Fillable Printable Answer to Complaint for Divorce - Ohio

Answer to Complaint for Divorce - Ohio

IN THE COMMON PLEAS COUR T OF HANCOCK COUNTY, OHIO

Domestic Relations Division

_______________________________ Case No. _______________

Name

Plaintiff Judge ______________________

vs. Magistrate __________________

________________________________ ANSWER AND COUNTERCLAIM

Name

Defendant

I. ANSWER TO COMPLAINT FOR DIVORCE

1. The defendant admits the allegations that are in the following paragraphs of the Complaint

for Divorce: ________________________________________________________________.

2. The defendant denies the allegations that are in the following paragraphs of the Complaint

for Divorce: _________________________________________________________________.

If there are any parts of paragraphs listed as denied that you admit, specify that here:

______________________________________________________________________

3. The defendant does not have knowledge to determine whether the allegations in the

following paragraphs of the Complaint for Divorce are true and therefore denies them:

_____________________________________________________________________.

II. COUNTERCLAIM AGAINST PLAINTIFF FOR DIVORCE

1. At least one party has been a resident of the State of Ohio for more than six months and of

Hancock County for more than 90 days immediately before filing this action.

2. The parties were married on _________________________ (fill in date) in

_________________________ (city and state).

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3. _____ (check if appropriate) The following child(ren) was/were born or adopted by the

parties during this marriage, or were born to these parties before their marriage:

Name of Child : Date of Birth:

____________________________ _____________________

OR: ____ (check if appropriate) No children were born of these parties either before or after

their marriage.

5. Check the appropriate line:

_____ The Wife is not currently pregnant.

_____ The Wife is currently pregnant.

6. The plaintiff _____ is _____ is not (check one) on active duty in the Armed Forces of the

United States of America.

7. The grounds for divorce are (check all that apply):

A. _____ The plaintiff had a spouse living at the time of our marriage.

B. _____ The plaintiff has been willfully absent for a year or more.

C. _____ The plaintiff has committed adultery.

D. _____ The plaintiff has been guilty of extreme cruelty toward me, either mental or

physical.

E. _____ The plaintiff committed fraud upon me at the time we entered our marriage

contract.

F. _____ The plaintiff has been guilty of gross neglect of duty.

G. _____ The plaintiff has been guilty of habitual drunkenness.

H. _____ The plaintiff is currently imprisoned in a state or federal correctional

institution (prison) at the time of the filing of this action.

I. _____ The plaintiff got a divorce in another state that did not release me from the

obligations of marriage.

J. _____ The parties have lived separate and apart for a year or more without

cohabitation and without interruption.

K. _____ The parties are incompatible in their m arriage.

WHEREFORE, the defendant demands that he/she be granted a divorce from the plaintiff,

that the plaintiff’s complaint be dismissed at the plaintiff’s cost, and that the Court issue

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appropriate orders under the law regarding the parties’ property and debts, the children, any

obligations of support due to either party, and costs of this action.

_____________________________________

Signature of Defendant

_____________________________________

Address

_____________________________________

Telephone Number

PROOF OF SERVICE

This is to state and certify that on _____________________________ (date) an accurate copy

of this Answer and Counterclaim was sent to Plaintiff (or Plaintiff’s Attorney if represented) by

regular U.S. mail, postage prepaid, to the following address: _____________________________

_____________________________________________________________________.

_____________________________________

Defendant’s Signature