Divorce forms Ohio Smart Divorce
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Filing for your divorce in Ohio can be very easy. Our representatives guide you step by step as to the filing process. You would need to complete a questionnaire on our website, SmartDivorce.com. Then create a login with your email address and password.
Requirements for divorcing in Ohio
In actions for a divorce (one signs petition) or dissolution of marriage (both sign petition), the filing party or his/her spouse must have resided in the State of Ohio for at least six months immediately prior to the filing of the petition for dissolution.
If you have minor children living with your spouse in another state for over six months then you should consider filing in that state as that court has jurisdiction over the children. Your spouse can waive that jurisdiction in writing.
Grounds for filing a divorce in Ohio
No Fault Grounds:
(A) Living separate and apart for at least 1 year;
(B) Incompatibility, unless it is denied by one of the spouses.
Fault (Divorce) Based Grounds:
(A) When one of the spouses was previously married and never got a divorce;
(B) Willful absence of the adverse party for at least a period of one year;
(C) Adultery;
(D) Extreme cruelty;
(E) Fraud;
(F) Any gross neglect of duty;
(G) Habitual drunkenness;
(H) Imprisonment;
(I) Procurement of a divorce outside this state, by a husband or wife, by virtue of which the party who procured it is released from the obligations of the marriage, while those obligations remain binding upon the other party. Divorce forms Ohio Smart Divorce will request you to fill a simple questionnaire that they will
use to our easy online divorce form allows you to provide us with the needed information to complete your divorce and allow you to file with the court. Your divorce documents are prepared by our experienced staff that is available to help you at any time through this process.
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