"Divorce legal feud lasts 17 years" Associated Press, August 13, 2013
CINCINNATI — A 17-year legal fight between two law professors over their divorce and continuing disputes has drawn criticism from judges who say the pair set a bad example.
The feud has lasted seven years longer than the couple’s 10-year marriage, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported. Their divorce case file had more than 1,400 entries in it. Many had to do with a back-and-forth custody dispute over their children, now ages 17 and 20. Among issues still being litigated is money.
Judges hearing the case complained the professors broke rules or abused the system.
‘‘It is frightening to this court that either is teaching current law students the boundaries and ethics of our profession,’’ Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Leslie Ghiz said during a recent hearing. ‘‘Both should be thoroughly embarrassed and ashamed.’’
University of Cincinnati professor Christo Lassiter questions how judges managed the cases between him and his former wife. He said his motivation has been being a good parent, not spite or revenge.
‘‘Had a court stepped in and resolved the major issues cleanly and early, there would not have been voluminous [legal filings],’’ Lassiter said. His former wife, Sharlene Boltz, did not immediately return a call Monday to her office at Northern Kentucky University.
Ghiz said both should be admonished by the Ohio State Bar Association. Judges in other courts also have blasted the couple’s prolonged conflict.
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