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Probate Court - Adoptions And Adoption Filing | Geauga County Court Of Common Pleas - Juvenile / Probate Division

231 Main St., 2nd Flr., Chardon, OH 44024

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Hours

M-F: 8:00am-4:30pm

Fees

Fixed fee

Service area

Geauga County, Ohio

Presides over adoption hearings and grants adoptions. Processes different types of adoptions including agency, independent (child related to person wanting to adopt), and interstate. Performs home studies for independent adoptions. Processes petitions for foreign adoptions and release of identifying information, vital statistics, and medical information regarding adoptions. Does not provide legal advice.

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Providing organization

Geauga County Court Of Common Pleas - Juvenile / Probate Division

Hears cases involving the delinquency of persons under eighteen years of age and cases dealing with unruly, abused, neglected, and dependent children. The Juvenile Division 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.