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Separate your issues. It is best to keep separate documents for each category or issue you are documenting. For example, keep financial issues separate from custody issues. The more specific you are with you categorization, the easier it will be to find what is needed if necessary.

Ohio isn't a community property state. Instead, Ohio follows what's known as the "equitable distribution" model for dividing assets and debts during a divorce. However, unlike many other states that use this model, Ohio requires judges to divide a couple's marital property equally, unless that would be unfair.

Usually, the court will not consider awarding spousal support unless the marriage lasted more than five years. Most courts do not award lifetime spousal support unless the marriage lasted more than 25 years. In cases involving longer marriages, there is a greater chance of income disparity between the spouses.

In Ohio, these are the grounds for divorce. Incompatibility. You Are No Longer Cohabitating. Your Spouse Has Been Willfully Absent. Your Spouse Had Another Living Spouse at the Time of Your Marriage. Adultery. Your Spouse Is Guilty of a Fraudulent Contract. Habitual Drunkenness. Neglect of Duty.

Ending cohabitation, either physically or by refusing to engage in sexual relations, is also considered desertion. The absence must last for a year or more to quality under desertion however. If your relationship has one or more of the above issues, you may be granted a fault-based divorce.

In the U.S. most Courts would expect that any original pleadings and ancillary filings be in a formal written form in compliance with the “style heading” of the Court. However, a Court generally cannot reject a handwritten submission as long its format is in conformity with the “style heading”.

Obtaining A Dissolution In Ohio You and your spouse must agree to each and every issue relating to the marriage. You must both sign all documents filed with the court. You must both attend the hearing in the case. There cannot be any children born to the wife during the marriage that are not the husband's children.

A dissolution is faster and may be less expensive than divorce. You can end your marriage in about 1 to 3 months after filing. However, if you and your spouse start to disagree about any of the terms after you file, you must start over with a new dissolution or divorce.

Both parties are required to sign the dissolution documents, which means each party must actively participate in the process. Both parties must appear at the final hearing or the Court may dismiss the case.