COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

DIVISION OF DOMESTIC RELATIONS

HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO

IN THE MATTER OF

Date:
Petitioner
Case No.:
-vs/and-
File No.:
Petitioner	Judge

WAIVER OF SERVICE OF SUMMONS

We, the undersigned parties in the above-captioned matter, being over the age of eighteen years and not under a disability, do hereby waive service of summons under Rule 4.2 and Rule 4(D) of the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure.

Petitioner (Signature)	Petitioner (Signature)

WAIVER AND CONSENT

(MERITS DISSOLUTION)

The parties (and if applicable, their counsel) request the Court to grant their dissolution of marriage, and consent to have a magistrate hear the merits of the dissolution, and to accept and adopt their respective agreements filed with this Court on all matters of parenting, support, property and debts.

By signature of this Waiver and Consent, both parties expressly, knowingly and voluntarily acknowledge that the testimony during the final merits hearing sets forth the Court’s jurisdiction and grounds for the action and hereby waive their rights to the issuance of a Magistrate’s Decision on the merits hearing and the fourteen (14) day objection period pursuant to Civ.R. 53.

Petitioner (Signature)	Petitioner (Signature)
Attorney for Petitioner (Signature)	Attorney for Petitioner (Signature)