Resources
Plain-language guides, official forms, legal help, and a glossary. These educate and refer; they are not legal advice.
Guides
The first guides are in drafting:
- Establishing parentage and standing in Ohio
- Parenting time basics
- Shared parenting plan vs. sole custody
- How child support is calculated, and how to request modification
- Arrears, license suspension, and contempt
- Guardians ad litem and evaluators: what they do, and how to complain
- Documentation without drama: keeping a clean parenting log
- Mediation and early-resolution options
- Representing yourself (pro se): realities and limits
- Protective orders: if you need one, or if one is filed against you
- Grandparent and relative standing
- Your mental health during litigation
Official forms
We link to official sources instead of hosting copies that go stale. A county-by-county directory of court forms pages is in progress.
Directory: free and low-cost help
Directory v1 is in progress: statewide legal aid, mediation programs, court self-help centers, county CSEAs, and complaint channels. No paid placement, ever.
Know a legal-aid or mediation program we should list? Contribute on GitHub.
Browse family court resources for all 88 Ohio counties, and see the Ohio law index for plain-language summaries of every statute and rule we cite.
Glossary
Plain-language definitions of custody, parenting-time, support, and protection-order terms: see the glossary of Ohio family law terms.