Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.53
§ 3109.53. Form of power of attorney for residential grandparent
Status: in_force

April 3, 2024 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly To create a power of attorney under section 3109.52 of the Revised Code, a parent, guardian, or custodian shall use a form that is identical in form and content to the following: POWER OF ATTORNEY I, the undersigned, residing at ___________, in the county of __________, state of __________, hereby appoint the child's grandparent, __________, residing at __________, in the county of ___________, in the state of Ohio, with whom the child of whom I am the parent, guardian, or custodian is residing, my attorney in fact to exercise any and all of my rights and responsibilities regarding the care, physical custody, and control of the child, __________, born __________, having social security number (optional) __________, except my authority to consent to marriage or adoption of the child __________, and to perform all acts necessary in the execution of the rights and responsibilities hereby granted, as fully as I might do if personally present. The rights I am transferring under this power of attorney include 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. This transfer does not affect my rights in any future proceedings concerning the custody of the child or the allocation of the parental rights and responsibilities for the care of the child and does not give the attorney in fact legal custody of the child. This transfer does not terminate my right to have regular contact with the child. I hereby certify that I am transferring the rights and responsibilities designated in this power of attorney because one of the following circumstances exists: (1) I am: (a) Seriously ill, incarcerated, or about to be incarcerated, (b) Temporarily unable to provide financial support or parental guidance to the child, (c) Temporarily unable to provide adequate care and supervision of the child because of my physical or mental condition, (d) Homeless or without a residence because the current residence is destroyed or otherwise uninhabitable, or (e) In or about to enter a residential treatment program for substance abuse; (2) I am a parent of the child, the child's other parent is deceased, and I have authority to execute the power of attorney; or (3) I have a well-founded belief that the power of attorney is in the child's best interest. I hereby certify that I am not transferring my rights and responsibilities regarding the child 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. If there is a court order naming me the residential parent and legal custodian of the child who is the subject of this power of attorney and I am the sole parent signing this document, I hereby certify that one of the following is the case: (1) I have made reasonable efforts to locate and provide notice of the creation of this power of attorney to the other parent and have been unable to locate that parent; (2) The other parent is prohibited from receiving a notice of relocation; or (3) The parental rights of the other parent have been terminated by order of a juvenile court. This POWER OF ATTORNEY is valid until the occurrence of whichever of the following events occurs first: (1) I revoke this POWER OF ATTORNEY in writing and give notice of the revocation to the grandparent designated as attorney in fact and the juvenile court with which this POWER OF ATTORNEY was filed; (2) the child ceases to reside with the grandparent designated as attorney in fact; (3) this POWER OF ATTORNEY is terminated by court order; (4) the death of the child who is the subject of the power of attorney; or (5) the death of the grandparent designated as the attorney in fact. WARNING: DO NOT EXECUTE THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY IF ANY STATEMENT MADE IN THIS INSTRUMENT IS UNTRUE. 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. Witness my hand this ______ day of _________, _____ _____________________________________ Parent/Custodian/Guardian's signature _____________________________________ Parent's signature _____________________________________ Grandparent designated as attorney in fact State of Ohio ) ) ss: County of _______________) Subscribed, sworn to, and acknowledged before me this ______ day of _________, _____________ _____________________________________ Notary Public Notices: 1. A power of attorney may be executed only if one of the following circumstances exists: (1) The parent, guardian, or custodian of the child is: (a) Seriously ill, incarcerated, or about to be incarcerated; (b) Temporarily unable to provide financial support or parental guidance to the child; (c) Temporarily unable to provide adequate care and supervision of the child because of the parent's, guardian's, or custodian's physical or mental condition; (d) Homeless or without a residence because the current residence is destroyed or otherwise uninhabitable; or (e) In or about to enter a residential treatment program for substance abuse; (2) One of the child's parents is deceased and the other parent, with authority to do so, seeks to execute a power of attorney; or (3) The parent, guardian, or custodian has a well-founded belief that the power of attorney is in the child's best interest. 2. The signatures of the parent, guardian, or custodian of the child and the grandparent designated as the attorney in fact must be notarized by an Ohio notary public. 3. A parent, guardian, or custodian who creates a power of attorney must notify the parent of the child who is not the residential parent and legal custodian of the child unless one of the following circumstances applies: (a) the parent is prohibited from receiving a notice of relocation in accordance with section 3109.051 of the Revised Code of the creation of the power of attorney; (b) the parent's parental rights have been terminated by order of a juvenile court pursuant to Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code; (c) the parent cannot be located with reasonable efforts; (d) both parents are executing the power of attorney. The notice must be sent by certified mail not later than five days after the power of attorney is created and must state the name and address of the person designated as the attorney in fact. 4. A parent, guardian, or custodian who creates a power of attorney must file it with the juvenile court of the county in which the attorney in fact resides, or any other court that has jurisdiction over the child under a previously filed motion or proceeding. The power of attorney must be filed not later than five days after the date it is created and be accompanied by a receipt showing that the notice of creation of the power of attorney was sent to the parent who is not the residential parent and legal custodian by certified mail. 5. This power of attorney does not affect the rights of the child's parents, guardian, or custodian regarding any future proceedings concerning the custody of the child or the allocation of the parental rights and responsibilities for the care of the child and does not give the attorney in fact legal custody of the child. 6. A person or entity that relies on this power of attorney, in good faith, has no obligation to make any further inquiry or investigation. 7. This power of attorney terminates on the occurrence of whichever of the following occurs first: (1) the power of attorney is revoked in writing by the person who created it and that person gives written notice of the revocation to the grandparent who is the attorney in fact and the juvenile court with which the power of attorney was filed; (2) the child ceases to live with the grandparent who is the attorney in fact; (3) the power of attorney is terminated by court order; (4) the death of the child who is the subject of the power of attorney; or (5) the death of the grandparent designated as the attorney in fact. If this power of attorney terminates other than by the death of the attorney in fact, the grandparent who served as the attorney in fact 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 other person or entity would reasonably rely on the power of attorney unless notified of the termination; (c) The court in which the power of attorney was filed after its creation; (d) The parent who is not the residential parent and legal custodian of the child who is required to be given notice of its creation. The grandparent shall make the notifications not later than one week after the date the power of attorney terminates. 8. If this power of attorney is terminated by written revocation of the person who created it, or the revocation is regarding a second or subsequent power of attorney, a copy of the revocation must be filed with the court with which that power of attorney was filed. Additional information: To the grandparent designated as attorney in fact: 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 power of attorney. 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 power of attorney unless notified. The notification must be made not later than one week after the child stops living with you. 2. You must include with the power of attorney 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. 3. If you receive written notice of revocation of the power of attorney or the parent, custodian, or guardian removes the child from your home and if you believe that the revocation 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. Except as provided in section 3313.649 of the Revised Code, this power of attorney, properly completed and notarized, authorizes the child in question to attend school in the district in which the grandparent designated as attorney in fact resides and that grandparent is authorized to provide consent in all school-related matters and to obtain from the school district educational and behavioral information about the child. This power of attorney 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 in the school district. 3. A school district or school official that reasonably and in good faith relies on this power of attorney has no obligation to make any further inquiry or investigation. To health care providers: 1. A person or entity that acts in good faith reliance on a power of attorney to provide medical, psychological, or dental treatment, without actual knowledge of facts contrary to those stated in the power of attorney, 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 power of attorney is completed and the signatures of the parent, guardian, or custodian of the child and the grandparent designated as attorney in fact are notarized. 2. The decision of a grandparent designated as attorney in fact, based on a power of attorney, shall be honored by a health care facility or practitioner, school district, or school official. Last updated April 3, 2024 at 4:06 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3125.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3125 / § 3125.27
§ 3125.27. Collection of support amounts due
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly Except as provided in sections 3123.14 , 3123.73 , 3125.28 , and 3125.29 of the Revised Code, no child support enforcement agency shall collect any support amounts due under a support order as part of its duties to enforce support orders.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.52
§ 3121.52. Calculating monthly amount due where payments made on other basis
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly A court or child support enforcement agency that issues or modifies a support order with support payments to be made other than on a monthly basis shall calculate a monthly amount due under the order, for purposes of its monthly administration, in the following manner: (A) If the support order is to be paid weekly, multiply the weekly amount of support due under the order by fifty-two and divide the resulting annual amount by twelve; (B) If the support order is to be paid biweekly, multiply the biweekly amount of support due under the order by twenty-six and divide the resulting annual amount by twelve; (C) If the support order is to be paid periodically but is not to be paid weekly, biweekly, or monthly, multiply the periodic amount of support due by an appropriate number to obtain the annual amount of support due under the order and divide the annual amount of support due by twelve.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.231 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.231
§ 3119.231. Deviation where court-ordered parenting time exceeds ninety overnights per year
Status: in_force

March 28, 2019 House Bill 366 - 132nd General Assembly (A) If court-ordered parenting time exceeds ninety overnights per year, the court shall consider whether to grant a deviation pursuant to section 3119.22 of the Revised Code for the reason set forth in division (C) of section 3119.23 of the Revised Code. This deviation is in addition to any adjustments provided under division (A) of section 3119.051 of the Revised Code. ( B) If court-ordered parenting time is equal to or exceeds one hundred forty-seven overnights per year, and the court does not grant a deviation under division (A) of this section, it shall specify in the order the facts that are the basis for the court's decision.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.49
§ 3119.49. Motion to modify support to cover medical needs adequately
Status: in_force

December 13, 2002 House Bill 657 - 124th General Assembly An obligor or obligee under a court child support order may file a motion with the court that issued the order requesting that the court modify the amount of child support required to be paid under the order because that amount does not adequately cover the medical needs of the child.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.67 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.67
§ 3109.67. Execution of affidavit
Status: in_force

July 20, 2004 House Bill 130 - 125th General Assembly A caretaker authorization affidavit described in section 3109.66 of the Revised Code is executed when the affidavit is completed, signed by a grandparent described in section 3109.65 of the Revised Code, and notarized.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.931 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.931
§ 3123.931. Review of case registry in response to request
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly On receipt of the request, the office of child support shall review the case registry created pursuant to section 3121.81 of the Revised Code to determine if the person is required to pay support under a support order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3101.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3101 / § 3101.04
§ 3101.04. Consent by juvenile court
Status: in_force

April 8, 2019 House Bill 511 - 132nd General Assembly When the juvenile court files a consent to marriage pursuant to the juvenile rules, the probate court may issue a license not earlier than fourteen calendar days after the juvenile court files the consent, notwithstanding either or both the contracting parties for the marital relation are the age of seventeen years. The license shall not issue until section 3101.05 of the Revised Code has been complied with.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.51
§ 3121.51. Administering orders on monthly basis
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly A child support enforcement agency shall administer all support orders on a monthly basis.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.307 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.307
§ 3115.307. Duties of support enforcement agency
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this chapter. (B) A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing services to the petitioner shall do all of the following: (1) Take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent; (2) Request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for a hearing; (3) Make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property of the parties; (4) Within two days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of notice in a record from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner; (5) Within two days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of communication in a record from the respondent or the respondent's attorney, send a copy of the communication to the petitioner; (6) Notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained. (C) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration of a child-support order in this state for enforcement or for modification shall make reasonable efforts to do whichever of the following is relevant: (1) Ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; (2) If two or more child-support orders exist and the identity of the controlling order has not been determined, ensure that a request for such a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so. (D) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration and enforcement of a support order, arrears, or judgment stated in a foreign currency shall convert the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the equivalent amounts in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported. (E) A support enforcement agency of this state shall issue or request a tribunal of this state to issue a child-support order and an income-withholding order that redirect payment of current support, arrears, and interest if requested to do so by a support enforcement agency of another state pursuant to section 3115.319 of the Revised Code. (F) This chapter does not create or negate a relationship of attorney and client or other fiduciary relationship between a support enforcement agency or the attorney for the agency and the individual being assisted by the agency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3103.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3103 / § 3103.06
§ 3103.06. Contracts affecting marriage
Status: in_force

March 23, 2023 Senate Bill 210 - 134th General Assembly (A) A husband and wife may, by any contract with each other, do any of the following: (1) Enter into a postnuptial agreement that alters their legal relations with each other; (2) Modify or terminate an antenuptial or postnuptial agreement or any other agreement that alters their legal relations with each other; (3) Agree to an immediate separation and make provisions for the division of property and support of either of them and their children during the separation. (B) An agreement under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section shall comply with section 3103.061 of the Revised Code. Last updated February 8, 2023 at 12:55 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3101.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3101 / § 3101.11
§ 3101.11. Recording license to solemnize marriages
Status: in_force

June 4, 1976 House Bill 740 - 111th General Assembly The secretary of state shall enter the name of a minister licensed to solemnize marriages upon a record kept in the office of the secretary of state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.39
§ 3111.39. Requests filed with multiple agencies
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly If more than one child support enforcement agency receives a request to determine the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship concerning the same child and each agency is an appropriate agency for the filing of the request as provided in section 3111.38 of the Revised Code, the agency that receives the request first shall act on the request. If an agency that receives a request is not the appropriate agency for the filing of the request, the agency shall forward the request to the agency of the county in which the child or the guardian or legal custodian of the child resides, and the latter agency shall proceed with the request.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3113.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3113 / § 3113.38
§ 3113.38. Fund allocation priorities
Status: in_force

January 18, 1980 Senate Bill 46 - 113th General Assembly If a board of county commissioners or the attorney general receives applications from more than one qualified shelter for victims of domestic violence, and the requests for funds exceed the amount of funds available, funds shall be allocated on the basis of the following priorities: (A) To shelters in existence on the effective date of this section; (B) To shelters offering or proposing to offer the broadest range of services and referrals to the community served, including medical, psychological, financial, educational, vocational, child care services, and legal services; (C) To other qualified shelters.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3105.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3105 / § 3105.51
§ 3105.51. Communications not subject to privilege
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 House Bill 461 - 129th General Assembly (A) There is no privilege under section 3105.49 of the Revised Code for a collaborative family law communication that is any of the following: (1) Available to the public under section 149.43 of the Revised Code or made during a session of a collaborative family law process that is open, or is required by law to be open, to the public; (2) A threat or statement of a plan to inflict bodily injury or commit a crime of violence; (3) Intentionally used to plan a crime, commit or attempt to commit a crime, or conceal an ongoing crime or ongoing criminal activity; (4) In an agreement resulting from the collaborative family law process, evidenced by a record signed by all parties to the agreement. (B) The privileges under section 3105.49 of the Revised Code for a collaborative family law communication do not apply to the extent that a communication is either of the following: (1) Sought or offered to prove or disprove a claim or complaint of professional misconduct or malpractice arising from or related to a collaborative family law process; (2) Sought or offered to prove or disprove abuse, neglect, abandonment, or exploitation of a child, unless a children's or protective service agency or an adult protective services agency is a party to or otherwise participates in the collaborative family law process. (C) There is no privilege under section 3105.49 of the Revised Code if the communication is sought in connection with or offered in any criminal proceeding involving a felony, a delinquent child proceeding based on what would be a felony if committed by an adult, or a proceeding initiated by the state or a child protection agency in which it is alleged that a child is an abused, neglected, or dependent child. (D) There is no privilege under section 3105.49 of the Revised Code if a court finds, after a hearing in camera, that the party seeking discovery or the proponent of the evidence has shown that the evidence is not otherwise available, the need for the evidence substantially outweighs the interest in protecting confidentiality, and the collaborative family law communication is sought or offered in a criminal action or in a proceeding seeking rescission or reformation of a contract arising out of the collaborative family law process or in which a defense to avoid liability on the contract is asserted. (E) If a collaborative family law communication is subject to an exception under division (B), (C), or (D) of this section, only the portion of the communication necessary for the application of the exception may be disclosed or admitted. (F) Disclosure or admission of evidence excepted from the privilege under division (B), (C), or (D) of this section does not render the evidence or any other collaborative family law communication discoverable or admissible for any other purpose. (G) The privileges under section 3105.49 of the Revised Code do not apply if the parties agree in advance in a signed record, or if a record of a proceeding reflects agreement by the parties, that all or part of a collaborative family law process is not privileged. This division does not apply to a collaborative family law communication made by a person that did not receive actual notice of the agreement before the communication was made.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.81 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.81
§ 3119.81. Ordering investigation prior to issuing certain notices
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly In proceedings involving a court child support order, the court, before the conclusion of any hearings held with respect to the proceedings, shall order the child support enforcement agency to conduct an investigation pursuant to section 3123.02 of the Revised Code if no withholding or deduction order or notice or order to seek employment, participate in a work activity, or enter into a cash bond to collect support under the court support order has been issued or the court determines that any such order or notice previously issued is no longer appropriate for collection of support under the order. On the filing of the agency's findings after completion of the investigation, the court, as necessary, shall issue one or more notices or one or more court orders described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code or modify any such notices or court orders previously issued.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.61
§ 3107.61. Birth parent may request profiles of prospective adoptive parents and express preference
Status: in_force

September 18, 1996 House Bill 419 - 121st General Assembly At the request of a birth parent who voluntarily chooses to have a child placed for adoption, the agency or attorney arranging the child's placement and adoption may provide the birth parent profiles of prospective adoptive parents who an assessor has recommended pursuant to a home study under section 3107.031 of the Revised Code be approved to adopt a child. At the request of the birth parent, the agency or attorney may include identifying information about a prospective adoptive parent in the profile if the prospective adoptive parent agrees to the inclusion of the identifying information. If a birth parent chooses a prospective adoptive parent from a profile, the agency or attorney shall give that prospective adoptive parent priority when determining with whom the agency or attorney will place the child.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3127.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3127 / § 3127.05
§ 3127.05. Custody determinations under chapter as binding
Status: in_force

April 11, 2005 Senate Bill 185 - 125th General Assembly A child custody determination made by a court of this state with jurisdiction under sections 3127.01 to 3127.53 of the Revised Code binds all persons who have been served in accordance with the laws of this state, notified in accordance with section 3127.07 of the Revised Code, or who have submitted to the jurisdiction of the court, and who have been given an opportunity to be heard. As to those persons, the determination is conclusive as to all decided issues of law and fact except to the extent the determination is modified.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.015 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.015
§ 3107.015. Education programs for assessors
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the training an individual must complete for the purpose of division (A)(3) of section 3107.014 of the Revised Code. The training shall include courses on adoption placement practice, federal and state adoption assistance programs, and post adoption support services. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.46
§ 3119.46. Filing motion for modification of order
Status: in_force

December 13, 2002 House Bill 657 - 124th General Assembly An obligee or obligor under a court child support order may file a motion with the court that issued the order requesting that the court modify the order with regard to health insurance coverage for the children who are the subject of the order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.94 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.94
§ 3111.94. Confidentiality
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly (A) The physician who is associated with a non-spousal artificial insemination shall place the written consent obtained pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 3111.93 of the Revised Code, information provided to the recipient and, if married, her husband pursuant to division (A)(2) of that section, other information concerning the donor that the physician possesses, and other matters concerning the artificial insemination in a file that shall bear the name of the recipient. This file shall be retained by the physician in the physician's office separate from any regular medical chart of the recipient, and shall be confidential, except as provided in divisions (B) and (C) of this section. This file is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (B) The written consent form and information provided to the recipient and, if married, her husband pursuant to division (A)(2) of section 3111.93 of the Revised Code shall be open to inspection only until the child born as the result of the non-spousal artificial insemination is twenty-one years of age, and only to the recipient or, if married, her husband upon request to the physician. (C) Information pertaining to the donor that was not provided to the recipient and, if married, her husband pursuant to division (A)(2) of section 3111.93 of the Revised Code and that the physician possesses shall be kept in the file pertaining to the non-spousal artificial insemination for at least five years from the date of the artificial insemination. At the expiration of this period, the physician may destroy such information or retain it in the file. The physician shall not make this information available for inspection by any person during the five-year period or, if the physician retains the information after the expiration of that period, at any other time, unless the following apply: (1) A child is born as a result of the artificial insemination, an action is filed by the recipient, her husband if she is married, or a guardian of the child in the domestic relations division or, if there is no domestic relations division, the general division of the court of common pleas of the county in which the office of the physician is located, the child is not twenty-one years of age or older, and the court pursuant to division (C)(2) of this section issues an order authorizing the inspection of specified types of information by the recipient, husband, or guardian; (2) Prior to issuing an order authorizing an inspection of information, the court shall determine, by clear and convincing evidence, that the information that the recipient, husband, or guardian wishes to inspect is necessary for or helpful in the medical treatment of the child born as a result of the artificial insemination, and shall determine which types of information in the file are germane to the medical treatment and are to be made available for inspection by the recipient, husband, or guardian in that regard. An order only shall authorize the inspection of information germane to the medical treatment of the child.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3105.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3105 / § 3105.49
§ 3105.49. Privileged communications
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 House Bill 461 - 129th General Assembly (A) Subject to sections 3105.50 and 3105.51 of the Revised Code, a collaborative family law communication is privileged under division (B) of this section, is not subject to discovery, and is not admissible in evidence. (B) In a proceeding, the following privileges apply: (1) A party may refuse to disclose, and may prevent any other person from disclosing, a collaborative family law communication. (2) A nonparty participant may refuse to disclose, and may prevent any other person from disclosing, a collaborative family law communication of the nonparty participant. (C) Evidence or information that is otherwise admissible or subject to discovery does not become inadmissible or protected from discovery solely by reason of its disclosure or use in a collaborative family law process.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.69 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.69
§ 3123.69. Service
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly A child support enforcement agency shall, no later than ten days after filing a lien pursuant to section 3123.67 or 3123.68 of the Revised Code, serve a copy of the lien by regular mail on the obligor whose real or personal property is subject to the lien and the person or state agency in possession or control of any real or personal property of the obligor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3101.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3101 / § 3101.02
§ 3101.02. Marriage of persons age seventeen
Status: in_force

April 8, 2019 House Bill 511 - 132nd General Assembly (A) If both persons to be joined in marriage are the age of seventeen years, they may be joined in marriage only if the juvenile court has filed a consent to the marriage under section 3101.04 of the Revised Code. (B) If only one person is the age of seventeen years, that person may be joined in marriage only if both of the following apply: (1) The juvenile court has filed a consent to the marriage under section 3101.04 of the Revised Code. (2) The other person to be joined in marriage is not more than four years older. Last updated November 21, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.03
§ 3121.03. Withholding or deduction from income or assets of obligor
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly If a court or child support enforcement agency that issued or modified a support order, or the agency administering the support order, is required by the Revised Code to issue one or more withholding or deduction notices described in this section or other orders described in this section, the court or agency shall issue one or more of the following types of notices or orders, as appropriate, for payment of the support and also, if required by the Revised Code or the court, to pay any arrearages: (A)(1) If the court or the child support enforcement agency determines that the obligor is receiving income from a payor, the court or agency shall require the payor to do all of the following: (a) Withhold from the obligor's income a specified amount for support in satisfaction of the support order and begin the withholding no later than fourteen business days following the date the notice is mailed or transmitted to the payor under section 3121.035 , 3123.021 , or 3123.06 of the Revised Code and division (A)(2) of this section or, if the payor is an employer, no later than the first pay period that occurs after fourteen business days following the date the notice is mailed or transmitted; (b) Send the amount withheld to the office of child support in the department of job and family services pursuant to section 3121.43 of the Revised Code immediately but not later than seven business days after the date the obligor is paid; (c) Continue the withholding at intervals specified in the notice until further notice from the court or child support enforcement agency. To the extent possible, the amount specified to be withheld shall satisfy the amount ordered for support in the support order plus any arrearages owed by the obligor under any prior support order that pertained to the same child or spouse, notwithstanding any applicable limitations of sections 2329.66 , 2329.70 , 2716.02 , 2716.041 , and 2716.05 of the Revised Code. However, in no case shall the sum of the amount to be withheld and any fee withheld by the payor as a charge for its services exceed the maximum amount permitted under section 303(b) of the "Consumer Credit Protection Act," 15 U.S.C. 1673(b). (2) A court or agency that imposes an income withholding requirement shall, within the applicable time specified in section 3119.80 , 3119.81 , 3121.035 , 3123.021 , or 3123.06 of the Revised Code, send to the obligor's payor by regular mail or via secure federally managed data transmission interface a notice that contains all of the information applicable to withholding notices set forth in section 3121.037 of the Revised Code. The notice is final and is enforceable by the court. (B)(1) If the court or child support enforcement agency determines that the obligor has funds that are not exempt under the laws of this state or the United States from execution, attachment, or other legal process and are on deposit in an account in a financial institution under the jurisdiction of the court that issued the court support order, or in the case of an administrative child support order, under the jurisdiction of the common pleas court of the county in which the agency that issued or is administering the order is located, the court or agency may require any financial institution in which the obligor's funds are on deposit to do all of the following: (a) Deduct from the obligor's account a specified amount for support in satisfaction of the support order and begin the deduction no later than fourteen business days following the date the notice was mailed or transmitted to the financial institution under section 3121.035 or 3123.06 of the Revised Code and division (B)(2) of this section; (b) Send the amount deducted to the office of child support in the department of job and family services pursuant to section 3121.43 of the Revised Code immediately but not later than seven business days after the date the latest deduction was made; (c) Provide the date on which the amount was deducted; (d) Continue the deduction at intervals specified in the notice until further notice from the court or child support enforcement agency. To the extent possible, the amount to be deducted shall satisfy the amount ordered for support in the support order plus any arrearages that may be owed by the obligor under any prior support order that pertained to the same child or spouse, notwithstanding the limitations of sections 2329.66 , 2329.70 , and 2716.13 of the Revised Code. (2) A court or agency that imposes a deduction requirement shall, within the applicable period of time specified in section 3119.80 , 3119.81 , 3121.035 , or 3123.06 of the Revised Code, send to the financial institution by regular mail or via secure federally managed data transmission interface a notice that contains all of the information applicable to deduction notices set forth in section 3121.037 of the Revised Code. The notice is final and is enforceable by the court. (C) With respect to any court support order it issues, a court may issue an order requiring the obligor to enter into a cash bond with the court. The court shall issue the order as part of the court support order or, if the court support order has previously been issued, as a separate order. The cash bond shall be in a sum fixed by the court at not less than five hundred nor more than ten thousand dollars, conditioned that the obligor will make payment as previously ordered and will pay any arrearages under any prior court support order that pertained to the same child or spouse. The order, along with an additional order requiring the obligor to immediately notify the child support enforcement agency, in writing, if the obligor begins to receive income from a payor, shall be attached to and served on the obligor at the same time as service of the court support order or, if the court support order has previously been issued, as soon as possible after the issuance of the order under this section. The additional order requiring notice by the obligor shall state all of the following: (1) That when the obligor begins to receive income from a payor the obligor may request that the court cancel its bond order and instead issue a notice requiring the withholding of an amount from income for support in accordance with this section; (2) That when the obligor begins to receive income from a payor the court will proceed to collect on the bond if the court determines that payments due under the court 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 court support order and will issue a notice requiring the withholding of an amount from income for support in accordance with this section. The notice required of the obligor shall include a description of the nature of any new employment, the name and business address of any new employer, and any other information reasonably required by the court. The court shall not order an obligor to post a cash bond under this section unless the court determines that the obligor has the ability to do so. A child support enforcement agency may not issue a cash bond order. If a child support enforcement agency is required to issue a withholding or deduction notice under this section with respect to a court support order but the agency determines that no withholding or deduction notice would be appropriate, the agency may request that the court issue a cash bond order under this section, and upon the request, the court may issue the order. (D)(1) If the obligor under a court support order is unemployed, has no income, and does not have an account at any financial institution, or on request of a child support enforcement agency under division (D)(1) or (2) of this section, the court shall issue an order requiring the obligor, if able to engage in employment, to seek employment or participate in a work activity to which a recipient of assistance under Title IV-A of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended, may be assigned as specified in section 407(d) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C.A. 607(d), as amended. The court shall include in the order requirements that the obligor register with the OhioMeansJobs web site and to notify the child support enforcement agency on obtaining employment, obtaining any income, or obtaining ownership of any asset with a value of five hundred dollars or more. The court may issue the order regardless of whether the obligee to whom the obligor owes support is a recipient of assistance under Title IV-A of the "Social Security Act." The court shall issue the order as part of a court support order or, if a court support order has previously been issued, as a separate order. If a child support enforcement agency is required to issue a withholding or deduction notice under this section with respect to a court support order but determines that no withholding or deduction notice would be appropriate, the agency may request that the court issue a court order under division (D)(1) of this section, and, on the request, the court may issue the order. (2) If the obligor under an administrative child support order is unemployed, has no income, and does not have an account at any financial institution, the agency shall issue an administrative order requiring the obligor, if able to engage in employment, to seek employment or participate in a work activity to which a recipient of assistance under Title IV-A of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended, may be assigned as specified in section 407(d) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C.A. 607(d), as amended. The agency shall include in the order requirements that the obligor register with the OhioMeansJobs web site and to notify the agency on obtaining employment or income, or ownership of any asset with a value of five hundred dollars or more. The agency may issue the order regardless of whether the obligee to whom the obligor owes support is a recipient of assistance under Title IV-A of the "Social Security Act." If an obligor fails to comply with an administrative order issued pursuant to division (D)(2) of this section, the agency shall submit a request to a court for the court to issue an order under division (D)(1) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.821 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.821
§ 3123.821. Collecting overdue and overpaid support from refunds cooperation
Status: in_force

February 11, 2019 Senate Bill 70 - 132nd General Assembly The office of child support created in the department of job and family services under section 3125.02 of the Revised Code shall work with the tax commissioner to collect the following: (A) Overdue support from refunds of paid state income taxes under Chapter 5747. of the Revised Code that are payable to obligors; (B) Overpaid child support from refunds of paid state income taxes under Chapter 5747. of the Revised Code that are payable to obligees.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.061 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.061
§ 3109.061. Construction of sections 2151.233 to 2151.236
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly Nothing in sections 2151.233 to 2151.236 and 2301.03 of the Revised Code shall be construed to prevent a domestic relations court from certifying a case to a juvenile court under division (D)(2) of section 3109.04 of the Revised Code or section 3109.06 of the Revised Code. Consent of the juvenile court shall not be required for the certification. As used in this section, "domestic relations court" has the same meaning as in section 2151.233 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3113.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3113 / § 3113.33
§ 3113.33. Shelters for domestic violence victims definitions
Status: in_force

March 23, 2023 Senate Bill 210 - 134th General Assembly As used in sections 3113.33 to 3113.40 of the Revised Code: (A) "Domestic violence" means any of the following: (1) Attempting to cause or causing bodily injury to a family or household member, or placing a family or household member by threat of force in fear of imminent physical harm; (2) Attempting to cause or causing bodily injury to a person with whom the actor is or was in a dating relationship, or placing a person with whom the actor is or was in a dating relationship by threat of force in fear of imminent physical harm. (B) "Family or household member" means any of the following: (1) Any of the following who is residing or has resided with the person committing the domestic violence: (a) A spouse, a person living as a spouse, or a former spouse of the person committing the domestic violence; (b) A parent, foster parent, or child of the person committing the domestic violence, or another person related by consanguinity or affinity to the person committing the domestic violence; (c) A parent or a child of a spouse, person living as a spouse, or former spouse of the person committing the domestic violence, or another person related by consanguinity or affinity to a spouse, person living as a spouse, or former spouse of the person committing the domestic violence; (d) The dependents of any person listed in division (B)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this section. (2) The natural parent of any child of whom the person committing the domestic violence is the other natural parent or is the putative other natural parent. (C) "Shelter for victims of domestic violence" or "shelter" means a facility that provides temporary residential service or facilities to family or household members who are victims of domestic violence or to persons with whom the actor is or was in a dating relationship who are victims of domestic violence. (D) "Person living as a spouse" means a person who is living or has lived with the person committing the domestic violence in a common law marital relationship, who otherwise is cohabiting with the person committing the domestic violence, or who otherwise has cohabited with the person committing the domestic violence within five years prior to the date of the alleged occurrence of the act in question. (E) "Dating relationship" has the same meaning as in section 3113.31 of the Revised Code. (F) "Person with whom the actor is or was in a dating relationship" means an individual who, at the time of the conduct in question, is in a dating relationship with the actor who is an adult or who, within the twelve months preceding the conduct in question, has had a dating relationship with the actor who is an adult. (G) "Actor" means a person who attempts to cause or causes bodily injury to another, or places another by threat of force in fear of imminent physical harm. Last updated February 8, 2023 at 12:59 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.17
§ 3107.17. Closed hearing - confidentiality - records
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 House Bill 5 - 135th General Assembly (A) All hearings held under sections 3107.01 to 3107.19 of the Revised Code shall be held in closed court without the admittance of any person other than essential officers of the court, the parties, the witnesses of the parties, counsel, persons who have not previously consented to an adoption but who are required to consent, representatives of the agencies present to perform their official duties, and any other persons the court deems appropriate. (B)(1) Except as provided in divisions (B)(2) and (D) of this section, sections 3107.38 and 3107.381 , and sections 3107.60 to 3107.68 of the Revised Code, no person or governmental entity shall knowingly reveal any information contained in a paper, book, or record pertaining to an adoption that is part of the permanent record of a court or maintained by the department of children and youth, an agency, or attorney without the consent of a court. (2) An agency or attorney may examine the agency's or attorney's own papers, books, and records pertaining to an adoption without a court's consent for official administrative purposes. The department of children and youth may examine its own papers, books, and records pertaining to an adoption, or such papers, books, and records of an agency, without a court's consent for official administrative, certification, and eligibility determination purposes. (C) The petition, the interlocutory order, the final decree of adoption, and other adoption proceedings shall be recorded in a book or by other electronic means and kept for such purposes and shall be separately indexed. The book or electronic record shall be a part of the records of the court, and all consents, affidavits, and other papers shall be properly filed. (D) All forms that pertain to the social or medical histories of the biological parents of an adopted person and that were completed pursuant to section 3107.09 , 3107.091 , or 3107.393 of the Revised Code shall be filed only in the permanent record kept by the court. During the minority of the adopted person, only the adoptive parents of the person may inspect the forms. When an adopted person reaches majority, only the adopted person may inspect the forms. Under the circumstances described in this division, an adopted person or the adoptive parents are entitled to inspect the forms upon requesting the clerk of the court to produce them. (E)(1) The department of children and youth shall prescribe a form that permits any person who is authorized by division (D) of this section to inspect forms that pertain to the social or medical histories of the biological parents and that were completed pursuant to section 3107.09 , 3107.091 , or 3107.393 of the Revised Code to request notice if any correction or expansion of either such history, made pursuant to division (D) of section 3107.09 of the Revised Code, is made a part of the permanent record kept by the court. The form shall be designed to facilitate the provision of the information and statements described in division (E)(3) of this section. The department shall provide copies of the form to each court. A court shall provide a copy of the request form to each adoptive parent when a final decree of adoption is entered and shall explain to each adoptive parent at that time that an adoptive parent who completes and files the form will be notified of any correction or expansion of either the social or medical history of the biological parents of the adopted person made during the minority of the adopted person that is made a part of the permanent record kept by the court, and that, during the adopted person's minority, the adopted person may inspect the forms that pertain to those histories. Upon request, the court also shall provide a copy of the request form to any adoptive parent during the minority of the adopted person and to an adopted person who has reached the age of majority. (2) Any person who is authorized to inspect forms pursuant to division (D) of this section who wishes to be notified of corrections or expansions pursuant to division (D) of section 3107.09 of the Revised Code that are made a part of the permanent record kept by the court shall file with the court, on a copy of the form prescribed by the department of children and youth pursuant to division (E)(1) of this section, a request for such notification that contains the information and statements required by division (E)(3) of this section. A request may be filed at any time if the person who files the request is authorized at that time to inspect forms that pertain to the social or medical histories. (3) A request for notification as described in division (E)(2) of this section shall contain all of the following information: (a) The adopted person's name and mailing address at that time; (b) The name of each adoptive parent, and if the adoptive person is a minor at the time of the filing of the request, the mailing address of each adoptive parent at that time; (c) The adopted person's date of birth; (d) The date of entry of the final decree of adoption; (e) A statement requesting the court to notify the person who files the request, at the address provided in the request, if any correction or expansion of either the social or medical history of the biological parents is made a part of the permanent record kept by the court; (f) A statement that the person who files the request is authorized, at the time of the filing, to inspect the forms that pertain to the social and medical histories of the biological parents; (g) The signature of the person who files the request. (4) Upon the filing of a request for notification in accordance with division (E)(2) of this section, the clerk of the court in which it is filed immediately shall insert the request in the permanent record of the case. A person who has filed the request and who wishes to update it with respect to a new mailing address may inform the court in writing of the new address. Upon its receipt, the court promptly shall insert the new address into the permanent record by attaching it to the request. Thereafter, any notification described in this division shall be sent to the new address. (5) Whenever a social or medical history of a biological parent is corrected or expanded and the correction or expansion is made a part of the permanent record kept by the court, the court shall ascertain whether a request for notification has been filed in accordance with division (E)(2) of this section. If such a request has been filed, the court shall determine whether, at that time, the person who filed the request is authorized, under division (D) of this section, to inspect the forms that pertain to the social or medical history of the biological parents. If the court determines that the person who filed the request is so authorized, it immediately shall notify the person that the social or medical history has been corrected or expanded, that it has been made a part of the permanent record kept by the court, and that the forms that pertain to the records may be inspected in accordance with division (D) of this section. Last updated February 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3105.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3105 / § 3105.45
§ 3105.45. Representation by collaborative family lawyer
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 House Bill 461 - 129th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section, a collaborative family lawyer may not appear before a court to represent a party in a proceeding related to the collaborative family law matter. A collaborative family lawyer representing a party that is a government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality is subject to disqualification under this division. (B) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section, a lawyer in a law firm with which the collaborative family lawyer is associated may not appear before a court to represent a party in a proceeding related to the collaborative family law matter if the collaborative family lawyer is disqualified from doing so under division (A) of this section. (C) A collaborative family lawyer or a lawyer in a law firm with which the collaborative family lawyer is associated may represent a party for the following purposes: (1) To ask a court to approve an agreement resulting from the collaborative family law process; (2) To seek or defend an emergency order to protect the health, safety, welfare, or interests of a party or of a family or household member of a party if a successor lawyer is not immediately available to represent the party or family or household member of the party. If a successor lawyer is not immediately available to represent the party or family or household member of the party, divisions (A) and (B) of this section do not apply until a successor lawyer assumes representation of the party or family or household member of the party or reasonable measures are taken to protect the health, safety, welfare, or interests of the party or family or household member of the party.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.48
§ 3111.48. Information included in order
Status: in_force

April 3, 2024 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly An administrative officer shall include in an order issued under section 3111.46 of the Revised Code a notice that contains the information described in section 3111.49 of the Revised Code informing the mother, father, and caretaker of the child of the right to bring an action under sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code and of the effect of failure to timely bring the action. An agency shall include in an administrative order issued under section 3111.47 of the Revised Code a notice that contains the information described in section 3111.50 of the Revised Code informing the parties of their right to bring an action under sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code. Last updated April 3, 2024 at 4:08 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.707 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.707
§ 3115.707. Contest of registered convention support order
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 of the Revised Code, sections 3115.605 to 3115.608 of the Revised Code apply to a contest of a registered convention support order. (B) A party contesting a registered convention support order shall file a contest not later than thirty days after notice of the registration, but if the contesting party does not reside in the United States, the contest must be filed not later than sixty days after notice of the registration. (C) If the nonregistering party fails to contest the registered convention support order by the time specified in division (B) of this section, the order is enforceable. (D) A contest of a registered convention support order may be based only on grounds set forth in section 3115.708 of the Revised Code. The contesting party bears the burden of proof. (E) In a contest of a registered convention support order, both of the following apply: (1) A court of this state is bound by the findings of fact on which the foreign tribunal based its jurisdiction. (2) A court of this state may not review the merits of the order. (F) A court of this state deciding a contest of a registered convention support order shall promptly notify the parties of its decision. (G) A challenge or appeal, if any, does not stay the enforcement of a convention support order unless there are exceptional circumstances.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.034 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.034
§ 3107.034. Search report to include abuse/neglect information
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Whenever a prospective adoptive parent or a person eighteen years of age or older who resides with a prospective adoptive parent has resided in another state within the five-year period immediately prior to the date on which a criminal records check is requested for the person under division (A) of section 2151.86 of the Revised Code, the administrative director of an agency, or attorney, who arranges the adoption for the prospective adoptive parent shall request a check of the central registry of abuse and neglect of this state from the department of children and youth regarding the prospective adoptive parent or the person eighteen years of age or older who resides with the prospective adoptive parent to enable the agency or attorney to check any child abuse and neglect registry maintained by that other state. The administrative director or attorney shall make the request and shall review the results of the check before a final decree of adoption or an interlocutory order of adoption making the person an adoptive parent may be made. Information received pursuant to the request shall be considered for purposes of this chapter as if it were a summary report required under section 3107.033 of the Revised Code. The department of children and youth shall comply with any request to check the central registry that is similar to the request described in this division and that is received from any other state. (B) The summary report of a search of the uniform statewide automated child welfare information system established in section 5180.40 of the Revised Code that is required under section 3107.033 of the Revised Code shall contain, if applicable, a chronological list of abuse and neglect determinations or allegations of which the person seeking to adopt is subject and in regards to which a public children services agency has done one of the following: (1) Determined that abuse or neglect occurred; (2) Initiated an investigation, and the investigation is ongoing; (3) Initiated an investigation and the agency was unable to determine whether abuse or neglect occurred. (C) The summary report required under section 3107.033 of the Revised Code shall not contain any of the following: (1) An abuse and neglect determination of which the person seeking to adopt is subject and in regards to which a public children services agency determined that abuse or neglect did not occur; (2) Information or reports the dissemination of which is prohibited by, or interferes with eligibility under, the "Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act," 88 Stat. 4 (1974), 42 U.S.C. 5101 et seq., as amended; (3) The name of the person who or entity that made, or participated in the making of, the report of abuse or neglect. (D)(1) An application for adoption may be denied based on a summary report containing the information described under division (B)(1) of this section, when considered within the totality of the circumstances. An application that is denied may be appealed using the procedure adopted pursuant to division (B) of section 3107.033 of the Revised Code. (2) An application for adoption shall not be denied solely based on a summary report containing the information described under division (B)(2) or (3) of this section. Last updated July 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3105.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3105 / § 3105.08
§ 3105.08. Converting divorce action into dissolution action
Status: in_force

June 13, 1990 Senate Bill 25 - 118th General Assembly At any time before a final judgment is entered in a divorce action, the spouses may convert the action for divorce into an action for dissolution of marriage by filing a motion with the court in which the divorce action is pending for conversion of the divorce action. The motion shall contain a petition for dissolution of marriage that satisfies the requirements of section 3105.63 of the Revised Code. The action for dissolution of marriage then shall proceed in accordance with sections 3105.61 to 3105.65 of the Revised Code with both spouses designated as petitioners. No court fees or costs normally charged upon the filing of an action shall be charged upon the conversion of the action for divorce into an action for dissolution of marriage under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.91 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.91
§ 3121.91. Interstate cooperation
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly The department of job and family services may request the assistance of other states in enforcing support orders issued by the courts and child support enforcement agencies of this state consistent with Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651 et seq., as amended. When support orders issued in other states are being enforced in this state pursuant to Chapters 3115., 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code, the following shall apply: (A) The department shall use the forms required pursuant to Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651 et seq., as amended. (B) Except as provided by Chapter 3115. of the Revised Code, a support order issued in a state other than this state that is being administratively enforced in this state pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 666(a)(14)(A) shall not be considered to be transferred to the caseload of any child support enforcement agency of this state or to the department. The department shall maintain records of the number of requests for assistance received in this state for enforcement of support cases issued by other states, the number of support cases issued by another state under which support was actually collected in this state, and the amount of support collected.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.17
§ 3111.17. Determining mother and child relationship
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly Any interested party may bring an action to determine the existence or nonexistence of a mother and child relationship. Insofar as practicable, the provisions of sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code that are applicable to the father and child relationship shall apply to an action brought under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3105.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3105 / § 3105.42
§ 3105.42. Laws applicable to collaborative family law participation agreement
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 House Bill 461 - 129th General Assembly (A) Sections 3105.41 to 3105.54 of the Revised Code apply to a collaborative family law participation agreement that meets the requirements of section 3105.43 of the Revised Code and is signed on or after the effective date of this section. (B) A court may not order a party to participate in a collaborative family law process over that party's objection.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3129.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3129 / § 3129.01
§ 3129.01. Definitions
Status: in_force

April 24, 2024 House Bill 68 - 135th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Biological sex," "birth sex," and "sex" mean the biological indication of male and female, including sex chromosomes, naturally occurring sex hormones, gonads, and nonambiguous internal and external genitalia present at birth, without regard to an individual's psychological, chosen, or subjective experience of gender. (B) "Cross-sex hormone" means testosterone, estrogen, or progesterone given to a minor individual in an amount greater than would normally be produced endogenously in a healthy individual of the minor individual's age and sex. (C) "Gender reassignment surgery" means any surgery performed for the purpose of assisting an individual with gender transition that seeks to surgically alter or remove healthy physical or anatomical characteristics or features that are typical for the individual's biological sex, in order to instill or create physiological or anatomical characteristics that resemble a sex different from the individual's birth sex, including genital or non-genital gender reassignment surgery. (D) "Gender-related condition" means any condition where an individual feels an incongruence between the individual's gender identity and biological sex. "Gender-related condition" includes gender dysphoria. (E) "Gender transition" means the process in which an individual goes from identifying with and living as a gender that corresponds to his or her biological sex to identifying with and living as a gender different from his or her biological sex, including social, legal, or physical changes. (F) "Gender transition services" means any medical or surgical service (including physician services, inpatient and outpatient hospital services, or prescription drugs or hormones) provided for the purpose of assisting an individual with gender transition that seeks to alter or remove physical or anatomical characteristics or features that are typical for the individual's biological sex, or to instill or create physiological or anatomical characteristics that resemble a sex different from the individual's birth sex, including medical services that provide puberty blocking drugs, cross-sex hormones, or other mechanisms to promote the development of feminizing or masculinizing features in the opposite sex, or genital or non-genital gender reassignment surgery. (G) "Genital gender reassignment surgery" means surgery performed for the purpose of assisting an individual with gender transition and includes both of the following: (1) Surgeries that sterilize, such as castration, vasectomy, hysterectomy, oophorectomy, orchiectomy, and penectomy; (2) Surgeries that artificially construct tissue with the appearance of genitalia that differs from the individual's biological sex, such as metoidiplasty, phalloplasty, and vaginoplasty. (H) "Mental health professional" means all of the following: (1) Either of the following advanced practice registered nurses who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code that authorizes the practice of nursing as an advanced practice registered nurse: (a) A clinical nurse specialist who is certified as a psychiatric-mental health CNS by the American nurses credentialing center; (b) A certified nurse practitioner who is certified as a psychiatric-mental health NP by the American nurses credentialing center. (2) A physician specializing in psychiatry; (3) A psychologist, school psychologist, or independent school psychologist licensed under Chapter 4732. of the Revised Code or under rules adopted in accordance with sections 3301.07 and 3319.22 of the Revised Code; (4) An independent social worker, social worker, licensed professional clinical counselor, licensed professional counselor, independent marriage and family therapist, or marriage and family therapist licensed under Chapter 4757. of the Revised Code. (I) "Minor individual" means an individual under eighteen years of age. (J) "Non-genital gender reassignment surgery" means surgery performed for the purpose of assisting an individual with gender transition such as augmentation mammoplasty, facial feminization surgery, liposuction, lipofilling, voice surgery, thyroid cartilage reduction, gluteal augmentation, pectoral implants, or other aesthetic procedures. (K) "Physician" means an individual authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. (L) "Puberty-blocking drugs" means Gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs or other synthetic drugs used to stop luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone secretion, synthetic antiandrogen drugs used to block the androgen receptor, or any drug to delay or suppress normal puberty. Last updated February 5, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3117.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3117 / § 3117.05
§ 3117.05. Petition for conciliation
Status: in_force

January 1, 1991 House Bill 514 - 118th General Assembly (A) Prior to or during pendency of any action for divorce, annulment, or legal separation, one or both spouses may file in the court of common pleas a petition for conciliation, to preserve the marriage by effecting a reconciliation, or to amicably settle the controversy between the spouses, so as to avoid further litigation over the issues involved. (B) The petition shall be captioned substantially as follows: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF _____________ COUNTY, OHIO In Re: : No. ___________________ _______________________ : and : PETITION FOR CONCILIATION _______________________ : (C) The petition shall: (1) Allege facts showing a controversy between the spouses which may, unless a reconciliation or settlement is achieved, result in dissolution of the marriage or disruption of the household; (2) State the name and age of each minor child whose welfare may be affected by the controversy; (3) State the names and addresses of the parties; (4) Name as respondent any other person who has any relation to the controversy, stating his address if known to the petitioner; (5) State any other information that the court by rule requires; (6) Request the aid of the court to effect a reconciliation or an amicable settlement of the controversy between the parties. (D) The clerk of the court of common pleas shall provide, at the expense of the county, blank forms for petitions for filing pursuant to this chapter. Any employee of the county engaged in conciliation duties shall assist any person at his request in the preparation and presentation of any such petition. All public officers in each county shall refer to the conciliation judge all petitions and complaints made to them in respect to controversies within the purview of this chapter. (E) No fee shall be charged for filing the petition, nor shall any fee be charged by any officer for the performance of any duty pursuant to this chapter. (F) Conciliation case files shall be closed, but may be opened for inspection by any party, his counsel, or other proper person, upon written authority of the conciliation judge.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.903 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.903
§ 3115.903. Severability
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.104 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.104
§ 3115.104. Remedies cumulative
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) Remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity. (B) This chapter does not do either of the following: (1) Provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of this state; (2) Grant a tribunal of this state jurisdiction to render judgment or issue an order relating to child custody or visitation in a proceeding under this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.33
§ 3123.33. Hearing
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly If a person who received notice under section 3123.29 of the Revised Code requests it in a timely manner, the child support enforcement agency that sent the notice shall conduct an administrative hearing no later than ten days after the date the person files the request for the hearing. No later than five days before the date the hearing is to be conducted, the agency shall send the person written notice of the date, time, place, and purpose of the hearing. At the hearing, the agency shall determine whether any amount contained in the account is the property of the person who filed the objection. The person may present testimony and evidence at the hearing only in regard to the issue of whether and how much, if any, of the amount contained in the account is the property of the person and should not be subject to withdrawal directive. If the agency determines that any amount contained in the account is the property of the person, the agency shall determine that amount. The agency shall send notice of its determination to the person.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.382 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.382
§ 3121.382. Issuing order upon finding of willful failure to comply with withholding notice
Status: in_force

May 18, 2005 House Bill 493 - 125th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "willfully" means voluntarily and intentionally with a specific intent to take an action or fail to take an action. (B) If, after a hearing conducted pursuant to section 3121.373 of the Revised Code, the court determines that a payor that is an employer has willfully failed to comply with a withholding notice issued pursuant to section 3121.03 of the Revised Code, or has failed three times within twelve consecutive months to comply with a withholding notice, the court may issue an order requiring one or both of the following: (1) The payment of support by electronic transfer of funds from the bank account of the payor; (2) A civil penalty, in addition to any other penalty permitted by law, of up to fifty per cent of the amount not withheld from the obligor's income or not timely forwarded to the office of child support in accordance with the withholding notice.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3113.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3113 / § 3113.04
§ 3113.04. Sentence suspended upon posting bond
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly (A) Sentence may be suspended if a person, after conviction under section 2919.21 of the Revised Code and before sentence under that section, appears before the court of common pleas in which the conviction took place and enters into bond to the state in a sum fixed by the court at not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, with sureties approved by the court, conditioned that the person will furnish the child or other dependent with necessary or proper home, care, food, and clothing, or will pay promptly each week for such purpose to the office of child support in the department of job and family services, a sum to be fixed by the agency. The child support enforcement agency shall comply with Chapter 3119. of the Revised Code when it fixes the sum to be paid to the division. (B) 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 § 3109.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.48
§ 3109.48. Visit to surviving parent with child present
Status: in_force

October 20, 1999 House Bill 191 - 123rd General Assembly No person, with the child of the parent present, shall visit the parent who has been convicted of killing the child's other parent unless a court has issued an order granting the parent visitation rights with the child and the child's custodian or legal guardian consents to the visit.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.74 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.74
§ 3109.74. Filing with court
Status: in_force

July 20, 2004 House Bill 130 - 125th General Assembly (A) A person who creates a power of attorney under section 3109.52 of the Revised Code or executes a caretaker authorization affidavit under section 3109.67 of the Revised Code shall file the power of attorney or affidavit with the juvenile court of the county in which the grandparent designated as attorney in fact or grandparent who executed the affidavit resides or any other court that has jurisdiction over the child under a previously filed motion or proceeding. The power of attorney or affidavit shall be filed not later than five days after the date it is created or executed and may be sent to the court by certified mail. (B) A power of attorney filed under this section shall be accompanied by a receipt showing that the notice of creation of the power of attorney was sent to the parent who is not the residential parent and legal custodian by certified mail under section 3109.55 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) The grandparent designated as attorney in fact or the grandparent who executed the affidavit shall include with the power of attorney or the caretaker authorization affidavit the information described in section 3109.27 of the Revised Code. (2) If the grandparent provides information that the grandparent previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any criminal offense involving any act that resulted in a child being an abused child or a neglected child or previously has 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, the court may report that information to the public children services agency pursuant to section 2151.421 of the Revised Code. Upon the receipt of that information, the public children services agency shall initiate an investigation pursuant to section 2151.421 of the Revised Code. (3) If the court has reason to believe that a power of attorney or caretaker authorization affidavit is not in the best interest of the child, the court may report that information to the public children services agency pursuant to section 2151.421 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of that information, the public children services agency shall initiate an investigation pursuant to section 2151.421 of the Revised Code. The public children services agency shall submit a report of its investigation to the court not later than thirty days after the court reports the information to the public children services agency or not later than forty-five days after the court reports the information to the public children services agency when information that is needed to determine the case disposition cannot be compiled within thirty days and the reasons are documented in the case record. (D) The court shall waive any filing fee imposed for the filing of the power of attorney or caretaker authorization affidavit.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.421 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.421
§ 3111.421. Serving notice and order
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly The notice and order described in section 3111.42 of the Revised Code shall be sent in accordance with the provisions of the Rules of Civil Procedure that govern service of process, except to the extent that the provisions of the Civil Rules by their nature are clearly inapplicable and except that references in the provisions of the Civil Rules to the court or to the clerk of the court shall be construed as being references to the child support enforcement agency or the administrative officer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.9519 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.9519
§ 3119.9519. Commencement of redirection
Status: in_force

April 3, 2024 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The redirection of a child support order under a redirection order that has become final as provided under section 3119.9517 of the Revised Code shall take effect as of, and relate back to, the date that the child support enforcement agency received the Title IV-D services application or referral under section 3119.953 of the Revised Code that initiated the proceedings resulting in the order. (B) A redirection order under section 3119.9517 of the Revised Code based on a recommendation for redirection shall take effect as of, and relate back to, the date that the child support enforcement agency received the Title IV-D services application or referral under section 3119.953 of the Revised Code that initiated the proceedings resulting in the redirection order. Last updated October 3, 2023 at 5:46 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.38
§ 3107.38. Right of adopted persons or lineal descendants
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in sections 3107.38 to 3107.394 of the Revised Code: (1) "Adopted person" means a person who was adopted but is not an adopted person as defined in section 3107.45 of the Revised Code. (2) "Adoption file" means a file maintained by the department of health under sections 3705.12 to 3705.124 of the Revised Code. (3) "Biological parent" means a parent, by birth, of a person who is, or is to become, an adopted person. (4) "Biological parent's name redaction request form" means the form prescribed under section 3107.391 of the Revised Code. (5) "Biological sibling" means a sibling, by birth, of a person who is, or is to become, an adopted person. (6) "Contact preference form" means the form prescribed under section 3107.39 of the Revised Code. (7) "File of releases" means the filing system for releases that former section 3107.40 of the Revised Code, as repealed by Sub. S.B. 23 of the 130th general assembly, required the department of health to maintain. (8) "Items of identification" include a motor vehicle driver's or commercial driver's license, an identification card issued under sections 4507.50 to 4507.52 of the Revised Code, a marriage application, a social security card, a credit card, a military identification card, or an employee identification card. (9) "Lineal descendant of an adopted person" means a person who by reason of blood or adoption is a lineal descendant of an adopted person. (10) "Offspring" means a child, by birth, of a person. (11) "Release" means both of the following: (a) A release filed by a biological parent or biological sibling pursuant to former section 3107.40 of the Revised Code, as repealed by Sub. S.B. 23 of the 130th general assembly, that authorized the release of identifying information to the biological parent's offspring or the release of specified information to the biological sibling's adopted sibling pursuant to former section 3107.41 of the Revised Code, as repealed by Sub. S.B. 23 of the 130th general assembly; (b) A withdrawal of release filed by a biological parent or biological sibling pursuant to former section 3107.40 of the Revised Code, as repealed by Sub. S.B. 23 of the 130th general assembly. (B) Subject to division (C) of this section, an adopted person or lineal descendant of an adopted person may submit a written request to the department of health for the department to provide the adopted person or lineal descendant of an adopted person with a copy of the contents of the adopted person's adoption file. The request shall provide the requester's address and notarized signature and be accompanied by two items of identification of the requester. If the requester is a lineal descendant of an adopted person, the request shall also provide notarized documentation evidencing the requester's relationship to the adopted person. On receipt of a request and payment of the fee required by section 3705.241 of the Revised Code, the department shall mail to the requester, at the address provided in the request, a copy of the contents of the adopted person's adoption file if the department has an adoption file, including all releases transferred to the adoption file pursuant to section 3107.381 of the Revised Code, for the adopted person. If the adoption file includes a biological parent's name redaction request form from a biological parent, the department shall redact the biological parent's name from the copy of the contents of the adoption file that is mailed to the requester. If the department removes the biological parent's name redaction request form from the adoption file pursuant to division (A) of section 3107.391 of the Revised Code after the department mails the copy of the contents of the adoption file to the requester, the department shall mail to the requester another copy of the contents with the biological parent's name included. (C) An adopted person or lineal descendant of an adopted person may not submit a request under this section until the adopted person or lineal descendant is at least eighteen years of age. Last updated July 21, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.302 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.302
§ 3119.302. Private health insurance - cash medical support
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) When the court, with respect to a court child support order, or the child support enforcement agency, with respect to an administrative child support order, determines the person or persons responsible for the health care coverage of the children subject to the order pursuant to section 3119.30 of the Revised Code, all of the following apply: (1) The court or agency shall consider any health insurance coverage in which the obligor, obligee, or children, are enrolled at the time the court or agency issues the order. (2) If the cost of health insurance coverage to either parent exceeds a reasonable cost, that parent shall not be ordered to provide health insurance coverage for the child except as follows: (a) When the parent requests to obtain or maintain the health insurance coverage that exceeds a reasonable cost; (b) When the court determines that it is in the best interest of the children for a parent to obtain and maintain health insurance coverage that exceeds a reasonable cost and the cost will not impose an undue financial burden on either parent. If the court makes such a determination, the court must include the facts and circumstances of the determination in the child support order. (3) If health insurance coverage is available at a reasonable cost to either parent through a group policy, contract, or plan, and the court determines that it is not in the best interest of the children to utilize the available health insurance coverage, the court shall state the facts and circumstances of the determination in the child support order. (4) Notwithstanding division (B) of section 3119.29 of the Revised Code, the court or agency may do either of the following: (a) Permit primary care services to be farther than thirty miles if residents in part or all of the immediate geographic area customarily travel farther distances; (b) Require primary care services be accessible by public transportation if public transportation is the obligee's only source of transportation. If the court or agency makes either accessibility determination, it shall include this accessibility determination in the child support order. (B) The director of job and family services shall periodically update the amount of the cash medical support obligation to be paid pursuant to division (C) of section 3119.30 of the Revised Code. The updates shall be made in consideration of the medical expenditure panel survey, conducted by the United States department of health and human services for health care research and quality. The amount shall be based on the most recent survey year data available and shall be calculated by multiplying the total amount expended for health services for children by the percentage that is out-of-pocket divided by the number of individuals less than eighteen years of age that have any private insurance.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3105.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3105 / § 3105.10
§ 3105.10. Judgment - separation agreement
Status: in_force

January 1, 1991 House Bill 514 - 118th General Assembly (A) The court of common pleas shall hear any of the causes for divorce or annulment charged in the complaint and may, upon proof to the satisfaction of the court, pronounce the marriage contract dissolved and both of the parties released from their obligations. (B)(1) A separation agreement providing for the support of children eighteen years of age or older is enforceable by the court of common pleas. (2) A separation agreement that was voluntarily entered into by the parties may be enforceable by the court of common pleas upon the motion of either party to the agreement, if the court determines that it would be in the interests of justice and equity to require enforcement of the separation agreement. (3) If a court of common pleas has a division of domestic relations, all cases brought for enforcement of a separation agreement under division (B)(1) or (2) of this section shall be assigned to the judges of that division. (C) A plea of condonation or recrimination is not a bar to a divorce. (D) Upon the granting of a divorce, on a complaint or counterclaim, by force of the judgment, each party shall be barred of all right of dower in real estate situated within this state of which the other was seized at any time during coverture. (E) Upon the granting of a judgment for legal separation, when by the force of the judgment real estate is granted to one party, the other party is barred of all right of dower in the real estate and the court may provide that each party shall be barred of all rights of dower in the real estate acquired by either party at any time subsequent to the judgment. "Dower" as used in this section has the meaning set forth in section 2103.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.33
§ 3111.33. Distributing pamphlets and forms
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly The department of job and family services shall make available the pamphlets and the acknowledgment of paternity affidavits and statements to the department of health, to each hospital it has a contract with pursuant to section 3727.17 of the Revised Code, and to any individual who requests a pamphlet. The department of job and family services shall make available the affidavit acknowledging paternity to each county child support enforcement agency, the department of health, and any other person or agency that requests copies.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.71 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.71
§ 3121.71. Administrative rules
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly The director of job and family services, pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules that do all of the following: (A) Govern collection and disbursement of child support amounts in compliance with Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651 et seq., as amended, and any regulations adopted under the act; (B) Govern the method of sending administrative charge amounts to child support enforcement agencies; (C) Assist in the implementation of separate accounts for support payments received by the division; (D) Govern the process of entering into and the provisions of contracts described in section 3121.67 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.51
§ 3107.51. Form for adoptee's request for assistance
Status: in_force

June 20, 1996 House Bill 419 - 121st General Assembly (A) Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, the department of health shall prescribe a form with which an adopted person may make a request under division (A) of section 3107.48 of the Revised Code. The form shall require all of the following information: (1) The residence address of the adopted person; (2) The adopted person's name and date of birth as it appears on the adopted person's new birth record; (3) The notarized signature of the adopted person; (4) Any other information considered necessary by the department. (B) The form shall include instructions that explain how it is to be completed and filed with the department. The department shall include on the form information that advises the adopted person that the adopted person may, in accordance with division (B) of section 3107.48 of the Revised Code, rescind the request at any time, and shall include instructions on how to do so. (C) On request of an adopted person, the department shall provide the adopted person with a copy of the form.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.67 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.67
§ 3107.67. Transfer of records to probate court when agency or attorney permanently ceases arranging adoptions
Status: in_force

September 18, 1996 House Bill 419 - 121st General Assembly (A) For the purpose of division (C) of section 3107.66 of the Revised Code, an agency or attorney that arranged an adoption shall provide the probate court that finalized the adoption with the agency's or attorney's records of the adoption when the agency or attorney permanently ceases to arrange adoptions. If an agency permanently ceases to arrange adoptions because the person operating the agency has died or become incapacitated or the attorney ceases to arrange adoptions because the attorney has died or become incapacitated, the person responsible for disposing of the agency's or attorney's records shall provide the court with the adoption records. If no one is responsible for disposing of the records, the person responsible for administering the estate or managing the resources of the attorney or the person who operated the agency shall provide the court with the adoption records. If the attorney who permanently ceases to arrange adoptions is in practice with another attorney, the attorney may provide the adoption records to the other attorney rather than the court if the other attorney agrees to act in the place of the first attorney for the purpose of section 3107.66 of the Revised Code. The person responsible for the practice of the first attorney shall provide the adoption records to the probate court that finalized the adoption when the practice no longer includes an attorney who agrees to act in the first attorney's place for the purpose of section 3107.66 of the Revised Code. (B) A probate court that receives adoption records under division (A) of this section may transfer the records to a person or governmental entity that voluntarily accepts the records. If the court finds a person or governmental entity that accepts the adoption records, the court shall maintain a directory for the purpose of informing a person seeking the records where the records are held.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.304 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.304
§ 3115.304. Duties of initiating tribunal
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this chapter, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents to whichever of the following is relevant: (1) The responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state; (2) If the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, the state information agency of the responding state with a request that they be forwarded to the appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged. (B) If requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of this state shall issue a certificate or other document and make findings required by the law of the responding state. If the responding tribunal is in a foreign country, upon request the tribunal of this state shall specify the amount of support sought, convert that amount into the equivalent amount in the foreign currency under applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported, and provide any other documents necessary to satisfy the requirements of the responding foreign tribunal.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.46
§ 3107.46. Birth parent may file denial of release
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 House Bill 5 - 135th General Assembly (A) A birth parent who did not check, pursuant to section 3107.081 or 5103.151 of the Revised Code, the "no" space provided on the component of the form prescribed pursuant to division (A)(1)(b) of section 3107.083 of the Revised Code may sign, date, and have filed with the department of health a denial of release form prescribed under section 3107.50 of the Revised Code. A birth parent who signs an authorization of release form under division (B) of this section may rescind that form by signing, dating, and having filed with the department of health a denial of release form prescribed under section 3107.50 of the Revised Code. If, at the time of submitting the denial of release form, the birth parent provides the department two items of identification, the department shall file the form in the adoption file of the adopted person indicated on the form. (B) If an adoption file contains a birth parent's denial of release form, the birth parent may rescind that form by signing, dating, and having filed with the department of health an authorization of release form. If, at the time of submitting the authorization of release form, the birth parent provides the department two items of identification, the department shall file the form in the adoption file of the adopted person indicated on the form. (C) After a birth parent submits a denial of release form or an authorization of release form under this section, the department of health shall provide the birth parent a copy of the form. (D) A birth parent may rescind an authorization of release form pursuant to division (A) of this section and rescind a denial of release form pursuant to division (B) of this section as many times as the birth parent wishes. Last updated February 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.101 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.101
§ 3107.101. Post-placement prospective adoptive home visit
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Not later than seven days after a minor to be adopted is placed in a prospective adoptive home pursuant to section 5103.16 of the Revised Code, the assessor providing placement or post placement services in the prospective adoptive home shall begin monthly prospective adoptive home visits in that home, until the court issues a final decree of adoption. During the prospective adoptive home visits, the assessor shall evaluate the progression of the placement in the prospective adoptive home. The assessor shall include the evaluation in the prefinalization assessment required under section 3107.12 of the Revised Code. (B) During the prospective home visit required under division (A) of this section, the assessor shall make face-to-face contact with the prospective adoptive parent and the minor to be adopted. The assessor shall make contact, as prescribed by rule under division (C) of this section, with all other children or adults residing in the prospective adoptive home. (C) The director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code necessary for the implementation and execution of this section. (D) This section does not apply to an adoption by a stepparent whose spouse is a biological or adoptive parent of the minor to be adopted. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3103.061 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3103 / § 3103.061
§ 3103.061. Requirements for agreements altering legal relations between spouses
Status: in_force

March 23, 2023 Senate Bill 210 - 134th General Assembly Any agreement altering legal relations between spouses established under division (A)(1) of section 3103.05 or division (A)(1) or (2) of section 3103.06 of the Revised Code shall be valid and enforceable, with or without consideration, if all of the following apply: (A) The agreement is in writing and signed by both spouses ; (B) The agreement is entered into freely without fraud, duress, coercion, or overreaching ; (C) There was full disclosure, or full knowledge, and understanding of the nature, value, and extent of the property of both spouses ; (D) The terms do not promote or encourage divorce or profiteering by divorce. Last updated February 8, 2023 at 5:27 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.48
§ 3121.48. Separate account for support payments received as trustee
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly The office of child support shall administer a fund for the deposit of support payments it receives as trustee for remittance to the persons entitled to receive the support payments. The fund shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state, but shall not be part of the state treasury.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.80 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.80
§ 3109.80. Only one power or affidavit may be in effect at a time
Status: in_force

July 20, 2004 House Bill 130 - 125th General Assembly Only one power of attorney created under section 3109.52 of the Revised Code or one caretaker authorization executed under section 3109.67 of the Revised Code may be in effect for a child at one time. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.31
§ 3123.31. Administrative hearing request
Status: in_force

February 11, 2019 Senate Bill 70 - 132nd General Assembly The person to whom notice is sent under section 3123.29 of the Revised Code shall have fourteen days from the date the notice is issued to object to the withdrawal by filing with the child support enforcement agency that sent the notice a written request for an administrative hearing to determine whether any amount contained in the account is the property of that person and should not be subject to the withdrawal directive.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.35
§ 3111.35. Implementing provisions
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 to implement sections 3111.20 to 3111.34 of the Revised Code that are consistent with Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351, 42 U.S.C. 651 et seq., as amended.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.03
§ 3119.03. Presumption of correctness
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly In any action or proceeding in which the court determines the amount of child support that will be ordered to be paid pursuant to a child support order or at any time a child support enforcement agency determines the amount of child support that will be paid pursuant to an administrative child support order, the amount of child support that would be payable under a child support order, as calculated pursuant to the basic child support schedule and applicable worksheet through the line establishing the actual annual obligation, is rebuttably presumed to be the correct amount of child support due.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.45
§ 3111.45. Test conducted by qualified examiner
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly The genetic testing required under an administrative genetic testing order shall be conducted by a qualified examiner authorized by the department of job and family services. On completion of the genetic tests, the examiner shall send a complete report of the test results to the agency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.49
§ 3107.49. Birth parent or adult sibling may request assistance
Status: in_force

September 18, 1996 House Bill 419 - 121st General Assembly (A) A birth parent, or birth sibling age twenty-one or older, may submit a request to the department of health for assistance in finding an adopted person's name by adoption. The department shall examine the adopted person's adoption file to determine the adopted person's name by adoption and provide the birth parent or birth sibling with the adopted person's name by adoption if all of the following are the case: (1) The adopted person's adoption file contains a request submitted by the adopted person under division (A) of section 3107.48 of the Revised Code that the department assist the birth parent or birth sibling in finding the adopted person's name by adoption; (2) The adopted person was the child of the birth parent or sibling of the birth sibling before the adoption; (3) In the case of a request by a birth parent, the court that issued the adopted person's final decree of adoption sends the department, in accordance with division (B) of this section, a notice stating that the birth parent's parental rights concerning the adopted person were not involuntarily terminated pursuant to Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code; (4) The request is in writing and includes the birth parent's or birth sibling's residence address and notarized signature, one or more items of identification of the birth parent or birth sibling, and the adopted person's name and date of birth as it appears on the original birth record; (5) The department has an adoption file for the adopted person and is able to determine the adopted person's name by adoption from the file's contents. (B) If a birth parent requests assistance from the department of health in finding an adopted person's name by adoption, the department shall request the court that issued the adopted person's final decree of adoption to determine whether the birth parent's parental rights concerning the adopted person were involuntarily terminated pursuant to Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code. The department shall provide to the court any information the department has and the court needs to make the determination. On request from the department, the court shall make the determination. After making the determination, the court shall send a notice to the department stating whether the birth parent's parental rights were so involuntarily terminated. (C) If a birth parent or birth sibling does not know all the information about the adopted person that the department needs to be able to find the adopted person's adoption file, the department shall, if it is known which court issued the adopted person's final decree of adoption, ask the court to find the information about the adopted person from its records. The department shall provide to the court any information the department receives from the birth parent or birth sibling that the court needs to find the information. On the department's request, the court shall provide to the department any information the court has that will aid the department in finding the adopted person's adoption file. (D) If a birth parent or birth sibling is denied assistance in finding an adopted person's name by adoption because the adopted person's adoption file does not contain a request submitted by the adopted person under division (A) of section 3107.48 of the Revised Code, the department shall inform the birth parent or birth sibling that it will notify the birth parent or birth sibling if the adopted person subsequently submits a request under division (A) of section 3107.48 of the Revised Code and the birth parent or birth sibling submits to the department a request to be notified. A birth parent or birth sibling who submits a request to be notified shall provide the department the birth parent's or birth sibling's address and shall notify the department of any change of address. A birth parent or birth sibling who subsequently decides not to be notified may submit a statement with the department for the department not to notify the birth parent or birth sibling. The department shall notify the birth parent or birth sibling if the adopted person submits a request under division (A) of section 3107.48 of the Revised Code and the birth parent or birth sibling has submitted a request to be notified and not subsequently submitted a statement not to be notified.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.9533 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.9533
§ 3119.9533. Termination of redirection; parent obligee
Status: in_force

April 3, 2024 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly If, after an investigation under section 3119.9527 of the Revised Code, the child support enforcement agency determines that a parent of the child who is the subject of the redirection order or recommendation is the primary caregiver of the child, the agency shall do one of the following: (A) If the parent is the obligee under the child support order that is subject to redirection, terminate the existing redirection order or request the court to terminate the redirection order based on the recommendation, whichever is applicable. (B) If the parent is the obligor under the child support order that is subject to redirection: (1) Terminate the existing redirection order or request the court to terminate the redirection order based on the recommendation, whichever is applicable; and (2) Notify the obligor that he or she may do the following: (a) Request that the child support order be terminated pursuant to section 3119.87 of the Revised Code; (b) Request either of the following, whichever is applicable: (i) For an administrative child support order, request a review of the order under sections 3119.60 and 3119.61 of the Revised Code; (ii) For a court child support order, request the court with jurisdiction over the order to amend the order. Last updated October 3, 2023 at 5:56 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3105.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3105 / § 3105.04
§ 3105.04. Residence of spouse
Status: in_force

January 1, 1991 House Bill 514 - 118th General Assembly When a person files a petition for divorce or legal separation, the residence of the spouse does not preclude the use of sections 3105.01 to 3105.21 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.24
§ 3111.24. Determining whether acknowledgment is completed correctly
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly (A) On the filing of an acknowledgment, the office of child support shall examine the acknowledgment to determine whether it is completed correctly. The office shall make the examination no later than five days after the acknowledgment is filed. If the acknowledgment is completed correctly, the office shall comply with division (B) of this section. If the acknowledgment is not completed correctly, the office shall return it to the person or entity that filed it. The person or entity shall have ten days from the date the office sends the acknowledgment back to correct it and return it to the office. The office shall send, along with the acknowledgment, a notice stating what needs to be corrected and the amount of time the person or entity has to make the corrections and return the acknowledgment to the office. If the person or entity returns the acknowledgment in a timely manner, the office shall examine the acknowledgment again to determine whether it has been correctly completed. If the acknowledgment has been correctly completed, the office shall comply with division (B) of this section. If the acknowledgment has not been correctly completed the second time or if the acknowledgment is not returned to the office in a timely manner, the acknowledgment is invalid and the office shall return it to the person or entity and shall not enter it into the birth registry. If the office returns an acknowledgment the second time, it shall send a notice to the person or entity stating the errors in the acknowledgment and that the acknowledgment is invalid. (B) If the office determines an acknowledgment is correctly completed, the office shall enter the information on the acknowledgment into the birth registry pursuant to sections 3111.64 and 3111.65 of the Revised Code. After entering the information in the registry, the office shall send the acknowledgment to the department of health for storage pursuant to section 3705.091 of the Revised Code. The office may request that the department of health send back to the office any acknowledgment that is being stored by the department of health pursuant to that section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3125.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3125 / § 3125.46
§ 3125.46. Failing to provide information
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly No person or entity, other than an officer or entity of the state or a political subdivision of the state, shall fail to provide information as required by section 3125.41 or 3125.42 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3105.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3105 / § 3105.47
§ 3105.47. Applicability of professional responsibility provisions
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 House Bill 461 - 129th General Assembly Sections 3105.41 to 3105.54 of the Revised Code do not affect the professional responsibility obligations and standards applicable to a lawyer or other licensed professional or the statutory obligation of a person to report abuse or neglect of a child or adult.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.062 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.062
§ 3107.062. Putative father registry
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) The department of children and youth shall establish a putative father registry. To register, a putative father must complete a registration form prescribed under section 3107.065 of the Revised Code and submit it to the department. The registration form shall include the putative father's name; the name of the mother of the person he claims as his child; and the address or telephone number at which he wishes to receive, pursuant to section 3107.11 of the Revised Code, notice of any petition that may be filed to adopt a minor he claims as his child. (2) A putative father may register at any time. For the purpose of preserving the requirement of his consent to an adoption, a putative father shall register before or not later than fifteen days after the birth of the child. No fee shall be charged for registration. (B) On receipt of a completed registration form, the department shall indicate on the form the date of receipt and file it in the putative father registry. The department shall maintain registration forms in a manner that enables it to access a registration form using either the name of the putative father or of the mother. (C) The department of children and youth shall grant the office of child support in the department of job and family services and a child support enforcement agency access to the putative father registry for purposes of section 3111.69 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.13
§ 3111.13. Judgment or order
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly (A) The judgment or order of the court determining the existence or nonexistence of the parent and child relationship is determinative for all purposes. (B) If the judgment or order of the court is at variance with the child's birth record, the court may order that a new birth record be issued under section 3111.18 of the Revised Code. (C) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the judgment or order may contain, at the request of a party and if not prohibited under federal law, any other provision directed against the appropriate party to the proceeding, concerning the duty of support, the payment of all or any part of the reasonable expenses of the mother's pregnancy and confinement, the furnishing of bond or other security for the payment of the judgment, or any other matter in the best interest of the child. After entry of the judgment or order, the father may petition that he be designated the residential parent and legal custodian of the child or for parenting time rights in a proceeding separate from any action to establish paternity. Additionally, if the mother is unmarried, the father may file a complaint requesting the granting of reasonable parenting time rights, and the parents of the father, any relative of the father, the parents of the mother, and any relative of the mother may file a complaint requesting the granting of reasonable companionship or visitation rights, with the child pursuant to section 3109.12 of the Revised Code. The judgment or order shall contain any provision required by section 3111.14 of the Revised Code. (D) Support judgments or orders ordinarily shall be for periodic payments that may vary in amount. In the best interest of the child, the purchase of an annuity may be ordered in lieu of periodic payments of support if the purchase agreement provides that any remaining principal will be transferred to the ownership and control of the child on the child's attainment of the age of majority. (E) In determining the amount to be paid by a parent for support of the child and the period during which the duty of support is owed, a court enforcing the obligation of support shall comply with Chapters 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code. (F)(1) Any court 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. (2) When a court determines whether to require a parent to pay an amount for that parent's failure to support a child prior to the date the court issues an order requiring that parent to pay an amount for the current support of that child, it shall consider all relevant factors, including, but not limited to, any monetary contribution either parent of the child made to the support of the child prior to the court issuing the order requiring the parent to pay an amount for the current support of the child. (3)(a) A court shall not require a parent to pay an amount for that parent's failure to support a child prior to the date the court issues an order requiring that parent to pay an amount for the current support of that child or to pay all or any part of the reasonable expenses of the mother's pregnancy and confinement, if both of the following apply: (i) At the time of the initial filing of an action to determine the existence of the parent and child relationship with respect to that parent, the child was over three years of age. (ii) Prior to the initial filing of an action to determine the existence of the parent and child relationship with respect to that parent, the alleged father had no knowledge and had no reason to have knowledge of his alleged paternity of the child. (b) For purposes of division (F)(4)(a)(ii) of this section, the mother of the child may establish that the alleged father had or should have had knowledge of the paternity of the child by showing, by a preponderance of the evidence, that she performed a reasonable and documented effort to contact and notify the alleged father of his paternity of the child. (c) A party is entitled to obtain modification of an existing order for arrearages under this division regardless of whether the judgment, court order, or administrative support order from which relief is sought was issued prior to, on, or after October 27, 2000. (G) As used in this section, "birth record" has the same meaning as in section 3705.01 of the Revised Code. (H) Unless the court has reason to believe that a person named in the order is a potential victim of domestic violence, any order issued pursuant to this section finding the existence of a parent and child relationship shall contain the full names, addresses, and social security numbers of the mother and father of the child and the full name and address of the child.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.77 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.77
§ 3123.77. Liability for support arrearages and related expenses
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly Any person or state agency, after service described in section 3123.69 of the Revised Code, that releases, sells, transfers, or conveys real or personal property subject to the lien to or for the benefit of the obligor or any other person or fails or refuses to surrender property for the execution sale pursuant to section 3123.74 of the Revised Code shall be liable for the support arrearages that are the basis of the lien plus costs, interest, and reasonable attorney's fees of the opposing party.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.22
§ 3119.22. Deviating from schedule or worksheet
Status: in_force

March 28, 2019 House Bill 366 - 132nd General Assembly The court may order an amount of child support that deviates from the amount of child support that would otherwise result from the use of the basic child support schedule and the applicable worksheet if, after considering the factors and criteria set forth in section 3119.23 of the Revised Code, the court determines that the amount calculated pursuant to the basic child support schedule and the applicable worksheet would be unjust or inappropriate and therefore not be in the best interest of the child. If it deviates, the court must enter in the journal the amount of child support calculated pursuant to the basic child support schedule and the applicable worksheet, its determination that the amount would be unjust or inappropriate and therefore not in the best interest of the child, and findings of fact supporting that determination.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.73 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.73
§ 3119.73. Calculating revised amount of child support
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly (A) In calculating a revised amount of child support to be paid under section 3119.61 or 3119.63 of the Revised Code, and in redetermining, at an administrative hearing conducted under either of those sections, a revised amount of child support to be paid, the child support enforcement agency shall consider, in addition to all other factors required by law to be considered, the following: (1) The appropriate person, whether it is the obligor, obligee, or both, to be required to provide health insurance coverage for the children specified in the order; (2) The cost of health insurance coverage that the obligor, the obligee, or both have been ordered to obtain for the children specified in the order. (B) In determining, at a hearing conducted under section 3119.66 of the Revised Code, the appropriate amount of child support to be paid by the obligor, the court shall consider the following, in addition to all other factors required by law to be considered: (1) The appropriate person, whether it is the obligor, obligee, or both, to be required to provide health insurance coverage for the children specified in the order; (2) The cost of health insurance that the obligor, the obligee, or both have been ordered to obtain for the children specified in the order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.032 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.032
§ 3123.032. Notice becomes final determination if no request for hearing
Status: in_force

December 13, 2002 House Bill 657 - 124th General Assembly (A) If an obligor who has received a default notice under section 3123.03 of the Revised Code fails to make a timely request for an administrative hearing under section 3123.04 of the Revised Code, the default notice becomes a final and enforceable determination by the child support enforcement agency that identified the default of both of the following: (1) The obligor is in default under the support order. (2) The amount of the arrearage owed as a result of the default. (B) If an agency's determination becomes final and enforceable under this section, the agency shall take further action as required under section 3123.06 of the Revised Code. Last updated March 4, 2022 at 4:10 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.43
§ 3123.43. Notice to obligor and licensing board
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly If a child support enforcement agency, pursuant to section 3123.42 of the Revised Code, determines that an individual is a license holder or has applied for, or is likely to apply for, a license, it shall send the notice described in section 3123.44 of the Revised Code to the individual. The agency also may send a notice to the board that gives the name and social security number or other identifying number of the individual and states that a court or agency has determined that the individual is in default under a child support order or has failed to comply with a warrant or subpoena issued by a court or agency with respect to a proceeding to enforce a child support order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.055 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.055
§ 3107.055. Preliminary estimate and final accounting - summary of proceedings
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 House Bill 5 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) Notwithstanding section 3107.01 of the Revised Code, as used in this section, "agency" does not include a public children services agency. (2) As used in this section, "living expenses" means any of the following expenses incurred by a birth mother: (a) Rental or mortgage payments; (b) Utility payments; (c) Payments for products or services required for the birth mother's or minor's sustenance or safety including, but not limited to, food, household goods, personal care items, and the costs of transportation to work or school. (B) An agency or attorney, whichever arranges a minor's adoption, shall file with the court a preliminary estimate accounting not later than the time the adoption petition for the minor is filed with the court. The agency or attorney, whichever arranges the adoption, also shall file a final accounting with the court before a final decree of adoption is issued or an interlocutory order of adoption is finalized for the minor. The agency or attorney shall complete and file accountings in a manner acceptable to the court. An accounting shall specify all disbursements of anything of value the petitioner, a person on the petitioner's behalf, and the agency or attorney made and has agreed to make in connection with the minor's permanent surrender under division (B) of section 5103.15 of the Revised Code, placement under section 5103.16 of the Revised Code, and adoption under this chapter. The agency or attorney shall include in an accounting an itemization of each expense listed in division (C) of this section. The itemization of the expenses specified in divisions (C)(3) and (4) of this section shall show the amount the agency or attorney charged or is going to charge for the services and the actual cost to the agency or attorney of providing the services. An accounting shall indicate whether any expenses listed in division (C) of this section do not apply to the adoption proceeding for which the accounting is filed. The agency or attorney shall include with a preliminary estimate accounting and a final accounting a written statement signed by the petitioner that the petitioner has reviewed the accounting and attests to its accuracy. (C) No petitioner, person acting on a petitioner's behalf, or agency or attorney shall make or agree to make any disbursements in connection with the minor's permanent surrender, placement, or adoption other than for the following: (1) Physician expenses incurred on behalf of the birth mother or minor in connection with prenatal care, delivery, and confinement prior to or following the minor's birth; (2) Hospital or other medical facility expenses incurred on behalf of the birth mother or minor in connection with the minor's birth; (3) Expenses charged by the attorney arranging the adoption for providing legal services in connection with the placement and adoption, including expenses incurred by the attorney pursuant to sections 3107.031 , 3107.032 , 3107.081 , 3107.082 , 3107.09 , 3107.101 , and 3107.12 of the Revised Code; (4) Expenses charged by the agency arranging the adoption for providing services in connection with the permanent surrender and adoption, including the agency's application fee and the expenses incurred by the agency pursuant to sections 3107.031 , 3107.032 , 3107.09 , 3107.101 , 3107.12 , 5103.151 , and 5103.152 of the Revised Code; (5) Temporary costs of routine maintenance and medical care for a minor required under section 5103.16 of the Revised Code if the person seeking to adopt the minor refuses to accept placement of the minor; (6) Guardian ad litem fees incurred on behalf of the minor in any court proceedings; (7) Foster care expenses incurred in connection with any temporary care and maintenance of the minor; (8) Court expenses incurred in connection with the minor's permanent surrender, placement, and adoption; (9) Living expenses not exceeding six thousand dollars for the birth mother that are incurred during pregnancy through the sixtieth day after the date the minor is born and paid by the petitioner to the birth mother through the attorney or agency arranging the minor's adoption. (D) If a court determines from an accounting that an amount that is going to be disbursed for an expense listed in division (C) of this section is unreasonable, the court may order a reduction in the amount to be disbursed. If a court determines from an accounting that an unreasonable amount was disbursed for an expense listed in division (C) of this section, the court may order the person who received the disbursement to refund to the person who made the disbursement an amount the court orders. If a court determines from an accounting that a disbursement for an expense not permitted by division (C) of this section is going to be made, the court may issue an injunction prohibiting the disbursement. If a court determines from an accounting that a disbursement for an expense not permitted by division (C) of this section was made, the court may order the person who received the disbursement to return it to the person who made the disbursement. If a court determines that a final accounting does not completely report all the disbursements that are going to be made or have been made in connection with the minor's permanent surrender, placement, and adoption, the court shall order the agency or attorney to file with the court an accounting that completely reports all such disbursements. The agency or attorney shall file the final accounting with the court not later than ten days prior to the date scheduled for the final hearing on the adoption. Unless good cause is shown, the court shall not issue a final decree of adoption or finalize an interlocutory order of adoption of a minor until at least ten days after the agency or attorney files the final accounting. (E) An attorney or agency that makes payments for services or items that qualify as living expenses under division (C)(9) of this section shall make a reasonable and good faith effort to make the payments directly to the entity providing the service or item. (F) This section does not apply to an adoption by a stepparent, a grandparent, adult sibling, a legal custodian, or a guardian. Last updated February 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.44
§ 3111.44. Information conference
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly After issuing a genetic testing order, the administrative officer may schedule a conference with the mother and the alleged father to provide information. If a conference is scheduled and no other man is presumed to be the father of the child under section 3111.03 of the Revised Code, the administrative officer shall provide the mother and alleged father the opportunity to sign an acknowledgment of paternity affidavit prepared pursuant to section 3111.31 of the Revised Code. If they sign an acknowledgment of paternity, the administrative officer shall cancel the genetic testing order the officer had issued. Regardless of whether a conference is held, if the mother and alleged father do not sign an acknowledgment of paternity affidavit or if an affidavit cannot be notarized or witnessed or filed because another man is presumed under section 3111.03 of the Revised Code to be the father of the child, the child, the mother, and the alleged father shall submit to genetic testing in accordance with the order issued by the administrative officer. Last updated October 3, 2023 at 10:46 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.45
§ 3109.45. Termination of visitation order upon receipt of notice
Status: in_force

October 20, 1999 House Bill 191 - 123rd General Assembly On receipt of notice under section 3109.44 of the Revised Code, a court that issued a visitation order described in that section shall terminate the order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.35
§ 3119.35. Sending notice of medical support enforcement activity to employee
Status: in_force

December 13, 2002 House Bill 657 - 124th General Assembly At the same time that a child support enforcement agency sends a national medical support notice under section 3119.33 or 3119.34 of the Revised Code to the employer of a person required to provide health insurance coverage for children who are the subject of a child support order, the agency shall send a notice of medical support enforcement activity to that person.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.61
§ 3109.61. Immunity
Status: in_force

July 20, 2004 House Bill 130 - 125th General Assembly A person who, in good faith, relies on or takes action in reliance on a power of attorney created under section 3109.52 of the Revised Code is immune from any criminal or civil liability for injury, death, or loss to persons or property that might otherwise be incurred or imposed solely as a result of the person's reliance or action. The person is not subject to any disciplinary action from an entity that licenses or certifies the person. Any medical, psychological, or dental treatment provided to a child in reliance on a power of attorney created under section 3109.52 of the Revised Code shall be considered to have been provided in good faith if the person providing the treatment had no actual knowledge of opposition by the parent, guardian, or custodian. This section does not provide immunity from civil or criminal liability to any person for actions that are wanton, reckless, or inconsistent with the ordinary standard of care required to be exercised by anyone acting in the same capacity as the person.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.99
§ 3123.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly Whoever violates section 3123.20 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars and imprisoned not less than ten nor more than thirty days. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.42
§ 3119.42. Binding effect of order
Status: in_force

December 13, 2002 House Bill 657 - 124th General Assembly A child support order issued in accordance with section 3119.30 of the Revised Code or notice issued pursuant to section 3119.33 or 3119.34 of the Revised Code is binding on the obligor and the obligee, their employers, and any health plan administrator that provides health insurance coverage for either of them or their children.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.963 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.963
§ 3119.963. Order to submit to genetic tests
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly (A) In any action for relief instituted under section 3119.961 of the Revised Code, if the genetic test results submitted pursuant to section 3119.962 of the Revised Code in connection with the motion for relief are solely provided by the moving party, the court, upon its own motion, may order and, upon the motion of any party to the action, shall order the child's mother, the child, and the alleged father to submit to genetic tests. The clerk of the court shall schedule the genetic testing no later than thirty days after the court issues its order. (B) If the mother is the custodian of the child and willfully fails to submit the child to genetic testing, if the alleged father of the child willfully fails to submit himself to genetic testing, or if the alleged father is the custodian of the child and willfully fails to submit the child to genetic testing, the court shall issue an order determining the motion for relief against the party failing to submit the party or the child to the genetic testing. If a party shows good cause for failing to submit to genetic testing or for failing to submit the child to genetic testing, the court shall not consider the failure to be willful. (C) The party requesting the genetic tests shall pay any fees charged for the tests, unless the custodian of the child is represented by the child support enforcement agency in its role as the agency providing enforcement of child support orders, in which case the child support enforcement agency shall pay the costs of genetic testing if it requests the tests. The child support enforcement agency or the person who paid the fees charged for the genetic testing may seek reimbursement for the fees from the person against whom the court assesses the costs of the action. (D) The genetic tests shall be made by qualified examiners who are authorized by the court or the department of job and family services or by a genetic testing laboratory accredited by the american association of blood banks. An examiner conducting a genetic test, upon the completion of the test, shall send a complete report of the test results to the clerk of the court that ordered the test.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.49
§ 3111.49. Conclusiveness of order
Status: in_force

April 3, 2024 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The mother, alleged father, and caretaker of a child may object to an administrative order determining the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship by bringing, within fourteen days after the date the administrative officer issues the order, an action under sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code in the juvenile court or other court with jurisdiction under section 2101.022 or 2301.03 of the Revised Code in the county in which the child support enforcement agency that employs the administrative officer who issued the order is located. If the action is not brought within the fourteen-day period, the administrative order is final and enforceable by a court and may not be challenged in an action or proceeding under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code. Last updated April 3, 2024 at 4:08 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3127.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3127 / § 3127.10
§ 3127.10. Testimony of out-of state witnesses
Status: in_force

April 11, 2005 Senate Bill 185 - 125th General Assembly (A) In addition to other procedures available to a party, a party to a child custody proceeding may offer testimony of witnesses who are located in another state, including testimony of the parties and the child, by deposition or other means allowable in this state for testimony taken in another state. The court on its own motion may order that the testimony of a person be taken in another state and may prescribe the manner in which and the terms upon which the testimony is taken. (B) A court of this state may permit an individual residing in another state to be deposed or to testify by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means before a designated court or at another location in that state. A court of this state shall cooperate with courts of other states in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony. (C) Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to a court of this state by technological means that do not produce an original writing may not be excluded from evidence on an objection based on the means of transmission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.53
§ 3123.53. Determining whether defaulting obligor is motor vehicle license holder
Status: in_force

December 13, 2002 House Bill 657 - 124th General Assembly If either of the following occurs with respect to an individual who is an obligor under a child support order, the child support enforcement agency administering the child support order may determine whether the individual holds a driver's or commercial driver's license, motorcycle operator's license or endorsement, temporary instruction permit, or commercial driver's temporary instruction permit issued by the registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar or, if possible, whether the individual has applied for or is likely to apply for that license, endorsement, or permit: (A) A court or child support enforcement agency makes a final and enforceable determination under sections 3123.01 to 3123.07 of the Revised Code that the individual is in default under the child support order. (B) The individual fails, after receiving appropriate notice, to comply with a subpoena or warrant issued by the court or child support enforcement agency with respect to a proceeding to enforce the child support order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.05
§ 3119.05. Other computing and calculating guidelines
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 196 - 135th General Assembly When a court computes the amount of child support required to be paid under a court child support order or a child support enforcement agency computes the amount of child support to be paid pursuant to an administrative child support order, all of the following apply: (A) The parents' current and past income and personal earnings shall be verified by electronic means or with suitable documents, including, but not limited to, paystubs, employer statements, receipts and expense vouchers related to self-generated income, tax returns, and all supporting documentation and schedules for the tax returns. (B) The annual amount of any court-ordered spousal support actually paid, excluding any ordered payment on arrears, shall be deducted from the annual income of that parent to the extent that payment of that court-ordered spousal support is verified by supporting documentation. (C) The court or agency shall adjust the amount of child support paid by a parent to give credit for children not included in the current calculation. When calculating the adjusted amount, the court or agency shall use the schedule and do the following: (1) Determine the amount of child support that each parent would be ordered to pay for all children for whom the parent has the legal duty to support, according to each parent's annual income. If the number of children subject to the order is greater than six, multiply the amount for three children in accordance with division (C)(4) of this section to determine the amount of child support. (2) Compute a child support credit amount for each parent's children who are not subject to this order by dividing the amount determined in division (C)(1) of this section by the total number of children whom the parent is obligated to support and multiplying that number by the number of the parent's children who are not subject to this order. (3) Determine the adjusted income of the parents by subtracting the credit for minor children not subject to this order computed under division (C)(2) of this section, from the annual income of each parent for the children each has a duty to support that are not subject to this order. (4) If the number of children is greater than six, multiply the amount for three children by: (a) 1.440 for seven children; (b) 1.540 for eight children; (c) 1.638 for nine children; (d) 1.734 for ten children; (e) 1.827 for eleven children; (f) 1.919 for twelve children; (g) 2.008 for thirteen children; (h) 2.096 for fourteen children; (i) 2.182 for more than fourteen children. (D) When the court or agency calculates the annual income of a parent, it shall include the lesser of the following as income from overtime and bonuses: (1) The yearly average of all overtime, commissions, and bonuses received during the three years immediately prior to the time when the person's child support obligation is being computed; (2) The total overtime, commissions, and bonuses received during the year immediately prior to the time when the person's child support obligation is being computed. (E) When the court or agency calculates the annual income of a parent, it shall not include any income earned by the spouse of that parent. (F) The court shall issue a separate medical support order for extraordinary medical expenses, including orthodontia, dental, optical, and psychological services. If the court makes an order for payment of private education, and other appropriate expenses, it shall do so by issuing a separate order. The court may consider these expenses in adjusting a child support order. (G) When a court or agency calculates the amount of child support to be paid pursuant to a court child support order or an administrative child support order, the following shall apply: (1) The court or agency shall apply the basic child support schedule to the parents' combined annual incomes and to each parent's individual income. (2) If the combined annual income of both parents or the individual annual income of a parent is an amount that is between two amounts set forth in the first column of the schedule, the court or agency may use the basic child support obligation that corresponds to the higher of the two amounts in the first column of the schedule, use the basic child support obligation that corresponds to the lower of the two amounts in the first column of the schedule, or calculate a basic child support obligation that is between those two amounts and corresponds proportionally to the parents' actual combined annual income or the individual parent's annual income. (3) If the annual individual income of either or both of the parents is within the self-sufficiency reserve in the basic child support schedule, the court or agency shall do both of the following: (a) Calculate the basic child support obligation for the parents using the schedule amount applicable to the combined annual income and the schedule amount applicable to the income in the self-sufficiency reserve; (b) Determine the lesser of the following amounts to be the applicable basic child support obligation: (i) The amount that results from using the combined annual income of the parents not in the self-sufficiency reserve of the schedule; or (ii) The amount that results from using the individual parent's income within the self-sufficiency reserve of the schedule. (H) When the court or agency calculates annual income, the court or agency, when appropriate, may average income over a reasonable period of years. (I) Unless it would be unjust or inappropriate and therefore not in the best interests of the child, a court or agency shall not determine a parent to be voluntarily unemployed or underemployed and shall not impute income to that parent if any of the following conditions exist: (1) The parent is receiving recurring monetary income from means-tested public assistance benefits, including cash assistance payments under the Ohio works first program established under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code, general assistance under former Chapter 5113. of the Revised Code, supplemental security income, or means-tested veterans' benefits; (2) The parent is approved for social security disability insurance benefits because of a mental or physical disability, or the court or agency determines that the parent is unable to work based on medical documentation that includes the diagnosis of a physician, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner and the physician's or nurse's opinion regarding the parent's mental or physical disability and inability to work. (3) The parent has proven that the parent has made continuous and diligent efforts without success to find and accept employment, including temporary employment, part-time employment, or employment at less than the parent's previous salary or wage. (4) The parent is complying with court-ordered family reunification efforts in a child abuse, neglect, or dependency proceeding, to the extent that compliance with those efforts limits the parent's ability to earn income. (5) The parent is institutionalized for a period of twelve months or more with no other available income or assets. (J) When a court or agency calculates the income of a parent, it shall not determine a parent to be voluntarily unemployed or underemployed and shall not impute income to that parent if the parent is incarcerated. (K) When a court or agency requires a parent to pay an amount for that parent's failure to support a child for a period of time prior to the date the court modifies or issues a court child support order or an agency modifies or issues an administrative child support order for the current support of the child, the court or agency shall calculate that amount using the basic child support schedule, worksheets, and child support laws in effect, and the incomes of the parents as they existed, for that prior period of time. (L) A court or agency may disregard a parent's additional income from overtime or additional employment when the court or agency finds that the additional income was generated primarily to support a new or additional family member or members, or under other appropriate circumstances. (M) If both parents involved in the immediate child support determination have a prior order for support relative to a minor child or children born to both parents, the court or agency shall collect information about the existing order or orders and consider those together with the current calculation for support to ensure that the total of all orders for all children of the parties does not exceed the amount that would have been ordered if all children were addressed in a single judicial or administrative proceeding. (N) A support obligation of a parent with annual income subject to the self-sufficiency reserve of the basic child support schedule shall not exceed the support obligation that would result from application of the schedule without the reserve. (O) Any non-means tested benefit received by the child or children subject to the order resulting from the claims of either parent shall be deducted from that parent's annual child support obligation after all other adjustments have been made. If that non-means tested benefit exceeds the child support obligation of the parent from whose claim the benefit is realized, the child support obligation for that parent shall be zero. (P) As part of the child support calculation, the parents shall be ordered to share the costs of child care. Subject to the limitations in this division, a child support obligor shall pay an amount equal to the obligor's income share of the child care cost incurred for the child or children subject to the order. (1) The child care cost used in the calculation: (a) Shall be for the child determined to be necessary to allow a parent to work, or for activities related to employment training; (b) Shall be verifiable by credible evidence as determined by a court or child support enforcement agency; (c) Shall exclude any reimbursed or subsidized child care cost, including any state or federal tax credit for child care available to the parent or caretaker, whether or not claimed (d) Shall not exceed the maximum state-wide average cost estimate as determined in accordance with 45 C.F.R. 98.45. (2) When the annual income of the obligor is subject to the self-sufficiency reserve of the basic support schedule, the share of the child care cost paid by the obligor shall be equal to the lower of the obligor's income share of the child care cost, or fifty per cent of the child care cost. (Q) As used in this section, a parent is considered "incarcerated" if the parent is confined under a sentence imposed for an offense or serving a term of imprisonment, jail, or local incarceration, or other term under a sentence imposed by a government entity authorized to order such confinement. Last updated February 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3113.453 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3113 / § 3113.453
§ 3113.453. Confidentiality
Status: in_force

September 8, 2016 House Bill 359 - 131st General Assembly A court shall ensure that any contact information of a petitioner described in section 3113.452 of the Revised Code is kept confidential from the account holder.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.24
§ 3119.24. Shared parenting order child support provisions
Status: in_force

March 28, 2019 House Bill 366 - 132nd General Assembly (A)(1) A court that issues a shared parenting order in accordance with section 3109.04 of the Revised Code shall order an amount of child support to be paid under the child support order that is calculated in accordance with the schedule and with the worksheet, except that, if that amount would be unjust or inappropriate to the children or either parent and therefore not in the best interest of the child because of the extraordinary circumstances of the parents or because of any other factors or criteria set forth in section 3119.23 of the Revised Code, the court may deviate from that amount. (2) The court shall consider extraordinary circumstances and other factors or criteria if it deviates from the amount described in division (A)(1) of this section and shall enter in the journal the amount described in division (A)(1) of this section its determination that the amount would be unjust or inappropriate and therefore not in the best interest of the child, and findings of fact supporting its determination. (B) For the purposes of this section, "extraordinary circumstances of the parents" includes all of the following: (1) The ability of each parent to maintain adequate housing for the children; (2) Each parent's expenses, including child care expenses, school tuition, medical expenses, dental expenses, and any other expenses the court considers relevant; (3) Any other circumstances the court considers relevant.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.65 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.65
§ 3119.65. Revising order where hearing not requested
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly If neither the obligor nor the obligee requests a court hearing on a revised amount of child support to be paid under a court child support order in accordance with section 3119.63 of the Revised Code, the court shall issue a revised court child support order to require the obligor to pay the revised amount of child support calculated by the child support enforcement agency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.12
§ 3111.12. Witnesses - admission of evidence - priority of actions
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 196 - 135th General Assembly (A) In an action under sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code, the mother of the child and the alleged father are competent to testify and may be compelled to testify by subpoena. If a witness refuses to testify upon the ground that the testimony or evidence of the witness might tend to incriminate the witness and the court compels the witness to testify, the court may grant the witness immunity from having the testimony of the witness used against the witness in subsequent criminal proceedings. (B) Testimony of a physician or certified nurse-midwife concerning the medical circumstances of the mother's pregnancy and the condition and characteristics of the child upon birth is not privileged. (C) Testimony relating to sexual access to the mother by a man at a time other than the probable time of conception of the child is inadmissible in evidence, unless offered by the mother. (D) If, pursuant to section 3111.09 of the Revised Code, a court orders genetic tests to be conducted, orders disclosure of information regarding a DNA record stored in the DNA database pursuant to section 109.573 of the Revised Code, or intends to use a report of genetic test results obtained from tests conducted pursuant to former section 3111.21 or 3111.22 or sections 3111.38 to 3111.54 of the Revised Code, a party may object to the admission into evidence of any of the genetic test results or of the DNA record information by filing a written objection with the court that ordered the tests or disclosure or intends to use a report of genetic test results. The party shall file the written objection with the court no later than fourteen days after the report of the test results or the DNA record information is mailed to the attorney of record of a party or to a party. The party making the objection shall send a copy of the objection to all parties. If a party files a written objection, the report of the test results or the DNA record information shall be admissible into evidence as provided by the Rules of Evidence. If a written objection is not filed, the report of the test results or the DNA record information shall be admissible into evidence without the need for foundation testimony or other proof of authenticity or accuracy. (E) If a party intends to introduce into evidence invoices or other documents showing amounts expended to cover pregnancy and confinement and genetic testing, the party shall notify all other parties in writing of that intent and include copies of the invoices and documents. A party may object to the admission into evidence of the invoices or documents by filing a written objection with the court that is hearing the action no later than fourteen days after the notice and the copies of the invoices and documents are mailed to the attorney of record of each party or to each party. If a party files a written objection, the invoices and other documents shall be admissible into evidence as provided by the Rules of Evidence. If a written objection is not filed, the invoices or other documents are admissible into evidence without the need for foundation testimony or other evidence of authenticity or accuracy. (F) A juvenile court or other court with jurisdiction under section 2101.022 or 2301.03 of the Revised Code shall give priority to actions under sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code and shall issue an order determining the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship no later than one hundred twenty days after the date on which the action was brought in the juvenile court or other court with jurisdiction. Last updated February 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.111 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.111
§ 3111.111. Temporary support order
Status: in_force

April 3, 2024 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly If an action is brought pursuant to sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code to object to a determination made pursuant to former section 3111.21 or 3111.22 or sections 3111.38 to 3111.54 of the Revised Code that the alleged father is the natural father of a child, the court, on its own motion or on the motion of either party, shall issue a temporary order for the support of the child pursuant to Chapters 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code requiring the alleged father to pay support to the natural mother or the caretaker of the child. The order shall remain in effect until the court issues a judgment in the action pursuant to section 3111.13 of the Revised Code that determines the existence or nonexistence of a father and child relationship. If the court, in its judgment, determines that the alleged father is not the natural father of the child, the court shall order the person to whom the temporary support was paid under the order to repay the alleged father all amounts paid for support under the temporary order. Last updated April 3, 2024 at 4:04 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.69 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.69
§ 3111.69. Locating absent parent using putative father registry
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly The office of child support in the department of job and family services and a child support enforcement agency may examine the putative father registry established under section 3107.062 of the Revised Code to locate an absent parent for the purpose of the office or agency carrying out its duties under the child and spousal support enforcement programs established under Chapter 3125. of the Revised Code. Neither the office nor an agency shall use the information it receives from the registry for any purpose other than child and spousal support enforcement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.38
§ 3119.38. Request for administrative hearing based on mistake of fact
Status: in_force

February 11, 2019 Senate Bill 70 - 132nd General Assembly A person who receives a notice of medical support enforcement activity under section 3119.35 of the Revised Code may file a written request for an administrative hearing with the child support enforcement agency that issued the notice. The hearing shall address whether a mistake of fact was made in the national medical support notice referred to in the notice issued by the agency. The request must be filed not later than fourteen days after the date on which the notice of medical support enforcement activity is sent. If the person makes a timely request, the agency shall conduct the administrative hearing not later than ten days after the date on which the person files the request for the hearing. Not later than five days before the date on which the hearing is to be conducted, the agency shall send the person and any other individual the agency determines appropriate written notice of the date, time, place, and purpose of the hearing. The notice to the person and any other appropriate individual also shall indicate that the person may present testimony and evidence at the hearing only in regard to the issue of whether a mistake of fact has been made in the national medical support notice. At the hearing, the agency shall determine whether there is a mistake of fact in the national medical support notice. The agency shall send its determination to the person. That agency's determination is final unless, within fourteen days after the agency issues its determination, the person files a written motion with the court for a hearing to determine whether there is still a mistake of fact in the national medical support notice. If an agency's determination becomes final under this section, the agency shall take further action as required by section 3119.41 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.47
§ 3119.47. Investigation of availability of insurance
Status: in_force

December 13, 2002 House Bill 657 - 124th General Assembly On the filing of a motion described in section 3119.46 of the Revised Code, the court shall order the child support enforcement agency to conduct an investigation to determine whether satisfactory health insurance coverage for the children is available to the obligor or obligee, both the obligor and obligee, or the obligor and obligee together. Upon completion of its investigation, the agency shall provide to the court, in writing, the information it has obtained through its investigation, including a list of available coverage and the costs of the coverage.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.57 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.57
§ 3121.57. Applying administrative charge
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly The office of child support is not required to apply an administrative charge included with a payment for current support payment toward any arrearages under the support order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3127.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3127 / § 3127.16
§ 3127.16. Exclusive continuing jurisdiction over determination - termination
Status: in_force

April 11, 2005 Senate Bill 185 - 125th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in section 3127.18 of the Revised Code, a court of this state that has made a child custody determination consistent with section 3127.15 or 3127.17 of the Revised Code has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction over the determination until the court or a court of another state determines that the child, the child's parents, and any person acting as a parent do not presently reside in this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3125.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3125 / § 3125.51
§ 3125.51. Administrative rules for access to, use and disclosure of information
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly The director of job and family services shall adopt rules governing access to, and use and disclosure of, the information described in section 3125.50 of the Revised Code. The rules shall be consistent with the requirements of Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended, and any rules adopted under Title IV-D.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.063 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.063
§ 3107.063. Searching putative father registry
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) An attorney arranging a minor's adoption, a mother, a public children services agency, a private noncustodial agency, or a private child placing agency may request at any time that the department of children and youth search the putative father registry to determine whether a man is registered as the minor's putative father. The request shall include the mother's name. On receipt of the request, the department shall search the registry. If the department determines that a man is registered as the minor's putative father, it shall provide the attorney, mother, or agency a certified copy of the man's registration form. If the department determines that no man is registered as the minor's putative father, it shall provide the attorney, mother, or agency a certified written statement to that effect. The department shall specify in the statement the date the search request was submitted. No fee shall be charged for searching the registry. Division (B) of section 3107.17 of the Revised Code does not apply to this section. (B) If the department of children and youth provides a certified copy of a putative father's registration form pursuant to division (A) of this section, the department also shall provide a written notice to the putative father: (1) That he may be the father of the minor he claims as his child on the registration form; (2) That the minor is being or may be placed for adoption; and (3) Of his right to consent or refuse to consent to the minor's adoption to the extent provided under Chapter 3107. of the Revised Code. (C) The department shall provide the notice under this section not later than ten business days after the date it provides the certified copy of the registration form pursuant to division (A) of this section. Last updated July 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3105.71 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3105 / § 3105.71
§ 3105.71. Prohibiting cancellation of health insurance during pendency prior to court determination of responsibility
Status: in_force

June 4, 1997 Senate Bill 67 - 122nd General Assembly (A) If a party to an action for divorce, annulment, dissolution of marriage, or legal separation was the named insured or subscriber under, or the policyholder, certificate holder, or contract holder of, a policy, contract, or plan of health insurance that provided health insurance coverage for that party's spouse and dependents immediately prior to the filing of the action, that party shall not cancel or otherwise terminate or cause the termination of such coverage for which the spouse and dependents would otherwise be eligible until the court determines that the party is no longer responsible for providing such health insurance coverage for that party's spouse and dependents. (B) If the party responsible for providing health insurance coverage for that party's spouse and dependents under division (A) of this section fails to provide that coverage in accordance with that division, the court shall issue an order that includes all of the following: (1) A requirement that the party make payment to that party's spouse in the amount of any premium that party failed to pay or contribution that party failed to make that resulted in that party's failure to provide health insurance coverage in compliance with division (A) of this section; (2) A requirement that the party make payment to that party's spouse for reimbursement of any hospital, surgical, and medical expenses incurred as a result of that party's failure to comply with division (A) of this section; (3) A requirement that, if the party fails to comply with divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section, the employer of the party deduct from the party's earnings an amount necessary to make any payments required under divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section. (C) If the party responsible for providing health insurance coverage for that party's spouse and dependents under division (A) of this section cancels or otherwise terminates or causes the termination of such coverage for which the spouse and dependents would otherwise be eligible, the spouse may apply to the insurer, health insuring corporation, or other third-party payer that provided the coverage for a policy or contract of health insurance. The spouse and dependents shall have the same rights and be subject to the same limitations as a person applying for or covered under a converted or separate policy under section 3923.32 of the Revised Code upon the divorce, annulment, dissolution of marriage, or the legal separation of the spouse from the named insured.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.07
§ 3109.07. Appeals
Status: in_force

March 17, 1987 House Bill 412 - 116th General Assembly An appeal to the court of appeals may be had pursuant to the Rules of Appellate Procedure and, to the extent not in conflict with those rules, Chapter 2505. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.33
§ 3119.33. Sending national medical support notice to employer
Status: in_force

December 13, 2002 House Bill 657 - 124th General Assembly A child support enforcement agency shall send the national medical support notice to the employer of a person required to provide health insurance coverage for the children who are the subject of a child support order. The child support enforcement agency shall act in accordance with federal regulations governing the national medical support notice and rules adopted by the department of job and family services under section 3119.51 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.895 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.895
§ 3121.895. Comparing social security numbers in new hire report with case registry
Status: in_force

March 21, 2005 House Bill 200 - 125th General Assembly The department of job and family services shall make comparisons of the social security numbers obtained pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 3121.892 of the Revised Code and the social security numbers appearing in the case registry maintained pursuant to sections 3121.81 to 3121.86 of the Revised Code. Not later than the business day after information is entered into the directory, if the comparison conducted by the department results in a match, the department shall notify the child support enforcement agency administering the support order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.373 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.373
§ 3121.373. Hearing - notice
Status: in_force

May 18, 2005 House Bill 493 - 125th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "willfully" means voluntarily and intentionally with a specific intent to take an action or fail to take an action. (B) When a child support enforcement agency seeks an order for contempt pursuant to section 3121.371 of the Revised Code against a payor that is an employer, the court may, on motion of the agency or on the court's own motion, hold a hearing to determine whether the payor has done either of the following: (1) Willfully failed to comply with a withholding notice issued pursuant to section 3121.03 of the Revised Code; (2) Failed three times within twelve consecutive months to comply with a withholding notice issued pursuant to section 3121.03 of the Revised Code. (C) Not later than fourteen days before holding a hearing under division (B) of this section, the court shall serve notice on the payor that complies with court rules regarding service of summonses. The notice must contain all of the following: (1) The date, time, and location of the hearing; (2) A statement that if the court determines the payor has committed acts or omissions described in division (B) of this section, the court may order either or both of the penalties set forth in section 3121.382 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3101.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3101 / § 3101.05
§ 3101.05. Application for marriage license
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 196 - 135th General Assembly (A) The parties to a marriage shall make an application for a marriage license. Each of the persons seeking a marriage license shall personally appear in the probate court within the county where either resides, or, if neither is a resident of this state, where the marriage is expected to be solemnized. If neither party is a resident of this state, the marriage may be solemnized only in the county where the license is obtained. Each party shall make application and shall state upon oath, the party's name, age, residence, place of birth, occupation, father's name, and mother's maiden name, if known, and the name of the person who is expected to solemnize the marriage. If either party has been previously married, the application shall include the names of the parties to any previous marriage and of any minor children, and if divorced the jurisdiction, date, and case number of the decree. If either applicant is the age of seventeen years, the judge shall require the applicants to state that they received marriage counseling satisfactory to the court. Except as otherwise provided in this division, the application also shall include each party's social security number. In lieu of requiring each party's social security number on the application, the court may obtain each party's social security number, retain the social security numbers in a separate record, and allow a number other than the social security number to be used on the application for reference purposes. If a court allows the use of a number other than the social security number to be used on the application for reference purposes, the record containing the social security number is not a public record, except that, in any of the circumstances set forth in divisions (C)(1) to (5) of section 3101.051 of the Revised Code, the record containing the social security number shall be made available for inspection under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Immediately upon receipt of an application for a marriage license, the court shall place the parties' record in a book kept for that purpose. If the probate judge is satisfied that there is no legal impediment and if one or both of the parties are present, the probate judge shall grant the marriage license. If the judge is satisfied from the affidavit of a reputable physician, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner in active practice and residing in the county where the probate court is located, that one of the parties is unable to appear in court, by reason of illness or other physical disability, a marriage license may be granted upon application and oath of the other party to the contemplated marriage; but in that case the person who is unable to appear in court, at the time of making application for a marriage license, shall make and file in that court, an affidavit setting forth the information required of applicants for a marriage license. A probate judge may grant a marriage license under this section at any time after the application is made. A marriage license issued shall not display the social security number of either party to the marriage. Each person seeking a marriage license shall present documentary proof of age in the form of any one of the following: (1) A copy of a birth record; (2) A birth certificate issued by the department of health, a local registrar of vital statistics, or other public office charged with similar duties by the laws of another state, territory, or country; (3) A baptismal record showing the person's date of birth; (4) A passport; (5) A license or permit to operate a motor vehicle as defined under section 4501.01 of the Revised Code; (6) Any government- or school-issued identification card showing the person's date of birth; (7) An immigration record showing the person's date of birth; (8) A naturalization record showing the person's date of birth; (9) A court record or any other document or record issued by a governmental entity showing the person's date of birth. (B) An applicant for a marriage license who knowingly makes a false statement in an application or affidavit prescribed by this section is guilty of falsification under section 2921.13 of the Revised Code. (C) No licensing officer shall issue a marriage license if the officer has not received the application, affidavit, or other statements prescribed by this section or if the officer has reason to believe that any of the statements in a marriage license application or in an affidavit prescribed by this section are false. (D) Any fine collected for violation of this section shall be paid to the use of the county together with the costs of prosecution. Last updated February 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.46
§ 3109.46. Termination of custody order upon receipt of notice
Status: in_force

October 20, 1999 House Bill 191 - 123rd General Assembly If the court to which notice is sent under section 3109.44 of the Revised Code is a juvenile court that issued a custody order described in that section, the court shall retain jurisdiction over the order. If the court to which notice is sent is not a juvenile court but the court issued a custody order described in that section, the court shall transfer jurisdiction over the custody order to the juvenile court of the county in which the child has a residence or legal settlement. On receipt of the notice in cases in which the custody order was issued by a juvenile court or after jurisdiction is transferred, the juvenile court with jurisdiction shall terminate the custody order. The termination order shall be treated as a complaint filed under section 2151.27 of the Revised Code alleging the child subject of the custody order to be a dependent child. If a juvenile court issued the terminated custody order under a prior juvenile proceeding under Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code in which the child was adjudicated an abused, neglected, dependent, unruly, or delinquent child or a juvenile traffic offender, the court shall treat the termination order as a new complaint.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.902 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.902
§ 3115.902. Transitional provisions
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly This chapter applies to proceedings begun on or after January 1, 2016, to establish a support order or determine parentage of a child or to register, recognize, enforce, or modify a prior support order, determination, or agreement, whenever issued or entered.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.713 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.713
§ 3115.713. Record in original language; English translation
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly A record filed with a court of this state under sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 of the Revised Code must be in the original language and, if not in English, must be accompanied by an English translation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3127.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3127 / § 3127.07
§ 3127.07. Notice and proof of service for personal jurisdiction outside Ohio
Status: in_force

April 11, 2005 Senate Bill 185 - 125th General Assembly (A) Notice required for the exercise of jurisdiction over a person outside this state may be given in a manner prescribed by the Rules of Civil Procedure, or the Rules of Juvenile Procedure, as appropriate, for service of process or by the law of the state in which the service is made. Notice shall be given in a manner reasonably calculated to give actual notice but may be by publication if other means are not effective. (B) Proof of service may be made in the manner prescribed by the Rules of Civil Procedure, or the Rules of Juvenile Procedure, as appropriate, or by the law of the state in which the service is made. (C) Notice is not required if the person submits to the jurisdiction of the court.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.70 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.70
§ 3123.70. Lien priority
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly A lien imposed pursuant to sections 3123.66 to 3123.68 of the Revised Code shall have priority over liens, mortgages, security interests, or other types of encumbrances that are associated with the real and personal property subject to the lien imposed by sections 3123.66 to 3123.68 of the Revised Code and that arise after the date the lien is filed pursuant to those sections. A lien imposed pursuant to sections 3123.66 to 3123.68 of the Revised Code shall not have priority over liens, mortgages, security interests, or other types of encumbrances associated with the real and personal property subject to the lien imposed by sections 3123.66 to 3123.68 of the Revised Code that arose on or before the date the lien was filed pursuant to sections 3123.66 to 3123.68 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.41
§ 3111.41. Assigning to administrative officer - order for genetic testing
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly On receiving a request for a determination of the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship, a child support enforcement agency shall assign an administrative officer to consider the request. The officer shall issue an order requiring the child, mother, and alleged father to submit to genetic testing. The order shall specify the date of the genetic tests for the mother, alleged father, and child, which shall be no later than forty-five days after the date of assignment of the administrative officer. The tests shall be conducted in accordance with the rules adopted by the director of job and family services under section 3111.611 of the Revised Code.