The General Division of the Court of Common Pleas has jurisdiction to decide domestic relations cases involving divorce, and is the divorce petition filing office.

Hears divorce, dissolution, legal separation and annulment cases, civil domestic violence cases and juvenile cases involving persons under 18 years of age. Hears cases dealing with unruly, abused and neglected children. Rules jurisdiction in adult cases involving paternity, child abuse, nonsupport, visitation, custody and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Handles domestic relations cases including divorces, dissolution of marriages, nullification of marriages, legal separations, paternity actions, child custody, child support, visitation arrangements, spousal support, restraining orders and domestic violence civil protection orders.

**NOTE** This office does NOT have records of birth, death, or marriage certificates or has anything to do with traffic citations. Files and maintains records for the General and Domestic Relations Divisions of the Richland County Court of Common Pleas. Those divisions consist of felony criminal actions; domestic relations actions that involve terminations of a marriage as well as support and visitation enforcement, change of custody and domestic violence actions; and civil actions that range from personal injury (tort), money judgments, foreclosures and civil stalking orders. The Clerk also issues Certificates of Judgment and subpoenas and records Certificate of Judgment Liens. The Clerk accepts payments for bail bonds, fines and court costs. The Clerk of Courts' office also files and maintains the records for the Fifth District Court of Appeals for any action appealed from any court located within Richland County.

Accepts filings of initial actions, pleading in pending, and post decree actions in all civil, divorce, and 8th District Court of Appeals cases and filing fees and posting of bonds in civil and divorce actions. Actions filed here include, but may not be limited to, civil actions, divorce complaints, annulment complaints, dissolution petitions, legal separations, foreclosure complaints, quiet title, partition, appeals, motion to vacate, and post decree motions. Provides forms that enable eligible individuals to file a poverty affidavit that may reduce or eliminate fees in civil cases. Poverty affidavits only apply to one case at a time. Criminal filings come to this office mainly through the Prosecutor's Office; individuals generally contact the Police Dept. when wanting to file criminal charges. Makes available an electronic docket providing some information about civil and divorce proceedings including a schedule of hearings.

The Clerk of Courts Legal Department is responsible for processing filings for civil, criminal and domestic cases, processing appeals from all lower courts in the county, maintaining all court records, issuing summons, subpoenas, and warrants to arrest and to convey to penal institutions, and signing death warrants in capital cases. Visit website for additional information.

The Domestic Relations Division of the Logan County Family Court handles divorce.

This is the office that handles filing of divorce.

Keeper of the records for Wood County.

Accepts initial filings, pleadings, and appeals for all Civil, Domestic Relations, and 3rd District Court of Appeals cases. Actions filed here include, but may not be limited to, civil actions, divorce complaints, annulment complaints, dissolution petitions, legal separations, child custody, child support, foreclosure complaints, quiet title, and appeals. Individuals generally contact the Police Dept. when wanting to file criminal charges. Agency does not provide legal advice or forms for filing.

Files divorce petitions.

As part of the Common Pleas Court, the Domestic Relations Court has jurisdiction to terminate marriages by divorce, dissolution or annulment; the Court generally has authority over the children of the marriage until the children have turned 18 and no longer regularly attend high school; the Court shares jurisdiction with the Municipal Court and the Common Pleas Court over domestic violence cases; the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Wood County have appointed two magistrates to hear most cases with issues including dissolution, divorce, legal separation, post-decree motions and civil protection orders.

The Clerk of Courts Legal Department is responsible for processing divorce petition filings. Visit website for additional information.

The Delaware County Clerk of Courts Legal Division accepts and processes divorce and dissolution petitions.