Forms

If you need help completing the forms, Legal Aid of Western Ohio and the Findlay-Hancock County Bar Association conduct Domestic Relations Clinics on the 2nd Thursday of each month from 1- 4 pm on the Ground Floor of the Hancock County Courthouse. Please arrive at 12:30 pm for intake.

The worksheet is available locally through an attorney or the Department of Job and Family Services (Job Solutions Office) on County Road 140.

Review additional forms for domestic relations cases are available through the Supreme Court of Ohio.

• Instructions (PDF)
  Detailed instructions and checklists for divorces, dissolution, and requests to the court for orders. The legal process and legal filings can be very technical. You are strongly encouraged to get assistance from an attorney in filing documents with the Court.
• Dissolution Checklist (PDF)
• Answer and Counterclaim (PDF)
  Filed if you want to respond to the complaint and to file your own request for a divorce or legal separation.
• Answers (PDF)
  Filed if you want to respond to your spouse's complaint for divorce or legal separation.
• Appendix A (Personal History and Financial Affidavit) (PDF)
  Required for all new divorces and dissolutions.
• Case Designation Sheet (PDF)
  Given to the Clerk of Courts when you file a new case.
• Complaint for Divorce (PDF)
  Filed to begin the divorce case.
• Consent Judgment Entry (PDF)
  Filed if you and your former spouse agree to changes in parenting (residential parent, parenting time, support). All required notices and the current child support worksheet must be attached.
• Consent Judgment Entry re: Arrearages (PDF)
  If both parties to a support order agree that a credit should be given against an existing arrearage, this can be completed and submitted to the Hancock County Clerk of Courts. You must provide current addresses, the nature of the request, and the reason for the request. The request is not automatically approved, because all child support payments are to be made through the child support enforcement agency as ordered. If the request is not approved, the request will be set for hearing.
• Decree of Dissolution (PDF)
  You must take this with you when you go to your dissolution hearing, and you will need to have at least two copies of the decree and at least three copies of the separation agreement.
• Family File Request (PDF)
  Filed as a record of a request to view the financial or other information placed in the Family File.
• Fax Sheet for Clerk (PDF)
• Motion for Contempt with Instructions for Service (PDF)
  Filed if you believe the other party has violated a court order. Tells the Court what order was violated, gives notice of potential penalties, and instructs the Clerk to send the motion to the opposing party.
• Motion for Modification of Parental Rights and Responsibilities (PDF)
  Filed to request the court change orders regarding a residential parent, legal custody, shared parenting, or parenting time (i.e. visitation).
• Motion for Mutual Restraining Order (PDF)
  Filed with a complaint or counterclaim to have the court prohibit transfer of money or property, or to prohibit harassing each other.
• Motion to File Without Payment of Costs (PDF)
  Filed with a Poverty Affidavit to request not to pay the full deposit and explaining why you cannot pay the full deposit.
• Motion to Modify Child Support Obligation(s) (PDF)
  Filed when you want the court to change some orders regarding who pays what and how much for the children.
• Mutual Restraining Order (PDF)
• Notice and Request to Dismiss/Judgment Entry (PDF)
  Filed to dismiss a case or motion that you filed.
• Notice of Hearing (PDF)
  To be provided whenever you request a hearing.
• Notice of Intent to Relocate (PDF)
  Notice that a residential parent will be moving.
• Objection to CSEA Administrative Action (PDF)
  Filed if you or the other parent has requested an administrative review of the child support amount through the Hancock County Child Support Enforcement Agency (CSEA), and they have either issued a recommendation or a written decision after a hearing.
• Objection to Magistrate's Decision (PDF)
  Filed to explain why you object to any Decision that a Magistrate has filed.
• Order For Filing Without Payment of Costs (PDF)
  Order submitted with Motion to file without payment of costs and poverty affidavit. The Magistrate and Judge will file this with the decision to approve or deny your request.
• Order for Health Insurance Coverage (PDF)
  Must be included in all orders regarding support of children as medical support/insurance is part of the obligation of support.
• Order to Appear and Show Cause (PDF)
  Filed with Motion for Contempt to get court order requiring the other party to appear at the hearing.
• Parenting Affidavit (PDF)
  Required for all actions involving minor children.
• Petition for Dissolution (PDF)
  Signed by both spouses and filed when you both want to end the marriage and you both have agreed on children, property, and debts.
• Poverty Affidavit (PDF)
  File with Motion to File Without Payment of Costs and Order for Filing to indicate need for adjusted costs.
• Pro se Divorce Clinic - 2024 (PDF)
• Request for Continuance (PDF)
  Filed to ask to change the date and time of a hearing scheduled by the court.
• Request For Service (PDF)
  Filed to have the Clerk of Courts send documents to the other party.
• Request to Extend Time to File Objections to Magistrate's Decision (PDF)
  Filed to request additional time to detail why you think the Decision was wrong.
• Separation Agreement (PDF)
  File with the petition for dissolution to show the details of your agreement. The Separation Agreement form provided here is only for couples without children because of the complexity of issues regarding children.
• Waivers of Service of Summons (PDF)
  Filed with a petition for dissolution so the Clerk of Courts does not have to send you another copy of your petition.

Note: These forms do not represent all documents that may be filed in the domestic relations court. Each case is different, and you have to adjust what you file to your particular case. These are provided to assist you in preparing your documents, not to guarantee that you will have all potential paperwork or that you will be granted what you want.