Great Lakes' health key to lawmakers
Environmental
Members of Congress were visibly frustrated Wednesday as they questioned an administration official about the slow pace of action on keeping invasive species out of the Great Lakes.
"Here you have these international boats dumping these critters all over the place and you can't do anything," Rep. Candice Miller, R-Harrison Township, said at a hearing by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
The hearing was called to examine the problems posed by the zebra mussel, the sea lamprey and other creatures that threaten native species by gobbling up their food.
"It's an ecological and environmental disaster," said Rep. Vernon Ehlers, R-Grand Rapids, a scientist and longtime champion of Great Lakes issues.
Benjamin Grumbles, assistant administrator for water at the Environmental Protection Agency, told lawmakers his agency and others are researching how nonnative species enter the lakes so they can come up with a way to keep them out.
"We all recognize we need to do much more in terms of the invasive species threat," Grumbles said.
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Grounds for Divorce in Ohio - Sylkatis Law, LLC
A divorce in Ohio is filed when there is typically “fault” by one of the parties and party not at “fault” seeks to end the marriage. A court in Ohio may grant a divorce for the following reasons:
• Willful absence of the adverse party for one year
• Adultery
• Extreme cruelty
• Fraudulent contract
• Any gross neglect of duty
• Habitual drunkenness
• Imprisonment in a correctional institution at the time of filing the complaint
• Procurement of a divorce outside this state by the other party
Additionally, there are two “no-fault” basis for which a court may grant a divorce:
• When the parties have, without interruption for one year, lived separate and apart without cohabitation
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However, whether or not the the court grants the divorce for “fault” or not, in Ohio the party not at “fault” will not get a bigger slice of the marital property.