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Ohio Family Courts
         
                       Franklin County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Columbus)  FIPS: 39049                     - pop.1,323,807                   
                                
                       Cuyahoga County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Cleveland)  FIPS: 39035                     - pop.1,264,817                   
                                
                       Hamilton County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Cincinnati)  FIPS: 39061                     - pop.830,639                   
                                
                       Summit County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Akron)  FIPS: 39153                     - pop.540,428                   
                                
                       Montgomery County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Dayton)  FIPS: 39113                     - pop.537,309                   
                                
                       Lucas County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Toledo)  FIPS: 39095                     - pop.431,279                   
                                
                       Butler County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Hamilton)  FIPS: 39017                     - pop.390,357                   
                                
                       Stark County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Canton)  FIPS: 39151                     - pop.374,853                   
                                
                       Lorain County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Elyria)  FIPS: 39093                     - pop.312,964                   
                                
                       Warren County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Lebanon)  FIPS: 39165                     - pop.242,337                   
                                
                       Lake County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Painesville)  FIPS: 39085                     - pop.232,603                   
                                
                       Mahoning County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Youngstown)  FIPS: 39099                     - pop.228,614                   
                                
                       Delaware County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Delaware)  FIPS: 39041                     - pop.214,124                   
                                
                       Clermont County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Batavia)  FIPS: 39025                     - pop.208,601                   
                                
                       Trumbull County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Warren)  FIPS: 39155                     - pop.201,977                   
                                
                       Medina County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Medina)  FIPS: 39103                     - pop.182,470                   
                                
                       Licking County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Newark)  FIPS: 39089                     - pop.178,519                   
                                
                       Greene County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Xenia)  FIPS: 39057                     - pop.167,966                   
                                
                       Portage County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Ravenna)  FIPS: 39133                     - pop.161,791                   
                                
                       Fairfield County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Lancaster)  FIPS: 39045                     - pop.158,921                   
                                
                       Clark County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Springfield)  FIPS: 39023                     - pop.136,001                   
                                
                       Wood County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Bowling Green)  FIPS: 39173                     - pop.132,248                   
                                
                       Richland County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Mansfield)  FIPS: 39139                     - pop.124,936                   
                                
                       Wayne County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Wooster)  FIPS: 39169                     - pop.116,894                   
                                
                       Miami County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Troy)  FIPS: 39109                     - pop.108,774                   
                                
                       Allen County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Lima)  FIPS: 39003                     - pop.102,206                   
                                
                       Columbiana County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Lisbon)  FIPS: 39029                     - pop.101,877                   
                                
                       Ashtabula County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Jefferson)  FIPS: 39007                     - pop.97,574                   
                                
                       Geauga County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Chardon)  FIPS: 39055                     - pop.95,397                   
                                
                       Tuscarawas County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (New Philadelphia)  FIPS: 39157                     - pop.93,263                   
                                
                       Muskingum County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Zanesville)  FIPS: 39119                     - pop.86,410                   
                                
                       Ross County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Chillicothe)  FIPS: 39141                     - pop.77,093                   
                                
                       Erie County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Sandusky)  FIPS: 39043                     - pop.75,622                   
                                
                       Hancock County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Findlay)  FIPS: 39063                     - pop.74,920                   
                                
                       Scioto County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Portsmouth)  FIPS: 39145                     - pop.74,008                   
                                
                       Belmont County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Saint Clairsville)  FIPS: 39013                     - pop.66,497                   
                                
                       Marion County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Marion)  FIPS: 39101                     - pop.65,359                   
                                
                       Jefferson County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Steubenville)  FIPS: 39081                     - pop.65,249                   
                                
                       Union County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Marysville)  FIPS: 39159                     - pop.62,784                   
                                
                       Knox County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Mount Vernon)  FIPS: 39083                     - pop.62,721                   
                                
                       Athens County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Athens)  FIPS: 39009                     - pop.62,431                   
                                
                       Washington County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Marietta)  FIPS: 39167                     - pop.59,771                   
                                
                       Sandusky County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Fremont)  FIPS: 39143                     - pop.58,896                   
                                
                       Huron County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Norwalk)  FIPS: 39077                     - pop.58,565                   
                                
                       Pickaway County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Circleville)  FIPS: 39129                     - pop.58,539                   
                                
                       Lawrence County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Ironton)  FIPS: 39087                     - pop.58,240                   
                                
                       Seneca County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Tiffin)  FIPS: 39147                     - pop.55,069                   
                                
                       Ashland County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Ashland)  FIPS: 39005                     - pop.52,447                   
                                
                       Darke County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Greenville)  FIPS: 39037                     - pop.51,881                   
                                
                       Shelby County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Sidney)  FIPS: 39149                     - pop.48,230                   
                                
                       Auglaize County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Wapakoneta)  FIPS: 39011                     - pop.46,422                   
                                
                       Logan County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Bellefontaine)  FIPS: 39091                     - pop.46,150                   
                                
                       Holmes County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Millersburg)  FIPS: 39075                     - pop.44,223                   
                                
                       Madison County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (London)  FIPS: 39097                     - pop.43,824                   
                                
                       Brown County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Georgetown)  FIPS: 39015                     - pop.43,676                   
                                
                       Highland County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Hillsboro)  FIPS: 39071                     - pop.43,317                   
                                
                       Fulton County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Wauseon)  FIPS: 39051                     - pop.42,713                   
                                
                       Mercer County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Celina)  FIPS: 39107                     - pop.42,528                   
                                
                       Crawford County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Bucyrus)  FIPS: 39033                     - pop.42,025                   
                                
                       Clinton County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Wilmington)  FIPS: 39027                     - pop.42,018                   
                                
                       Preble County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Eaton)  FIPS: 39135                     - pop.40,999                   
                                
                       Ottawa County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Port Clinton)  FIPS: 39123                     - pop.40,364                   
                                
                       Champaign County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Urbana)  FIPS: 39021                     - pop.38,714                   
                                
                       Guernsey County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Cambridge)  FIPS: 39059                     - pop.38,438                   
                                
                       Defiance County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Defiance)  FIPS: 39039                     - pop.38,286                   
                                
                       Williams County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Bryan)  FIPS: 39171                     - pop.37,102                   
                                
                       Coshocton County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Coshocton)  FIPS: 39031                     - pop.36,612                   
                                
                       Perry County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (New Lexington)  FIPS: 39127                     - pop.35,408                   
                                
                       Morrow County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Mount Gilead)  FIPS: 39117                     - pop.34,950                   
                                
                       Putnam County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Ottawa)  FIPS: 39137                     - pop.34,451                   
                                
                       Jackson County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Jackson)  FIPS: 39079                     - pop.32,653                   
                                
                       Hardin County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Kenton)  FIPS: 39065                     - pop.30,696                   
                                
                       Gallia County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Gallipolis)  FIPS: 39053                     - pop.29,220                   
                                
                       Fayette County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Washington Court House)  FIPS: 39047                     - pop.28,951                   
                                
                       Van Wert County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Van Wert)  FIPS: 39161                     - pop.28,931                   
                                
                       Hocking County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Logan)  FIPS: 39073                     - pop.28,050                   
                                
                       Henry County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Napoleon)  FIPS: 39069                     - pop.27,662                   
                                
                       Adams County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (West Union)  FIPS: 39001                     - pop.27,477                   
                                
                       Pike County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Waverly)  FIPS: 39131                     - pop.27,088                   
                                
                       Carroll County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Carrollton)  FIPS: 39019                     - pop.26,721                   
                                
                       Meigs County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Pomeroy)  FIPS: 39105                     - pop.22,210                   
                                
                       Wyandot County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Upper Sandusky)  FIPS: 39175                     - pop.21,900                   
                                
                       Paulding County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Paulding)  FIPS: 39125                     - pop.18,806                   
                                
                       Harrison County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Cadiz)  FIPS: 39067                     - pop.14,483                   
                                
                       Noble County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Caldwell)  FIPS: 39121                     - pop.14,115                   
                                
                       Morgan County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (McConnelsville)  FIPS: 39115                     - pop.13,802                   
                                
                       Monroe County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Woodsfield)  FIPS: 39111                     - pop.13,385                   
                                
                       Vinton County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (McArthur)  FIPS: 39163                     - pop.12,800                   
                            
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What Is Physical vs. Legal Custody of a Child?

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Every child custody decision has two essential parts:

Physical custody determines where the children will live.

Legal custody refers to the right to make other important decisions for the children—for example, religious upbringing, medical care, and choices about education.

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While the terms physical custody and legal custody refer to types of decisions affecting your children, “joint custody” and “sole custody” refer to who makes those choices on behalf of the kids.

Joint custody refers to a situation where both parents make decisions.

Sole custody means that just one parent has control.

Note that these two types of custody can be blended, and that joint custody doesn’t necessarily mean a 50/50 split.

For example, parents could be granted joint legal custody—giving them both a say in important decisions about their child’s education, religious training, medical treatment, and the like—while one parent gets sole physical custody, meaning that the child will live with him or her and most likely visit the other.

For more details about the different types of child custody and how they fit together, see How Does Child Custody Work in Ohio?
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What Is Split Custody?

Split custody means that each parent takes primary custody of different kids—think of the film “The Parent Trap,” where the parents separate the twin sisters as babies, raising one in California and one in Boston. Such arrangements are unlikely to lead to Hollywood endings and are usually disfavored, but there are rare situations in which split custody may make sense. For example, if the siblings aren’t close or if a particular child-parent relationship is unusually strained, an unconventional arrangement might be appropriate.

Before you ask for split custody, it’s wise to consult a counselor or custody evaluator—a therapist that specializes in softening the blow of divorce on children by evaluating the family situation and making recommendations. Your lawyer or your local court should be able to help you find a qualified custody evaluator in your area.
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