Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.01
§ 3109.01. Age of majority
Status: in_force

January 1, 1974 Senate Bill 1 - 110th General Assembly All persons of the age of eighteen years or more, who are under no legal disability, are capable of contracting and are of full age for all purposes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.965 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.965
§ 3119.965. Granting relief from paternity determination does not preclude action to establish parent-child relationship
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly If a court grants a motion that relieves a person or male minor from a judgment, order, or determination under section 3119.962 of the Revised Code, the granting of the motion does not preclude any person from filing, subsequent to the granting of the motion, an action under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code to establish a parent-child relationship between the person or male minor who was granted relief and the child who is the subject of the judgment, order, or determination from which relief was granted. A person shall not file more than one action of that type under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code in any two-year period regarding the person or male minor who was granted relief and the child. A court, pursuant to a motion filed under this division and in accordance with Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code, may enter a judgment in the action that determines the existence of a parent-child relationship between the person or male minor granted relief and the child only if genetic tests taken subsequent to the granting of the motion for relief indicate that there is a statistical probability that the party or the male minor is the natural father of the child.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.210 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.210
§ 3115.210. Application to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this chapter, under other law of this state relating to a support order, or recognizing a foreign support order may receive evidence from outside this state pursuant to section 3115.316 of the Revised Code, communicate with a tribunal outside this state pursuant to section 3115.317 of the Revised Code, and obtain discovery through a tribunal outside this state pursuant to section 3115.318 of the Revised Code. In all other respects, sections 3115.301 to 3115.616 of the Revised Code do not apply, and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.76 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.76
§ 3123.76. Releasing lien or returning seized property
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly A child support enforcement agency may at any time release a lien imposed pursuant to sections 3123.66 to 3123.68 of the Revised Code, on all or part of the property of the obligor, or return seized property without liability, if assurance of payment is deemed adequate by the agency, or the release will facilitate the collection of the arrearage for which the lien was imposed. The release or return shall not operate to prevent future action to collect the arrearage.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3105.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3105 / § 3105.17
§ 3105.17. Complaint for divorce or legal separation
Status: in_force

March 23, 2023 Senate Bill 210 - 134th General Assembly (A) Either party to the marriage may file a complaint for divorce or for legal separation, and when filed the other may file a counterclaim for divorce or for legal separation. The court of common pleas may grant divorces for the causes set forth in section 3105.01 of the Revised Code. The court of common pleas may grant legal separation on a complaint or counterclaim, regardless of whether the parties are living separately at the time the complaint or counterclaim is filed, for the following causes: (1) Either party had a husband or wife living at the time of the marriage from which legal separation is sought; (2) Willful absence of the adverse party for one year; (3) Adultery; (4) Extreme cruelty; (5) Fraudulent contract; (6) Any gross neglect of duty; (7) Habitual drunkenness; (8) Imprisonment of the adverse party in a state or federal correctional institution at the time of filing the complaint; (9) On the application of either party, when husband and wife have, without interruption for one year, lived separate and apart without cohabitation; (10) Incompatibility, unless denied by either party. (B) The filing of a complaint or counterclaim for legal separation or the granting of a decree of legal separation under this section does not bar either party from filing a complaint or counterclaim for a divorce or annulment or obtaining a divorce or annulment. (C) A decree of legal separation may be terminated by the court upon a motion signed by both spouses. Last updated February 8, 2023 at 12:56 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.319 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.319
§ 3115.319. Receipt and disbursement of payments
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this state shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of another state or a foreign country a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amounts and dates of all payments received. (B) If neither the obligor, nor the obligee who is an individual, nor the child resides in this state, upon request from the support enforcement agency of this state or another state, the support enforcement agency of this state or a tribunal of this state shall do both of the following: (1) Direct that the support payment be made to the support enforcement agency in the state in which the obligee is receiving services; and (2) Issue and send to the obligor's employer or other payor a conforming income-withholding order or an administrative notice of change of payee, reflecting the redirected payments. (C) The support enforcement agency of this state receiving redirected payments from another state pursuant to a law similar to division (B) of this section shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of the other state a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amount and dates of all payments received.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.8911 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.8911
§ 3121.8911. Administrative rules for new hire report
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly The director of job and family services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement sections 3121.89 to 3121.8910 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.958 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.958
§ 3123.958. Publication and distribution of posters
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The office of child support may publish and distribute a set of posters throughout the state annually.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.042 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.042
§ 3109.042. Custody rights of unmarried mother
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 207 - 130th General Assembly (A) An unmarried female who gives birth to a child is the sole residential parent and legal custodian of the child until a court of competent jurisdiction issues an order designating another person as the residential parent and legal custodian. A court designating the residential parent and legal custodian of a child described in this section shall treat the mother and father as standing upon an equality when making the designation. (B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, an unmarried female who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to rape or sexual battery and has been declared under section 3109.501 of the Revised Code to be the parent of a child born as a result of rape or sexual battery shall not be a residential parent and legal custodian of that child.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.16
§ 3109.16. Powers of the board
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The children's trust fund board, upon the recommendation of the director of children and youth, shall approve the employment of an executive director who will administer the programs of the board. (B) The department of children and youth shall provide budgetary, procurement, accounting, and other related management functions for the board and may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for these purposes. An amount not to exceed three per cent of the total amount of fees deposited in the children's trust fund in each fiscal year may be used for costs directly related to these administrative functions of the department. Each fiscal year, the board shall approve a budget for administrative expenditures for the next fiscal year. (C) The board may request that the department adopt rules the board considers necessary for the purpose of carrying out the board's responsibilities under this section, and the department may adopt those rules. The department may, after consultation with the board and the executive director, adopt any other rules to assist the board in carrying out its responsibilities under this section. In either case, the rules shall be adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (D) The board shall meet at least quarterly at the call of the chairperson to conduct its official business. All business transactions of the board shall be conducted in public meetings. A majority of the members appointed to the board constitute a quorum. A majority of the quorum is required to make all decisions of the board. (E) With respect to funding, all of the following apply: (1) The board may apply for and accept federal and other funds for the purpose of funding child abuse and child neglect prevention programs. (2) The board may solicit and accept gifts, money, and other donations from any public or private source, including individuals, philanthropic foundations or organizations, corporations, or corporation endowments. (3) The board may develop private-public partnerships to support the mission of the children's trust fund. (4) The acceptance and use of federal and other funds shall not obligate the general assembly to continue the programs or activities for which the federal and other funds are made available. (5) All funds received in the manner described in this section shall be transmitted to the treasurer of state, who shall credit them to the children's trust fund created in section 3109.14 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 3, 2023 at 2:21 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3127.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3127 / § 3127.18
§ 3127.18. Temporary emergency jurisdiction - no previous custody determination
Status: in_force

April 11, 2005 Senate Bill 185 - 125th General Assembly (A) A court of this state has temporary emergency jurisdiction if a child is present in this state and either of the following applies: (1) The child has been abandoned. (2) It is necessary in an emergency to protect the child because the child, or a sibling or parent of the child, is subjected to or threatened with mistreatment or abuse. (B) If there is no previous child custody determination that is entitled to be enforced under this chapter and a child custody proceeding has not been commenced in a court of a state having jurisdiction under sections 3127.15 to 3127.17 of the Revised Code or a similar statute of another state, a child custody determination made under this section remains in effect until an order is obtained from a court of a state having jurisdiction under sections 3127.15 to 3127.17 of the Revised Code or a similar statute of another state. If a child custody proceeding has not been or is not commenced in a court of a state having jurisdiction under sections 3127.15 to 3127.17 of the Revised Code or a similar statute of another state, a child custody determination made under this section becomes a final determination, if it so provides and this state becomes the home state of the child. (C) If there is a previous child custody determination that is entitled to be enforced under this chapter, or a child custody proceeding has been commenced in a court of a state having jurisdiction under sections 3127.15 to 3127.17 of the Revised Code or a similar statute of another state, any order issued by a court of this state under this section must specify in the order a period that the court considers adequate to allow the person seeking an order to obtain an order from the state having jurisdiction under sections 3127.15 to 3127.17 of the Revised Code or a similar statute of another state. The order issued in this state remains in effect until an order is obtained from the other state within the period specified or until the period expires. (D) A court of this state that has been asked to make a child custody determination under this section, upon being informed that a child custody proceeding has been commenced in or a child custody determination has been made by a court of a state having jurisdiction under sections 3127.15 to 3127.17 of the Revised Code or a similar statute of another state, shall immediately communicate with the other court. A court of this state that is exercising jurisdiction pursuant to sections 3127.15 to 3127.17 of the Revised Code, upon being informed that a child custody proceeding has been commenced in or a child custody determination has been made by a court of another state under a statute similar to this section, shall immediately communicate with the court of that state to resolve the emergency, protect the safety of the parties and the child, and determine a period for the duration of the temporary order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3117.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3117 / § 3117.01
§ 3117.01. Determination of necessity of conciliation procedures
Status: in_force

November 19, 1969 Senate Bill 74 - 108th General Assembly Chapter 3117. of the Revised Code is applicable only in counties in which the court of common pleas determines that social conditions and the number of domestic relations cases in the county render the conciliation procedures provided necessary to proper consideration of such cases or to effectuate conciliation of marital controversies. Such determination shall be made by the judge of the court of common pleas in counties having only one such judge, or by a majority of the judges of the court of common pleas in counties having more than one such judge. A determination to terminate such procedures may be made in the same manner.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3113.457 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3113 / § 3113.457
§ 3113.457. Requirements for account establishment
Status: in_force

September 8, 2016 House Bill 359 - 131st General Assembly Nothing in sections 3113.45 to 3113.459 of the Revised Code shall preclude a wireless service provider or reseller from applying to the petitioner any routine and customary requirements for account establishment as part of the transfer, including identification, financial information, and customer preferences.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.505 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.505
§ 3109.505. Consolidation of actions
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 207 - 130th General Assembly Any action described in section 3109.501 of the Revised Code may be consolidated with any action or proceeding for parental rights regarding a child conceived as a result of rape or sexual battery.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.28
§ 3119.28. Paying processing charge
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "current support payment" means the amount of support due an obligee that an obligor is required to pay in a particular payment for the current month as specified in a support order. "Current support payment" does not include payments on arrearages under the support order. (B) The obligor shall pay the amount imposed pursuant to section 3119.27 of the Revised Code with every current support payment, and with every payment on arrearages.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.14
§ 3109.14. Fees for vital statistics records
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "birth record" and "certification of birth" have the meanings given in section 3705.01 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The director of health, a person authorized by the director, a local commissioner of health, or a local registrar of vital statistics shall charge and collect a fee for each certified copy of a birth record, for each certification of birth, and for each copy of a death record. The fee shall be three dollars. The fee is in addition to the fee imposed by section 3705.24 or any other section of the Revised Code. A local commissioner of health or a local registrar of vital statistics may retain an amount of each additional fee collected, not to exceed three per cent of the amount of the additional fee, to be used for costs directly related to the collection of the fee and the forwarding of the fee to the department of health. The additional fees collected by the director of health or a person authorized by the director and the additional fees collected but not retained by a local commissioner of health or a local registrar of vital statistics shall be forwarded to the department of health not later than thirty days following the end of each quarter. Not later than two days after the fees are forwarded to the department each quarter, the department shall deposit the collected fees in the state treasury to the credit of the children's trust fund. A person or government entity that fails to forward the fees in a timely manner, as determined by the department, shall send to the department, in addition to the fees, a penalty equal to ten per cent of the fees. The department also shall deposit any penalty received in the state treasury to the credit of the children's trust fund. (2) Upon the filing for a divorce decree under section 3105.10 or a decree of dissolution under section 3105.65 of the Revised Code, a court of common pleas shall charge and collect a fee. The fee shall be eleven dollars. The fee is in addition to any other court costs or fees. The county clerk of courts may retain an amount of each additional fee collected, not to exceed three per cent of the amount of the additional fee, to be used for costs directly related to the collection of the fee and the forwarding of the fee to the treasurer of state. The additional fees collected, but not retained, under division (B)(2) of this section shall be forwarded to the treasurer of state not later than twenty days following the end of each month. The treasurer of state shall deposit the fees received under division (B)(2) of this section in the state treasury to the credit of the children's trust fund. A county clerk of courts that fails to forward the fees in a timely manner, as determined by the treasurer of state, shall send to the treasurer of state, in addition to the fees, a penalty equal to ten per cent of the fees. The treasurer of state also shall deposit any penalty received in the state treasury to the credit of the children's trust fund. (C) The children's trust fund is created in the state treasury. The treasurer of state shall invest the moneys in the fund, and all earnings resulting from investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund, except that actual administrative costs incurred by the treasurer of state in administering the fund may be deducted from the earnings resulting from investments. The amount that may be deducted shall not exceed three per cent of the total amount of fees credited to the fund in each fiscal year, except that the children's trust fund board may approve an amount for actual administrative costs exceeding three per cent but not exceeding four per cent of such amount. The balance of the investment earnings shall be credited to the fund. Moneys credited to the fund shall be used only for the purposes described in sections 3109.13 to 3109.179 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3127.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3127 / § 3127.03
§ 3127.03. Custody proceeding pertaining to Indian child
Status: in_force

April 11, 2005 Senate Bill 185 - 125th General Assembly (A) A child custody proceeding that pertains to an Indian child as defined in the Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. 1901 et seq., is not subject to sections 3127.01 to 3127.53 of the Revised Code to the extent that the proceeding is governed by the Indian Child Welfare Act. (B) A court of this state shall treat a tribe as if it were a state of the United States for the purpose of applying sections 3127.01 to 3127.53 of the Revised Code. (C) A child custody determination made by a tribe under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of sections 3127.01 to 3127.53 of the Revised Code shall be recognized and enforced under sections 3127.31 to 3127.47 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.45
§ 3123.45. Notice to board if obligor is not in default
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly A child support enforcement agency that sent a notice to a board of an individual's default under a child support order shall send to each board to which the agency sent the notice a further notice that the individual is not in default if it determines that the individual is not in default or any of the following occurs: (A) The individual makes full payment to the office of child support in the department of job and family services or, pursuant to sections 3125.27 to 3125.30 of the Revised Code, to the child support enforcement agency of the arrearage as of the date the payment is made. (B) If division (A) is not possible, the individual has presented to the agency sufficient evidence of current employment or of an account in a financial institution, the agency has confirmed the individual's employment or the existence of the account, and an appropriate withholding or deduction notice described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code has been issued to collect current support and any arrearage due under the child support order that was in default. (C) If divisions (A) and (B) are not possible, the individual presents evidence to the agency sufficient to establish that the individual is unable to work due to circumstances beyond the individual's control. (D) If divisions (A), (B), and (C) are not possible, the individual enters into and complies with a written agreement with the agency that requires the obligor to comply with either of the following: (1) A family support program administered or approved by the agency; (2) A program to establish compliance with a seek work order issued pursuant to section 3123.03 of the Revised Code. (E) If divisions (A), (B), (C), and (D) are not possible, the individual pays the balance of the total monthly obligation due for the ninety-day period preceding the date the agency sent the notice described in section 3123.44 of the Revised Code. The agency shall send the notice under this section not later than seven days after the agency determines the individual is not in default or that any of the circumstances specified in this section has occurred.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3127.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3127 / § 3127.45
§ 3127.45. Actions to locate, obtain return of child, or enforce custody determination
Status: in_force

April 11, 2005 Senate Bill 185 - 125th General Assembly (A) In a case arising under this chapter or involving the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects in International Child Abduction, the prosecutor may take any lawful action, including resort to a proceeding under sections 3127.31 to 3127.47 of the Revised Code or any other available civil proceeding, to locate a child, obtain the return of a child, or enforce a child custody determination if there is any of the following: (1) An existing child custody determination; (2) A request to locate a child, obtain the return of a child, or enforce a child custody determination from a court in a pending child custody proceeding; (3) A reasonable belief that a criminal statute has been violated; (4) A reasonable belief that the child has been wrongfully removed or retained in violation of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. (B) A prosecutor acting under this section acts on behalf of the court and may not represent any party.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.301 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.301
§ 3115.301. Proceedings under act
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, sections 3115.301 to 3115.319 of the Revised Code apply to all proceedings under this chapter. (B) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this chapter by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country that has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3125.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3125 / § 3125.24
§ 3125.24. Supervision by department of job and family services
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly Each child support enforcement agency shall be operated under the supervision of the department of job and family services in accordance with the program of child support enforcement established pursuant to section 3125.03 of the Revised Code. The department shall ensure that all child support enforcement agencies comply with all applicable state and federal support regulations, including the affirmative duties of Title IV-D of the Social Security Act.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.503 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.503
§ 3115.503. Employer's compliance with two or more income-withholding orders
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly If an obligor's employer or other payor receives two or more income-withholding orders with respect to the earnings of the same obligor, the employer or other payor satisfies the terms of the orders if the employer or other payor complies with the law of the state of the obligor's principal place of employment to establish the priorities for withholding and allocating income withheld for two or more child-support obligees.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.21
§ 3111.21. Notarizing acknowledgment
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly If the natural mother and alleged father of a child sign an acknowledgment of paternity affidavit prepared pursuant to section 3111.31 of the Revised Code with respect to that child at a child support enforcement agency, the agency shall provide a notary public to notarize or witnesses to witness the acknowledgment. Last updated October 4, 2023 at 4:07 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.802 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.802
§ 3115.802. Conditions of rendition
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) Before making a demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual charged criminally in this state with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee, the governor of this state may require a prosecutor of this state to demonstrate that at least sixty days previously the obligee had initiated proceedings for support pursuant to this chapter or that the proceeding would be of no avail. (B) If, under this chapter or a law substantially similar to this chapter, the governor of another state makes a demand that the governor of this state surrender an individual charged criminally in that state with having failed to provide for the support of a child or other individual to whom a duty of support is owed, the governor may require a prosecutor to investigate the demand and report whether a proceeding for support has been initiated or would be effective. If it appears that a proceeding would be effective but has not been initiated, the governor may delay honoring the demand for a reasonable time to permit the initiation of a proceeding. (C) If a proceeding for support has been initiated and the individual whose rendition is demanded prevails, the governor may decline to honor the demand. If the petitioner prevails and the individual whose rendition is demanded is subject to a support order, the governor may decline to honor the demand if the individual is complying with the support order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.121 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.121
§ 3123.121. Rules for keeping case files open
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly The director of job and family services shall adopt, revise, or amend rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to assist in the implementation of section 3123.12 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.502 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.502
§ 3109.502. Continuation of declaration of paternity proceedings during criminal proceedings
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 207 - 130th General Assembly An action under section 3109.501 of the Revised Code shall be continued until the court renders a judgment and all appeals have been exhausted in the criminal proceedings regarding the charge of rape or sexual battery that is the basis of the action. On the final disposition of the criminal proceedings, the court shall do one of the following: (A) Proceed with the action if the person was convicted of or pleaded guilty to rape or sexual battery; (B) Dismiss the action if the person was acquitted of the charge of rape or sexual battery.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.90 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.90
§ 3123.90. Withholding from casino and sports gaming winnings
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Casino facility," "casino operator," and "management company" have the meanings defined in section 3772.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Sports gaming proprietor" has the meaning defined in section 3775.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Lottery sports gaming" has the same meaning as in section 3770.23 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of job and family services shall develop and implement a real time data match program with each casino facility's casino operator or management company and with each sports gaming proprietor to identify obligors who are subject to a final and enforceable determination of default made under sections 3123.01 to 3123.07 of the Revised Code. (C) Subject to division (E) of this section, upon the data match program's implementation, if a person receives a payout of winnings at a casino facility or from sports gaming in an amount for which reporting to the internal revenue service of the amount is required by section 6041 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, the casino operator, management company, or sports gaming proprietor shall refer to the data match program to determine if the person entitled to the winnings is in default under a support order. If the data match program indicates that the person is in default, the casino operator, management company, or sports gaming proprietor shall withhold from the person's winnings an amount sufficient to satisfy any past due support owed by the obligor identified in the data match up to the amount of the winnings. (D) Not later than fourteen days after withholding the amount, the casino operator, management company, or sports gaming proprietor shall electronically transmit any amount withheld to the department as payment on the support obligation. (E) A sports gaming proprietor that offers lottery sports gaming through a terminal described in division (B)(3) of section 3770.24 of the Revised Code shall not withhold amounts under this section from winnings from wagers placed through that terminal. The state lottery commission shall withhold amounts from those winnings under section 3770.071 of the Revised Code. (F) The department, in consultation with the Ohio casino control commission, may adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as are necessary for implementation of this section. Last updated July 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.951 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.951
§ 3123.951. Submitting names of delinquent obligors
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly Any child support enforcement agency that chooses to participate in the poster program established by the office of child support may submit names of obligors that meet the criteria in section 3123.952 of the Revised Code to the office. The office shall select obligors to be displayed on a poster from the names submitted by the agencies.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.01
§ 3107.01. Adoption definitions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly As used in sections 3107.01 to 3107.20 of the Revised Code: (A) "Adoption" means to create the legal relationship of parent and child between the petitioner and the adopted person, as if the adopted person were a legitimate blood descendant of the petitioner, for all purposes including inheritance and applicability of statutes, documents, and instruments, whether executed before or after the adoption is decreed, and which do not expressly exclude an adopted person from their operation or effect. (B) "Agency" means any public or private organization certified, licensed, or otherwise specially empowered by law or rule to place minors for adoption. (C) "Attorney" means a person who has been admitted to the bar by order of the Ohio supreme court. (D) "Best interest" means the factors a court uses to determine the best interest of a child as set forth in section 3107.161 of the Revised Code. (E) "Child" means a son or daughter, whether by birth or by adoption. (F) "Court" means the probate courts of this state, and when the context requires, means the court of any other state empowered to grant petitions for adoption. (G) "Date of placement" means the date on which a child is living with the child's prospective adoptive parent and becomes eligible for adoption pursuant to statutory authority, judgment decree or court order, or as otherwise authorized by law. (H) "Foster caregiver" has the same meaning as in section 5103.02 of the Revised Code. (I) "Identifying information" means any of the following with regard to a person: first name, last name, maiden name, alias, social security number, address, telephone number, place of employment, number used to identify the person for the purpose of the statewide education management information system established pursuant to section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code, and any other number federal or state law requires or permits to be used to identify the person. (J) "Kinship caregiver" has the same meaning as in section 5180.50 of the Revised Code. (K) "Legal custodian" has the same meaning as in section 5103.16 of the Revised Code. (L) "Legal custody" has the same meaning as in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code. (M) "Minor" means a person under the age of eighteen years. (N) "Parent" means a legally recognized natural or adoptive parent of a child. (O) "Party" means a petitioner, adoptee, or any other person or agency that is part of an adoption proceeding and whose consent to the adoption is necessary but has not been obtained. (P) "Permanent custody" has the same meaning as in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code. (Q) "Placement" means the act by a public children services agency, a private child placing agency, or a parent who is utilizing an agency or attorney that is intended to arrange for the care or custody of a child in accordance with Chapter 5103. of the Revised Code. (R) "Planned permanent living arrangement" has the same meaning as in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code. (S) "Putative father" means a man, including one under age eighteen, who may be a child's father and to whom all of the following apply: (1) He is not married to the child's mother at the time of the child's conception or birth; (2) He has not adopted the child; (3) He has not been determined, prior to the date a petition to adopt the child is filed, to have a parent and child relationship with the child by a court proceeding pursuant to sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code, a court proceeding in another state, an administrative agency proceeding pursuant to sections 3111.38 to 3111.54 of the Revised Code, or an administrative agency proceeding in another state; (4) He has not acknowledged paternity of the child pursuant to sections 3111.21 to 3111.35 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 21, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3105.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3105 / § 3105.48
§ 3105.48. Confidentiality of communications
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 House Bill 461 - 129th General Assembly A collaborative family law communication is confidential to the extent agreed by the parties in a signed record or as provided by the law of this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.85 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.85
§ 3111.85. Administrative support orders issued prior to 1-1-98
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly An administrative support order issued pursuant to former section 3111.21 of the Revised Code prior to January 1, 1998, that is in effect on the effective date of this section shall remain in effect on and after the effective date of this section and shall be considered an administrative support order issued pursuant to section 3111.81 of the Revised Code for all purposes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.953 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.953
§ 3119.953. Determination of existing support order
Status: in_force

April 3, 2024 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) On receipt of an application for Title IV-D services from the caretaker of a child under section 3119.951 of the Revised Code, or a Title IV-D services referral regarding the child, the child support enforcement agency shall determine whether the child is the subject of an existing child support order. (B) If the child is the subject of an existing child support order, the agency shall comply with sections 3119.955 to 3119.9519 of the Revised Code. (C) If the child is not the subject of an existing child support order, the agency shall comply with sections 3119.9523 and 3119.9525 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 3, 2023 at 5:48 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.46
§ 3111.46. Finding paternity or nonpaternity
Status: in_force

February 11, 2019 Senate Bill 70 - 132nd General Assembly On receipt of the genetic test results, the administrative officer shall do one of the following: (A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, if the results of the genetic testing show a ninety-nine per cent or greater probability that the alleged father is the natural father of the child, the administrative officer of the agency shall issue an administrative order that the alleged father is the father of the child who is the subject of the proceeding. (2) If identical siblings are named as the alleged father under division (A)(1) of this section, the administrative officer shall refer the case to the court and shall not issue an administrative order deciding the paternity of the child who is the subject of the proceeding. (B) If the results of genetic testing show less than a ninety-nine per cent probability that the alleged father is the natural father of the child, the administrative officer shall issue an administrative order that the alleged father is not the father of the child who is the subject of the proceeding. An order issued pursuant to this section shall be sent to parties in accordance with the Civil Rule governing service and filing of pleadings and other papers subsequent to the original complaint.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.014 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.014
§ 3107.014. Qualifications of assessors
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, only an individual who meets all of the following requirements may perform the duties of an assessor under sections 3107.031 , 3107.032 , 3107.082 , 3107.09 , 3107.101 , 3107.12 , 5103.0324 , and 5103.152 of the Revised Code: (1) The individual must be in the employ of, appointed by, or under contract with a court, public children services agency, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency; (2) The individual must be one of the following: (a) A licensed professional clinical counselor, licensed professional counselor, independent social worker, social worker, independent marriage and family therapist, or marriage and family therapist licensed under Chapter 4757. of the Revised Code; (b) A psychologist licensed under Chapter 4732. of the Revised Code; (c) A student working to earn a four-year, post-secondary degree, or higher, in a social or behavior science, or both, who conducts assessor's duties under the supervision of a licensed professional clinical counselor, licensed professional counselor, independent social worker, social worker, independent marriage and family therapist, or marriage and family therapist licensed under Chapter 4757. of the Revised Code or a psychologist licensed under Chapter 4732. of the Revised Code. Beginning July 1, 2009, a student is eligible under this division only if the supervising licensed professional clinical counselor, licensed professional counselor, independent social worker, social worker, independent marriage and family therapist, marriage and family therapist, or psychologist has completed training in accordance with rules adopted under section 3107.015 of the Revised Code. (d) A civil service employee engaging in social work without a license under Chapter 4757. of the Revised Code, as permitted by division (A)(5) of section 4757.41 of the Revised Code; (e) A former employee of a public children services agency who, while so employed, conducted the duties of an assessor or the duties of a PCSA caseworker or PCSA caseworker supervisor as defined in section 5153.01 of the Revised Code; (f) An employee of a court or public children services agency who is employed to conduct the duties of an assessor; (g) A PCSA caseworker or PCSA caseworker supervisor as defined in section 5153.01 of the Revised Code; (h) An individual who holds at least a bachelor's degree in any of the following human services fields and has at least one year of experience working with families and children: (i) Social work; (ii) Sociology; (iii) Psychology; (iv) Guidance and counseling; (v) Education; (vi) Religious education; (vii) Business administration; (viii) Criminal justice; (ix) Public administration; (x) Child care administration; (xi) Nursing; (xii) Family studies; (xiii) Any other human services field related to working with children and families. (3) The individual must complete training in accordance with rules adopted under section 3107.015 of the Revised Code. (B) An individual in the employ of, appointed by, or under contract with a court prior to September 18, 1996, to conduct adoption investigations of prospective adoptive parents may perform the duties of an assessor under sections 3107.031 , 3107.032 , 3107.082 , 3107.09 , 3107.101 , 3107.12 , 5103.0324 , and 5103.152 of the Revised Code if the individual complies with division (A)(3) of this section regardless of whether the individual meets the requirement of division (A)(2) of this section. (C) A court, public children services agency, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency may employ, appoint, or contract with an assessor in the county in which a petition for adoption is filed and in any other county or location outside this state where information needed to complete or supplement the assessor's duties may be obtained. More than one assessor may be utilized for an adoption. (D) The department of children and youth shall maintain an assessor registry. The registry shall list all individuals who are employed, appointed by, or under contract with a court, public children services agency, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency and meet the requirements of an assessor as described in this section. A public children services agency, private child placing agency, private noncustodial agency, court, or any other person may contact the department to determine if an individual is listed in the assessor registry. An individual listed in the assessor registry shall immediately inform the department when that individual is no longer employed, appointed by, or under contract with a court, public children services agency, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency to perform the duties of an assessor as described in this section. The director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code necessary for the implementation, contents, and maintenance of the registry, and any sanctions related to the provision of information, or the failure to provide information, that is needed for the proper operation of the assessor registry. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.63 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.63
§ 3123.63. Adopting rules concerning license provisions
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly The director of job and family services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 , 3123.53 to 3123.60 , and 3123.62 of the Revised Code. The rules shall include both of the following: (A) Requirements concerning the contents of, and the conditions for issuance of, a notice required by section 3123.44 or 3123.55 of the Revised Code. The rules shall require the contents of the notice to include information about the effect of a license suspension and appropriate steps that an individual can take to avoid license suspension. (B) Requirements establishing standards for confirming an individual's employment or the existence of an account pursuant to sections 3123.45 and 3123.56 of the Revised Code. (C) Requirements concerning the authority of a child support enforcement agency to direct the registrar of motor vehicles to eliminate from the abstract maintained by the bureau of motor vehicles any reference to the suspension of an individual's license, permit, or endorsement imposed under section 3123.58 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.351 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.351
§ 3119.351. Contents of notice of medical support enforcement activity
Status: in_force

December 13, 2002 House Bill 657 - 124th General Assembly The notice of medical support enforcement activity shall contain all of the following: (A) The date on which it is sent; (B) A statement that the person has been designated as a person required to provide health insurance coverage for children who are the subject of a child support order; (C) A statement that a national medical support notice has been sent to the person's employer; (D) A statement of the purpose of the national medical support notice, of what it will require of the person's employer and any applicable health plan administrator, and that amounts will be withheld from the person's income to pay for health insurance for the children; (E) A statement of the person's right to contest the national medical support notice through mistake of fact proceedings; (F) An explanation of the mistake of fact proceedings available to the person and the actions the person must take to pursue those proceedings.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.52
§ 3107.52. Access to records
Status: in_force

September 18, 1996 House Bill 419 - 121st General Assembly (A) The department of health's records pertaining to proceedings under sections 3107.45 to 3107.53 of the Revised Code are not public records subject to inspection or copying under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (B) No person who is the subject of personal information contained in a record listed in division (A) of this section may inspect or copy all or part of any such record except pursuant to section 3107.47 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.47
§ 3123.47. Refusal, nonrenewal or suspension of license of obligor
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, a board shall determine whether the individual named in the notice holds or has applied for a license from the board. If the board determines that the individual holds or has applied for a license and the individual is the individual named in the notice and does not receive a notice pursuant to section 3123.45 or 3123.46 of the Revised Code, the board may not issue a license to the individual, may not renew a license issued to the individual, and shall suspend any license issued to the individual.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.49
§ 3123.49. Hearing
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly Notwithstanding section 119.06 of the Revised Code, a board shall not hold any hearing in connection with an order refusing to issue or renew a license for, or suspending a license of, an individual pursuant to section 3123.47 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.084 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.084
§ 3107.084. Withdrawing consent
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 House Bill 5 - 135th General Assembly (A) A consent to adoption is irrevocable and cannot be withdrawn after an interlocutory entry or final decree of adoption. The consent of a minor is not voidable by reason of the minor's age. (B) A consent to adoption may be withdrawn prior to the entry of an interlocutory order or prior to the entry of a final decree of adoption if the court finds after hearing that the withdrawal is in the best interest of the person to be adopted and the court by order authorizes the withdrawal of consent. Notice of the hearing shall be given to the petitioner, the person seeking the withdrawal of consent, and the agency placing the minor for adoption. Last updated February 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3113.452 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3113 / § 3113.452
§ 3113.452. Form of order
Status: in_force

September 8, 2016 House Bill 359 - 131st General Assembly An order issued in compliance with section 3113.451 of the Revised Code shall include the following: (A) The name and billing telephone number of the account holder; (B) The name and contact information of the petitioner to whom the wireless service number or numbers shall be transferred; (C) Each wireless service number to be transferred to the petitioner.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.50
§ 3121.50. Distributing amount forwarded to obligee
Status: in_force

October 1, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly On receipt of any amount forwarded from a payor or financial institution, the office of child support shall distribute the amount to the obligee within two business days of its receipt of the amount forwarded. Unless otherwise prohibited from doing so by a law of this state or the United States, the office may distribute the amount by means of electronic disbursement, and the obligee shall accept payment by means of electronic disbursement. The director of job and family services may adopt, revise, or amend rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to assist in the implementation of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3125.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3125 / § 3125.08
§ 3125.08. Administrative rules for access to and use of data
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly The director of job and family services shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code concerning access to, and use of, data maintained in the automated system established pursuant to section 3125.07 of the Revised Code that do the following: (A) Permit access to and use of data only to the extent necessary to carry out programs under Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended, and specify the data that may be used for particular program purposes, and the personnel permitted access to the data; (B) Require monitoring of access to and use of the automated system to prevent and promptly identify unauthorized use; (C) Establish procedures to ensure that all personnel who may have access to or be required to use data are informed of applicable requirements and penalties and have been trained in security procedures; (D) Establish administrative penalties, up to and including dismissal from employment, for unauthorized access to, or disclosure or use of, data.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.73 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.73
§ 3111.73. Annual report
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly Not later than July 1, 1998, and the first day of each July thereafter, the department of job and family services shall complete a report on the hospitals that have not entered into contracts described in this section. The department shall submit the report to the chairperson and ranking minority member of the committees of the house of representatives and senate with primary responsibility for issues concerning paternity establishment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3105.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3105 / § 3105.32
§ 3105.32. When action for annulment must be commenced and by what parties
Status: in_force

September 24, 1963 House Bill 467 - 105th General Assembly An action to obtain a decree of nullity of a marriage must be commenced within the periods and by the parties as follows: (A) For the cause mentioned in division (A) of section 3105.31 of the Revised Code, by the party to the marriage who was married under the age at which persons may be joined in marriage as established by section 3101.01 of the Revised Code, within two years after arriving at such age; or by a parent, guardian, or other person having charge of such party at any time before such party has arrived at such age; (B) For the cause mentioned in division (B) of section 3105.31 of the Revised Code, by either party during the life of the other or by such former husband or wife; (C) For the cause mentioned in division (C) of section 3105.31 of the Revised Code, by the party aggrieved or a relative or guardian of the party adjudicated mentally incompetent at any time before the death of either party; (D) For the cause mentioned in division (D) of section 3105.31 of the Revised Code, by the party aggrieved within two years after the discovery of the facts constituting fraud; (E) For the cause mentioned in division (E) of section 3105.31 of the Revised Code, by the party aggrieved within two years from the date of the said marriage; (F) For the cause mentioned in division (F) of section 3105.31 of the Revised Code, by the party aggrieved within two years from the date of the marriage.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.01
§ 3111.01. Parent and child relationship defined
Status: in_force

April 3, 2024 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) As used in sections 3111.01 to 3111.85 of the Revised Code, "parent and child relationship" means the legal relationship that exists between a child and the child's natural or adoptive parents and upon which those sections and any other provision of the Revised Code confer or impose rights, privileges, duties, and obligations. The "parent and child relationship" includes the mother and child relationship and the father and child relationship. (2) The parent and child relationship extends equally to all children and all parents, regardless of the marital status of the parents. (B) As used in this chapter, "caretaker" has the same meaning as in section 3119.01 of the Revised Code. Last updated April 3, 2024 at 4:06 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.068 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.068
§ 3107.068. Obligation of mother
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 250 - 130th General Assembly The mother of a child is not obligated to place the child for adoption even if notice is served to a putative father of the child under section 3107.067 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.82 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.82
§ 3119.82. Designating parent entitled to claim federal income tax deduction
Status: in_force

February 11, 2019 Senate Bill 70 - 132nd General Assembly Except when including a revised amount of child support in a revised child support order as recommended pursuant to section 3119.63 of the Revised Code, whenever a court issues, or whenever a court modifies, reviews, or otherwise reconsiders a court child support order, or upon the request of any party, the court shall designate which parent may claim the children who are the subject of the court child support order as dependents for federal income tax purposes as set forth in section 151 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 1, as amended. If the parties agree on which parent should claim the children as dependents, the court shall designate that parent as the parent who may claim the children. If the parties do not agree, the court, in its order, may permit the parent who is not the residential parent and legal custodian to claim the children as dependents for federal income tax purposes only if the court determines that this furthers the best interest of the children and, with respect to orders the court modifies, reviews, or reconsiders, the payments for child support are substantially current as ordered by the court for the year in which the children will be claimed as dependents. In cases in which the parties do not agree which parent may claim the children as dependents, the court shall consider, in making its determination, any net tax savings, the relative financial circumstances and needs of the parents and children, the amount of time the children spend with each parent, the eligibility of either or both parents for the federal earned income tax credit or other state or federal tax credit, and any other relevant factor concerning the best interest of the children. If the court determines that the parent who is not the residential parent and legal custodian may claim the children as dependents for federal income tax purposes, it shall order the residential parent to take whatever action is necessary pursuant to section 152 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 1, as amended, to enable the parent who is not the residential parent and legal custodian to claim the children as dependents for federal income tax purposes in accordance with the order of the court. Any willful failure of the residential parent to comply with the order of the court is contempt of court.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.07
§ 3111.07. Parties to action - intervention
Status: in_force

April 3, 2024 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The natural mother, each man presumed to be the father under section 3111.03 of the Revised Code, each man alleged to be the natural father, and a caretaker of a child shall be made parties to the action brought pursuant to sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code or, if not subject to the jurisdiction of the court, shall be given notice of the action pursuant to the Rules of Civil Procedure and shall be given an opportunity to be heard. The child support enforcement agency of the county in which the action is brought also shall be given notice of the action pursuant to the Rules of Civil Procedure and shall be given an opportunity to be heard. The court may align the parties. The child shall be made a party to the action unless a party shows good cause for not doing so. Separate counsel shall be appointed for the child if the court finds that the child's interests conflict with those of the mother. If the person bringing the action knows that a particular man is not or, based upon the facts and circumstances present, could not be the natural father of the child, the person bringing the action shall not allege in the action that the man is the natural father of the child and shall not make the man a party to the action. (B) If an action is brought pursuant to sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code and the child to whom the action pertains is or was being provided support by a caretaker, the department of job and family services, a county department of job and family services, or another public agency, the caretaker, department, county department, or agency may intervene for purposes of collecting or recovering the support. Last updated April 3, 2024 at 4:05 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.89 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.89
§ 3111.89. Coverage of provisions
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly Sections 3111.88 to 3111.96 of the Revised Code deal with non-spousal artificial insemination for the purpose of impregnating a woman so that she can bear a child that she intends to raise as her child. These sections do not deal with the artificial insemination of a wife with the semen of her husband or with surrogate motherhood.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.30
§ 3123.30. Notice contents
Status: in_force

February 11, 2019 Senate Bill 70 - 132nd General Assembly The notice sent under section 3123.29 of the Revised Code shall contain both of the following: (A) A statement of the date the notice is sent, that another of the account holders is an obligor under a support order, the name of the obligor, that the support order is in default, the amount of the arrearage owed by the obligor as determined by the court or child support enforcement agency, the amount that will be withdrawn, the type of account from which the amount will be withdrawn, and the name of the financial institution from which the amount will be withdrawn; (B) A statement that the person may object to the withdrawal by filing with the agency, no later than fourteen days after the date on which the notice is issued, a written request for an administrative hearing to determine whether any amount contained in the account is the property of the person to whom the notice is sent and should not be subject to the withdrawal directive.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.607 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.607
§ 3115.607. Contest of registration or enforcement
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered support order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or more of the following defenses: (1) The issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction over the contesting party. (2) The order was obtained by fraud. (3) The order has been vacated, suspended, or modified by a later order. (4) The issuing tribunal has stayed the order pending appeal. (5) There is a defense under the law of this state to the remedy sought. (6) Full or partial payment has been made. (7) The statute of limitation under section 3115.604 of the Revised Code precludes enforcement of some or all of the alleged arrearages. (8) The alleged controlling order is not the controlling order. (B) If a party presents evidence establishing a full or partial defense under division (A) of this section, a tribunal may stay enforcement of a registered support order, continue the proceeding to permit production of additional relevant evidence, and issue other appropriate orders. An uncontested portion of the registered support order may be enforced by all remedies available under the law of this state. (C) If the contesting party does not establish a defense under division (A) of this section to the validity or enforcement of a registered support order, the registering tribunal shall issue an order confirming the order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.15
§ 3121.15. Issuing notice requiring withholding when obligor begins employment
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly When a court or child support enforcement agency has issued one or more notices containing one or more of the requirements described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code requiring withholding by a payor that is not an employer or requiring deduction by a financial institution, a court has issued one or more court orders described in division (C) or (D) of that section, or an agency has issued an administrative order under division (D) of that section and the agency administering the support order is informed that the obligor has commenced employment, that agency shall issue a notice requiring the withholding of an amount from the person's personal earnings for support, in accordance with section 3121.03 of the Revised Code. The notice is final and is enforceable by the court. Additionally, if the court or agency determines that payments due under the support order have not been made and that the amount that has not been paid is at least equal to the support owed for one month under the support order, the court shall proceed to collect on any cash bond and shall order it paid to the office of child support in the department of job and family services.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.205 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.205
§ 3115.205. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child-support order
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child-support order if the order is the controlling order and either of the following applies: (1) At the time of the filing of a request for modification, this state is the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued. (2) Even if this state is not the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued, the parties consent in a record or in open court that the tribunal of this state may continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify its order. (B) A tribunal or support enforcement agency of this state that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this state may not exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order if either of the following applies: (1) All of the parties who are individuals file consent in a record with the tribunal of this state that a tribunal of another state that has jurisdiction over at least one of the parties who is an individual or that is located in the state of residence of the child may modify the order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction. (2) Its order is not the controlling order. (C) If a tribunal of another state has issued a child- support order pursuant to the uniform interstate family support act or a law substantially similar to that act that modifies a child-support order of a tribunal of this state, tribunals of this state shall recognize the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other state. (D) A tribunal of this state that lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child-support order may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to modify a support order issued in that state. (E) A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of a jurisdictional conflict does not create continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in the issuing tribunal.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.05
§ 3111.05. Statute of limitations
Status: in_force

June 29, 1982 House Bill 245 - 114th General Assembly An action to determine the existence or nonexistence of the father and child relationship may not be brought later than five years after the child reaches the age of eighteen. Neither section 3111.04 of the Revised Code nor this section extends the time within which a right of inheritance or a right to a succession may be asserted beyond the time provided by Chapter 2105., 2107., 2113., 2117, or 2123. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.66 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.66
§ 3109.66. Form of caretaker authorization affidavit
Status: in_force

April 3, 2024 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The caretaker authorization affidavit that a grandparent described in section 3109.65 of the Revised Code may execute shall be identical in form and content to the following: CARETAKER AUTHORIZATION AFFIDAVIT Use of this affidavit is authorized by sections 3109.65 to 3109.73 of the Ohio Revised Code. Completion of items 1-7 and the signing and notarization of this affidavit is sufficient to authorize the grandparent signing to exercise care, physical custody, and control of the child who is its subject, including authority to enroll the child in school, to discuss with the school district the child's educational progress, to consent to all school-related matters regarding the child, and to consent to medical, psychological, or dental treatment for the child. The child named below lives in my home, I am 18 years of age or older, and I am the child's grandparent. 1. Name of child: 2. Child's date and year of birth: 3. Child's social security number (optional): 4. My name: 5. My home address: 6. My date and year of birth: 7. My Ohio driver's license number or identification card number: 8. Despite having made reasonable attempts, I am either: (a) Unable to locate or contact the child's parents, or the child's guardian or custodian; or (b) I am unable to locate or contact one of the child's parents and I am not required to contact the other parent because paternity has not been established; or (c) I am unable to locate or contact one of the child's parents and I am not required to contact the other parent because there is a custody order regarding the child and one of the following is the case: (i) The parent has been prohibited from receiving notice of a relocation; or (ii) The parental rights of the parent have been terminated. 9. I hereby certify that this affidavit is not being executed for the purpose of enrolling the child in a school or school district so that the child may participate in the academic or interscholastic athletic programs provided by that school or district. WARNING: DO NOT SIGN THIS FORM IF ANY OF THE ABOVE STATEMENTS ARE INCORRECT. FALSIFICATION IS A CRIME UNDER SECTION 2921.13 OF THE REVISED CODE, PUNISHABLE BY THE SANCTIONS UNDER CHAPTER 2929. OF THE REVISED CODE, INCLUDING A TERM OF IMPRISONMENT OF UP TO 6 MONTHS, A FINE OF UP TO $1,000, OR BOTH. I declare that the foregoing is true and correct: Signed:__________________________Date:___________________ Grandparent State of Ohio ) ) ss: County of _______________) Subscribed, sworn to, and acknowledged before me this ______ day of _________, _____________ _____________________________________ Notary Public Notices: 1. The grandparent's signature must be notarized by an Ohio notary public. 2. The grandparent who executed this affidavit must file it with the juvenile court of the county in which the grandparent resides or any other court that has jurisdiction over the child under a previously filed motion or proceeding not later than five days after the date it is executed. 3. This affidavit does not affect the rights of the child's parents, guardian, or custodian regarding the care, physical custody, and control of the child, and does not give the grandparent legal custody of the child. 4. A person or entity that relies on this affidavit, in good faith, has no obligation to make any further inquiry or investigation. 5. This affidavit terminates on the occurrence of whichever of the following occurs first: (1) the child ceases to live with the grandparent who signs this form; (2) the parent, guardian, or custodian of the child acts to negate, reverse, or otherwise disapprove an action or decision of the grandparent who signed this affidavit, and the grandparent either voluntarily returns the child to the physical custody of the parent, guardian, or custodian or fails to file a complaint to seek custody within fourteen days; (3) the affidavit is terminated by court order; (4) the death of the child who is the subject of the affidavit; or (5) the death of the grandparent who executed the affidavit. A parent, guardian, or custodian may negate, reverse, or disapprove a grandparent's action or decision only by delivering written notice of negation, reversal, or disapproval to the grandparent and the person acting on the grandparent's action or decision in reliance on this affidavit. If this affidavit terminates other than by the death of the grandparent, the grandparent who signed this affidavit shall notify, in writing, all of the following: (a) Any schools, health care providers, or health insurance coverage provider with which the child has been involved through the grandparent; (b) Any other person or entity that has an ongoing relationship with the child or grandparent such that the person or entity would reasonably rely on the affidavit unless notified of the termination; (c) The court in which the affidavit was filed after its creation. The grandparent shall make the notifications not later than one week after the date the affidavit terminates. 6. The decision of a grandparent to consent to or to refuse medical treatment or school enrollment for a child is superseded by a contrary decision of a parent, custodian, or guardian of the child, unless the decision of the parent, guardian, or custodian would jeopardize the life, health, or safety of the child. Additional information: To caretakers: 1. If the child stops living with you, you are required to notify, in writing, any school, health care provider, or health care insurance provider to which you have given this affidavit. You are also required to notify, in writing, any other person or entity that has an ongoing relationship with you or the child such that the person or entity would reasonably rely on the affidavit unless notified. The notifications must be made not later than one week after the child stops living with you. 2. If you do not have the information requested in item 7 (Ohio driver's license or identification card), provide another form of identification such as your social security number or medicaid number. 3. You must include with the caretaker authorization affidavit the following information: (a) The child's present address, the addresses of the places where the child has lived within the last five years, and the name and present address of each person with whom the child has lived during that period; (b) Whether you have participated as a party, a witness, or in any other capacity in any other litigation, in this state or any other state, that concerned the allocation, between the parents of the same child, of parental rights and responsibilities for the care of the child and the designation of the residential parent and legal custodian of the child or that otherwise concerned the custody of the same child; (c) Whether you have information of any parenting proceeding concerning the child pending in a court of this or any other state; (d) Whether you know of any person who has physical custody of the child or claims to be a parent of the child who is designated the residential parent and legal custodian of the child or to have parenting time rights with respect to the child or to be a person other than a parent of the child who has custody or visitation rights with respect to the child; (e) Whether you previously have been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any criminal offense involving any act that resulted in a child's being an abused child or a neglected child or previously have been determined, in a case in which a child has been adjudicated an abused child or a neglected child, to be the perpetrator of the abusive or neglectful act that was the basis of the adjudication. 4. If the child's parent, guardian, or custodian acts to terminate the caretaker authorization affidavit by delivering a written notice of negation, reversal, or disapproval of an action or decision of yours or removes the child from your home and if you believe that the termination or removal is not in the best interest of the child, you may, within fourteen days, file a complaint in the juvenile court to seek custody. You may retain physical custody of the child until the fourteen-day period elapses or, if you file a complaint, until the court orders otherwise. To school officials: 1. This affidavit, properly completed and notarized, authorizes the child in question to attend school in the district in which the grandparent who signed this affidavit resides and the grandparent is authorized to provide consent in all school-related matters and to discuss with the school district the child's educational progress. This affidavit does not preclude the parent, guardian, or custodian of the child from having access to all school records pertinent to the child. 2. The school district may require additional reasonable evidence that the grandparent lives at the address provided in item 5 of the affidavit. 3. A school district or school official that reasonably and in good faith relies on this affidavit has no obligation to make any further inquiry or investigation. 4. The act of a parent, guardian, or custodian of the child to negate, reverse, or otherwise disapprove an action or decision of the grandparent who signed this affidavit constitutes termination of this affidavit. A parent, guardian, or custodian may negate, reverse, or disapprove a grandparent's action or decision only by delivering written notice of negation, reversal, or disapproval to the grandparent and the person acting on the grandparent's action or decision in reliance on this affidavit. To health care providers: 1. A person or entity that acts in good faith reliance on a CARETAKER AUTHORIZATION AFFIDAVIT to provide medical, psychological, or dental treatment, without actual knowledge of facts contrary to those stated in the affidavit, is not subject to criminal liability or to civil liability to any person or entity, and is not subject to professional disciplinary action, solely for such reliance if the applicable portions of the form are completed and the grandparent's signature is notarized. 2. The decision of a grandparent, based on a CARETAKER AUTHORIZATION AFFIDAVIT, shall be honored by a health care facility or practitioner, school district, or school official unless the health care facility or practitioner or educational facility or official has actual knowledge that a parent, guardian, or custodian of a child has made a contravening decision to consent to or to refuse medical treatment for the child. 3. The act of a parent, guardian, or custodian of the child to negate, reverse, or otherwise disapprove an action or decision of the grandparent who signed this affidavit constitutes termination of this affidavit. A parent, guardian, or custodian may negate, reverse, or disapprove a grandparent's action or decision only by delivering written notice of negation, reversal, or disapproval to the grandparent and the person acting on the grandparent's action or decision in reliance on this affidavit. Last updated April 3, 2024 at 4:06 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.62 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.62
§ 3123.62. Determining whether defaulting obligor is recreational license holder
Status: in_force

December 13, 2002 House Bill 657 - 124th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "recreational license" means any license, permit, or stamp issued pursuant to section 1533.10 , 1533.11 , 1533.111 , 1533.112 , or 1533.32 of the Revised Code. (B) If a court or child support enforcement agency makes a final and enforceable determination pursuant to sections 3123.01 to 3123.07 of the Revised Code that an individual is in default under a child support order, the agency administering the child support order may determine whether the individual holds a recreational license or, if possible, whether the individual has applied for, or is likely to apply for, such a license. If the agency determines that the individual holds, has applied for, or is likely to apply for, such a license, it shall follow procedures that are substantively the same as those set forth in sections 3123.42 to 3123.46 of the Revised Code and the division of wildlife shall follow procedures that are substantively the same as those set forth in sections 3123.47 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code with respect to the license if both of the following apply: (1) The division of wildlife has implemented a computer system that maintains license numbers for licenses issued by the division, the names of persons to whom licenses are issued, and the social security numbers of persons to whom licenses are issued. (2) The division has established safeguards that eliminate the risk that social security numbers provided to the division for the purpose of child support enforcement may be used for purposes other than those permitted by federal law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.75 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.75
§ 3121.75. Deducting fee for each withdrawal
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly A financial institution that responds to a request or provides information to the office of child support pursuant to an account information access agreement shall deduct a fee of five dollars for each withdrawal the financial institution makes from an obligor's account on receipt of a withdrawal directive under section 3123.37 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.772 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.772
§ 3119.772. Modification of order
Status: in_force

June 2, 2004 House Bill 149 - 125th General Assembly If a child support enforcement agency modifies an administrative child support order, or a court modifies a court child support order, based on an administrative review conducted pursuant to section 3119.771 of the Revised Code, the modification shall relate back to the later of the date the child support enforcement agency sent notice of the review pursuant to division (A) of section 3119.771 of the Revised Code or the first day of the month in which the obligor's active military service begins. The agency or court shall include a provision in the modified order stating that, except as otherwise provided in division (C) of section 3119.771 of the Revised Code, the modification will terminate and the prior amount of support be reinstated as of the first day of the month following the date that the obligor's active military service ends.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3127.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3127 / § 3127.53
§ 3127.53. Prospective application of chapter
Status: in_force

April 11, 2005 Senate Bill 185 - 125th General Assembly A motion or other request for relief made in a parenting or child custody proceeding or to enforce a parenting or child custody determination that was commenced before the effective date of this section is governed by the law in effect at the time the motion or other request was made. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.92 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.92
§ 3123.92. Providing determination of default to consumer reporting agency
Status: in_force

December 13, 2002 House Bill 657 - 124th General Assembly If a court or child support enforcement agency makes a final and enforceable determination pursuant to sections 3123.01 to 3123.07 of the Revised Code that an obligor is in default under a support order, the child support enforcement agency administering the support order shall contact at least one consumer reporting agency in this state and provide to the consumer reporting agency the obligor's name, address, and social security number or other identification number and any other identifying information concerning the obligor the child support enforcement agency has. A child support enforcement agency shall not charge a consumer reporting agency a fee for information provided by the child support enforcement agency pursuant to this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3101.051 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3101 / § 3101.051
§ 3101.051. Deleting social security numbers prior to inspecting records
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a probate court shall make available to any person for inspection the records pertaining to the issuance of marriage licenses as provided under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (B) Before it makes available to a person any records pertaining to the issuance of a marriage license as described in division (A) of this section, subject to division (C) of this section, a probate court shall delete or otherwise remove any social security numbers of the parties to a marriage so that they are not available to the person inspecting the records. (C) Division (B) of this section does not apply in any of the following circumstances: (1) If the records in question are inspected by authorized personnel of the division of child support in the department of job and family services under section 5101.37 of the Revised Code; (2) If the records in question are inspected by law enforcement personnel for purposes of a criminal investigation; (3) If the records in question with the social security numbers are necessary for use in a civil or criminal trial and the release of the records with the social security numbers is ordered by a court with jurisdiction over the trial; (4) If the records in question are inspected by either party to the marriage to which the records pertain; (5) If the court possessed the records in question prior to the effective date of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.313 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.313
§ 3115.313. Costs and fees
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs. (B) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of this state may assess against an obligor filing fees, reasonable attorney's fees, other costs, and necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by the obligee and the obligee's witnesses. The tribunal may not assess fees, costs, or expenses against the obligee or the support enforcement agency of either the initiating or responding state or foreign country, except as provided by other law. Attorney's fees may be taxed as costs, and may be ordered paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney's own name. Payment of support owed to the obligee has priority over fees, costs, and expenses. (C) The tribunal shall order the payment of costs and reasonable attorney's fees if it determines that a hearing was requested primarily for delay. In a proceeding under sections 3115.601 to 3115.616 of the Revised Code, a hearing is presumed to have been requested primarily for delay if a registered support order is confirmed or enforced without change.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.0614 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.0614
§ 3107.0614. Validity of notice
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 250 - 130th General Assembly (A) A notice served in accordance with section 3107.067 of the Revised Code on a putative father who is a resident of Ohio is valid regardless of whether the notice is served within or outside Ohio. (B) A notice served in accordance with section 3107.067 of the Revised Code outside Ohio on a putative father who is not a resident of Ohio is valid if the child was conceived: (1) In Ohio; or (2) Outside Ohio, if the laws of the state in which the father is served notice or resides or in which the child was conceived allow a putative father to file an action to determine parentage of the child.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.966 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.966
§ 3119.966. Costs and attorney fees
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly (A) If relief from a child support order is not granted pursuant to section 3119.962 of the Revised Code, the court shall require the person who filed the motion for relief to pay all court costs of the action and the reasonable attorney's fees of the opposing party. (B) If a person files an action under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code as described in section 3119.965 of the Revised Code and the court determines that no parent-child relationship exists between the person or the male minor and the child, the court shall require the person who filed the action to pay all court costs of the action and the reasonable attorney's fees of the opposing party.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3127.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3127 / § 3127.35
§ 3127.35. Registration of child custody determination by non-Ohio court - contest of validity
Status: in_force

April 11, 2005 Senate Bill 185 - 125th General Assembly (A) Subject to sections 2101.022 and 2301.03 of the Revised Code, the clerk of a juvenile court or other court with appropriate jurisdiction may register a child custody determination issued by a court of another state, with or without a simultaneous request for enforcement, on receipt of all of the following: (1) A letter or other document requesting that the child custody determination be registered; (2) Two copies, including one certified copy, of the determination sought to be registered, and a statement under penalty of perjury that, to the best of the knowledge and belief of the person seeking registration, the order has not been modified; (3) Except as otherwise provided in section 3127.23 of the Revised Code, the name and address of the person seeking registration and any parent who is designated the residential parent and legal custodian of the child or to have parenting time with respect to the child or any person acting as a parent who has been awarded custody or visitation in the child custody determination sought to be registered; (4) An advance deposit or fee established by the court. (B) On receipt of the documents and information required by division (A) of this section, the registering court shall do both of the following: (1) Cause the child custody determination to be filed as a foreign judgment together with one copy of any accompanying documents and information, regardless of their form; (2) Serve notice of the registration request on the persons named pursuant to division (A)(3) of this section, and provide them with an opportunity to contest the registration in accordance with this section. (C) The notice required by division (B)(2) of this section shall state all of the following: (1) That the registered child custody determination is enforceable as of the date of the registration in the same manner as a child custody determination issued by a court of this state; (2) That a hearing to contest the validity of the registered determination must be requested within thirty days after service of notice; (3) That failure to contest the registration shall result in confirmation of the child custody determination and preclude further contest of that determination with respect to any matter that could have been asserted. (D) A person seeking to contest the validity of a registered order shall request a hearing within thirty days after service of the notice. At that hearing, the court shall confirm the registered order unless the person contesting registration establishes one of the following circumstances: (1) The issuing court did not have jurisdiction under sections 3127.15 to 3127.24 of the Revised Code or a similar statute of another state. (2) The child custody determination sought to be registered has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court having jurisdiction to do so under sections 3127.15 to 3127.24 of the Revised Code or a similar statute of another state. (3) The person contesting registration was entitled to notice of the child custody proceeding for which registration is sought, but notice was not given in accordance with the standards of section 3127.07 of the Revised Code or a similar statute of another state. (E) If a timely request for a hearing to contest the validity of the registration is not made, the registration is confirmed as a matter of law and the person requesting registration and all persons served in accordance with division (B)(2) of this section must be notified of the confirmation. (F) Confirmation of a registered child custody determination, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the determination with respect to any matter that could have been asserted at the time of registration.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.101 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.101
§ 3115.101. Short title
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008." This chapter uses the numbering system of the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws. The digits to the right of the decimal point are sequential and not supplemental to any preceding Revised Code section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.18
§ 3111.18. Preparing new birth record
Status: in_force

March 16, 1989 House Bill 790 - 117th General Assembly As used in this section, "birth record" has the meaning given in section 3705.01 of the Revised Code. Upon the order of a court of this state or upon the request of a court of another state, the department of health shall prepare a new birth record consistent with the findings of the court and shall substitute the new record for the original birth record.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.9515 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.9515
§ 3119.9515. Notice of redirection order or recommendation
Status: in_force

April 3, 2024 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) On issuing an order or making a recommendation under section 3119.9513 of the Revised Code, the child support enforcement agency shall provide notice of the following to the parent or caretaker of the child subject to the order or recommendation: (1) The results of its investigation under section 3119.955 or 3119.957 of the Revised Code; (2) For an administrative child support order, notice of the following: (a) That the agency has issued a redirection order under section 3119.9513 of the Revised Code regarding the child support order and a copy of the redirection order; (b) The right to object to the redirection order by bringing an action under section 2151.231 of the Revised Code not later than fourteen days after the order is issued; (c) That the order becomes final and enforceable if no timely objection is made; (d) The effective date of the order as determined under section 3119.9519 of the Revised Code. (3) For a court child support order, notice of the following: (a) That the agency has made a recommendation for a redirection order under section 3119.9513 of the Revised Code to the court that has jurisdiction over the court child support order, and a copy of the recommendation; (b) The right to object to the redirection by requesting a hearing with the court that has jurisdiction over the court child support order not later than fourteen days after the recommendation is issued; (c) That the recommendation will be submitted to the court for inclusion in a redirection order, unless a request for a court hearing is made not later than fourteen days after the recommendation is issued; (d) The effective date of the redirection order as determined under section 3119.9519 of the Revised Code. (B) The notice under division (A) of this section shall be included as part of the applicable order or recommendation. Last updated October 3, 2023 at 5:45 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.74 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.74
§ 3123.74. Complaint to request execution sale
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly (A) To obtain a sale of property subject to a lien established under sections 3123.66 to 3123.68 of the Revised Code, a child support enforcement agency shall file, with the appropriate court of the county in which the property is located, as described in section 3123.741 of the Revised Code, a complaint stating that the agency has obtained a lien on real and personal property of the obligor that is located in the county and that the agency is entitled to have the property sold to obtain child support that is in arrears and subsequently overdue and asks the court to issue an order that the property be sold by an execution sale in accordance with Chapter 2329. of the Revised Code. The agency shall establish, to the satisfaction of the court, at a hearing described in this section that the agency has obtained the lien and is entitled to the requested order. (B) On receipt of a complaint described in this section, the court shall conduct a hearing expeditiously. If, at the hearing, the court determines that it has jurisdiction in the matter in accordance with section 3123.741 of the Revised Code and that the child support enforcement agency has obtained a lien pursuant to sections 3123.66 to 3123.68 of the Revised Code and is entitled to have the real and personal property of the obligor in the county sold by execution sale to obtain the child support that is in arrears and subsequently overdue, the court shall issue an order that the property be sold by execution sale in accordance with Chapter 2329. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.74 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.74
§ 3111.74. Acknowledgment conflicting with presumption of paternity
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly If the hospital knows or determines that a man is presumed under section 3111.03 of the Revised Code to be the father of a child and that the presumed father is not the man who signed or is attempting to sign an acknowledgment with respect to the child, the hospital shall take no further action with regard to the acknowledgment and shall not send the acknowledgment to the office of child support.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.15
§ 3107.15. Effect of final decree or interlocutory order of adoption
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) A final decree of adoption and an interlocutory order of adoption that has become final as issued by a court of this state, or a decree issued by a jurisdiction outside this state as recognized pursuant to section 3107.18 of the Revised Code, shall have the following effects as to all matters within the jurisdiction or before a court of this state, whether issued before or after May 30, 1996: (1)(a) Except with respect to a spouse of the petitioner and relatives of the spouse, to relieve the biological or other legal parents of the adopted person of all parental rights and responsibilities, and to terminate all legal relationships between the adopted person and the adopted person's relatives, including the adopted person's biological or other legal parents, so that, except as provided under division (A)(1)(b) of this section, the adopted person thereafter is a stranger to the adopted person's former relatives for all purposes including inheritance and the interpretation or construction of documents, statutes, and instruments, whether executed before or after the adoption is decreed, which do not expressly include the person by name or by some designation not based on a parent and child or blood relationship; (b) The legal parents of an adopted person may be notified that a sibling of the adopted person has been placed into out-of-home care. For the purposes of this division, "sibling" means a former biological sibling, former legal sibling, or any person who would have been considered a sibling if not for a termination or other disruption of parental rights. (2) To create the relationship of parent and child between petitioner and the adopted person, as if the adopted person were a legitimate blood descendant of the petitioner, for all purposes including inheritance and applicability of statutes, documents, and instruments, whether executed before or after the adoption is decreed, and whether executed or created before or after May 30, 1996, which do not expressly exclude an adopted person from their operation or effect; (3) Notwithstanding division (A)(2) of this section, a person who is eighteen years of age or older at the time the person is adopted, and the adopted person's lineal descendants, are not included as recipients of gifts, devises, bequests, or other transfers of property, including transfers in trust made to a class of persons including, but not limited to, children, grandchildren, heirs, issue, lineal descendants, and next of kin, for purposes of inheritance and applicability of statutes, documents, and instruments, whether executed or created before or after May 30, 1996, unless the document or instrument expressly includes the adopted person by name or expressly states that it includes a person who is eighteen years of age or older at the time the person is adopted. (B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, if a parent of a child dies without the relationship of parent and child having been previously terminated and a spouse of the living parent thereafter adopts the child, the child's rights from or through the deceased parent for all purposes, including inheritance and applicability or construction of documents, statutes, and instruments, are not restricted or curtailed by the adoption. (C) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, if the relationship of parent and child has not been terminated between a parent and that parent's child and a spouse of the other parent of the child adopts the child, a grandparent's or relative's right to companionship or visitation pursuant to section 3109.11 of the Revised Code is not restricted or curtailed by the adoption. (D) An interlocutory order of adoption, while it is in force, has the same legal effect as a final decree of adoption. If an interlocutory order of adoption is vacated, it shall be as though void from its issuance, and the rights, liabilities, and status of all affected persons that have not become vested are governed accordingly. Last updated August 11, 2021 at 12:20 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.09
§ 3107.09. Taking social and medical histories of biological parents
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of children and youth shall prescribe and supply forms for the taking of social and medical histories of the biological parents of a minor available for adoption. (B) An assessor shall record the social and medical histories of the biological parents of a minor available for adoption, unless the minor is to be adopted by the minor's stepparent or grandparent. The assessor shall use the forms prescribed pursuant to division (A) of this section. The assessor shall not include on the forms identifying information about the biological parents or other ancestors of the minor. (C) A social history shall describe and identify the age; ethnic, racial, religious, marital, and physical characteristics; and educational, cultural, talent and hobby, and work experience background of the biological parents of the minor. A medical history shall identify major diseases, malformations, allergies, ear or eye defects, major conditions, and major health problems of the biological parents that are or may be congenital or familial. These histories may include other social and medical information relative to the biological parents and shall include social and medical information relative to the minor's other ancestors. The social and medical histories may be obtained through interviews with the biological parents or other persons and from any available records if a biological parent or any legal guardian of a biological parent consents to the release of information contained in a record. An assessor who considers it necessary may request that a biological parent undergo a medical examination. In obtaining social and medical histories of a biological parent, an assessor shall inform the biological parent, or a person other than a biological parent who provides information pursuant to this section, of the purpose and use of the histories and of the biological parent's or other person's right to correct or expand the histories at any time. (D) A biological parent, or another person who provided information in the preparation of the social and medical histories of the biological parents of a minor, may cause the histories to be corrected or expanded to include different or additional types of information. The biological parent or other person may cause the histories to be corrected or expanded at any time prior or subsequent to the adoption of the minor, including any time after the minor becomes an adult. A biological parent may cause the histories to be corrected or expanded even if the biological parent did not provide any information to the assessor at the time the histories were prepared. To cause the histories to be corrected or expanded, a biological parent or other person who provided information shall provide the information to be included or specify the information to be corrected to whichever of the following is appropriate under the circumstances: (1) Subject to divisions (D)(2) and (3) of this section, to the assessor who prepared the histories if the biological parent or other person knows the assessor; (2) Subject to division (D)(3) of this section, to the court involved in the adoption or, if that court is not known, to the department of health, if the biological parent or person does not know the assessor or finds that the assessor has ceased to perform assessments; (3) To the department of health, if the histories were originally completed by the biological parent pursuant to section 3107.393 of the Revised Code or, regardless of whether the histories were originally completed pursuant to this section or section 3107.091 or 3107.393 of the Revised Code, the biological parent seeks to correct or expand the histories at the same time the biological parent completes a contact preference form pursuant to section 3107.39 of the Revised Code or a biological parent's name redaction request form pursuant to section 3107.391 of the Revised Code. An assessor who receives information from a biological parent or other person pursuant to division (D)(1) of this section shall determine whether the information is of a type that divisions (B) and (C) of this section permit to be included in the histories. If the assessor determines the information is of a permissible type, the assessor shall cause the histories to be corrected or expanded to reflect the information. If, at the time the information is received, the histories have been filed with the court as required by division (E) of this section, the court shall cooperate with the assessor in correcting or expanding the histories. If the department of health or a court receives information from a biological parent or other person pursuant to division (D)(2) of this section or the department receives information from a biological parent pursuant to division (D)(3) of this section, it shall determine whether the information is of a type that divisions (B) and (C) of this section permit to be included in the histories. If a court determines the information is of a permissible type, the court shall cause the histories to be corrected or expanded to reflect the information. If the department of health so determines, the court involved shall cooperate with the department in the correcting or expanding of the histories. An assessor or the department of health shall notify a biological parent or other person in writing if the assessor or department determines that information the biological parent or other person provided or specified for inclusion in a history is not of a type that may be included in a history. On receipt of the notice, the biological parent or other person may petition the court involved in the adoption to make a finding as to whether the information is of a type that may be included in a history. On receipt of the petition, the court shall issue its finding without holding a hearing. If the court finds that the information is of a type that may be included in a history, it shall cause the history to be corrected or expanded to reflect the information. (E) An assessor shall file the social and medical histories of the biological parents prepared pursuant to divisions (B) and (C) of this section with the court with which a petition to adopt the biological parents' child is filed. The court promptly shall provide a copy of the social and medical histories filed with it to the petitioner. In a case involving the adoption of a minor by any person other than the minor's stepparent or grandparent, a court may refuse to issue an interlocutory order or final decree of adoption if the histories of the biological parents have not been so filed, unless the assessor certifies to the court that information needed to prepare the histories is unavailable for reasons beyond the assessor's control. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.174 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.174
§ 3109.174. Submission of regional prevention plan
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Each child abuse and child neglect regional prevention council shall submit to the children's trust fund board a regional prevention plan for funding child abuse and child neglect prevention programs and activities based on criteria set forth by the children's trust fund. The plan shall be submitted on the form and in the manner specified in rules adopted by the department of children and youth pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.63 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.63
§ 3119.63. Reviewing court child support order
Status: in_force

March 28, 2019 House Bill 366, Senate Bill 70 - 132nd General Assembly The child support enforcement agency shall review a court child support order on the date established pursuant to section 3119.60 of the Revised Code for formally beginning the review of the order and shall do all of the following: (A) Calculate a revised child support computation worksheet and issue a child support recommendation under the court child support order, including adding or adjusting a payment on arrearages in accordance with section 3123.21 of the Revised Code; (B) If the court child support order under review contains a deviation granted under sections 3119.06 , 3119.22 , 3119.23 , 3119.231 , and 3119.24 of the Revised Code, apply the deviation from the existing order to the revised amount of child support, provided that the agency can determine the monetary or percentage value of the deviation with respect to the court child support order. If the agency cannot determine the monetary or percentage value of the deviation, the agency shall not apply the deviation to the revised amount of child support. (C) Give the obligor and obligee notice, by ordinary mail, of the revised amount of child support, of their right to request an administrative hearing on the revised amount, of the procedures and time deadlines for requesting the hearing, and that the revised amount of child support will be submitted to the court for inclusion in a revised court child support order unless the obligor or obligee requests an administrative hearing on the proposed change within fourteen days after the notice under this division is issued; (D) Give the obligor and obligee notice, by ordinary mail, that if the court child support order contains a deviation granted under section 3119.06 , 3119.22 , 3119.23 , or 3119.24 of the Revised Code, a parenting time adjustment granted under section 3119.051 of the Revised Code, or if the obligor or obligee intends to request a deviation from the child support amount to be paid under the court child support order, the obligor and obligee have a right to request a court hearing on the revised amount of child support without first requesting an administrative hearing and that the obligor or obligee, in order to exercise this right, must make the request for a court hearing no later than fourteen days after the notice is issued; (E) If neither the obligor nor the obligee timely requests, pursuant to division (C) or (D) of this section, an administrative or court hearing on the revised amount of child support, submit the revised amount of child support to the court for inclusion in a revised court child support order; (F) If the obligor or the obligee timely requests an administrative hearing on the revised child support amount, schedule a hearing on the issue, give the obligor and obligee notice of the date, time, and location of the hearing, conduct the hearing in accordance with the rules adopted under section 3119.76 of the Revised Code, and determine at the hearing revised support obligations under the court child support order, including adding or adjusting a payment on arrearages in accordance with section 3123.21 of the Revised Code. (G) If an agency determines revised support obligations under division (F) of this section, give notice to the obligor and obligee of the revised amount of child support, that they may request a court hearing on the revised amount within fourteen days after notice of the revised amount is issued, and that the agency will submit the revised amount of child support to the court for inclusion in a revised court child support order, if neither the obligor nor the obligee requests a court hearing on the revised amount of child support; (H) If neither the obligor nor the obligee requests, pursuant to division (G) of this section, a court hearing on the revised amount of child support, submit the revised amount of child support to the court for inclusion in a revised court child support order. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.48
§ 3107.48. Adoptee's request for assistance to birth parent or sibling in finding name by adoption
Status: in_force

September 18, 1996 House Bill 419 - 121st General Assembly (A) An adopted person age twenty-one or older may submit a request with the department of health for the department to assist the adopted person's birth parent or birth sibling in finding the adopted person's name by adoption pursuant to section 3107.49 of the Revised Code. The adopted person shall submit the request on a form prescribed by the department under section 3107.51 of the Revised Code. If the adopted person provides all the information required by section 3107.51 of the Revised Code on the form, the department shall file it in the adopted person's adoption file and assist the birth parent or birth sibling in finding the adopted person's name by adoption unless the adopted person rescinds the request pursuant to division (B) of this section. (B) An adopted person who has requested under division (A) of this section that the department of health assist the adopted person's birth parent or birth sibling in finding the adopted person's name by adoption pursuant to section 3107.49 of the Revised Code may rescind the request and prohibit the department from assisting the birth parent or birth sibling in finding the adopted person's name by adoption pursuant to section 3107.49 of the Revised Code. The department shall remove the request from the adopted person's adoption file and destroy the request to rescind the request if the adopted person does both of the following: (1) Makes a written request to the department; (2) Provides to the department the adopted person's residence address, notarized signature, and two items of identification of the adopted person. (C) An adopted person may submit requests under division (A) of this section and rescind requests under division (B) of this section as many times as the adopted person wishes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.18
§ 3121.18. Fees
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly A payor ordered to withhold a specified amount from the income of an employee under a withholding notice described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code may deduct from the income of the person, in addition to the amount withheld for purposes of support, a fee of the greater of two dollars or an amount not exceeding one per cent of the amount withheld as a charge for its services in complying with the withholding notice. A financial institution required to deduct funds from an account under a deduction notice described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code may deduct from the account of the person, in addition to the amount deducted for purposes of support, a fee of the lesser of five dollars or an amount not exceeding the lowest rate it charges, if any, for a debit transaction in a similar account as a charge for its service in complying with the deduction notice.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3103.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3103 / § 3103.07
§ 3103.07. Property
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A married person may take, hold, and dispose of property, real or personal, the same as if unmarried.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.9539 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.9539
§ 3119.9539. Duration of impoundment
Status: in_force

April 3, 2024 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Impoundment of child support under section 3119.9537 of the Revised Code regarding a redirection order described in section 3119.9535 of the Revised Code shall continue until further order from the child support enforcement agency administering the administrative child support order or from the court with jurisdiction over the court child support order, whichever is applicable. Last updated October 3, 2023 at 5:50 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.32
§ 3119.32. General requirements for order concerning health insurance coverage
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly A child support order shall contain all of the following: (A)(1) If the obligor, obligee, or both obligor and obligee, are required under section 3119.30 of the Revised Code to provide health care coverage for the children, a requirement that whoever is required to provide health care coverage provide to the other, not later than thirty days after the issuance of the order, information regarding the benefits, limitations, and exclusions of the coverage, copies of any forms necessary to receive reimbursement, payment, or other benefits under the coverage, and a copy of any necessary proof of coverage; (2) If the obligor, obligee, or both obligor and obligee, are required under section 3119.30 of the Revised Code to provide health care coverage for the children, a requirement that whoever is required to provide health care coverage provide to the child support enforcement agency, not later than thirty days after the issuance of the order, documentation that verifies that coverage is being provided as ordered. (B) A statement setting forth the name and address of the individual who is to be reimbursed for medical expenses. (C) A requirement that a person required to provide health care coverage for the children designate the children as covered dependents under any health care coverage policy, contract, or plan. (D) A requirement that the obligor, the obligee, or both of them under a formula established by the court, with respect to a court child support order, or the child support enforcement agency, with respect to an administrative child support order, pay extraordinary medical expenses for the children. (E) A notice that the employer of the person required to obtain health care coverage through that employer is required to release to the other parent, any person subject to an order issued under section 3109.19 of the Revised Code, or the child support enforcement agency on written request any necessary information on the health care coverage, including the name and address of the health plan administrator and any policy, contract, or plan number, and to otherwise comply with this section and any order or notice issued under this section. (F) A statement setting forth the full name and date of birth of each child who is the subject of the child support order. (G) A notice that states the following: "If the person required to obtain health care coverage for the children subject to this child support order obtains new employment, the agency shall comply with the requirements of section 3119.34 of the Revised Code, which may result in the issuance of a notice requiring the new employer to take whatever action is necessary to enroll the children in private health care insurance coverage provided by the new employer, when insurance is not being provided by any other source."
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.63 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.63
§ 3107.63. Birth parent may request open adoption agreement
Status: in_force

September 18, 1996 House Bill 419 - 121st General Assembly (A) A birth parent who voluntarily chooses to have the birth parent's child placed for adoption may request that the agency or attorney arranging the child's adoptive placement provide for the birth parent and prospective adoptive parent to enter into an open adoption with terms acceptable to the birth parent and prospective adoptive parent. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the agency or attorney shall provide for the open adoption if the birth parent and prospective adoptive parent agree to the terms of the open adoption. (B) An agency or attorney arranging a child's adoptive placement may refuse to provide for the birth parent and prospective adoptive parent to enter into an open adoption. If the agency or attorney refuses, the agency or attorney shall offer to refer the birth parent to another agency or attorney the agency or attorney knows will provide for the open adoption.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.95 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.95
§ 3119.95. Health care coverage included in caretaker support order
Status: in_force

April 3, 2024 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly A child support order subject to sections 3119.951 to 3119.9541 of the Revised Code shall include the health care coverage and cash medical support required for the child subject to the order. Last updated October 3, 2023 at 5:44 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3103.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3103 / § 3103.01
§ 3103.01. Mutual obligations
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Husband and wife contract towards each other obligations of mutual respect, fidelity, and support.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.591 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.591
§ 3123.591. Removal of record of suspension for juveniles
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly A child support enforcement agency may, pursuant to rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code, direct the registrar of motor vehicles to eliminate from the abstract maintained by the bureau of motor vehicles any reference to the suspension of an individual's license, permit, or endorsement imposed under section 3123.58 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.011
§ 3109.011. Capacity of person given consent to marry
Status: in_force

April 8, 2019 House Bill 511 - 132nd General Assembly A person granted consent to marry under section 3101.04 of the Revised Code has the capacity of a person of the age of eighteen years or more, as described in section 3109.01 of the Revised Code, except that the person is not a qualified elector for purposes of Chapter 3503. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.28
§ 3123.28. Withdrawal directive
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly If a child support enforcement agency that completes an account investigation does not find that any person other than the obligor has an ownership interest in the account, it shall issue a withdrawal directive pursuant to section 3123.37 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.93 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.93
§ 3111.93. Provisions of consent form
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly (A) Prior to a non-spousal artificial insemination, the physician associated with it shall do the following: (1) Obtain the written consent of the recipient on a form that the physician shall provide. The written consent shall contain all of the following: (a) The name and address of the recipient and, if married, her husband; (b) The name of the physician; (c) The proposed location of the performance of the artificial insemination; (d) A statement that the recipient and, if married, her husband consent to the artificial insemination; (e) If desired, a statement that the recipient and, if married, her husband consent to more than one artificial insemination if necessary; (f) A statement that the donor shall not be advised by the physician or another person performing the artificial insemination as to the identity of the recipient or, if married, her husband and that the recipient and, if married, her husband shall not be advised by the physician or another person performing the artificial insemination as to the identity of the donor; (g) A statement that the physician is to obtain necessary semen from a donor and, subject to any agreed upon provision as described in division (A)(1)(n) of this section, that the recipient and, if married, her husband shall rely upon the judgment and discretion of the physician in this regard; (h) A statement that the recipient and, if married, her husband understand that the physician cannot be responsible for the physical or mental characteristics of any child resulting from the artificial insemination; (i) A statement that there is no guarantee that the recipient will become pregnant as a result of the artificial insemination; (j) A statement that the artificial insemination shall occur in compliance with sections 3111.88 to 3111.96 of the Revised Code; (k) A brief summary of the paternity consequences of the artificial insemination as set forth in section 3111.95 of the Revised Code; (l) The signature of the recipient and, if married, her husband; (m) If agreed to, a statement that the artificial insemination will be performed by a person who is under the supervision and control of the physician; (n) Any other provision that the physician, the recipient, and, if married, her husband agree to include. (2) Upon request, provide the recipient and, if married, her husband with the following information to the extent the physician has knowledge of it: (a) The medical history of the donor, including, but not limited to, any available genetic history of the donor and persons related to him by consanguinity, the blood type of the donor, and whether he has an RH factor; (b) The race, eye and hair color, age, height, and weight of the donor; (c) The educational attainment and talents of the donor; (d) The religious background of the donor; (e) Any other information that the donor has indicated may be disclosed. (B) After each non-spousal artificial insemination of a woman, the physician associated with it shall note the date of the artificial insemination in the physician's records pertaining to the woman and the artificial insemination, and retain this information as provided in section 3111.94 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.39
§ 3119.39. Failure to make timely request for hearing
Status: in_force

December 13, 2002 House Bill 657 - 124th General Assembly If a person who has received a notice of medical support enforcement activity under section 3119.35 of the Revised Code fails to make a timely request under section 3119.38 of the Revised Code for an administrative hearing, the notice of medical support enforcement activity becomes a final determination of the child support enforcement agency that issued that notice that no mistake of fact exists in the national medical support notice referred to in the notice of medical support enforcement activity. When an agency's determination becomes final, the agency shall take further action as required by section 3119.41 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.30
§ 3121.30. Including obligor's date of birth and social security number in support orders
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly A support order, or modification of a support order, shall contain the date of birth and social security number of the obligor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3125.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3125 / § 3125.43
§ 3125.43. Information provided by department of taxation
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly The department of taxation shall not provide any information to the office of child support, except as provided in this section. For purposes of the establishment of paternity, the establishment, modification, or enforcement of support orders, and the location of absent parents pursuant to child support enforcement activities and activities to establish and enforce orders allocating parenting rights and responsibilities and parenting time orders, the office is authorized to obtain information concerning the residential address and income of taxpayers if that information is contained in the state tax records maintained by the department. The department shall not provide any information to the office if the provision of the information is prohibited by state or federal law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3105.88 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3105 / § 3105.88
§ 3105.88. Transmitting order to retirement program
Status: in_force

January 1, 2002 House Bill 535 - 123rd General Assembly The clerk of courts shall transmit a certified copy of an order described in section 3105.81 of the Revised Code to each public retirement program named in the order. If the clerk of courts fails to transmit an order, the public retirement program named in the order is not required to administer the order. The public retirement program shall retain an order in accordance with section 145.571 , 742.462 , 3305.21 , 3307.371 , 3309.671 , or 5505.261 of the Revised Code. If the public retirement program returns to the clerk of courts an order in accordance with section 145.571 , 742.462 , 3305.21 , 3307.371 , 3309.671 , or 5505.261 of the Revised Code, the clerk of courts shall notify the counsel of record that the order was not retained by the public retirement program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.45
§ 3121.45. Payments deemed to be gifts
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly Any payment of money by the person responsible for the support payments under a support order to the person entitled to receive the support payments that is not made to the office of child support, or to the child support enforcement agency administering the support order under sections 3125.27 to 3125.30 of the Revised Code, shall not be considered a payment of support under the support order and, unless the payment is made to discharge an obligation other than support, shall be deemed to be a gift.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.471 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.471
§ 3123.471. File of notices concerning obligors not currently licensed
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly A board shall maintain a file containing each notice it receives pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code that names an individual who does not hold a license issued by the board. On receipt of an application for a license from such an individual, the board shall proceed in accordance with section 3123.47 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.394 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.394
§ 3107.394. System for contacting biological parents regarding medical history
Status: in_force

March 20, 2015 Senate Bill 23 - 130th General Assembly (A) The department of health shall establish a system by which an adopted person or lineal descendant of an adopted person may request that the department mail to the adopted person's biological parent a question that the adopted person or lineal descendant has about the biological parent's medical history if both of the following apply: (1) The adopted person or lineal descendant received a copy of the contents of the adopted person's adoption file under section 3107.38 of the Revised Code with the biological parent's name redacted. (2) The adopted person's adoption file continues to contain a biological parent's name redaction request form for the biological parent at the time the adopted person or lineal descendant makes the request to the department. (B) The department shall mail to a biological parent a question it receives from an adopted person or lineal descendant of an adopted person under division (A) of this section if all of the following apply: (1) The adopted person or lineal descendant provides the department information needed for the department to find the adopted person's adoption file. (2) The department has the biological parent's mailing address. (3) The adopted person or lineal descendant complies with all of the department's requirements for accepting the question. (C) A biological parent who receives a question under division (B) of this section may provide an answer to the department. If the department receives the biological parent's answer, it shall forward the answer to the adopted person or lineal descendant who asked the question.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.43
§ 3111.43. Persons to be notified - genetic testing of persons present
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly If a child support enforcement agency is asked to determine the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship, the administrative officer shall provide notice of the request pursuant to the Rules of Civil Procedure to the natural mother of the child who is the subject of the request, each man presumed under section 3111.03 of the Revised Code to be the father of the child, and each man alleged to be the natural father. If the agency is unable to obtain service of process on the presumed father, alleged father, or natural mother within the time prescribed by section 3111.41 of the Revised Code, the agency shall proceed with genetic testing of all of those persons who are present on the date scheduled for the testing.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.773 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.773
§ 3119.773. Notice of date of termination of active military service
Status: in_force

June 2, 2004 House Bill 149 - 125th General Assembly If the amount to be paid under a child support order is modified pursuant to an administrative review conducted pursuant to section 3119.771 of the Revised Code, the obligor shall provide written notice of the date of termination of the obligor's active military service to the child support enforcement agency administering the order not later than the last day of the month in which the service ends.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.11
§ 3119.11. Court-ordered child support for a person with a disability regardless of age
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 House Bill 338 - 135th General Assembly Notwithstanding section 3109.01 of the Revised Code, when issuing or modifying a court child support order, a court may provide for the care and maintenance of a child who is a person with a disability and the subject of the order, to be issued or continue after the date the child reaches the age of majority. This section applies regardless of whether the child is younger or older than the age of majority when the court issues or modifies the order. The court shall comply with Chapters 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code when it makes or modifies an order under this section. Last updated February 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.203 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.203
§ 3115.203. Initiating and responding tribunal of state
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly Under this chapter, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state, and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.309 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.309
§ 3115.309. Private counsel
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.10
§ 3109.10. Liability of parents for willful and malicious assaults by their children
Status: in_force

October 29, 1996 House Bill 601 - 121st General Assembly As used in this section, "parent" has the same meaning as in section 3109.09 of the Revised Code. Any person is entitled to maintain an action to recover compensatory damages in a civil action, in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars and costs of suit in a court of competent jurisdiction, from the parent of a child under the age of eighteen if the child willfully and maliciously assaults the person by a means or force likely to produce great bodily harm. A finding of willful and malicious assault by a means or force likely to produce great bodily harm is not dependent upon a prior finding that the child is a delinquent child. Any action brought pursuant to this section shall be commenced and heard as in other civil actions for damages. The monetary limitation upon compensatory damages set forth in this section does not apply to a civil action brought pursuant to section 2307.70 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3129.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3129 / § 3129.03
§ 3129.03. Mental health care
Status: in_force

April 24, 2024 House Bill 68 - 135th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding section 5122.04 of the Revised Code, no mental health professional shall diagnose or treat a minor individual who presents for the diagnosis or treatment of a gender-related condition without first obtaining the consent of one of the following: (1) At least one parent of the minor individual; (2) At least one legal custodian of the minor individual; (3) The minor individual's guardian. (B) No mental health professional shall diagnose or treat a minor individual who presents for the diagnosis or treatment of a gender-related condition without screening the minor individual for both of the following during the course of diagnosis and treatment: (1) Other comorbidities that may be influencing the minor individual's gender-related condition, including depression, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorder, and other mental health conditions; (2) Physical, sexual, mental, and emotional abuse and other traumas. Last updated February 5, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.422 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.422
§ 3119.422. Child who does not meet the underwriting standards of policy
Status: in_force

December 13, 2002 House Bill 657 - 124th General Assembly Nothing in sections 3119.29 to 3119.56 of the Revised Code shall be construed to require a health plan administrator to accept for enrollment any child who does not meet the underwriting standards of the health insurance or health care policy, contract, or plan for which application is made.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.17
§ 3109.17. Biennial state plan for comprehensive child abuse and child neglect prevention
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The children's trust fund board shall establish a strategic plan for child abuse and child neglect prevention. The plan shall be transmitted to the governor, the president and minority leader of the senate, and the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives and shall be made available to the general public. (B) In developing and carrying out the strategic plan, the children's trust fund board shall, in accordance with rules adopted by the department pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, do all of the following: (1) Ensure that an opportunity exists for assistance through child abuse and child neglect prevention programs to persons throughout the state of various social and economic backgrounds; (2) Allocate funds to entities for the purpose of funding child abuse and child neglect prevention programs that have statewide significance and that have been approved by the children's trust fund board; (3) Provide for the monitoring of expenditures from the children's trust fund and of programs that receive money from the children's trust fund; (4) Establish reporting requirements for regional child abuse and child neglect prevention councils, including deadlines for the submission of the progress and annual reports required under section 3107.172 of the Revised Code. (5) Collaborate with appropriate persons and government entities and facilitate the exchange of information among those persons and entities for the purpose of child abuse and child neglect prevention; (6) Provide for the education of the public and professionals for the purpose of child abuse and child neglect prevention. (C) The children's trust fund board shall prepare a report for each fiscal biennium that delineates the expenditure of money from the children's trust fund. On or before January 1, 2002, and on or before the first day of January of a year that follows the end of a fiscal biennium of this state, the board shall file a copy of the report with the governor, the president and minority leader of the senate, and the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives. Last updated October 3, 2023 at 2:24 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3129.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3129 / § 3129.05
§ 3129.05. Enforcement
Status: in_force

April 24, 2024 House Bill 68 - 135th General Assembly (A) Any violation of section 3129.02 , section 3129.03 , or section 3129.06 of the Revised Code shall be considered unprofessional conduct and subject to discipline by the applicable professional licensing board. (B) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preempt any other private cause of action arising under the common law of this state. (C) The attorney general may bring an action to enforce compliance with section 3129.02 or 3129.03 of the Revised Code. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to deny, impair, or otherwise affect any right or authority of the attorney general, the state, or any agency, officer, or employee of the state, acting under any provision of the Revised Code, to institute or intervene in any proceeding. Last updated February 5, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3113.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3113 / § 3113.40
§ 3113.40. Obtaining last known residence information
Status: in_force

June 30, 1997 House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly When a shelter for victims of domestic violence provides accommodations to a person, the shelter, on admitting the person, shall determine, if possible, the person's last known residential address and county of residence. The information concerning the address and county of residence is confidential and may be released only to a public children services agency pursuant to section 2151.422 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.612 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.612
§ 3115.612. Recognition of order modified in another state
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly If a child-support order issued by a tribunal of this state is modified by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to its uniform interstate family support act, a tribunal of this state: (A) May enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears and interest accruing before the modification; (B) May provide appropriate relief for violations of its order that occurred before the effective date of the modification; (C) Shall recognize the modifying order of the other state, upon registration, for the purpose of enforcement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.17
§ 3123.17. Issuing or modifying support order when obligor is in default under prior order
Status: in_force

December 13, 2002 House Bill 657 - 124th General Assembly (A) When a court issues or modifies a court support order, the court shall determine the following: (1) Whether the obligor is in default under a prior court support order or the court support order being modified; (2) If the obligor is in default, the date the court support order went into default and the amount of support arrearages owed pursuant to the default. If the court determines the obligor is in default under a support order, the court shall issue a new order requiring the obligor to pay support. If the court determines the default was willful, the court may assess interest on the arrearage amount from the date the court specifies as the date of default to the date the court issues the new order requiring the payment of support and, if interest is assessed, shall compute the interest at the rate specified in section 1343.03 of the Revised Code. The court shall specify in the support order the amount of interest the court assessed against the obligor, if any, and incorporate the amount of interest into the new monthly payment plan. (B) When a court issues or modifies a court support order, the court may include in the support order a statement ordering either party to pay the costs of the action, including, but not limited to, attorney's fees, fees for genetic tests in contested actions under sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code, and court costs.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.66 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.66
§ 3123.66. Asserting lien upon default
Status: in_force

December 13, 2002 House Bill 657 - 124th General Assembly If a court or a child support enforcement agency makes a final and enforceable determination pursuant to sections 3123.01 to 3123.07 of the Revised Code that an obligor is in default under a support order, the agency administering the support order may assert a lien on real and personal property of the obligor located in this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3127.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3127 / § 3127.04
§ 3127.04. Foreign country treated as state - enforcement of foreign custody determinations
Status: in_force

April 11, 2005 Senate Bill 185 - 125th General Assembly (A) A court of this state shall treat a foreign country as if it were a state of the United States for the purpose of applying sections 3127.01 to 3127.24 of the Revised Code. (B) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section, a child custody determination made in a foreign country under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of sections 3127.01 to 3127.53 of the Revised Code shall be recognized and enforced under sections 3127.31 to 3127.47 of the Revised Code. (C) A court of this state need not apply sections 3127.01 to 3127.53 of the Revised Code if the law governing child custody determinations of a foreign country violates fundamental principles of human rights.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.60
§ 3109.60. Notice of termination
Status: in_force

March 20, 2013 House Bill 279 - 129th General Assembly When a power of attorney created pursuant to section 3109.52 of the Revised Code terminates pursuant to division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of section 3109.59 of the Revised Code, the grandparent designated as the attorney in fact shall notify, in writing, all of the following: (A) The school district in which the child attends school; (B) The child's health care providers; (C) The child's health insurance coverage provider; (D) The court in which the power of attorney was filed under section 3109.74 of the Revised Code; (E) The parent who is not the residential parent and legal custodian and who is required to be given notice under section 3109.55 of the Revised Code; (F) Any other person or entity that has an ongoing relationship with the child or grandparent such that the person or entity would reasonably rely on the power of attorney unless notified of the termination. The grandparent shall make the notifications not later than one week after the date the power of attorney terminates.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.306 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.306
§ 3115.306. Inappropriate tribunal
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal or support enforcement agency of this state, the tribunal or support enforcement agency shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal or support enforcement agency of this state or another state and notify the petitioner where and when the pleading was sent.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.103 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.103
§ 3115.103. State tribunal and support enforcement agencies
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) For purposes of carrying out the duties and responsibilities under this chapter, the juvenile court or the division of the court of common pleas that has jurisdiction over disputes arising under this chapter is the tribunal of this state and for the purposes of initiating a petition an agency designated under section 3125.10 of the Revised Code is also a tribunal of this state. (B) The agencies designated under section 3125.10 of the Revised Code are the support enforcement agencies of this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.02
§ 3109.02. Exception for veterans
Status: in_force

January 1, 1974 Senate Bill 1 - 110th General Assembly Any person who is eligible for a loan under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, any amendments thereto or re-enactment thereof, the Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952, any amendments thereto or re-enactment thereof, the Act of September 2, 1958, Public Law 85-857, 72 Stat. 1105, any amendments thereto or re-enactment thereof, or the Veterans' Readjustment Benefits Act of 1966, any amendments thereto or re-enactments thereof, whether or not he or his spouse is a minor, may, in his name and without any order of court or the intervention of a guardian or trustee, execute any instruments, take title to real property, borrow money thereon, and do all other acts necessary to secure to him all rights and benefits under said acts, or any regulations thereunder, in as full and ample manner as if he and his spouse had attained the age of eighteen years. No person eligible for such loan, or his spouse, is, by reason only of such minority, incompetent to acquire title to property by contract or to borrow thereon; and no instrument made in connection with acquiring title to real estate or making such loan shall be voidable on the grounds of minority of such person or his spouse. Any person who has qualified under said acts or any regulations thereunder and has secured a loan and taken title to real property thereunder is capable of disposing of such property by deed or other conveyance, notwithstanding the fact that he or his spouse is a minor, and no such deed or other conveyance shall be voidable on the grounds of minority of such person or his spouse.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.62 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.62
§ 3109.62. Military power of attorney
Status: in_force

July 20, 2004 House Bill 130 - 125th General Assembly A military power of attorney executed pursuant to section 574(a) of the "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994," 107 Stat. 1674 (1993), 10 U.S.C. 1044b, that grants a person's rights and responsibilities regarding the care, custody, and control of the person's child, including the ability to enroll the child in school, to obtain from the school district educational and behavioral information about the child, to consent to all school-related matters regarding the child, and to consent to medical, psychological, or dental treatment for the child shall be considered a power of attorney created pursuant to sections 3109.51 to 3109.61 of the Revised Code, as long as the military power of attorney, according to its terms, remains in effect.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.60
§ 3119.60. Proceedings prior to formal beginning of review
Status: in_force

February 11, 2019 Senate Bill 70 - 132nd General Assembly If a child support enforcement agency, periodically or on request of either parent, plans to review a child support order in accordance with the rules adopted pursuant to section 3119.76 of the Revised Code or otherwise plans to review a child support order, and if an application for services administered under Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended, has been completed and filed, the agency shall do all of the following prior to formally beginning the review: (A) Establish a date certain on which the review will formally begin; (B) Except as otherwise provided in section 3119.771 of the Revised Code, at least thirty days before formally beginning the review, send each parent notice by ordinary mail of the planned review, of the date when the review will formally begin, and that the review may add or adjust a payment on arrearages in accordance with section 3123.21 of the Revised Code; (C) Request each parent to provide the agency, no later than the scheduled date for formally beginning the review, with all of the following: (1) A copy of each parent's federal income tax return and all supporting schedules and documents from the previous year; (2) A copy of all pay stubs obtained by each parent within the preceding six months; (3) A copy of all other records evidencing the receipt of any other salary, wages, or compensation by each parent within the preceding six months; (4) A list of the group health insurance and health care policies, contracts, and plans available to each parent and their costs; (5) The current health insurance or health care policy, contract, or plan under which each parent is enrolled and its cost; (6) If either parent is a member of the uniformed services and is on active military duty, a copy of the parent's leave and earnings statement; (7) Any other information necessary to properly review the child support order. (D) Include in the notice sent pursuant to division (B) of this section, one of the following: (1) If the child support order being reviewed is a court child support order, a notice that a willful failure to provide the documents and other information requested pursuant to division (C) of this section is contempt of court and that the agency may proceed with the review and make reasonable assumptions with respect to the information that was not provided, in accordance with section 3119.72 of the Revised Code; (2) If the child support order being reviewed is an administrative child support order, a notice that if either parent fails to comply with the request for information, the agency may make reasonable assumptions with respect to the information that was not provided, in accordance with section 3119.72 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.31
§ 3111.31. Acknowledgment of paternity affidavit form
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The department of job and family services shall prepare an acknowledgment of paternity affidavit that includes in boldface type at the top of the affidavit the rights and responsibilities of and the due process safeguards afforded to a person who acknowledges that he is the natural father of a child, including that if an alleged father acknowledges a parent and child relationship he assumes the parental duty of support, that both signators waive any right to bring an action pursuant to sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code or make a request pursuant to section 3111.38 of the Revised Code, other than for purposes of rescinding the acknowledgment pursuant to section 3111.27 of the Revised Code in order to ensure expediency in resolving the question of the existence of a parent and child relationship, that either parent may rescind the acknowledgment pursuant to section 3111.27 of the Revised Code, that an action may be brought pursuant to section 3111.28 of the Revised Code, or a motion may be filed pursuant to section 3119.961 of the Revised Code, to rescind the acknowledgment, and that the natural father has the right to petition a court pursuant to section 3109.12 of the Revised Code for an order granting him reasonable parenting time with respect to the child and to petition the court for custody of the child pursuant to section 2151.23 of the Revised Code. The affidavit shall include all of the following: (A) Basic instructions for completing the form, including instructions that both the natural father and the mother of the child are required to sign the statement, that they may sign the statement without being in each other's presence, and that the signatures must be notarized or witnessed; (B) Blank spaces to enter the full name, social security number, date of birth and address of each parent; (C) Blank spaces to enter the full name, date of birth, and the residence of the child; (D) A blank space to enter the name of the hospital or department of health code number assigned to the hospital, for use in situations in which the hospital fills out the form pursuant to section 3727.17 of the Revised Code; (E) An affirmation by the mother that the information she supplied is true to the best of her knowledge and belief and that she is the natural mother of the child named on the form and assumes the parental duty of support of the child; (F) An affirmation by the father that the information he supplied is true to the best of his knowledge and belief, that he has received information regarding his legal rights and responsibilities, that he consents to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state, and that he is the natural father of the child named on the form and assumes the parental duty of support of the child; (G) Signature lines for the mother of the child and the natural father; (H) Signature lines for the notary public or witnesses; (I) An instruction to include or attach any other evidence necessary to complete the new birth record that is required by the department by rule. Last updated October 3, 2023 at 10:43 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.069 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.069
§ 3107.069. Proof of notice
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 250 - 130th General Assembly (A) If notice to a putative father is served by a party listed in division (A)(1) or (2) of section 3107.067 of the Revised Code, an agency or an attorney representing the person seeking to adopt a child, when filing a petition for adoption of the child, shall submit to the court an affidavit setting forth the circumstances surrounding the service of actual notice including the time, if known, date, and manner in which the actual notice was provided. (B) If notice to a putative father is served by a party listed in division (A)(3) of section 3107.067 of the Revised Code, an agency or an attorney representing the person seeking to adopt a child, when filing a petition for adoption of the child, shall submit to the court an affidavit prepared by the attorney representing the mother of the child setting forth the circumstances surrounding the service of actual notice including the time, if known, date, and manner in which the actual notice was provided.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.14
§ 3107.14. Presence of petitioner and adoptee at hearing - continuance - final decree or interlocutory order
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 House Bill 5 - 135th General Assembly (A) The petitioner and the person sought to be adopted shall appear at the hearing on the petition, unless the presence of either is excused by the court for good cause shown. (B) The court may continue the hearing from time to time to permit further observation, investigation, or consideration of any facts or circumstances affecting the granting of the petition, and may examine the petitioners separate and apart from each other. (C) If the court finds that the required consents have been obtained or are not necessary and that the adoption is in the best interest of the person sought to be adopted, it may issue a final decree of adoption or an interlocutory order of adoption that automatically becomes a final decree of adoption on a date specified in the order. Except as provided in division (A)(2) of section 3107.02 of the Revised Code, the final decree shall not be issued less than six months from the date of placement of the person to be adopted in the petitioner's home, unless sooner vacated by the court for good cause shown. The issuance of a final decree of adoption or an interlocutory order for adoption is subject to division (C)(1) of section 2151.86 , section 3107.064 , and division (E) of section 3107.09 of the Revised Code, and any other limitations specified in this chapter. In an interlocutory order of adoption, the court shall provide for observation, investigation, and a further report on the adoptive home during the interlocutory period. (D) The court shall dismiss the petition and determine whether to certify the case to the juvenile court of the county where the minor is then residing for appropriate action and disposition if it finds any of the following: (1) The requirements for a decree under division (C) of this section have not been satisfied; (2) The court vacates an interlocutory order of adoption (3) A person sought to be adopted was placed in the home of the petitioner in violation of law. (E) The issuance of a final decree or interlocutory order of adoption for an adult adoption under division (B)(4) of section 3107.02 of the Revised Code shall not disqualify that adult for services under section 2151.82 or 2151.83 of the Revised Code. Last updated February 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.609 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.609
§ 3115.609. Procedure to register child-support order of another state for modification
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child-support order issued in another state shall register that order in this state in the same manner provided in sections 3115.601 to 3115.608 of the Revised Code if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for modification.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.616 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.616
§ 3115.616. Procedure to register child-support order of foreign country for modification
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child-support order not under the convention may register that order in this state under sections 3115.601 to 3115.608 of the Revised Code if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or at another time. The petition must specify the grounds for modification.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3125.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3125 / § 3125.19
§ 3125.19. Budgeting and appropriation of funds
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly The board of county commissioners of each county shall budget and appropriate to the child support enforcement agency serving the county both of the following: (A) All federal money payable to the agency on the basis of its success in implementing activities related to child support enforcement under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act; (B) Any funds that may be received from other federal or state sources for the agency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.58 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.58
§ 3111.58. New birth record
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly If an administrative order determining the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship includes a finding that the child's father is a man other than the man named in the child's birth record as the father or is otherwise at variance with the child's birth record, the agency that made the determination shall notify the department of health of the determination as soon as any period for objection to the determination provided for in former section 3111.21 or 3111.22 or section 3111.49 of the Revised Code has elapsed. On receipt of notice under this section or notice from an agency of another state with authority to make paternity determinations that has made a determination of the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship, the department of health shall prepare a new birth record consistent with the agency's determination and substitute the new record for the original birth record.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3105.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3105 / § 3105.21
§ 3105.21. Order for disposition, care and maintenance of children
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly (A) Upon satisfactory proof of the causes in the complaint for divorce, annulment, or legal separation, the court of common pleas shall make an order for the disposition, care, and maintenance of the children of the marriage, as is in their best interests, and in accordance with section 3109.04 of the Revised Code. (B) Upon the failure of proof of the causes in the complaint, the court may make the order for the disposition, care, and maintenance of any dependent child of the marriage as is in the child's best interest, and in accordance with section 3109.04 of the Revised Code. (C) Any court of common pleas that makes or modifies an order for child support under this section shall comply with Chapters 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code. If any person required to pay child support under an order made under this section on or after April 15, 1985, or modified on or after December 1, 1986, is found in contempt of court for failure to make support payments under the order, the court that makes the finding, in addition to any other penalty or remedy imposed, shall assess all court costs arising out of the contempt proceeding against the person and require the person to pay any reasonable attorney's fees of any adverse party, as determined by the court, that arose in relation to the act of contempt.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3125.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3125 / § 3125.28
§ 3125.28. Provisions until support order is converted to automated centralized system
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code and except as provided in section 3125.29 of the Revised Code, a child support enforcement agency shall collect and disburse all support amounts under a support order it is administering pursuant to law as it existed prior to January 1, 1998, and shall collect the additional amount imposed under division (G)(1) of section 2301.35 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to January 1, 1998, until the support order is converted to the automated data processing system under section 3125.07 of the Revised Code and the office of child support authorizes centralized collection and disbursement of support amounts under the support order pursuant to the rules adopted under section 3121.71 of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code and except as provided in section 3125.29 of the Revised Code, the agency administering the support order shall collect the amounts permitted to be collected, and perform other duties required, with respect to the support order pursuant to division (D)(1) of section 2301.373 , division (B)(3)(a) of section 2301.374 , divisions (E)(4)(b), (F), and (I) of section 3111.23 , division (E) of section 3111.99 , divisions (G)(4)(b), (H)(3), and (K) of section 3113.21 , division (B) of section 3113.212 , division (E) of section 3113.99 , and division (A)(3) of section 5101.323 of the Revised Code as those sections existed prior to January 1, 1998, and the agency shall collect the amounts permitted to be collected by the office of child support, and perform other duties required of the office, with respect to the support order pursuant to section 3123.62 and section 3123.72 of the Revised Code, until the support order is converted and authorization for centralized collection and disbursement is given.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3113.458 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3113 / § 3113.458
§ 3113.458. Apportionment of assets or debts
Status: in_force

September 8, 2016 House Bill 359 - 131st General Assembly Nothing in sections 3113.45 to 3113.459 of the Revised Code shall affect the ability of the court to apportion the assets or debts of the parties as provided for in the Revised Code, or the ability to determine temporary use, possession, and control of personal property pursuant to division (E)(1)(h) of section 3113.31 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.23
§ 3119.23. Factors to be considered in granting a deviation
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly The court may consider any of the following factors in determining whether to grant a deviation pursuant to section 3119.22 of the Revised Code: (A) Special and unusual needs of the child or children, including needs arising from the physical or psychological condition of the child or children; (B) Other court-ordered payments; (C) Extended parenting time or extraordinary costs associated with parenting time, including extraordinary travel expenses when exchanging the child or children for parenting time; (D) The financial resources and the earning ability of the child or children; (E) The relative financial resources, including the disparity in income between parties or households, other assets, and the needs of each parent; (F) The obligee's income, if the obligee's annual income is equal to or less than one hundred per cent of the federal poverty level; (G) Benefits that either parent receives from remarriage or sharing living expenses with another person; (H) The amount of federal, state, and local taxes actually paid or estimated to be paid by a parent or both of the parents; (I) Significant in-kind contributions from a parent, including, but not limited to, direct payment for lessons, sports equipment, schooling, or clothing; (J) Extraordinary work-related expenses incurred by either parent; (K) The standard of living and circumstances of each parent and the standard of living the child would have enjoyed had the marriage continued or had the parents been married; (L) The educational opportunities that would have been available to the child had the circumstances requiring a child support order not arisen; (M) The responsibility of each parent for the support of others, including support of a child or children with disabilities who are not subject to the support order; (N) Post-secondary educational expenses paid for by a parent for the parent's own child or children, regardless of whether the child or children are emancipated; (O) Costs incurred or reasonably anticipated to be incurred by the parents in compliance with court-ordered reunification efforts in child abuse, neglect, or dependency cases; (P) Extraordinary child care costs required for the child or children that exceed the maximum state-wide average cost estimate as described in division (P)(1)(d) of section 3119.05 of the Revised Code, including extraordinary costs associated with caring for a child or children with specialized physical, psychological, or educational needs; (Q) Any other relevant factor. If the court grants a deviation based on division (Q) of this section, it shall specifically state in the order the facts that are the basis for the deviation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.99
§ 3111.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly Whoever violates section 3111.19 of the Revised Code is guilty of interfering with the establishment of paternity, a misdemeanor of the first degree. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.05
§ 3109.05. Child support determinations
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly (A)(1) In a divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, or child support proceeding, the court may order either or both parents to support or help support their children, without regard to marital misconduct. In determining the amount reasonable or necessary for child support, including the medical needs of the child, the court shall comply with Chapter 3119. of the Revised Code. (2) The court, in accordance with Chapter 3119. of the Revised Code, shall include in each support order made under this section the requirement that one or both of the parents provide for the health care needs of the child to the satisfaction of the court, and the court shall include in the support order a requirement that all support payments be made through the office of child support in the department of job and family services. (3) The court shall comply with Chapters 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code when it makes or modifies an order for child support under this section. (B) The juvenile court has exclusive jurisdiction to enter the orders in any case certified to it from another court. (C) If any person required to pay child support under an order made under division (A) of this section on or after April 15, 1985, or modified on or after December 1, 1986, is found in contempt of court for failure to make support payments under the order, the court that makes the finding, in addition to any other penalty or remedy imposed, shall assess all court costs arising out of the contempt proceeding against the person and require the person to pay any reasonable attorney's fees of any adverse party, as determined by the court, that arose in relation to the act of contempt and, on or after July 1, 1992, shall assess interest on any unpaid amount of child support pursuant to section 3123.17 of the Revised Code. (D) The court shall not authorize or permit the escrowing, impoundment, or withholding of any child support payment ordered under this section or any other section of the Revised Code because of a denial of or interference with a right of parenting time granted to a parent in an order issued under this section or section 3109.051 or 3109.12 of the Revised Code or companionship or visitation granted in an order issued under this section, section 3109.051 , 3109.11 , 3109.12 , or any other section of the Revised Code, or as a method of enforcing the specific provisions of any such order dealing with parenting time or visitation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3125.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3125 / § 3125.14
§ 3125.14. Cooperative working arrangements with courts, prosecuting attorney, and law enforcement officials
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly Each child support enforcement agency shall enter into written agreements with the courts, the prosecuting attorney, and law enforcement officials of the county it serves that establish cooperative working arrangements and specify areas of responsibility for the enforcement of support among the agency, courts, and officials. The agreements shall provide for the reimbursement of the courts and law enforcement officials for the responsibilities they assume and actions they undertake pursuant to such agreements.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.79 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.79
§ 3119.79. Modification of child support
Status: in_force

March 28, 2019 House Bill 366 - 132nd General Assembly (A) If an obligor or obligee under a child support order requests that the court modify the amount of child support required to be paid pursuant to the child support order, the court shall recalculate the amount of support that would be required to be paid under the child support order in accordance with the schedule and the applicable worksheet . If that amount as recalculated is more than ten per cent greater than or more than ten per cent less than the amount of child support required to be paid pursuant to the existing child support order, the deviation from the recalculated amount that would be required to be paid under the schedule and the applicable worksheet shall be considered by the court as a change of circumstance substantial enough to require a modification of the child support amount. (B) If the court determines that the medical needs of the child are not being met because of inadequate health insurance coverage, the inadequate coverage shall be considered by the court as a change of circumstance that is substantial enough to require a modification of the child support order. (C) If the court determines that the amount of child support required to be paid under the child support order should be changed due to a substantial change of circumstances that was not contemplated at the time of the issuance of the original child support order or the last modification of the child support order, the court shall modify the amount of child support required to be paid under the child support order to comply with the schedule and the applicable worksheet , unless the court determines that those amounts calculated pursuant to the basic child support schedule and pursuant to the applicable worksheet would be unjust or inappropriate and therefore not in the best interest of the child and enters in the journal the figure, determination, and findings specified in section 3119.22 of the Revised Code. Last updated February 2, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.317 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.317
§ 3115.317. Communications between tribunals
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly A tribunal of this state may communicate with a tribunal outside this state in a record or by telephone, electronic mail, or other means to obtain information concerning the laws, the legal effect of a judgment, decree, or order of that tribunal and the status of a proceeding. A tribunal of this state may furnish similar information by similar means to a tribunal outside this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.76 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.76
§ 3109.76. Determination of custody after notice of revocation of grandparent's power of attorney, termination or removal
Status: in_force

March 20, 2013 House Bill 279 - 129th General Assembly (A) A grandparent who has physical custody of a child under a power of attorney, within fourteen days after the child's parent, guardian, or custodian gives written notice of revocation of the power of attorney to the grandparent and files a written notice of revocation of the power of attorney with the juvenile court or within fourteen days after removal of the child from the grandparent's home, may file a complaint under division (A)(2) of section 2151.23 or division (D) of section 2151.27 of the Revised Code seeking a determination of custody if the grandparent believes that the revocation or removal is not in the best interest of the child. (B) A grandparent who has physical custody of a child under a caretaker authorization affidavit, within fourteen days after a parent, guardian, or custodian terminates the affidavit by delivering a written notice of negation, reversal, or disapproval of an action or decision of the grandparent or within fourteen days after removal of the child from the grandparent's home, may file a complaint under division (A)(2) of section 2151.23 or division (D) of section 2151.27 of the Revised Code seeking a determination of custody if the grandparent believes that the termination or removal is not in the best interest of the child. (C) Pending a hearing and decision on a complaint filed under division (A) or (B) of this section, the juvenile court, in accordance with section 2151.33 of the Revised Code, may make any temporary disposition of any child that it considers necessary to protect the best interest of the child. (D) If a parent, guardian, or custodian revokes a power of attorney or terminates a caretaker authorization affidavit, the grandparent may retain custody of the child until the fourteen-day period for filing a complaint under division (A) or (B) of this section has expired or, if the grandparent files a complaint, until the court orders otherwise.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3101.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3101 / § 3101.99
§ 3101.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

April 11, 1991 Senate Bill 3 - 118th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates division (B) of section 3101.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a violation of section 2921.13 of the Revised Code. Whoever violates any other provision of section 3101.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (B) Whoever violates section 3101.09 of the Revised Code shall be fined five hundred dollars and imprisoned not more than six months. (C) Whoever violates section 3101.13 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than fifty dollars. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3125.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3125 / § 3125.16
§ 3125.16. Reviewing records
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly Each obligor and each obligee under a support order may review all records maintained under section 3125.15 of the Revised Code that pertain to the support order and any other information maintained by the child support enforcement agency, except to the extent prohibited by state or federal law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3105.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3105 / § 3105.43
§ 3105.43. Collaborative family law participation agreements; mandatory inclusions
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 House Bill 461 - 129th General Assembly (A) A collaborative family law participation agreement must be in a record, be signed by the parties, and include all of the following: (1) A statement of the parties' intent to resolve a matter through a collaborative family law process under sections 3105.41 to 3105.55 of the Revised Code; (2) A description of the nature and scope of the matter; (3) The identity of the collaborative family lawyer who represents each party in the collaborative family law process; (4) A statement by each collaborative family lawyer confirming the lawyer's representation of a party in the collaborative family law process. (B) Parties to a collaborative family law participation agreement may agree to include additional provisions not inconsistent with sections 3105.41 to 3105.54 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.49
§ 3121.49. Retention of interest
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly The office of child support shall retain, and use solely for support enforcement activities, all interest earned on moneys in any support payment account it maintains.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3125.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3125 / § 3125.06
§ 3125.06. Parent locater service
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly The department of job and family services shall enter into an agreement with the secretary of health and human services, as authorized by the "Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 3572, 42 U.S.C. 663, as amended, under which the services of the parent locater service established pursuant to Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended, are made available to this state for the following purposes: (A) Determining the whereabouts of any absent parent or child in order to enforce a law with respect to the unlawful taking or restraint of a child; (B) Making or enforcing a determination as to the allocation, between the parents of a child, of the parental rights and responsibilities for the care of a child and the designation of the residential parent and legal custodian of a child or otherwise as to the custody of a child; (C) Making or enforcing a parenting time order with respect to a child.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.67 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.67
§ 3123.67. Arrearage becomes lien against personal and real property
Status: in_force

December 13, 2002 House Bill 657 - 124th General Assembly The amount of the arrearage due under the support order determined to be in default pursuant to sections 3123.01 to 3123.07 of the Revised Code, and any amounts due for current support that become an arrearage after the date the default determination was made, shall be a lien against all personal property, including after-acquired property, of the obligor that is situated in this state. The lien may be filed with the county recorder in each county of the state in which the personal property is located. The amount of the arrearage due under the support order determined to be in default and any amounts due for current support that become an arrearage after the date the default determination was made, shall be a lien against real property, including after-acquired property, of the obligor after the lien is filed with a county recorder of this state in which the real property is located. A lien may be filed with the county recorder in each county of the state in which real property of the obligor is located. In recording the lien, if registered land is involved, the county recorder shall take all necessary action required by Chapter 5309. of the Revised Code. The county recorder may be compensated for liens filed under this section pursuant to the development of unit costs that are reimbursed under the provider contract entered into pursuant to Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.27
§ 3111.27. Rescinding acknowledgment
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly (A) Except as provided in section 2151.232 or 3111.821 of the Revised Code, for an acknowledgment of paternity filed with the office of child support to be rescinded both of the following must occur: (1) Not later than sixty days after the date of the latest signature on the acknowledgment, one of the persons who signed it must do both of the following: (a) Request a determination under section 3111.38 of the Revised Code of whether there is a parent and child relationship between the man who signed the acknowledgment and the child who is the subject of it; (b) Give the office written notice of having complied with division (A)(1)(a) of this section and include in the notice the name of the child support enforcement agency conducting genetic tests to determine whether there is a parent and child relationship; (2) An order must be issued under section 3111.46 of the Revised Code determining whether there is a parent and child relationship between the man and the child. (B) Not later than the end of the business day following the business day on which the office receives a notice under division (A)(1)(b) of this section, it shall contact the agency indicated in the notice to verify that the person sending it has complied with division (A)(1) of this section. If the office verifies compliance, and the notice was sent within the time limit required by this section, the office shall note in its records the date the notice was received and that the acknowledgment to which the notice pertains is subject to recission. The office shall direct the agency to notify the office of the agency's issuance of an order described in division (A)(2) of this section. On receipt from an agency of notice that an order described in division (A)(2) of this section has been issued, the acknowledgment to which the order pertains shall be rescinded as of the date. If the office is unable to verify compliance with division (A)(1) of this section, it shall note in its records the date the notice under division (A)(1)(b) of this section was received and that compliance with division (A)(1) of this section was not verified.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3101.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3101 / § 3101.09
§ 3101.09. Prohibition
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person, except those legally authorized, shall attempt to solemnize a marriage, and no marriage shall be solemnized without the issuance of a license.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.614 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.614
§ 3115.614. Notice to issuing tribunal of modification
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly Within thirty days after issuance of a modified child-support order, the party obtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the order with the issuing tribunal that had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the earlier order, and in each tribunal in which the party knows the earlier order has been registered. A party who obtains the order and fails to file a certified copy is subject to appropriate sanctions by a tribunal in which the issue of failure to file arises. The failure to file does not affect the validity or enforceability of the modified order of the new tribunal having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3105.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3105 / § 3105.06
§ 3105.06. Notice of pendency of action by publication when residence unknown
Status: in_force

January 1, 1991 House Bill 514 - 118th General Assembly If the residence of a defendant in an action for divorce, annulment, or legal separation is unknown, or if the defendant is not a resident of this state or is a resident of this state but absent from the state, notice of the pendency of the action shall be given by publication as provided by the Rules of Civil Procedure.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.771 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.771
§ 3119.771. Review of order
Status: in_force

June 2, 2004 House Bill 149 - 125th General Assembly (A) A child support enforcement agency that receives a request for review and modification of a child support order pursuant to section 3119.77 of the Revised Code shall send to the obligor and obligee, not later than three business days after receipt of the request, notice of the review and of the date it will begin. The child support enforcement agency shall complete an administrative review in accordance with sections 3119.60 to 3119.63 of the Revised Code. The agency shall consider the obligor's call to active military service as a change of circumstances substantial enough to require a review of the child support amount. (B) On receipt of a military power of attorney from an obligor designating another individual to act for the obligor, the child support enforcement agency shall allow the individual to act on the obligor's behalf during the agency's review of the order and shall provide the other individual with any notices required to be given under sections 3119.60 to 3119.63 of the Revised Code, including the notice sent pursuant to division (A) of this section. If, with respect to the review of a court child support order under section 3119.63 of the Revised Code, the obligor or obligee requests a court hearing, the court shall provide the individual acting on behalf of the obligor with any notices required to be given under sections 3119.67 to 3119.69 of the Revised Code. The individual acting on behalf of the obligor may not assert any right to a stay under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 117 Stat. 2835 (2003), 50 App. U.S.C. 501 et. seq., as amended. (C) If, after the obligor provides written notice of the date of termination of the obligor's active military service pursuant to section 3119.773 of the Revised Code, the obligor provides the child support enforcement agency with written documentation sufficient to establish that the obligor's employer has violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, 38 U.S.C. 4301 to 4333, with regards to the obligor, the child support enforcement agency shall consider this change of circumstance substantial enough to require a review of the obligor's amount of support to be paid under the child support order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.302 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.302
§ 3115.302. Proceeding by minor parent
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit of the minor's child.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3127.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3127 / § 3127.46
§ 3127.46. Authorized enforcement actions by law enforcement officer
Status: in_force

April 11, 2005 Senate Bill 185 - 125th General Assembly At the request of a prosecutor or other appropriate public official acting under section 3127.45 of the Revised Code, a law enforcement officer may take any lawful action reasonably necessary to locate a child or a party and assist the prosecutor or appropriate public official with responsibilities under section 3127.45 of the Revised Code.