COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

DIVISION OF DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Plaintiff
-vs/and-
Defendant

HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO

Case No.
File No.
CSEA No.
WAIVER AND CONSENT FOR MERITS HEARING (DIVORCE)
Judge
Magistrate

The parties and, if applicable, their counsel request the Court to grant their divorce or legal separation and consent to have a magistrate hear the merits of the divorce 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.

Magistrate	Date
Plaintiff	Defendant
Attorney for Plaintiff	Attorney for Defendant