Adoptions And Adoption Filings | Ross County Court Of Common Pleas

Adoptions And Adoption Filings | Ross County Court Of Common Pleas - Probate / Juvenile Divisions

2 N Paint St., Ste. A Ross County Courthouse, Chillicothe, OH 45601

Eligibility

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

Hours

M-F: 8:00am-4:00pm. Closed on legal holidays.

(740) 774-1179

Voice

(740) 774-1177

Voice

(740) 774-3711

Fax

https://www.rossprobatejuvenile.com

Application process

Phone for information M-F: 8:00am-4:00pm. Closed on legal holidays.

Fees

Fixed court fees

Service area

Ross County, Ohio

Description

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.

Data provided by

211 Cleveland

What's Here

Adoption Petition Filing Offices

Providing organization

Ross County Court Of Common Pleas - Probate / Juvenile Divisions

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.