue	Plaintiff's Argument (Mother)	Defendant's Argument (Father)	Held
Parenting time: use of standard DR610 schedule	Standard schedule appropriate given child's best interest and counselor's input	Father sought more than standard schedule, arguing strong relationship with child	Court upheld DR610; no abuse of discretion; child expressed desire to live with Mother
Allocation of marital debt	Court allocated marital and separate debts between parties, assigning some debts solely to Father after classification	Father argued trial court ordered him to pay all marital debt and should have split debt more evenly	Court found classification of certain accounts as Father's separate debt supported by record; allocation not an abuse of discretion
Dependency tax exemption	Presumption favors residential parent; awarding to Mother served child's best interest	Father argued his higher income meant greater tax benefit so exemption should be his	Court awarded exemption to Mother; Father failed to prove awarding exemption to him would be in child's best interest

Blakemore v. Blakemore, 5 Ohio St.3d 217 (Ohio 1983) (standard for finding an abuse of discretion)