Self-Help Topics and Information
A quick guide to all of the information from the Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court.
Self-Help Information
Find information on family law in Ohio and the processes and procedures in Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court.
Start or Answer Your Case
Divorce, Dissolution or Legal Separation
Filing for Divorce with Children
Filing for Divorce without Children
Filing for Dissolution
Filing an Answer to Divorce
Cuyahoga County Divorce Process
Cuyahoga County Dissolution Process
Cuyahoga County Legal Separation Process
Annulment
Child Support
Child Custody, Visitation and Shared Parenting
Getting Organized for Your Divorce or Dissolution
Grounds for Divorce
Property, Assets and Debts
Spousal Support
Temporary Support Orders
Writing a Parenting Plan
Start Your Civil Protection Order Case
Domestic and Dating Violence Protection Orders
Complete Your Judgment Entry
Completing Your Final Judgment Entry
Change Your Existing Order
Changing a Custody Order
Changing a Parenting Time Order
Changing a Child Support Order
Changing an Order from a Different County or State
Get Ready for Court
General Court Information
Courtroom Do's and Don'ts
Evidence
Getting Ready for a Hearing
Speaking Up in Court
Witnesses
Other Topics
Finding a Lawyer
Serve your Court Papers
Enforcing a Court Order
Mediation
Forms
Form Assistants
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Divorce with Children
Divorce without Children
Dissolution with Children
Dissolution without Children
Legal Separation with Children
Legal Separation without Children
Divorce with Children Answer
Divorce without Children Answer
Reply to Counterclaim to Divorce with Children
Reply to Counterclaim to Divorce without Children
Legal Separation with Children Answer
Legal Separation without Children Answer
Establish a Family Case
Motion to Change Custody
Motion to Change Parenting Time
Motion to Change Child Support
Petition to Register Foreign Order
Request for Hearing to Contest Registration of Foreign Order
Joint Motion to Change Residential Parent for School Purposes
Motion for Contempt
Domestic and Dating Violence CPO
Child Support Calculator
Review or Adopt Administrative Order
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