Adoptions And Adoption Filings | Darke County Probate And Juvenile Court

Grants adoptions and presides over adoption hearings. Processes adoptions including agency adoptions, independent adoptions and interstate adoptions. Processes petitions for foreign adoptions and release of identifying information, vital statistics, and medical information regarding adoptions. Does not assist in filing and does not give legal advice.

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211 Cleveland

Physical Address

300 Garst Ave., Greenville, OH 45331

Hours

M-F: 8:00am-4:30pm. Phones are answered until 4:00pm.

Fax

(937) 547-1945

Application process

Phone for information M-F: 8:00am-4:00pm.

Fee

Fixed court fees.

Eligibility

Serves Darke County. Single persons or married couples may adopt. Minor children may be adopted. Other eligibility may apply.

Service area

Darke County, Ohio

Agency info

Darke County Probate And Juvenile Court

Probate: Court with jurisdiction over matters such as probate of wills, estates, the issuance of marriage licenses, adoption proceedings, determination of sanity or mental competence, name changes and adult and juvenile guardianship. Juvenile: Hears cases involving the delinquency of persons under eighteen years of age, and cases dealing with unruly, abused, neglected, and dependent children. Also hears all traffic offenses committed by persons under eighteen years of age, and has jurisdiction in adult cases involving paternity, child abuse, nonsupport, and failure to send children to school.