diff --git a/cpp/src/json/json_path.cu b/cpp/src/json/json_path.cu
index 146b54c0d87..2be5798098d 100644
--- a/cpp/src/json/json_path.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/json/json_path.cu
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@
 #include <cudf/detail/copy.hpp>
 #include <cudf/detail/get_value.cuh>
 #include <cudf/detail/null_mask.hpp>
+#include <cudf/detail/offsets_iterator_factory.cuh>
 #include <cudf/detail/utilities/cuda.cuh>
 #include <cudf/detail/utilities/vector_factories.hpp>
 #include <cudf/json/json.hpp>
 #include <cudf/scalar/scalar.hpp>
+#include <cudf/strings/detail/strings_children.cuh>
 #include <cudf/strings/detail/utilities.hpp>
 #include <cudf/strings/string_view.cuh>
 #include <cudf/strings/strings_column_view.hpp>
@@ -903,7 +905,8 @@ template <int block_size>
 __launch_bounds__(block_size) CUDF_KERNEL
   void get_json_object_kernel(column_device_view col,
                               path_operator const* const commands,
-                              size_type* output_offsets,
+                              size_type* d_sizes,
+                              cudf::detail::input_offsetalator output_offsets,
                               thrust::optional<char*> out_buf,
                               thrust::optional<bitmask_type*> out_validity,
                               thrust::optional<size_type*> out_valid_count,
@@ -934,7 +937,7 @@ __launch_bounds__(block_size) CUDF_KERNEL
 
     // filled in only during the precompute step. during the compute step, the offsets
     // are fed back in so we do -not- want to write them out
-    if (!out_buf.has_value()) { output_offsets[tid] = static_cast<size_type>(output_size); }
+    if (!out_buf.has_value()) { d_sizes[tid] = output_size; }
 
     // validity filled in only during the output step
     if (out_validity.has_value()) {
@@ -971,11 +974,6 @@ std::unique_ptr<cudf::column> get_json_object(cudf::strings_column_view const& c
 
   if (col.is_empty()) return make_empty_column(type_id::STRING);
 
-  // allocate output offsets buffer.
-  auto offsets = cudf::make_fixed_width_column(
-    data_type{type_id::INT32}, col.size() + 1, mask_state::UNALLOCATED, stream, mr);
-  cudf::mutable_column_view offsets_view(*offsets);
-
   // if the query is empty, return a string column containing all nulls
   if (!std::get<0>(preprocess).has_value()) {
     return std::make_unique<column>(
@@ -986,6 +984,11 @@ std::unique_ptr<cudf::column> get_json_object(cudf::strings_column_view const& c
       col.size());  // null count
   }
 
+  // compute output sizes
+  auto sizes =
+    rmm::device_uvector<size_type>(col.size(), stream, rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource());
+  auto d_offsets = cudf::detail::offsetalator_factory::make_input_iterator(col.offsets());
+
   constexpr int block_size = 512;
   cudf::detail::grid_1d const grid{col.size(), block_size};
   auto cdv = column_device_view::create(col.parent(), stream);
@@ -994,20 +997,17 @@ std::unique_ptr<cudf::column> get_json_object(cudf::strings_column_view const& c
     <<<grid.num_blocks, grid.num_threads_per_block, 0, stream.value()>>>(
       *cdv,
       std::get<0>(preprocess).value().data(),
-      offsets_view.head<size_type>(),
+      sizes.data(),
+      d_offsets,
       thrust::nullopt,
       thrust::nullopt,
       thrust::nullopt,
       options);
 
   // convert sizes to offsets
-  thrust::exclusive_scan(rmm::exec_policy(stream),
-                         offsets_view.head<size_type>(),
-                         offsets_view.head<size_type>() + col.size() + 1,
-                         offsets_view.head<size_type>(),
-                         0);
-  size_type const output_size =
-    cudf::detail::get_value<size_type>(offsets_view, col.size(), stream);
+  auto [offsets, output_size] =
+    cudf::strings::detail::make_offsets_child_column(sizes.begin(), sizes.end(), stream, mr);
+  d_offsets = cudf::detail::offsetalator_factory::make_input_iterator(offsets->view());
 
   // allocate output string column
   rmm::device_uvector<char> chars(output_size, stream, mr);
@@ -1024,7 +1024,8 @@ std::unique_ptr<cudf::column> get_json_object(cudf::strings_column_view const& c
     <<<grid.num_blocks, grid.num_threads_per_block, 0, stream.value()>>>(
       *cdv,
       std::get<0>(preprocess).value().data(),
-      offsets_view.head<size_type>(),
+      sizes.data(),
+      d_offsets,
       chars.data(),
       static_cast<bitmask_type*>(validity.data()),
       d_valid_count.data(),