Summit County
Domestic Relations Court
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Online High-Conflict / Anger Management
Level 2 skills-based co-parenting class for potentially high-conflict families. These life skills teach parents how to manage emotions in order to protect their children during transition and moving forward.
OnlineLevel 1 – Parenting Skills
(Foundations for the Future)
Provides parents a foundational understanding of basic parenting skills in order to raise children from infancy to adulthood.
The Summit County Domestic Relations Court is open from
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Summit County
Domestic Relations Court
205 S. High Street
Akron, Ohio 44308
Phone: (330) 643-2365
Legal Custody
OnlineLevel 2 – Parenting Skills
(Thrive)
The primary goal is to minimize the risk of child maltreatment while optimizing child developmental outcomes.
Summit County, Ohio
Domestic Relations Court
Mission
The mission of the Summit County Domestic Relations Court is to provide fair, effective, and compassionate legal resolution to specific kinds of family conflict.
What We Do:
- Dissolutions, divorces, annulments, and legal separations
- Legal custody cases involving minor children who are not wards of another court
- Legal custody cases involving minor children who are not wards of another court
- Parental rights, parenting time, and child support
- Civil protection orders
The Summit County Domestic Relations Court grants annulments, legal separations, dissolutions of marriage, and divorces to couples who can no longer remain together.
The Court determines parentage of children born to unmarried parents. The Court also issues Civil Protection Orders when violence has occurred between household members and immediate danger is present. Within this context, the Court may address parental rights, parenting time, legal custody, and child support.
The Court works with legal professionals, social service agencies and law enforcement to insure the safety and wellbeing of all family members coming through the court. The Summit County Domestic Relations Court is dedicated to helping families achieve a fair and peaceful resolution to their conflict.
About the Court
The Summit County Domestic Relations Court serves residents of Summit County, Ohio. The court’s jurisdiction includes:
- Cases involving divorce, dissolution, and annulment;
- Parentage cases (never married parents), third-party legal custody, and visitation for parents, grandparents, and third-parties;
- Child support;
- Civil protection and dating violence orders.
Information specific to Domestic Violence forms and Information
Civil Protection Orders
What is a Domestic Violence Civil Protection Order (“CPO”)?
A CPO is issued by a domestic relations court to protect a victim of domestic violence. A CPO is intended to prevent further domestic violence. It orders someone who has been abusive to do or not do certain things in the future.
To find out more about CPOs, how to serve (notify) the respondent, and how to prepare, visit https://drcourt.org/wp/CPO/.
