Geauga County Common Pleas
  • Home
  • General Division
    • Adult Probation
    • Domestic Relations
    • FAQs
    • Jury Service
    • Links
    • Local Rules
    • Map
      • Court Gallery
    • Mediation
    • New Leaf Program - Drug Court
    • Jobs
  • Clerk Of Courts
    • Clerk Legal
    • Clerk Passports
    • Clerk Auto Title
    • Clerk Map
    • Clerk Job Opportunities
    • Clerk Helpful Links
    • Clerk Contact
    • Clerk Public Records Law
    • eFiling Tutorials
  • Probate
    • Annual Reports
    • Cases of Public Interest
    • Contact
    • Costs
    • Probate Forms and Information Sheets
    • Legal Publication of Probate Notices
    • Helpful Links
      • Community Organizations
    • Jobs
    • Marriage License
    • Map
      • Annex Photo Gallery
    • Transcripts / Recordings
  • Juvenile
    • Abuse, Neglect, Dependency
    • CASA
    • Costs
    • Paternity, Custody, Visitation, Support
    • CUSTODY POWER OF ATTORNEY
    • Juvenile Probation
    • Overview
    • VISITATION
    • Portage-Geauga Detention
      • Detention Gallery
    • Traffic
    • Juvenile Unruly and Delinquency
    • Indigency Filing
    • Juvenile Forms
  • Municipal Court
  • Geauga County
Search
 
  • Annual Report
  • About Juvenile Court
  • Visitation
  • Help Center
  • Legal Publication of Juvenile Notices
  • Current Local Rules
  • Docket Search
  • Juvenile Forms
  • Transcripts
  • Costs
  • Job Openings
  • Press Releases
  • Our Location
  • Contact
  • Helpful Links

The Ohio General Assembly passed legislation that allows the transfer of limited custodial authority to a grandparent without the necessity of the filing of a formal complaint. These options include the filing of a Caretaker Authorization Affidavit or Custody Power of Attorney. These forms are filed either in the Juvenile Court where the child resides, or in the court that has already exercised jurisdiction over custody issues. If the form is accepted for filing in the court, the authority vested by the Caretaker Authorization Form or Custody Power of Attorney will be effective for one year unless revoked by the child's parent(s). The necessary forms are accessible below.

The Caretaker Authorization Form can be filed by the grandparent without the signature of either parent when the child has been abandoned in the grandparent's care and the grandparent is unable to locate the child's parent(s). A Custody Affidavit must also be filed with the Caretaker Authorization Form.

Related Forms:

  • Instruction Sheet
  • Caretaker Authorization Affidavit

The Custody Power of Attorney is a form that is filled out and notarized by the child's parents granting limited custodial authority to a grandparent or grandparents. The authority granted by the Custody Power of Attorney expires after one year, and can be terminated at any time by either parent. Except in limited situations both parents must sign the Custody Power of Attorney for it to be effective. A Custody Power of Attorney Form. If both parents have not executed the Custody Power of Attorney, a copy of the Notice to Non-Residential Parent must be sent by mail to the parent that has not executed the Power of Attorney, and the original is filed with the Court.

Related Forms:

  • Instruction Sheet
  • Custody Power of Attorney
  • Notice to Non-Residential Parent
 

Judge Timothy J. Grendell

Geauga County
Probate/Juvenile Court
231 Main Street Ste 200
Chardon, Ohio 44024

Phone: 440-279-1830

Fax: 440-285-8751

 

The Court closings for 2021 are:

Martin Luther King, Jr Day – Monday, January 18th

Presidents’ Day – Monday, February 15th

Good Friday – Friday, April 2nd

Easter – Monday, April 5th

Memorial Day – Monday, May 31st

Fourth of July – Friday, July 2nd and Monday, July 5th

Geauga Learn Day at the Fair – Thursday, September 2nd – Court is closed and staff is at the fair

Labor Day – Monday, September 6th

Columbus Day – Monday, October 11th

Veterans Day – Thursday, November 11th

Thanksgiving – Thursday, November 25th and Friday, November 26th

Christmas – Friday, December 24th and Monday, December 27th

New Year’s Eve – Friday, December 31st

 

 

Why Can't I Talk To The Judge?


Copyright 2011 by Geauga County Court of Common Pleas
Login