Ohio Supreme Court pro se domestic relations forms

The Ohio Supreme Court last Friday announced the proposal of 23 standardized domestic relations forms so litigants not represented by an attorney can "meaningfully participate in many family law related proceedings in domestic relations and juvenile courts such as divorces, dissolutions, legal separations, and parenting plans."

Key information, relevant instructions, and tips have been embedded in the forms using plain English as much as possible to assist self-represented litigants in pursuing their cases in court, and, once adopted in final form, the forms will be posted on the Supreme Court's website in a format which will either to able to be completed online or printed out for completion by hand.

The Supreme Court will be entertaining comments until November 13, 2012, which should be directed to:

Stephanie Graubner Nelson, Policy and Research Counsel
Children, Families, and the Courts Section
Supreme Court of Ohio
65 South Front Street, Sixth Floor
Columbus, OH 43215

Or via e-mail to stephanie.nelson@sc.ohio.gov.

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