LibGuides: Ohio Annulment Law: Ohio Laws on Annulment

Ohio Annulment Laws

Slavin v. Slavin
A marriage is fraudulently induced and may be annulled where a pregnant woman intentionally misrepresents the paternity of her child and the man induced to marry her reasonably relies on the woman's representations.
Step v. Step
False representation as to character, health, wealth and external conditions do not constitute such fraud as will annul a marriage contract. In order to be such a fraud it must affect the marital relation in its essential parts.

Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 3105.32
When action for annulment must be commenced and by what parties. In most cases, only an injured party may file for annulment, not the person at fault.
Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 3105.34
Court can restore name before marriage, even if neither party requests it.
Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 3105.03
The plaintiff in actions for divorce and annulment shall have been a resident of the state at least six months immediately before filing the complaint. Actions for divorce and annulment shall be brought in the proper county for commencement of action pursuant to the Rules of Civil Procedure. The court of common pleas shall hear and determine the case, whether the marriage took place, or the cause of divorce or annulment occurred, within or without the state.

Ohio Rule of Civil Procedure 4.7
Notice of lawsuit and request to waive summons. Designed to decrease costs of service.
Ohio Rule of Civil Procedure 75
Deals specifcally with annulment, divorce and legal separation actions.

Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure
Apply to civil litigation process issues in a divorce that are not covered by Rule 75 above.

Ohio Rule of Civil Procedure 3
Civil Rule 3(B) provides several venue alternatives. These include (1) the county in which the defendant resides or has his principal place of business (2) the county in which the plaintiff resides and has resided for at least ninety days; (3) the county where the marriage occurred or where other facts giving rise to the cause of action occurred, such as where the fraud or deceit occurred.

New Rule Adopted to Protect Personal Information in Juvenile and Domestic Cases
Oh. Sup.R. 44(C)(2)(h)
These changes went into effect Jan. 1, 2016. They codify existing polices of the Franklin County Domestic and Juvenile Courts.

Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 3109.04
Allocating parental rights and responsibilities for care of children, including provisions for shared parenting
Oh. Rev. Code Sec.3109.043
Provision for temporary child custody order while divorce is pending.
Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 3109.051
Provisions for parenting time (visitation rights)
Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 3109.052
Court mediation of custody disputes
Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 3109.053
Court may require parenting classes during divorce.