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Certified copies of marriage licenses and divorce decrees can only be obtained from the county where the event was recorded. Marriage certificate copies can be obtained from the specific county probate court. In Ohio each county probate court maintains their own online contact pages and information.

Alternatively, Divorce decrees/Dissolutions from 1994-current year may be obtained from the Domestic Relations Copy Desk located at 800 Broadway, Room 347. Phone: (513) 946-9167. All filings must be presented to the Docket office (800 Broadway, Room 346) for filing with the Clerk of Courts.

The name change is ordered in the final divorce decree and is accomplished by filing a name change certificate or other documents with the court clerk. The fact that any children of the marriage and their mother will have different last names is not a basis for opposing a name change.

You fill out the forms, submit them back to the clerk and then wait. Let the court serve your spouse ? Unlike some other states, Ohio will serve your spouse for you. It will notify your spouse that you are seeking a divorce and the reasons for that divorce and allow your spouse to respond.

You will need to complete and file these forms to start your case: Complaint for Divorce Without Children. Affidavit of Income and Expenses. Affidavit of Property. Request for Service. Motion and Affidavit for Temporary Orders (Optional)

The current divorce rate is 12% per 1,000 people, while the marriage rate in Ohio is 47.5%, which is approximately sixty thousand marriages in total. On average, Ohioans start their families at 27-29 and stay married for 21.1 years.