Ohio Divorce Records

The divorce rate in Ohio has been on a worsening trend for decades. It's at 8 per 1000 of total population. Exacerbating the situation is marriage rate which dwindles in the opposite direction, estimated at 4 per 1000 people. With a large population of 11 million (7th highest state), there're piles of existent Ohio Divorce Records but they are not easy to locate.

In Ohio, divorce records are basically decentralized and filed at county level. The are maintained at their respective County Clerk of Court's offices. A list of contact pages of all its county offices is posted by the Ohio Department of Health which is situated in Columbus.

Ohio Divorce Records

Search results may include:

BRIDE'S FULL NAME
GROOM'S FULL NAME
STATE OF FILING
AGE/DATE OF BIRTH

PETITIONER'S NAME
RESPONDENT'S NAME
DATE OF FILING
ADDRESS INFORMATION

The Office of Vital Statistics at the Health Department keeps an index of divorce records that date back to September 7, 1949. Divorce records which were filed in Ohio from January 1, 1954 to the present can be searched on this index but only their abstracts are available. The required fee is $3.00 per 10-year search and is based on the last name of the subject. The processing time is 2 to 3 weeks and only written requests by mail are accepted.

Abstracts of divorce records are not divorce decrees. Apart from listed limited information extracted from original divorce papers primarily for indexing purposes, they do not carry weight as official documents. They will not be recognized as substitutes to original Ohio Divorce Records.

Certified copies of divorce records are required for various official purposes but there are 88 counties in Ohio. Searching divorce records at that level yourself would be laborious. It's wise then to resort to commercial record providers. Their services are instant, affordable and online, roundly networking information from all their state databases. Start a search right here and see!

STATE DIVORCE RECORDS