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The Cuyahoga County Public Defender Office provides consistently excellent representation and vigorous advocacy to protect the rights of low income people in criminal, juvenile delinquency, and parental rights matters. We treat each client with dignity and respect and tailor our representation to meet their unique needs. We ensure that our clients receive an ardent defense and equal justice throughout their involvement with the legal system.
View information on parking and access, ADA access, security, virtual hearing, court policies and etiquette, attorneys, and language services.
E-Filing allows an attorney or an authorized user with a valid account to file pleadings against an existing case or to file a new case over the internet.
Search by case or name in the Case Records Search System of the Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts.
Forms, hearing information, cost to file, ordering a transcript, public defender information, virtual help center, and question submissions on cases.
Ohio residents have the option of terminating their marriage through dissolution which requires advance mutual agreement, or through divorce.
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In all divorce, dissolution and legal separation actions where there are minor children the Court will allocate parental rights and responsibilities for the care of the children.
Assistance through the procedural process when seeking a Domestic Violence Ex Parte Civil Protection Order.
08/7/2024 - Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze announced today the Parenting After Violence (PAVE) Program pilot is scheduled to launch this fall.
08/1/2024 - The Domestic Relations Division of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas is requesting comments regarding proposed amended Local Rule 27 (Objections to Magistrate's Decisions) and proposed Local Rule 27.1 (Motions to Set Aside Magistrate's Order).
07/22/2024 - In the lead up to America’s 250th anniversary, Administrative Judge Diane M. Palos announced today the Domestic Relations Court received a Trillium Local Activity Grant from the America 250-Ohio Commission for its upcoming project titled, The Time Capsule Semiquincentennial Commemoration Project.
06/14/2024 - The Domestic Relations Division of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas is requesting comments regarding proposed Local Rule 26 (Domestic Violence).
