Ex-teacher files insanity plea in Ohio sex case
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A former high school teacher charged with 16 counts of sexual battery involving male students in southwest Ohio was taken advantage of by the teens because of an impairment that made her unable to protect herself, her defense team said Wednesday.
Attorneys for Stacy Schuler, 33, of Springboro, also this week changed her not-guilty plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.
Schuler resigned as health and gym teacher at Mason High School in February after her arrest earlier this year. She was charged with 16 counts of sexual battery allegedly involving several teenage boys and three counts of providing alcohol to minors.
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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
• Incompatibility, unless denied by either party
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.