Add Ohio Family Law Reform timeline and reference materials

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+## Ohio Family Law Reform: A Timeline
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+Understanding the legislative and judicial history behind Ohio's custody framework is essential context for this model's domain.
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+| Year | Event |
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+| **1999** | The **Ohio Task Force on Family Law and Children** is created by the 122nd General Assembly. |
+| **2001** | The task force releases its final report to the legislature and Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer, outlining goals for reforming Ohio's family law via proposed changes to **ORC Chapter 3109**. This leads Chief Justice Moyer to create the **Advisory Committee on Children, Family, and the Courts** (now the Advisory Committee on Children and Families). |
+| **2005** | The advisory committee issues its report and recommendations, including many of the same proposals to amend ORC Chapter 3109 as the 2001 task force. The **Subcommittee on Family Law Reform Implementation (FLRI)** is created. |
+| **2009** | The Supreme Court adopts **Guardian ad Litem standards, Sup.R. 48**. |
+| **2010** | The Supreme Court promulgates **Uniform Domestic Relations Forms 1–5**. |
+| **2013** | The Supreme Court promulgates **Uniform Domestic Relations Forms 6–28**. |
+| **2014** | The Supreme Court hosts the **Domestic Relations Summit**, an interdisciplinary training. The court also adopts **parent coordination guidelines, Sup.R. 16.60** (formerly Sup.R. 90.05). |
+| **2016** | The Supreme Court adopts **Sup.R. 44(C)(2)(h)(i–ix)** requiring confidential information be placed in a separate family file. |
+| **2022** | The Supreme Court adopts **custody evaluator standards, Sup.R. 91**. |
+| **2023** | The Supreme Court adopts **neutral evaluation guidelines, Sup.R. 16.50**. |
+| **2024** | **SB325** is introduced in the 135th General Assembly — the implementation of the original proposals for a significantly revised Chapter 3109, creating a new statutory scheme for family law in Ohio. The bill stalls in the Senate Judiciary Committee. |
+| **2025** | **SB174** is introduced in the 136th General Assembly (reintroduction of SB325). The bill is amended to address concerns and **passes the Ohio Senate in November**. |
+| **2026** | **SB174** is pending in the House Judiciary Committee where conversations continue around revisions to improve the bill's language. |
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+> **Why this matters for OhioCustodyBERT:** The evolving statutory framework means Ohio family law is a moving target. Our model must be continuously updated as SB174 progresses and new case law interprets the changing standards. The transition from the current ORC § 3109.04 best-interest factors to the proposed revised Chapter 3109 will fundamentally reshape custody analysis in Ohio.
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+### Reference Materials
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+The following research and legal documents inform the model's training domain:
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+1. **ECPH Encyclopedia of Psychology** (Zhang Kan) — Psychological foundations of custody evaluation
+2. **Effects on Children and Improving Relationships: Overnight Access Research** (Kelly & Lamb) — Seminal research on overnight visitation impact on child development
+3. **GAL Report Analysis** — Guardian ad Litem reporting patterns and recommendation structures
+4. **Gifted Child Memorandum** — Special considerations for gifted children in custody proceedings
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 ## Acknowledgments & Methodology Credits
 
 Our domain-adaptive pre-training approach draws inspiration from several key works: