Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.58 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.58
§ 3109.58. Pending proceedings may preclude creation of power of attorney
Status: in_force

July 20, 2004 House Bill 130 - 125th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "temporary custody," "permanent custody," and "planned permanent living arrangement" have the same meanings as in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code. (B) A power of attorney created pursuant to section 3109.52 of the Revised Code may not be executed with respect to a child while any of the following proceedings are pending regarding the child: (1) A proceeding for the appointment of a guardian for, or the adoption of, the child; (2) A juvenile proceeding in which one of the following applies: (a) The temporary, permanent, or legal custody of the child or the placement of the child in a planned permanent living arrangement has been requested. (b) The child is the subject of an ex parte emergency custody order issued under division (D) of section 2151.31 of the Revised Code, and no hearing has yet been held regarding the child under division (A) of section 2151.314 of the Revised Code. (c) The child is the subject of a temporary custody order issued under section 2151.33 of the Revised Code. (3) A proceeding for divorce, dissolution, legal separation, annulment, or allocation of parental rights and responsibilities regarding the child.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.091 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.091
§ 3121.091. Service of notice of withholding support from payments due from the state to certain persons
Status: in_force

March 21, 2005 House Bill 200 - 125th General Assembly A withholding notice or other order issued pursuant to Chapter 3115., 3119., 3121., or 3123. of the Revised Code with respect to an obligor described in section 3121.09 of the Revised Code shall be served on one of the following: (A) If the obligor is an officer or employee of the state, on the director of administrative services; (B) If the obligor is an individual described in division (B) of section 3121.09 of the Revised Code, on the head of the state agency that is contracting with the obligor or that owes or will owe the obligor money.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.043 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.043
§ 3109.043. Temporary custody order while action pending
Status: in_force

May 17, 2006 House Bill 136 - 126th General Assembly In any proceeding pertaining to the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities for the care of a child, when requested in the complaint, answer, or counterclaim, or by motion served with the pleading, upon satisfactory proof by affidavit duly filed with the clerk of the court, the court, without oral hearing and for good cause shown, may make a temporary order regarding the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities for the care of the child while the action is pending. If a parent and child relationship has not already been established pursuant to section 3111.02 of the Revised Code, the court may take into consideration when determining whether to award parenting time, visitation rights, or temporary custody to a putative father that the putative father is named on the birth record of the child, the child has the putative father's surname, or a clear pattern of a parent and child relationship between the child and the putative father exists.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.041
§ 3109.041. Custody decrees issued prior to shared parenting provisions
Status: in_force

June 30, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly (A) Parties to any custody decree issued pursuant to section 3109.04 of the Revised Code prior to April 11, 1991, may file a motion with the court that issued the decree requesting the issuance of a shared parenting decree in accordance with division (G) of section 3109.04 of the Revised Code. Upon the filing of the motion, the court shall determine whether to grant the parents shared rights and responsibilities for the care of the children in accordance with divisions (A), (D)(1), (E)(1), and (I) of section 3109.04 of the Revised Code. (B) A custody decree issued pursuant to section 3109.04 of the Revised Code prior to April 11, 1991, that granted joint care, custody, and control of the children to the parents shall not be affected or invalidated by, and shall not be construed as being affected or invalidated by, the provisions of section 3109.04 of the Revised Code relative to the granting of a shared parenting decree or a decree allocating parental rights and responsibilities for the care of children on and after April 11, 1991. The decree issued prior to April 11, 1991 shall remain in full force and effect, subject to modification or termination pursuant to section 3109.04 of the Revised Code as that section exists on and after April 11, 1991. (C) As used in this section, "joint custody" and "joint care, custody, and control" have the same meaning as "shared parenting."
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.581 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.581
§ 3123.581. File of notices concerning obligors not currently licensed
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly The registrar of motor vehicles shall maintain a list of names of individuals identified in notices sent to the registrar pursuant to section 3123.54 of the Revised Code that do not hold a driver's or commercial driver's license, motorcycle operator's license or endorsement, or temporary instruction permit or commercial driver's temporary instruction permit. The registrar shall update the list quarterly and provide each deputy registrar with a copy. On receipt of an application for such a license, permit, or endorsement from an individual who appears on the list, a deputy registrar shall notify the registrar. On receipt of an application for such a license, permit, or endorsement from such an individual or on receipt of a notice from a deputy registrar pursuant to this section, the registrar shall proceed in accordance with section 3123.58 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3117.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3117 / § 3117.02
§ 3117.02. Judges hearing conciliation cases
Status: in_force

December 4, 1995 House Bill 151 - 121st General Assembly (A) Judges elected under section 2301.03 of the Revised Code as judges of the court of common pleas, division of domestic relations, shall hear all conciliation cases. (B) In counties having more than one judge of the court of common pleas, but no division of domestic relations, the presiding judge or the judges of that court shall designate, in January of each year, one or more of their number to hear all conciliation cases. A conciliation judge may request that any case before him be assigned by the presiding judge for hearing or other proceedings by any other common pleas judge, whenever in the opinion of the conciliation judge the assignment is necessary to expedite any case. When any case is so assigned, the judge to whom it is assigned acts as a conciliation judge. (C) The presiding judge of the court of common pleas may appoint a judge of the court of common pleas to act as conciliation judge during any period when a conciliation judge is on vacation, is absent, or is for any reason unable to perform his duties.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.15
§ 3111.15. Enforcing father's obligation
Status: in_force

April 3, 2024 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) If the existence of the father and child relationship is declared or if paternity or a duty of support has been adjudicated under sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code or under prior law, the obligation of the father may be enforced in the same or other proceedings by the mother, the child, the caretaker of the child, or the public authority that has furnished or may furnish the reasonable expenses of pregnancy, confinement, education, support, or funeral, or by any other person, including a private agency, to the extent that any of them may furnish, has furnished, or is furnishing these expenses. (B) The court may order support payments to be made to the mother, the clerk of the court, the caretaker, or a person or agency designated to administer them for the benefit of the child under the supervision of the court. (C) Willful failure to obey the judgment or order of the court is a civil contempt of the court. Last updated April 3, 2024 at 4:04 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.613 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.613
§ 3115.613. Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of another state when individual parties reside in this state
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this state and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a court of this state has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state's child-support order in a proceeding to register that order. (B) A court of this state exercising jurisdiction under this section shall apply the provisions of sections 3115.102 to 3115.211 and sections 3115.601 to 3115.616 of the Revised Code and the procedural and substantive law of this state to the proceeding for enforcement or modification. Sections 3115.301 to 3115.507 and sections 3115.701 to 3115.802 of the Revised Code do not apply.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.51
§ 3109.51. Definitions
Status: in_force

July 20, 2004 House Bill 130 - 125th General Assembly As used in sections 3109.52 to 3109.80 of the Revised Code: (A) "Child" means a person under eighteen years of age. (B) "Custodian" means an individual with legal custody of a child. (C) "Guardian" means an individual granted authority by a probate court pursuant to Chapter 2111. of the Revised Code to exercise parental rights over a child to the extent provided in the court's order and subject to the residual parental rights, privileges, and responsibilities of the child's parents. (D) "Legal custody" and "residual parental rights, privileges, and responsibilities" have the same meanings as in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.67 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.67
§ 3111.67. Birth registry rules
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 the requirements of sections 3111.64 to 3111.66 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 § 3115.708 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.708
§ 3115.708. Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, a court of this state shall recognize and enforce a registered convention support order. (B) The following grounds are the only grounds on which a court of this state may refuse recognition and enforcement of a registered convention support order: (1) Recognition and enforcement of the order is manifestly incompatible with public policy, including the failure of the issuing tribunal to observe minimum standards of due process, which include notice and an opportunity to be heard. (2) The issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction consistent with section 3115.201 of the Revised Code. (3) The order is not enforceable in the issuing country. (4) The order was obtained by fraud in connection with a matter of procedure. (5) A record transmitted in accordance with section 3115.706 of the Revised Code lacks authenticity or integrity. (6) A proceeding between the same parties and having the same purpose is pending before a tribunal of this state and that proceeding was the first to be filed. (7) The order is incompatible with a more recent support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose if the more recent support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this chapter in this state. (8) Payment, to the extent alleged arrears have been paid in whole or in part; (9) In a case in which the respondent neither appeared nor was represented in the proceeding in the issuing foreign country either of the following applies: (a) If the law of that country provides for prior notice of proceedings, the respondent did not have proper notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard. (b) If the law of that country does not provide for prior notice of the proceedings, the respondent did not have proper notice of the order and an opportunity to be heard in a challenge or appeal on fact or law before a tribunal. (10) The order was made in violation of section 3115.711 of the Revised Code. (C) If a court of this state does not recognize a convention support order under division (B)(2), (4), or (9) of this section, both of the following apply: (1) The court may not dismiss the proceeding without allowing a reasonable time for a party to request the establishment of a new convention support order. (2) The support enforcement agency shall take all appropriate measures to request a child-support order for the obligee if the application for recognition and enforcement was received under section 3115.704 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.50
§ 3107.50. Forms for denial or authorization of release
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 the following forms: (1) A denial of release form to be used by a birth parent under division (A) of section 3107.46 of the Revised Code. The form shall explain that the birth parent may rescind the denial of release at any time by signing, dating, and having filed with the department of health an authorization of release form pursuant to division (B) of section 3107.46 of the Revised Code. (2) An authorization of release form to be used by a birth parent under division (B) of section 3107.46 of the Revised Code. The form shall state that the birth parent may rescind the authorization of release at any time by signing, dating, and having filed with the department of health a denial of release form pursuant to division (A) of that section. (B) On request of a birth parent, the department shall provide a copy of a denial of release form or authorization of release form to the birth parent.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3125.141 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3125 / § 3125.141
§ 3125.141. Contract by child support enforcement agency for service of notice or order
Status: in_force

December 21, 2004 House Bill 200 - 125th General Assembly In providing for service of process of a notice or order as required under this chapter or Chapter 3111., 3115., 3119., 3121., or 3123. of the Revised Code and in locating the individual to be served, a child support enforcement agency may do one or both of the following: (A) Contract with the sheriff of the county served by the agency to compensate the sheriff's office for the provision of services, staff, or equipment, or for the performance of actions, on behalf of the child support enforcement agency to accomplish the objectives of the support enforcement program pursuant to Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, et. seq., as amended, any regulations adopted under that act, and state law; (B) Contract with a private person or entity to provide service of process for the agency if the agency determines that the sheriff of the county served by the agency is unable to provide the resources necessary for service of process in a timely manner. The contract may include additional incentives for successful service of process.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.901 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.901
§ 3115.901. Uniformity of application and construction
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly In applying and construing this chapter, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.501 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.501
§ 3115.501. Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the person defined as the obligor's employer or other payor under Chapter 3121. of the Revised Code without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.712 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.712
§ 3115.712. Personal information; limit on use
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly Personal information gathered or transmitted under sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 of the Revised Code may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.65 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.65
§ 3121.65. Restriction on use of administrative charges
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly No administrative charge amounts collected shall be used by the office of child support or a child support enforcement agency for any purpose other than the provision of funds for support enforcement activities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3105.80 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3105 / § 3105.80
§ 3105.80. Property division orders involving public retirement program definitions
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly As used in this section and sections 3105.81 to 3105.90 of the Revised Code: (A) "Alternate payee" means a party in an action for divorce, legal separation, annulment, or dissolution of marriage who is to receive one or more payments from a benefit or lump sum payment under an order issued under section 3105.171 or 3105.65 of the Revised Code that is in compliance with sections 3105.81 to 3105.90 of the Revised Code. (B) "Benefit" means a periodic payment under a pension, annuity, allowance, or other type of benefit, other than a survivor benefit, that has been or may be granted to a participant under sections 742.01 to 742.61 or Chapter 145., 3307., 3309., or 5505. of the Revised Code or any payment that is to be made under a contract a participant has entered into for the purposes of an alternative retirement plan. "Benefit" also includes all amounts received or to be received under a plan of payment elected under division (E)(1) of section 145.46 , division (B) of section 3307.60 , or division (B)(4) of section 3309.46 of the Revised Code. (C) "Lump sum payment" means a payment of accumulated contributions standing to a participant's credit under sections 742.01 to 742.61 or Chapter 145., 3307., 3309., or 5505. of the Revised Code or pursuant to a contract a participant has entered into for the purposes of an alternative retirement plan and any other payment made or that may be made to a participant under those sections or chapters on withdrawal of a participant's contributions. "Lump sum payment" includes a lump sum payment under section 145.384 , 742.26 , 3307.352 , or 3309.344 of the Revised Code. (D) "Participant" means a member, contributor, retirant, or disability benefit recipient who is or will be entitled to a benefit or lump sum payment under sections 742.01 to 742.61 or Chapter 145., 3307., 3309., or 5505. of the Revised Code or an employee who elects to participate in an alternative retirement plan under Chapter 3305. of the Revised Code. (E) "Personal history record" has the same meaning as in sections 145.27 , 742.41 , 3305.20 , 3307.20 , 3309.22 , and 5505.04 of the Revised Code. (F) "Public retirement program" means the public employees retirement system, Ohio police and fire pension fund, school employees retirement system, state teachers retirement system, state highway patrol retirement system, or an entity providing an alternative retirement plan under Chapter 3305. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.62 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.62
§ 3107.62. Nonbinding open adoption notice
Status: in_force

September 18, 1996 House Bill 274 - 121st General Assembly An agency or attorney arranging a child's adoptive placement shall inform the child's birth parent and prospective adoptive parent that the birth parent and prospective adoptive parent may enter into a nonbinding open adoption in accordance with section 3107.63 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.14
§ 3123.14. Collecting arrearage where order is terminated
Status: in_force

March 28, 2019 House Bill 366, Senate Bill 70 - 132nd General Assembly If a child support order is terminated for any reason, the obligor under the child support order is or was at any time in default under the support order and, after the termination of the order, the obligor owes an arrearage under the order, the obligee may make application to the child support enforcement agency that administered the child support order prior to its termination or had authority to administer the child support order to maintain any administrative or judicial action or proceeding to enforce the order on behalf of the obligee to obtain relief. If a withholding or deduction notice is issued pursuant to section 3121.03 of the Revised Code to collect an arrearage, the amount withheld or deducted from the obligor's personal earnings, income, or accounts shall be rebuttably presumed to be at least equal to the amount that was withheld or deducted under the terminated child support order. A court or agency administering the child support order may consider evidence of household expenditures, income variables, extraordinary health care issues, and other reasons for deviation from the presumed amount. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.20
§ 3109.20. Child support for a person with a disability regardless of age
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 House Bill 338 - 135th General Assembly (A) For purposes of this section, "person with a disability" has the same meaning as in section 3119.10 of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding section 3109.01 of the Revised Code, a court may issue, pursuant to a proceeding for divorce, dissolution, legal separation, or annulment, an order of support for the care and maintenance of the parties' child who is a person with a disability, regardless of whether the child has reached the age of majority. (C) In determining the amount reasonable or necessary for child support, including the medical needs of the child, the court shall comply with Chapter 3119. of the Revised Code. The court shall comply with Chapters 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code when it makes or modifies an order for child support under this section. Last updated February 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.92 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.92
§ 3121.92. International cooperation
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly The department of job and family services may enter into an agreement with a foreign country for the establishment of and enforcement of support orders issued under the laws of that country if that country, as part of the agreement, agrees to enforce support orders issued under the laws of this state. The department must provide services under the program of support enforcement established pursuant to this section to a foreign country with which the department has an agreement under this section and to a foreign country declared to be a foreign reciprocating country under Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651 et seq., as amended, that requests the services. The department shall provide the services without imposing an application fee or any other cost on the foreign country or the obligee requesting the services. The department may impose the application fee or other costs on the obligor under the support order. The director of job and family services shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the procedure for entering into a contract pursuant to this section, the provisions of the contract, and the provision of support enforcement services, which rules shall be consistent with Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651 et seq., as amended, and regulations adopted under the act.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.171 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.171
§ 3107.171. Disclosure of court that entered order or decree
Status: in_force

March 20, 2015 Senate Bill 23 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "adoption file" means a file maintained by the department of health under sections 3107.12 to 3107.124 of the Revised Code. (B) An adopted person may request that the department of health disclose to the adopted person which court entered the interlocutory order or final decree of adoption regarding the adopted person if the adopted person seeks to do either or both of the following: (1) Inspect, pursuant to division (D) of section 3107.17 of the Revised Code, a social and medical history form of a biological parent of the adopted person; (2) Submit, pursuant to division (E) of section 3107.17 of the Revised Code, a request for notification of a correction or expansion of a social and medical history of a biological parent of the adopted person. (C) On receipt of a request made under division (B) of this section and if the adopted person is entitled to inspect the biological parent's social and medical history form and submit the request for notification of a correction or expansion of the biological parent's social and medical history, the department shall inspect the adoption file to determine which court entered the interlocutory order or final decree of adoption. If the department is able to determine from the adoption file which court entered the interlocutory order or final decree of adoption, the department shall disclose the court to the adopted person.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3101.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3101 / § 3101.041
§ 3101.041. Determining whether to file consent
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly In determining whether to file the consent under section 3101.04 of the Revised Code, the juvenile court shall do all of the following: (A) Consult with any of the following for each party to the intended marriage who is seventeen years of age: (1) A parent; (2) A surviving parent; (3) A parent who is designated the residential parent and legal custodian by a court of competent jurisdiction; (4) A guardian; (5) Either of the following who has been awarded permanent custody by a court exercising juvenile jurisdiction: (a) An adult person; (b) The department of children and youth or any child welfare organization certified by the department. (B) Appoint an attorney as guardian ad litem for each party to the intended marriage who is seventeen years of age; (C) Determine all of the following: (1) Each party to the intended marriage who is seventeen years of age has entered the armed services of the United States, has become employed and self-subsisting, or has otherwise become independent from the care and control of the party's parent, guardian, or custodian. (2) For each party to the intended marriage who is seventeen years of age, the decision of that party to marry is free from force or coercion. (3) The intended marriage and the emancipation under section 3101.042 of the Revised Code is in the best interests of each party to the intended marriage who is seventeen years of age. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.50
§ 3109.50. Definitions
Status: in_force

March 21, 2025 Senate Bill 109 - 135th General Assembly As used in sections 3109.501 to 3109.507 of the Revised Code: (A) "Parental rights" means parental rights and responsibilities, parenting time, or any other similar right established by the laws of this state with respect to a child. "Parental rights" does not include the parental duty of support for a child. (B) "Rape" means a violation of section 2907.02 of the Revised Code or similar law of another state. (C) "Sexual battery" means a violation of section 2907.03 of the Revised Code if the sexual activity involved is sexual conduct, or similar law of another state. Last updated January 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.33
§ 3121.33. Notices and orders final and enforceable by court
Status: in_force

February 11, 2019 Senate Bill 70 - 132nd General Assembly The withholding or deduction notices, other orders issued under sections 3121.03 and 3121.04 to 3121.06 of the Revised Code, administrative orders issued under section 3121.12 of the Revised Code, and the notices that require the obligor to notify the child support enforcement agency administering the support order of any change in the obligor's employment status or of any other change in the status of the obligor's assets, are final and enforceable by the court.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3125.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3125 / § 3125.47
§ 3125.47. Fines
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly A person or entity that violates section 3125.46 of the Revised Code may be fined five hundred dollars.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.61
§ 3119.61. Commencing review of administrative order
Status: in_force

March 28, 2019 House Bill 366, Senate Bill 70 - 132nd General Assembly The child support enforcement agency shall review an administrative child support order on the date established pursuant to section 3119.60 of the Revised Code for formally beginning the review of the order. If the agency determines that an adjustment is necessary and in the best interest of the child subject to the order, the agency shall calculate the amount the obligor shall pay in accordance with the basic child support schedule established pursuant to section 3119.021 of the Revised Code and may add or adjust payment on arrearages in accordance with section 3123.21 of the Revised Code. The agency may not grant a deviation pursuant to section 3119.23 of the Revised Code from the guidelines established pursuant to section 3119.021 of the Revised Code. If the agency can set the child support amount the obligor is to pay without granting such a deviation from the guidelines, the agency shall do the following: (A) Give the obligor and obligee notice, by ordinary mail, of the revised amount of child support to be paid under the administrative child support order, of their right to request an administrative hearing on the revised child support amount, of the procedures and time deadlines for requesting the hearing, and that the agency will modify the administrative child support order to include the revised child support amount unless the obligor or obligee requests an administrative hearing on the revised amount no later than fourteen days after the notice under this division is issued; (B) If neither the obligor nor obligee timely requests an administrative hearing on the revised amount of child support, modify the administrative child support order to include the revised child support amount; (C) If the obligor or obligee timely requests an administrative hearing on the revised amount of child support, do all of the following: (1) Schedule a hearing on the issue; (2) Give the obligor and obligee notice of the date, time, and location of the hearing; (3) Conduct the hearing in accordance with the rules adopted under section 3119.76 of the Revised Code; (4) Redetermine at the hearing revised support obligations under the administrative child support order, including adding or adjusting a payment on arrearages in accordance with section 3123.21 of the Revised Code; (5) Modify the order to include the revised amount of child support; (6) Give notice, by ordinary mail, to the obligor and obligee of the amount of child support to be paid under the order and that the obligor and obligee may object to the modified order by initiating an action under section 2151.231 of the Revised Code in the juvenile court or other court with jurisdiction under section 2101.022 or 2301.03 of the Revised Code of the county in which the agency that issued the order is located. Except as otherwise provided in section 3119.772 of the Revised Code, if the agency modifies an existing administrative child support order, the modification shall relate back to the first day of the month following the date certain on which the review began under section 3119.60 of the Revised Code. If the agency cannot set the amount of child support the obligor will pay under the administrative child support order without granting a deviation pursuant to section 3119.23 of the Revised Code, the agency shall bring an action under section 2151.231 of the Revised Code in the juvenile court or other court with jurisdiction under section 2101.022 or 2301.03 of the Revised Code of the county in which the agency is located requesting that the court issue a child support order. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.64 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.64
§ 3121.64. Quarterly distributions of administrative charges to county agencies
Status: in_force

March 21, 2005 House Bill 200 - 125th General Assembly On receipt of administrative charges under section 3121.56 of the Revised Code, the office of child support shall determine the charge amounts collected from obligors under support orders being administered by the child support enforcement agency in each county and distribute monthly to each agency an amount equal to the charges attributable to the agency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.14
§ 3121.14. Notice of change in source of income or accounts
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly When a court has issued a court support order or a child support enforcement agency has issued an administrative child support order, when the issuing court or agency, or the agency administering the support order, has issued one or more notices containing one or more of the requirements described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code or when a court or agency that issued the support order has issued one or more orders described in division (C) or (D) of that section, and when either the child support enforcement agency administering the support order receives a notification that pertains to a change in the source of income or status of accounts in a financial institution of the obligor or the agency administering the support order otherwise determines that the source of income or status of accounts in a financial institution of the obligor has changed, the agency administering the support order immediately shall conduct an investigation to determine the obligor's present source of income or assets, and the obligor's address and social security number and shall issue one or more notices described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code that it determines are appropriate. If the agency determines that no notice of the type described in that section would be appropriate, the agency, with respect to a court support order, may request the court to issue a court order under division (C) or (D) of that section, and the agency may issue, with respect to an administrative child support order, an administrative order under division (D) of that section. On receipt of the request, the court, with respect to a court support order, may issue an order as described in division (C) or (D) of section 3121.03 of the Revised Code, and the agency, with respect to an administrative child support order, may issue an administrative order under division (D) of section 3121.03 of the Revised Code. The notices and court orders are final and are enforceable by the court. The notices shall be mailed within fifteen days after the obligor under the support order is located or within fifteen days after the default under the support order, whichever is applicable. If the court or agency that issued the support order, or the agency administering the support order, previously has issued one or more notices containing one or more of the requirements described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code, the court previously has issued one or more court orders described in division (C) or (D) of that section, or the agency has previously issued an order described under division (D) of that section and the agency administering the support order determines that any of the requirements or orders no longer are appropriate due to the change, the agency administering the support order immediately shall cancel any previously issued notice and cancel any previously issued administrative order under division (D) of section 3121.03 of the Revised Code that is no longer appropriate, and the court shall cancel any previously issued court order under division (C) or (D) of section 3121.03 of the Revised Code that no longer is appropriate, the agency shall send written notice of the cancellation by regular mail to the person who was required to comply with the withholding, deduction, or other requirement contained in the canceled notice or order, and the agency shall issue one or more new notices containing one or more requirements described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code that it determines are appropriate. If the agency determines that no notice of the type described in that section would be appropriate, the agency, with respect to a court support order, may request the court to issue a court order under division (C) or (D) of that section, and the agency may issue, with respect to an administrative child support order, an administrative order under division (D) of that section. On receipt of the request, the court may issue an order as described in division (C) or (D) of section 3121.03 of the Revised Code, and the agency, with respect to an administrative child support order, may issue an administrative order under division (D) of section 3121.03 of the Revised Code. The notices and court orders are final and are enforceable by the court. The notices shall be mailed within fifteen days after the obligor under the support order is located or within fifteen days after the default under the support order, whichever is applicable.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.57 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.57
§ 3109.57. Further requirements for creating power of attorney
Status: in_force

July 20, 2004 House Bill 130 - 125th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section and subject to sections 3109.56 and 3109.58 of the Revised Code, a parent, guardian, or custodian may create a power of attorney under section 3109.52 of the Revised Code only under the following circumstances: (1) The parent, guardian, or custodian of the child is any of the following: (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; (e) In or about to enter a residential treatment program for substance abuse. (2) The parent, guardian, or custodian of the child has a well-founded belief that the power of attorney is in the child's best interest. (B) In addition to the circumstances described in division (A) of this section and subject to sections 3109.56 and 3109.58 of the Revised Code, a parent may execute a power of attorney if the other parent of the child is deceased.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.391 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.391
§ 3107.391. Biological parent's name redaction request form
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) A biological parent who had a biological parent's name redaction request form accepted by the department of health between March 20, 2014, and March 20, 2015, may request at any time that the department remove the form from the adoption file of the adopted person to whom the form pertains if the biological parent decides to permit the biological parent's name to be included in a copy of the contents of the adoption file that a person receives under section 3107.38 of the Revised Code. The department shall remove the form from the adoption file if the biological parent provides the department all of the following: (1) Two items of identification of the biological parent; (2) Information the department needs to be able to identify the adoption file of the adopted person to whom the form pertains; (3) A notarized attestation that the biological parent is the biological parent of the adopted person to whom the form pertains. (B) When the department removes a biological parent's name redaction request form from an adoption file under division (A) of this section, the department shall destroy the form. Last updated July 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.022 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.022
§ 3119.022. Child support guideline worksheets and instructions
Status: in_force

March 28, 2019 House Bill 366 - 132nd General Assembly The director of job and family services shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the creation of child support guideline worksheets and instructions that incorporate the requirements of Chapter 3119. of the Revised Code for the calculation of child support and cash medical support obligations. In addition, the department shall: (A) Adopt standard worksheet forms that shall be used in all courts and child support enforcement agencies when calculating child support and cash medical support obligations; and (B) Adopt a standard instruction manual to provide guidance and assistance to persons calculating support obligations. The guideline worksheet and instruction manual may be revised as needed, but shall be revised at least once every five years.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.25
§ 3121.25. Notice of request for modification or filing action for enforcement
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly If a party to a court support order requests a modification of the order or an obligee under a court support order or a person acting on behalf of an obligee files an action to enforce a court child support order, the court shall notify the child support enforcement agency that is administering the court child support order or that will administer the order of the request or the filing.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.01
§ 3121.01. Collection and disbursement of child support definitions
Status: in_force

February 11, 2019 Senate Bill 70 - 132nd General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) " Administrative child support order," "child support order," "court child support order," "court support order," "obligee," "obligor," "personal earnings," and "support order" have the same meanings as in section 3119.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Default" means any failure to pay under a support order that is an amount greater than or equal to the amount of support payable under the support order for one month. (C) "Financial institution" means a bank, savings and loan association, or credit union, or a regulated investment company or mutual fund. (D) "Income" means any form of monetary payment, including personal earnings; workers' compensation payments; unemployment compensation benefits to the extent permitted by, and in accordance with, sections 3121.07 and 4141.284 of the Revised Code, and federal law governing the department of job and family services; pensions; annuities; allowances; private or governmental retirement benefits; disability or sick pay; insurance proceeds; lottery prize awards; federal, state, or local government benefits to the extent that the benefits can be withheld or deducted under the law governing the benefits; any form of trust fund or endowment; lump sum payments, including a one-time pay supplement of one hundred fifty dollars or more paid under section 124.183 of the Revised Code; and any other payment in money. (E) "Payor" means any person or entity that pays or distributes income to an obligor, including an obligor if the obligor is self-employed; an employer; an employer paying an obligor's workers' compensation benefits; the public employees retirement board; the governing entity of a municipal retirement system; the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund; the state teachers retirement board; the school employees retirement board; the state highway patrol retirement board; a provider, as defined in section 3305.01 of the Revised Code; the bureau of workers' compensation; or any other person or entity other than the department of job and family services with respect to unemployment compensation benefits paid pursuant to Chapter 4141. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3105.83 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3105 / § 3105.83
§ 3105.83. Commencing payments
Status: in_force

January 1, 2002 House Bill 535 - 123rd General Assembly Payments under an order described in section 3105.81 of the Revised Code shall commence as provided under section 145.571 , 742.462 , 3305.21 , 3307.371 , 3309.671 , or 5505.261 of the Revised Code. An alternate payee has no right or privilege under sections 742.01 to 742.61 or Chapter 145., 3305., 3307., 3309., or 5505. of the Revised Code that is not provided in those sections or chapters. An order described in section 3105.81 of the Revised Code shall not require a public retirement program to take any action or provide any benefit, allowance, or payment not authorized under the law governing the public retirement program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.88 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.88
§ 3123.88. Application of unclaimed to defaults
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly (A) The requirements of this section are effective on the date that all support orders have been converted to the automated data processing system under section 3125.07 of the Revised Code and the office of child support in the department of job and family services authorizes centralized collection and disbursement of support amounts under the support order pursuant to the rules adopted under section 3121.71 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of commerce shall provide the office no later than the first day of March of each year, the name, address, social security number, if the social security number is available, and any other identifying information for any individual included in a request sent by the office pursuant to division (C) of this section who has unclaimed funds delivered or reported to the state under Chapter 169. of the Revised Code. (C) The office shall, no later than the first day of February of each year, send to the director of commerce a request containing the name, address, and social security number of all obligors in default under a support order being administered by a child support enforcement agency of this state and requests that the director provide information to the office as required in division (B) of this section. If the information the director provides identifies or results in identifying unclaimed funds held by the state for an obligor in default, the office shall file a claim under section 169.08 of the Revised Code to recover the unclaimed funds. If the director allows the claim, the director shall pay the claim directly to the office. The director shall not disallow a claim made by the office because the office is not the owner of the unclaimed funds according to the report made pursuant to section 169.03 of the Revised Code. (D) The director of job and family services, in consultation with the department of commerce, may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to aid in implementation of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3125.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3125 / § 3125.20
§ 3125.20. Request for waiver of budgeting and appropriation requirement
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly A board of county commissioners may request that the department of job and family services grant a waiver of the requirement that the money specified in division (A) of section 3125.19 of the Revised Code be budgeted and appropriated to the child support enforcement agency if the board can demonstrate, by meeting criteria established by the department, that the agency is effectively using procedures for establishing paternity, meeting the mandated service needs of clients, and complying with all applicable state and federal support rules and regulations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.022 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.022
§ 3123.022. Right to contest
Status: in_force

December 13, 2002 House Bill 657 - 124th General Assembly The issuance of a withholding notice in accordance with section 3123.021 of the Revised Code does not affect the obligor's right to contest pursuant to sections 3123.04 and 3123.05 of the Revised Code an identification of default or the amount of arrearages identified under the default. The timely filing of a written request or motion for an administrative or court hearing under section 3123.04 or 3123.05 of the Revised Code does not cause the suspension of a withholding notice issued in accordance with section 3123.021 of the Revised Code. Last updated March 4, 2022 at 4:09 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.208 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.208
§ 3115.208. Child-support orders for two or more obligees
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two or more child-support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, a tribunal of this state shall enforce those orders in the same manner as if the orders had been issued by a tribunal of this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3113.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3113 / § 3113.11
§ 3113.11. Amount credited convict paid to trustee
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a person is convicted, sentenced, and confined in a workhouse, under sections 3113.01 to 3113.14 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, the county from which he is so convicted, sentenced, and confined upon the warrant of the county auditor of such county, and out of the general revenue fund thereof, shall pay monthly fifty cents for each day he is so confined, to the trustee appointed by the court under such sections, to be expended by such trustee for the maintenance of the child under sixteen years of age.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.66 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.66
§ 3119.66. Schedule for and conduct of hearing
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 House Bill 338 - 135th General Assembly If the obligor or the obligee requests a court hearing on the revised amount of child support calculated by the child support enforcement agency, the court shall schedule and conduct a hearing to determine whether the revised child support is the appropriate amount and whether the amount of child support being paid under the court child support order should be revised. Last updated January 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.83 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.83
§ 3111.83. Registering order concerning support and health care
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly An administrative officer who issues an administrative support order for the payment of support and provision for a child's health care shall register the order or cause the order to be registered in the system established under section 3111.831 of the Revised Code or with the clerk of the court of appropriate jurisdiction of the county served by the administrative officer's child support enforcement agency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.02
§ 3119.02. Calculation of child support obligation
Status: in_force

March 28, 2019 House Bill 366 - 132nd General Assembly In any action in which a court child support order is issued or modified, in any other 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 when a child support enforcement agency determines the amount of child support that will be ordered to be paid pursuant to an administrative child support order, issues a new administrative child support order, or issues a modified administrative child support order, the court or agency shall calculate the amount of the parents' child support and cash medical support in accordance with the basic child support schedule, the applicable worksheet, and the other provisions of Chapter 3119. of the Revised Code. The court or agency shall specify the support obligation as a monthly amount due and shall order the support obligation to be paid in periodic increments as it determines to be in the best interest of the children. In performing its duties under this section, the court or agency is not required to accept any calculations in a worksheet prepared by any party to the action or proceeding.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.705 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.705
§ 3115.705. Direct request
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the law of this state applies. (B) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the proceeding, sections 3115.706 to 3115.713 of the Revised Code apply. (C) In a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a convention support order or foreign support agreement, both of the following apply: (1) A security, bond, or deposit is not required to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses. (2) An obligee or obligor that in the issuing country has benefited from free legal assistance is entitled to benefit, at least to the same extent, from any free legal assistance provided for by the law of this state under the same circumstances. (D) A petitioner filing a direct request is not entitled to assistance from the support enforcement agency. (E) Sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 of the Revised Code do not prevent the application of laws of this state that provide simplified, more expeditious rules regarding a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order or foreign support agreement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3125.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3125 / § 3125.12
§ 3125.12. Plan of cooperation with county commissioners
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly Each child support enforcement agency shall enter into a plan of cooperation with the board of county commissioners under section 307.983 of the Revised Code and comply with each grant agreement the board enters into under sections 307.98 and 5101.21 and contracts the board enters into under sections 307.981 and 307.982 of the Revised Code that affect the agency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.033 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.033
§ 3123.033. Standard forms for default notice
Status: in_force

December 13, 2002 House Bill 657 - 124th General Assembly The department of job and family services shall adopt standard forms for the default notice.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.16
§ 3121.16. Notice is final and enforceable
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly If a child support enforcement agency sends a notice imposing a withholding or deduction requirement or a court or agency sends an order imposing any other appropriate requirement to a person under section 3121.14 or 3121.15 of the Revised Code, the notice or order also shall be considered to have been issued under section 3121.03 of the Revised Code. The notice or order is final and is enforceable by the court.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.381 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.381
§ 3107.381. Transfer of releases
Status: in_force

March 20, 2015 Senate Bill 23 - 130th General Assembly If the file of releases contains one or more releases that pertain to an adopted person and the department of health has an adoption file for the adopted person, the department shall transfer all of the releases pertaining to the adopted person, including releases for which withdrawals of releases were filed, to the adopted person's adoption file. An adopted person or lineal descendant of an adopted person who obtains the contents of the adopted person's adoption file pursuant to section 3107.38 of the Revised Code may use the releases, along with any contact preference forms placed in the adoption file pursuant to section 3107.39 of the Revised Code, in determining whether and how to contact a biological parent or biological sibling. Releases are advisory only and therefore unenforceable.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.38
§ 3121.38. Liability of payor or financial institution
Status: in_force

May 18, 2005 House Bill 493 - 125th General Assembly A payor that fails to withhold an amount from an obligor's income for support in accordance with a withholding requirement included in a withholding notice issued under section 3121.03 of the Revised Code or a financial institution that fails to deduct funds from an obligor's account for support in accordance with a deduction requirement included in a deduction notice issued under section 3121.03 of the Revised Code is liable for the amount that was not withheld or deducted, except that a payor that is an employer whose normal pay and disbursement cycles make it impossible to comply with a withholding requirement contained in a withholding notice shall not be liable for the amount not withheld if the employer, as soon as possible after receipt of the withholding notice, provides the court or child support enforcement agency that issued the notice with written notice of the impossibility and the reasons for the impossibility. A payor who is liable under this provision for an amount that was not withheld shall be ordered by the court to pay that amount to the office of child support in the department of job and family services, to be disbursed in accordance with the support order for the benefit of the child or spouse.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.364 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.364
§ 3119.364. Providing notice of change in coverage
Status: in_force

December 13, 2002 House Bill 657 - 124th General Assembly Any employer who receives a copy of an order or notice described in section 3119.30 , 3119.33 , or 3119.34 of the Revised Code shall notify the child support enforcement agency of any change in or the termination of the health insurance coverage that is maintained pursuant to the order or notice.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3127.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3127 / § 3127.37
§ 3127.37. Communication with non-Ohio court where modification proceeding pending
Status: in_force

April 11, 2005 Senate Bill 185 - 125th General Assembly Subject to sections 2101.022 and 2301.03 of the Revised Code, if a proceeding for enforcement under sections 3127.31 to 3127.46 of the Revised Code is commenced in a juvenile court or other court of this state with appropriate jurisdiction and the court determines that a proceeding to modify the determination is pending in a court of another state having jurisdiction to modify the determination under sections 3127.15 to 3127.24 of the Revised Code or a similar statute of another state, the enforcing court shall immediately communicate with the modifying court. The proceeding for enforcement shall continue unless the enforcing court, after consultation with the modifying court, stays or dismisses the proceeding.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.53
§ 3111.53. Administrative officer
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly (A) A child support enforcement agency, in accordance with the rules adopted by the director of job and family services pursuant to division (B) of this section, shall employ an administrative officer, contract with another entity to provide an administrative officer, or contract with an individual to serve as an administrative officer to issue administrative orders determining the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship, requiring the payment of child support, or both. (B) The director of job and family services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code regulating administrative officers who issue administrative orders described in division (A) of this section, including the following: (1) The qualifications of the administrative officer; (2) Any other procedures, requirements, or standards necessary for the employment of the administrative officer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.55 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.55
§ 3123.55. Contents of notice to obligor
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) Notice shall be sent to the individual described in section 3123.53 of the Revised Code in compliance with section 3121.23 of the Revised Code. The notice shall specify that a court or child support enforcement agency has determined the individual to be in default under a child support order or that the individual is an obligor under a child support order who has failed to comply with a subpoena or warrant issued by a court or agency with respect to a proceeding to enforce a child support order, that a notice containing the individual's name and social security number or other identification number may be sent to the registrar of motor vehicles, and that, if the registrar receives that notice and determines that the individual is the individual named in that notice and the registrar has not received notice under section 3123.56 or 3123.57 of the Revised Code, all of the following will occur: (1) The registrar and all deputy registrars will be prohibited from issuing to the individual a driver's or commercial driver's license, motorcycle operator's license or endorsement, or temporary instruction permit or commercial driver's temporary instruction permit. (2) The registrar and all deputy registrars will be prohibited from renewing for the individual a driver's or commercial driver's license, motorcycle operator's license or endorsement, or commercial driver's temporary instruction permit. (3) If the individual holds a driver's or commercial driver's license, motorcycle operator's license or endorsement, or temporary instruction permit or commercial driver's temporary instruction permit, the registrar will impose a class F suspension under division (B)(6) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code if the registrar determines that the individual is the individual named in the notice sent pursuant to section 3123.54 of the Revised Code. (4) If the individual is the individual named in the notice, the individual will not be issued or have renewed any license, endorsement, or permit, and no suspension will be lifted with respect to any license, endorsement, or permit listed in this section until the registrar receives a notice under section 3123.56 or 3123.57 of the Revised Code. (B) If an agency makes the determination described in division (A) of section 3123.53 of the Revised Code, it shall not send the notice described in division (A) of this section unless both of the following are the case: (1) At least ninety days have elapsed since the final and enforceable determination of default; (2) In the preceding ninety days, the obligor has failed to pay at least fifty per cent of the total monthly obligation due through means other than those described in sections 3123.81 to 3123.85 of the Revised Code. (C) The department of job and family services shall adopt rules pursuant to section 3123.63 of the Revised Code establishing a uniform pre-suspension notice form that shall be used by agencies that send notice as required by this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.179 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.179
§ 3109.179. Rules
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code regarding all of the following: (1) Operation requirements for child abuse and child neglect regional prevention councils; (2) The manner in which boards of county commissioners are to appoint council members; (3) The form and manner by which councils are to submit regional prevention plans. (B) The department may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code regarding the following: (1) Duties of council members; (2) Duties of regional prevention coordinators; (3) Any other rules necessary to implement sections 3109.13 to 3109.178 of the Revised Code. (C) The department shall consult with the children's trust fund board and the board's executive director regarding all rules adopted under this section. Last updated September 29, 2023 at 9:48 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.74 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.74
§ 3119.74. Conducting administrative reviews of support orders
Status: in_force

June 2, 2004 House Bill 149 - 125th General Assembly In addition to administrative reviews conducted pursuant to sections 3119.60 to 3119.63 and section 3119.771 of the Revised Code, a child support enforcement agency may conduct administrative reviews of support orders to do the following: (A) Obtain voluntary notices or court orders under section 3121.03 of the Revised Code; (B) Correct any errors in the amount of any arrearage owed by an obligor. The agency shall notify the obligor and obligee of the time, date, and location of the administrative review at least fourteen days before the hearing is held.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3105.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3105 / § 3105.02
§ 3105.02. Prohibited acts
Status: in_force

August 1, 1975 House Bill 370 - 111th General Assembly No person shall advertise, print, publish, distribute, or circulate a circular, pamphlet, card, handbill, advertisement, printed paper, book, newspaper, or notice, or cause such to be done, with the intent to procure or aid in procuring divorces or dissolutions of marriage, either in this state or elsewhere. This section does not apply to the printing or publishing of a notice or advertisement authorized by law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.016 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.016
§ 3107.016. Schedule of education programs
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The department of children and youth shall develop a schedule of training that meets the requirements established in rules adopted pursuant to section 3107.015 of the Revised Code. The schedule shall include enough training to provide all agencies equal access to the training. The department shall distribute the schedule to all agencies. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.08
§ 3121.08. Prisoner earnings
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "prison," "prison term," and "jail" have the same meanings as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code, including sections 5145.16 and 5147.30 of the Revised Code, twenty-five per cent of any money earned pursuant to section 5145.16 or 5147.30 of the Revised Code by a prisoner in a prison or jail who has a dependent child receiving assistance under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code, shall be paid to the state department of job and family services.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.78 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.78
§ 3109.78. Purpose may void power or affidavit
Status: in_force

July 20, 2004 House Bill 130 - 125th General Assembly (A) No person shall create a power of attorney under section 3109.52 of the Revised Code or execute a caretaker authorization affidavit under section 3109.67 of the Revised Code 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 the school or school district. (B) A person who violates division (A) of this section is in violation of section 2921.13 of the Revised Code and is guilty of falsification, a misdemeanor of the first degree. (C) A power of attorney created, or an affidavit executed, in violation of this section is void as of the date of its creation or execution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.67 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.67
§ 3121.67. Contracting with public or private entities to perform duties
Status: in_force

December 13, 2002 House Bill 657 - 124th General Assembly The office of child support may enter into contracts with public entities or private vendors for the collection of amounts due under support orders or for the performance of other administrative duties of the office. The office may contract with a public or private entity for the collection of arrearages owed under any child support order for which a court or a child support enforcement agency has found the obligor in default pursuant to a final and enforceable order issued pursuant to sections 3123.01 to 3123.07 of the Revised Code. Each contract shall comply with the rules adopted pursuant to section 3121.71 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3127.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3127 / § 3127.44
§ 3127.44. Appeal from final order
Status: in_force

April 11, 2005 Senate Bill 185 - 125th General Assembly An appeal may be taken from a final order in a proceeding under sections 3127.31 to 3127.47 of the Revised Code. The supreme court of this state shall, by rule, provide for expedited appellate review of cases appealed under this section. Unless the court enters a temporary emergency order under section 3127.18 of the Revised Code, the enforcing court may not stay an order enforcing a child custody determination pending appeal.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3105.64 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3105 / § 3105.64
§ 3105.64. Time of court appearance after filing petition
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 House Bill 461 - 129th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) or (C) of this section, not less than thirty nor more than ninety days after the filing of a petition for dissolution of marriage, both spouses shall appear before the court, and each spouse shall acknowledge under oath that that spouse voluntarily entered into the separation agreement appended to the petition, that that spouse is satisfied with its terms, and that that spouse seeks dissolution of the marriage. (B) If an action for divorce is converted to an action for dissolution of marriage pursuant to section 3105.08 of the Revised Code and if the conversion occurs more than thirty days after the filing of the original petition in the divorce action, the appearance and acknowledgement requirements of division (A) of this section may be satisfied at the time of the conversion or at a time that is not more than ninety days after the conversion. (C) If a petition for dissolution is filed after the spouses have successfully completed a collaborative family law process pursuant to sections 3105.41 to 3105.54 of the Revised Code, the appearance and acknowledgement requirements of division (A) of this section may be satisfied at any time that is not more than ninety days after the filing of the petition.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.08
§ 3111.08. Rules of Civil Procedure govern action
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly (A) An action brought pursuant to sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code to declare the existence or nonexistence of the father and child relationship is a civil action and shall be governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure unless a different procedure is specifically provided by those sections. (B) If an action is brought against a person to declare the existence or nonexistence of the father and child relationship between that person and a child and the person in his answer admits the existence or nonexistence of the father and child relationship as alleged in the action, the court shall enter judgment in accordance with section 3111.13 of the Revised Code. If the person against whom the action is brought fails to plead or otherwise defend against the action, the opposing party may make an oral or written motion for default judgment pursuant to the Rules of Civil Procedure. The court shall render a judgment by default against the person after hearing satisfactory evidence of the truth of the statements in the complaint.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.52
§ 3109.52. Power of attorney for residential grandparent
Status: in_force

July 20, 2004 House Bill 130 - 125th General Assembly The parent, guardian, or custodian of a child may create a power of attorney that grants to a grandparent of the child with whom the child is residing any of the parent's, guardian's, or custodian's rights and responsibilities regarding the care, physical custody, and control of the child, including the ability to enroll the child in school, to obtain from the school district educational and behavioral information about the child, to consent to all school-related matters regarding the child, and to consent to medical, psychological, or dental treatment for the child. The power of attorney may not grant authority to consent to the marriage or adoption of the child. The power of attorney does not affect the rights of the parent, guardian, or custodian of the child in any future proceeding concerning custody of the child or the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities for the care of the child and does not grant legal custody to the attorney in fact.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.961 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.961
§ 3123.961. Contents of agency poster
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly Each poster described in section 3123.96 of the Revised Code shall display photographs of, and information about, ten obligors who are liable for support arrearages and whose whereabouts are unknown to the child support enforcement agency. Each poster shall list a toll-free telephone number that may be called to report information regarding the whereabouts of any of the obligors displayed on the poster. The agency may include any other information on the poster that it considers appropriate.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3127.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3127 / § 3127.21
§ 3127.21. Jurisdiction declined - forum non conveniens
Status: in_force

April 11, 2005 Senate Bill 185 - 125th General Assembly (A) A court of this state that has jurisdiction under this chapter to make a child custody determination may decline to exercise its jurisdiction at any time if it determines that it is an inconvenient forum under the circumstances and that a court of another state is a more convenient forum. The issue of inconvenient forum may be raised upon motion of a party, the court's own motion, or at the request of another court. (B) Before determining whether it is an inconvenient forum, a court of this state shall consider whether it is appropriate for a court of another state to exercise jurisdiction. For this purpose, the court shall allow the parties to submit information and shall consider all relevant factors, including the following: (1) Whether domestic violence has occurred and is likely to continue in the future and which state could best protect the parties and the child; (2) The length of time the child has resided outside this state; (3) The distance between the court in this state and the court in the state that would assume jurisdiction; (4) The relative financial circumstances of the parties; (5) Any agreement of the parties as to which state should assume jurisdiction; (6) The nature and location of the evidence required to resolve the pending litigation, including the testimony of the child; (7) The ability of the court of each state to decide the issue expeditiously and the procedures necessary to present the evidence; (8) The familiarity of the court of each state with the facts and issues in the pending litigation. (C) If a court of this state determines that it is an inconvenient forum and that a court of another state is a more appropriate forum, it shall stay the proceedings upon condition that a child custody proceeding be promptly commenced in another designated state and may impose any other condition the court considers just and proper. (D) A court of this state may decline to exercise its jurisdiction under this chapter if a child custody determination is incidental to an action for divorce or another proceeding while still retaining jurisdiction over the divorce or other proceeding.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.21
§ 3121.21. Payor or financial institution - immunity
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly A payor or financial institution shall not be subject to criminal or civil liability for compliance, in accordance with sections 3121.18 to 3121.20 of the Revised Code, with a withholding or deduction notice.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.39
§ 3107.39. Contact preference form for biological parents
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of children and youth shall prescribe a contact preference form for biological parents. The form shall include all of the following: (1) A component in which a biological parent is to indicate one of the following regarding a person who receives, under section 3107.38 of the Revised Code, a copy of the contents of the adoption file of the parent's offspring: (a) That the biological parent welcomes the person to contact the parent directly; (b) That the biological parent prefers that the person contact the parent through an intermediary who the parent specifies on the form; (c) That the biological parent prefers that the person not contact the parent directly or through an intermediary. (2) Provisions necessary for the department of health to be able to identify the adoption file of the adopted person to whom the form pertains; (3) The following notices: (a) If a social and medical history for the biological parent was not previously prepared or such a history was prepared but should be corrected or expanded, that the biological parent is encouraged to do the following as appropriate: (i) Complete a social and medical history form in accordance with section 3107.091 or 3107.393 of the Revised Code; (ii) Correct or expand the biological parent's social and medical history in accordance with division (D) of section 3107.09 of the Revised Code. (b) That a biological parent's preference regarding contact as indicated on a completed contact preference form is advisory only and therefore unenforceable; (c) That the biological parent may change the parent's indicated preference regarding contact by filing a new contact preference form with the department of health. (4) A space in which the biological parent indicates whether one or more of the following apply: (a) The biological parent knows that a social and medical history was prepared for the biological parent pursuant to section 3107.09 of the Revised Code; (b) The biological parent completed a social and medical history form in accordance with section 3107.091 or 3107.393 of the Revised Code; (c) The biological parent corrected or expanded the biological parent's social and medical history in accordance with division (D) of section 3107.09 of the Revised Code. (5) A notice of both of the following: (a) That an adopted person may do either or both of the following: (i) Inspect, pursuant to division (D) of section 3107.17 of the Revised Code, a social and medical history form of a biological parent of the adopted person maintained by the court that entered the interlocutory order or final decree of adoption regarding the adopted person; (ii) Submit to that court, pursuant to division (E) of section 3107.17 of the Revised Code, a request for notification of a correction or expansion of a social and medical history of a biological parent of the adopted person. (b) That an adopted person who does not know which court entered the interlocutory order or final decree of adoption regarding the adopted person may seek assistance from the department of health in accordance with section 3107.171 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of children and youth shall make the contact preference form prescribed under this section available to the department of health. (C) The department of health shall make a contact preference form available to a biological parent on request. The department of health may accept a completed contact preference form from a biological parent only if the parent provides it two items of identification of the parent. If the department of health determines that it may accept a completed contact preference form, it shall accept the form. As soon as the department identifies the adoption file of the adopted person to whom the form pertains, it shall place the form in that file. If there is a previously completed contact preference form from the biological parent in the adopted person's adoption file, the department of health shall replace the parent's older form with the parent's new form. (D) Subject to division (C) of this section, a biological parent may file a completed contact preference form with the department of health to change the parent's indicated preference regarding contact as many times as the parent wishes. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.48
§ 3123.48. Issuing license when obligor becomes eligible
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly Not later than seven days after receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.45 or 3123.46 of the Revised Code, the board shall, if the individual is otherwise eligible for the license and wants the license, issue a license to or renew a license of the individual, or if the individual's license was suspended pursuant to section 3123.47 of the Revised Code, end the suspension. The board may charge a fee of not more than fifty dollars to issue or renew or end the suspension of a license pursuant to this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.60
§ 3123.60. No hearing to be held
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly Notwithstanding section 119.06 of the Revised Code, the registrar of motor vehicles shall not hold any hearing in connection with an order refusing to issue or renew a license, permit, or endorsement for, or suspending a license, permit, or endorsement of, an individual pursuant to section 3123.58 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.43
§ 3119.43. Notice of failure of person to comply with child support order
Status: in_force

February 11, 2019 Senate Bill 70 - 132nd General Assembly If the person required to obtain health insurance coverage pursuant to a child support order issued in accordance with section 3119.30 of the Revised Code does not obtain the required coverage within thirty days after the order is issued, the child support enforcement agency may notify the court that issued the court child support order or, with respect to an administrative child support order, the court of common pleas of the county in which the agency is located, in writing of the failure of the person to comply with the child support order. The court may punish the person for contempt under Chapter 2705. of the Revised Code for the failure.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.18
§ 3107.18. Foreign adoption
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 House Bill 5 - 135th General Assembly (A) Except when giving effect to such a decree would violate the public policy of this state, a court decree terminating the relationship of parent and child, or establishing the relationship by adoption, issued pursuant to due process of law by a court of any jurisdiction outside this state, whether within or outside the United States, shall be recognized in this state, and the rights and obligations of the parties as to all matters within the jurisdiction of this state, including, without limitation, those matters specified in section 3107.15 of the Revised Code, shall be determined as though the decree were issued by a court of this state. (B)(1) A final judgment of adoption granted by a judicial, administrative, or executive body of a jurisdiction or country other than the United States shall have the same force and effect in this state as that given to a judgment of adoption entered by a court of competent jurisdiction of this state, without additional proceedings or documentation, if both of the following apply: (a) Either adopting parent is a resident of this state; (b) The validity of the foreign adoption has been verified by the granting of an IR-3, IH-3, or a successor immigrant visa, for the child by the citizenship and immigration services of the United States department of homeland security or its successor agency. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, an adoptive parent shall not be required to petition a court in this state for adoption of the child, and the foreign adoption shall be considered final under the laws of this state, if the conditions of division (B)(1) of this section are met. (C) Either adoptive parent, a guardian, or a guardian ad litem may petition the court of the county in which the person making the request resides to register a foreign adoption in this state. The court may specify a change of name for the child and, if a physician has recommended a revision of the birth certificate, a revised birth date. If the petition is granted, the court shall order the department of health to issue a foreign birth record for the adopted person under section 3705.122 of the Revised Code. The court shall send to the department with its order a copy of the foreign adoption decree or certificate of adoption and, if the foreign decree or certificate of adoption is not in English, a translation certified as to its accuracy by the translator and provided by the person who requested the order. Last updated February 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.312 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.312
§ 3115.312. Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by disclosure of specific identifying information, that information must be sealed and may not be disclosed to the other party or the public. After a hearing in which a tribunal takes into consideration the health, safety, or liberty of the party or child, the tribunal may order disclosure of information that the tribunal determines to be in the interest of justice.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3105.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3105 / § 3105.46
§ 3105.46. Informal disclosure of information
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 House Bill 461 - 129th General Assembly During the collaborative family law process, at the request of another party, a party shall make timely, full, candid, and informal disclosure of information related to the collaborative matter without formal discovery and shall update promptly information that has materially changed. Parties may define the scope of disclosure, except as otherwise provided by law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.91 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.91
§ 3123.91. Consumer reporting agency defined
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly As used in sections 3123.91 to 3123.932 of the Revised Code, "consumer reporting agency" means any person that, for monetary fees, dues, or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling or evaluating consumer credit information or other information on consumers for the purpose of furnishing consumer reports to third parties and that uses any means or facility of interstate commerce for the purpose of preparing or furnishing consumer reports.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3127.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3127 / § 3127.52
§ 3127.52. Provisions of chapter severable
Status: in_force

April 11, 2005 Senate Bill 185 - 125th 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.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3125.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3125 / § 3125.37
§ 3125.37. Application fee for furnishing services
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly The department of job and family services shall charge an application fee of up to twenty-five dollars, as determined by rule adopted by the director of job and family services pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, for furnishing services under Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended, to persons not participating in Ohio works first under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code or to persons not exempted from paying the fee under section 454(6)(B) of the "Social Security Act," as amended by the "Balanced Budget Act of 1997," 111 Stat. 625, 42 U.S.C. 654(6)(B). The director shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code authorizing counties, at their option, to waive the payment of the fee. The application fee, unless waived pursuant to rules adopted by the director pursuant to this section, shall be paid by those persons.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3101.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3101 / § 3101.12
§ 3101.12. Evidence of recording
Status: in_force

June 4, 1976 House Bill 740 - 111th General Assembly When the name of a minister licensed to solemnized marriages is entered upon the record by the secretary of state, such record and the license issued under section 3101.10 of the Revised Code shall be evidence that such minister is authorized to solemnize marriages in this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.40
§ 3119.40. Hearing based on mistake of fact
Status: in_force

December 13, 2002 House Bill 657 - 124th General Assembly If a person who received a notice of medical support enforcement activity files a timely written motion for a court hearing to determine whether there is still a mistake of fact in the national medical support notice referred to in the notice of medical support enforcement activity, the court shall hold a hearing as soon as possible, but not later than ten days, after the motion is filed. Not later than five days before the date the court hearing is to be held, the court shall send the person and any other individual the agency determines appropriate written notice by regular mail of the date, time, place, and purpose of that hearing. The hearing shall be limited to a determination of whether there is a mistake of fact in the national medical support notice. At the hearing, the court shall determine whether there is a mistake of fact in the national medical support notice. On conclusion of the hearing, the court shall make its determination. The determination is final. The court shall take further action as provided in section 3119.41 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.10
§ 3123.10. Duty of court to notify agency
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly If any of the following occurs, the court shall notify the child support enforcement agency: (A) The court is required to issue a withholding or deduction notice under section 3121.03 of the Revised Code or to issue a court order described in division (C) or (D) of that section and fails to do so. (B) The court issued an order under division (B)(1) of former section 3113.21 of the Revised Code, as it existed immediately preceding December 1, 1986, or issues a withholding or deduction notice under section 3121.03 of the Revised Code or issues a court order described in division (C) or (D) of that section and the court determines that the order or withholding or deduction notice will not ensure payment of the support due under the child support order. (C) The obligor fails after the issuance of a notice or court order under section 3121.03 of the Revised Code to comply with the notice or court order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.64 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.64
§ 3111.64. Birth 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 shall establish and maintain a birth registry that shall contain all of the following information contained in orders determining the existence of a parent and child relationship and acknowledgments of paternity required to be filed with the office: (A) The names of the parents of the child subject to the order or acknowledgment; (B) The name of the child; (C) The resident address of each parent and each parent's social security number.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.952 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.952
§ 3123.952. Conditions for including obligors on poster
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly A child support enforcement agency may submit the name of a delinquent obligor to the office of child support for inclusion on a poster only if all of the following apply: (A) The obligor is subject to a support order and there has been an attempt to enforce the order through a public notice, a wage withholding order, a lien on property, a financial institution deduction order, or other court-ordered procedures. (B) The department of job and family services reviewed the obligor's records and confirms the child support enforcement agency's finding that the obligor's name and photograph may be submitted to be displayed on a poster. (C) The agency does not know or is unable to verify the obligor's whereabouts. (D) The obligor is not a participant in Ohio works first or the prevention, retention, and contingency program or a recipient of disability financial assistance, supplemental security income, or supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits. (E) The child support enforcement agency does not have evidence that the obligor has filed for protection under the federal Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C.A. 101, as amended. (F) The obligee gave written authorization to the agency to display the obligor on a poster. (G) A legal representative of the agency and a child support enforcement administrator reviewed the case. (H) The agency is able to submit to the department a description and photograph of the obligor, a statement of the possible locations of the obligor, and any other information required by the department.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.310 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.310
§ 3115.310. Duties of state information agency
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) The department of job and family services is the state information agency under this chapter. (B) The state information agency shall do all of the following: (1) Compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this state that have jurisdiction under this chapter and any support enforcement agencies in this state and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state; (2) Maintain a register of names and addresses of tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states; (3) Forward to the appropriate support enforcement agency in the county in this state in which the obligee who is an individual or the obligor resides, or in which the obligor's property is believed to be located, all documents concerning a proceeding under this chapter received from another state or a foreign country; (4) Obtain information concerning the location of the obligor and the obligor's property within this state not exempt from execution, by such means as postal verification and federal or state locator services, examination of telephone directories, requests for the obligor's address from employers, and examination of governmental records, including, to the extent not prohibited by other law, those relating to real property, vital statistics, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver's licenses, and social security.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.9510 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.9510
§ 3123.9510. Adopting rules
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director of job and family services shall adopt rules for the operation of the poster program established by the office. The rules shall specify the following: (A) Criteria and procedures for the office to use in reviewing the names of obligors submitted by child support enforcement agencies to be displayed on a poster and in selecting the delinquent obligors to be included on a poster; (B) Procedures for providing the notice specified in section 3123.956 of the Revised Code; (C) Any other procedures necessary for the operation of the poster program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.036 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.036
§ 3121.036. Attaching additional notice to obligor to provide certain information
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly (A) A court or agency that sends a withholding or deduction notice under section 3121.03 of the Revised Code to an obligor shall attach to the notice an additional notice requiring the obligor to immediately notify the child support enforcement agency administering the support order, in writing, of the following: (1) In the case of a withholding notice: (a) Any change in the obligor's income source and of the availability of any other sources of income that can be the subject of withholding or deduction; (b) The nature of any new employment or income source and the name, business address, and telephone number of the new employer or income source; (c) Any other information reasonably required by the court or agency. (2) In the case of a deduction notice: (a) Any change in the status of the account from which the support is being deducted or the opening of a new account with any financial institution, of the commencement of employment, including self-employment, or of the availability of any other sources of income that can be the subject of withholding or deduction; (b) The nature of any new account opened at a financial institution and the name and business address of that financial institution; (c) The nature of any new employment or income source and the name, business address, and telephone number of the new employer or income source; (d) Any other information reasonably required by the court or agency. (C) The additional notice required by this section shall specify that, on commencement of employment, the obligor may request that the court or child support enforcement agency cancel its deduction notice and instead issue a withholding notice to collect support amounts and that, on commencement of employment, the court or agency may cancel its deduction notice and instead issue a withholding notice to collect support amounts. (D) The court or agency shall serve the additional notice required by this section on the obligor at the time of service of the support order or, if the support order has been issued previously, shall send the notice to the obligor by regular mail at the last known address at the time it sends the withholding notice to the payor or the deduction notice to a financial institution. (E) No obligor shall fail to give the notice described in division (A)(1) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.0311 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.0311
§ 3121.0311. Notice to obligor's workers' compensation attorney regarding lump sum payment
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) If a lump sum payment referred to in division (A)(11) of section 3121.037 of the Revised Code consists of workers' compensation benefits and the obligor is represented by an attorney with respect to the obligor's workers' compensation claim, prior to issuing the notice to the child support enforcement agency required by that division, the administrator of workers' compensation, for claims involving state fund employers, or a self-insuring employer, for that employer's claims, shall notify the obligor and the obligor's attorney in writing that the obligor is subject to a support order and that the administrator or self-insuring employer, as appropriate, shall hold the lump sum payment for a period of thirty days after the administrator or self-insuring employer sends this written notice, pending receipt of the information referred to in division (B) of this section. (B) The administrator or self-insuring employer, as appropriate, shall instruct the obligor's attorney in writing to file a copy of the fee agreement signed by the obligor, along with an affidavit signed by the attorney setting forth the amount of the attorney's fee with respect to the lump sum payment award to the obligor and the amount of all necessary expenses, along with documentation of those expenses, incurred by the attorney with respect to obtaining the lump sum award. The obligor's attorney shall file the fee agreement and attorney affidavit with the administrator or self-insuring employer, as appropriate, within thirty days after the date the administrator or self-insuring employer sends the notice required by division (A) of this section. (C) Upon receipt of the fee agreement and attorney affidavit, the administrator or self-insuring employer, as appropriate, shall deduct from the lump sum payment the amount of the attorney's fee and necessary expenses and pay that amount directly to and solely in the name of the attorney within fourteen days after the fee agreement and attorney affidavit have been filed with the administrator or self-insuring employer. (D) After deducting any attorney's fee and necessary expenses, if the lump sum payment is one hundred fifty dollars or more, the administrator or self-insuring employer, as appropriate, shall hold the balance of the lump sum award in accordance with division (A)(11) of section 3121.037 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.052 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.052
§ 3109.052. Mediation of differences as to allocating parental rights and responsibilities
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly (A) If a proceeding for divorce, dissolution, legal separation, annulment, or the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities for the care of a child involves one or more children, if the parents of the children do not agree upon an appropriate allocation of parental rights and responsibilities for the care of their children or do not agree upon a specific schedule of parenting time for their children, the court may order the parents to mediate their differences on those matters in accordance with mediation procedures adopted by the court by local rule. When the court determines whether mediation is appropriate in any proceeding, it shall consider whether either parent previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of section 2919.25 of the Revised Code involving a victim who at the time of the commission of the offense was a member of the family or household that is the subject of the proceeding, whether either parent previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense involving a victim who at the time of the commission of the offense was a member of the family or household that is the subject of the proceeding and caused physical harm to the victim in the commission of the offense, and whether either parent has been determined to be the perpetrator of the abusive act that is the basis of an adjudication that a child is an abused child. If either parent has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of section 2919.25 of the Revised Code involving a victim who at the time of the commission of the offense was a member of the family or household that is the subject of the proceeding, has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any other offense involving a victim who at the time of the commission of the offense was a member of the family or household that is the subject of the proceeding and caused physical harm to the victim in the commission of the offense, or has been determined to be the perpetrator of the abusive act that is the basis of an adjudication that a child is an abused child, the court may order mediation only if the court determines that it is in the best interests of the parties to order mediation and makes specific written findings of fact to support its determination. If a court issues an order pursuant to this division requiring mediation, it also may order the parents to file a mediation report within a specified period of time and order the parents to pay the cost of mediation, unless either or both of the parents file a motion requesting that the court waive that requirement. Upon the filing of a motion requesting the waiver of that requirement, the court, for good cause shown, may waive the requirement that either or both parents pay the cost of mediation or may require one of the parents to pay the entire cost of mediation. Any mediation procedures adopted by local court rule for use under this division shall include, but are not limited to, provisions establishing qualifications for mediators who may be employed or used and provisions establishing standards for the conduct of the mediation. (B) If a mediation order is issued under division (A) of this section and the order requires the parents to file a mediation report, the mediator and each parent who takes part in mediation in accordance with the order jointly shall file a report of the results of the mediation process with the court that issued the order under that division. A mediation report shall indicate only whether agreement has been reached on any of the issues that were the subject of the mediation, and, if agreement has been reached, the content and details of the agreement. No mediation report shall contain any background information concerning the mediation process or any information discussed or presented in the process. The court shall consider the mediation report when it allocates parental rights and responsibilities for the care of children under section 3109.04 of the Revised Code and when it establishes a specific schedule of parenting time under section 3109.051 of the Revised Code. The court is not bound by the mediation report and shall consider the best interest of the children when making that allocation or establishing the parenting time schedule. (C) If a mediation order is issued under division (A) of this section, the mediator shall not be made a party to, and shall not be called as a witness or testify in, any action or proceeding, other than a criminal, delinquency, child abuse, child neglect, or dependent child action or proceeding, that is brought by or against either parent and that pertains to the mediation process, to any information discussed or presented in the mediation process, to the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities for the care of the parents' children, or to the awarding of parenting time rights in relation to their children. The mediator shall not be made a party to, or be called as a witness or testify in, such an action or proceeding even if both parents give their prior consent to the mediator being made a party to or being called as a witness or to testify in the action or proceeding. (D) Division (A) of this section does not apply to either of the following: (1) Any proceeding, or the use of mediation in any proceeding that is not a proceeding for divorce, dissolution, legal separation, annulment, or the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities for the care of a child; (2) The use of mediation in any proceeding for divorce, dissolution, legal separation, annulment, or the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities for the care of a child, in relation to issues other than the appropriate allocation of parental rights and responsibilities for the care of the parents' children and other than a specific parenting time schedule for the parents' children.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.25
§ 3123.25. Account information of obligor in default entered into case registry
Status: in_force

February 11, 2019 Senate Bill 70 - 132nd General Assembly (A) If, as a result of information obtained pursuant to an agreement under section 3121.74 of the Revised Code, the office of child support in the department of job and family services finds or receives notice that identifies an obligor in default who maintains an account with a financial institution, the office shall, within one business day, enter the information into the case registry established pursuant to section 3121.81 of the Revised Code. (B) If a child support enforcement agency, upon notice or discovery of an account, determines that an obligor in default under a support order administered by the agency maintains an account in a financial institution, the agency shall determine whether the obligor is subject to a final and enforceable determination of default made under sections 3123.01 to 3123.07 of the Revised Code. If the obligor is subject to a final and enforceable determination of default, the agency may issue an access restriction notice to the financial institution in which the obligor's account is maintained.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3125.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3125 / § 3125.05
§ 3125.05. Program of spousal support enforcement in conjunction with child support enforcement
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly The office of child support shall establish, by rule adopted pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, a program of spousal support enforcement in conjunction with child support enforcement. The program shall conform, to the extent practicable, to the program for child support enforcement established pursuant to section 3125.03 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.47
§ 3121.47. Application to child support enforcement agency for administration of order
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly Any person entitled to receive support payments either personally or on behalf of another person, by reason of any support order that does not direct that payments be made to the office of child support, may apply to the appropriate child support enforcement agency for the administration of the order. On receipt of the application, the agency has authority to administer the order. The agency shall notify the obligor by any method of service authorized under the Civil Rules to make all support payments due after service of the notice on the obligor to the office. An obligor so notified by an agency shall make all subsequent payments to the office unless the court, on the obligor's application filed within thirty days after service of the notice on the obligor, orders the child support enforcement agency not to administer the support order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.06
§ 3123.06. Final and enforceable determination of default
Status: in_force

February 11, 2019 Senate Bill 70 - 132nd General Assembly (A) If either a court, under section 3123.05 of the Revised Code, or child support enforcement agency, under section 3123.032 or 3123.04 of the Revised Code, makes a final and enforceable determination that an obligor is in default under a support order, one of the following shall apply: (1) If no withholding notice was issued in accordance with section 3123.021 of the Revised Code with respect to the order, the court or agency shall issue one or more notices requiring withholding or deduction of income or assets of the obligor in accordance with section 3121.03 of the Revised Code, or the court shall issue one or more court orders imposing other appropriate requirements in accordance with sections 3121.03 , 3121.035 , and 3121.04 to 3121.08 , and division (C) of section 3121.12 of the Revised Code. (2) If a withholding notice was issued in accordance with section 3123.021 of the Revised Code with respect to the order and the final and enforceable determination of default altered the arrearage amount stated in the default notice, the court or agency, whichever made the determination, shall revise the withholding notice and may issue, as appropriate, any of the notices or orders described in division (A)(1) of this section. (3) If a withholding notice was issued in accordance with section 3123.021 of the Revised Code with respect to the order but the final and enforceable determination of default did not alter the arrearage amount stated in the default notice, the withholding notice shall remain in effect. The court or agency, in addition and as appropriate, may issue any other notice or order described in division (A)(1) of this section. (B) If a court, under section 3123.05 of the Revised Code, or an agency, under section 3123.04 of the Revised Code, determines that no default exists under a support order, the court or agency shall terminate the default proceedings. If a withholding notice was issued in accordance with section 3123.021 of the Revised Code with respect to the order, the court or agency, whichever made the final and enforceable determination, shall revise the withholding notice, and may issue, as appropriate, any of the notices or orders described in division (A)(1) of this section, to collect current support. (C) A withholding or deduction notice issued under division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of this section shall require the payment of arrearages caused by the default along with any payment for current support. A withholding or deduction notice or other appropriate order described under this section shall be issued not later than fifteen days after the determination of default under the support order becomes final and enforceable. Section 3123.21 of the Revised Code applies to a withholding or deduction notice or other appropriate order described under division (A) of this section beginning on the date it is issued and ending on the date the period of default ends.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.9525 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.9525
§ 3119.9525. Determination of support obligation to caretaker
Status: in_force

April 3, 2024 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly If, pursuant to an investigation under section 3119.9523 of the Revised Code, the child support enforcement agency determines that a reason exists for a child support order to be imposed regarding the child subject of the investigation, the agency shall comply with sections 3111.80 to 3111.84 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 3, 2023 at 5:47 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.68 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.68
§ 3107.68. Providing of materials, photographs and birth parent's first name to child or adoptive parent
Status: in_force

September 18, 1996 House Bill 419 - 121st General Assembly A birth parent who signs the component of the form prescribed pursuant to division (A)(1)(d), or (B)(1)(c), of section 3107.083 of the Revised Code shall provide the materials the birth parent requests be given to the birth parent's child or adoptive parent to the agency or attorney arranging the adoption. At the request of the birth parent's child or adoptive parent, the agency or attorney shall provide the materials to the child or adoptive parent. A birth parent who signs the component of the form prescribed pursuant to division (A)(1)(e), or (B)(1)(d), of section 3107.083 of the Revised Code shall provide the photographs of the birth parent that the birth parent requests be given to the birth parent's child or adoptive parent to the agency or attorney arranging the adoption. At the request of the birth parent's child or adoptive parent, the agency or attorney shall provide the photographs to the child or adoptive parent. If a birth parent has signed the component of the form prescribed pursuant to division (A)(1)(f), or (B)(1)(e), of section 3107.083 of the Revised Code authorizing the agency or attorney that arranged the adoption of the birth parent's child to provide the child or adoptive parent the first name of the birth parent, the agency or attorney may provide the birth parent's first name to the child or adoptive parent at the request of the child or adoptive parent. An agency or attorney arranging a child's adoption shall provide the adoptive parent the child's social security number.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.035 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.035
§ 3107.035. Search of national sex offender web site
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) At the time of the initial home study, and every two years thereafter, if the home study is updated, and until it becomes part of a final decree of adoption or an interlocutory order of adoption, the agency or attorney that arranges an adoption for the prospective adoptive parent shall conduct a search of the United States department of justice national sex offender public web site regarding the prospective adoptive parent and all persons eighteen years of age or older who reside with the prospective adoptive parent. (B) A petition for adoption may be denied based solely on the results of the search of the national sex offender public web site. (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. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.9523 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.9523
§ 3119.9523. Investigation of support obligation to caretaker
Status: in_force

April 3, 2024 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly If a child support enforcement agency determines under section 3119.953 of the Revised Code that the child in the care of the caretaker is not subject to an existing child support order, the agency shall determine, not later than twenty days after its receipt of the Title IV-D services application or referral under section 3119.953 of the Revised Code, whether any reason exists for which a child support order for the child should be imposed. That determination shall include whether the caretaker is the child's primary caregiver. Last updated October 3, 2023 at 5:46 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.61
§ 3111.61. Samples and performance of genetic testing
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly If a child support enforcement agency is made a party to an action brought to establish a parent and child relationship under sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code and the court orders the parties to the action to submit to genetic testing or the agency orders the parties to submit to genetic testing under section 3111.41 of the Revised Code, the agency shall provide for collection of samples and performance of genetic testing in accordance with generally accepted medical techniques. If a court ordered the genetic testing, the agency shall inform the court of the procedures for collecting the samples and performing the genetic tests, in accordance with the rules governing on-site genetic testing adopted by the director of job and family services pursuant to section 3111.611 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3125.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3125 / § 3125.15
§ 3125.15. Maintaining records of support orders
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly A child support enforcement agency shall maintain records of support orders being administered or otherwise handled by the agency pursuant to sections 3121.81 to 3121.86 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3113.451 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3113 / § 3113.451
§ 3113.451. Wireless service account transfer
Status: in_force

September 8, 2016 House Bill 359 - 131st General Assembly After an ex parte or full hearing under section 3113.31 of the Revised Code, a court may issue an order directing a wireless service provider or reseller to transfer the rights to, and billing responsibility for, the wireless service number or numbers in use by the petitioner or any minor children in the care of the petitioner when the petitioner is not the account holder.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.703 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.703
§ 3115.703. Relationship of department to United States central authority
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly The department of job and family services is recognized as the agency designated by the United States central authority to perform specific functions under the convention.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3113.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3113 / § 3113.07
§ 3113.07. Sentence suspended upon payment of costs
Status: in_force

December 31, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly As used in this section, "executive director" has the same meaning as in section 5153.01 of the Revised Code. Sentence may be suspended, if a person, after conviction under section 3113.06 of the Revised Code and before sentence thereunder, appears before the court of common pleas in which such conviction took place and enters into bond to the state in a sum fixed by the court at not less than five hundred dollars, with sureties approved by such court, conditioned that such person will pay, so long as the child remains a ward of the public children services agency or a recipient of aid pursuant to Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code, to the executive director thereof or to a trustee to be named by the court, for the benefit of such agency or if the child is a recipient of aid pursuant to Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code, to the county department of job and family services, the reasonable cost of keeping such child. The amount of such costs and the time of payment shall be fixed by the court. The court, in accordance with sections 3119.29 to 3119.56 of the Revised Code, shall include in each support order made under this section the requirement that one or both of the parents provide for the health care needs of the child to the satisfaction of the court.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3125.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3125 / § 3125.42
§ 3125.42. Request for information by office for child support
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly The person or entity required to provide information pursuant to section 3125.41 of the Revised Code, may provide such information to a child support enforcement agency at the agency's request or require the agency to request that the office of child support request the information for the agency. The office shall request the information from the person or entity on the request of a child support enforcement agency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.28
§ 3111.28. Action rescinding acknowledgment
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly After an acknowledgment becomes final pursuant to section 2151.232 , 3111.25 , or 3111.821 of the Revised Code, a man presumed to be the father of the child pursuant to section 3111.03 of the Revised Code who did not sign the acknowledgment, either person who signed the acknowledgment, or a guardian or legal custodian of the child may bring an action to rescind the acknowledgment on the basis of fraud, duress, or material mistake of fact. The court shall treat the action as an action to determine the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship pursuant to sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code. An action pursuant to this section shall be brought no later than one year after the acknowledgment becomes final. The action may be brought in one of the following courts in the county in which the child, the guardian or custodian of the child, or either person who signed the acknowledgment resides: the juvenile court or the domestic relations division of the court of common pleas that has jurisdiction pursuant to section 2101.022 or 2301.03 of the Revised Code to hear and determine cases arising under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.79 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.79
§ 3109.79. Child support order unaffected by power or affidavit
Status: in_force

July 20, 2004 House Bill 130 - 125th General Assembly As used in this section, "administrative child support order" and "court child support order" have the same meanings as in section 3119.01 of the Revised Code. A power of attorney created under section 3109.52 of the Revised Code or a caretaker authorization affidavit executed under section 3109.67 of the Revised Code shall not affect the enforcement of an administrative child support order or court child support order, unless a child support enforcement agency, with respect to an administrative child support order, or a court, with respect to either order, issues an order providing otherwise.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.402 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.402
§ 3115.402. Proceeding to determine parentage
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly A tribunal of this state authorized to determine parentage of a child may serve as a responding tribunal in a proceeding to determine parentage of a child brought under this chapter or a law or procedure substantially similar to this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3113.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3113 / § 3113.08
§ 3113.08. Failure to comply
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly Upon failure of the father or mother of a child under eighteen years of age, or of a child with a mental or physical disability under twenty-one years of age, or the husband of a pregnant woman to comply with any order and undertaking provided for in sections 3113.01 to 3113.14 of the Revised Code, such person may be arrested by the sheriff or other officer, on a warrant issued on the praecipe of the prosecuting attorney, and brought before the court of common pleas for sentence. Thereupon the court may pass sentence, or for good cause shown, may modify the order as to the time and amount of payments, or take a new undertaking and further suspend sentence, whichever is for the best interests of such child or pregnant woman and of the public. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 11:26 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3121.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3121 / § 3121.37
§ 3121.37. Contempt for failure to comply with administrative order
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly If an obligor or any other person fails to comply with an administrative child support order, the agency that issued the order may request that the juvenile court or other court with jurisdiction under section 2101.022 or 2301.03 of the Revised Code of the county in which the agency is located find the obligor or other person in contempt pursuant to section 2705.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3101.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3101 / § 3101.08
§ 3101.08. Who may solemnize marriages
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly An ordained or licensed minister of any religious society or congregation within this state who is licensed to solemnize marriages, the governor or a former governor of this state, a judge of a county court in accordance with section 1907.18 of the Revised Code, a judge of a municipal court in accordance with section 1901.14 of the Revised Code, a probate judge in accordance with section 2101.27 of the Revised Code, the mayor of a municipal corporation anywhere within this state, the superintendent of Ohio deaf and blind education services, or any religious society in conformity with the rules of its church, may join together as husband and wife any persons who are not prohibited by law from being joined in marriage. Last updated July 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.90 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.90
§ 3111.90. Physician supervision
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly A non-spousal artificial insemination shall be performed by a physician or a person who is under the supervision and control of a physician. Supervision requires the availability of a physician for consultation and direction, but does not necessarily require the personal presence of the physician who is providing the supervision.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.506 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.506
§ 3115.506. Contest by obligor
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer or other payor in this state by registering the order in a court of this state and filing a contest to that order as provided in sections 3115.601 to 3115.616 of the Revised Code, or otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state. (B) The obligor shall give notice of the contest to all of the following: (1) A support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee; (2) Each employer or other payor that has directly received an income-withholding order relating to the obligor; (3) The person designated to receive payments in the income-withholding order or, if no person is designated, the obligee.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.631 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.631
§ 3119.631. Scope of review
Status: in_force

February 11, 2019 Senate Bill 70 - 132nd General Assembly Upon submission of a recommendation under section 3119.63 of the Revised Code for inclusion in a revised court child support order, the court shall only reconsider the allocation of the federal income tax deduction pursuant to section 3119.82 of the Revised Code if a party files a request for a hearing on the matter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3125.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3125 / § 3125.11
§ 3125.11. Duties of county child support enforcement agency
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly The child support enforcement agency for a county is the local Title IV-D agency for the county and shall operate a program for support enforcement in the county that complies with Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended, any rules adopted pursuant to that title, and state law. Each child support enforcement agency shall be be responsible in the county it serves for the enforcement of support orders and shall perform all administrative duties related to the enforcement of any support order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3103.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3103 / § 3103.08
§ 3103.08. Responsibility
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Neither husband nor wife, as such, is answerable for the acts of the other. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.47
§ 3109.47. Custody or visitation granted to surviving parent
Status: in_force

October 20, 1999 House Bill 191 - 123rd General Assembly (A) A court may do one of the following with respect to a parent convicted of killing the other parent of a child if the court determines, by clear and convincing evidence, that it is in the best interest of the child and the child consents: (1) Issue a custody order designating the parent as the residential parent and legal custodian of the child or granting custody of the child to that parent; (2) Issue a visitation order granting that parent visitation rights with the child. (B) When considering the ability of a child to consent and the validity of a child's consent under this section, the court shall consider the wishes of the child, as expressed directly by the child or through the child's guardian ad litem, with due regard for the maturity of the child.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.953 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.953
§ 3123.953. Providing photograph and information
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly When a child support enforcement agency submits the name of an obligor to the office of child support under section 3123.951 of the Revised Code, it also shall submit the photograph and information described in division (H) of section 3123.952 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3105.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3105 / § 3105.12
§ 3105.12. Proof of marriage
Status: in_force

May 7, 2004 House Bill 272 - 125th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, proof of cohabitation and reputation of the marriage of a man and woman is competent evidence to prove their marriage, and, in the discretion of the court, that proof may be sufficient to establish their marriage for a particular purpose. (B)(1) On and after October 10, 1991, except as provided in divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section, common law marriages are prohibited in this state, and the marriage of a man and woman may occur in this state only if the marriage is solemnized by a person described in section 3101.08 of the Revised Code and only if the marriage otherwise is in compliance with Chapter 3101. of the Revised Code. (2) Common law marriages that occurred in this state prior to October 10, 1991, and that have not been terminated by death, divorce, dissolution of marriage, or annulment remain valid on and after October 10, 1991. (3) Common law marriages that satisfy all of the following remain valid on and after October 10, 1991: (a) They came into existence prior to October 10, 1991, or come into existence on or after that date, in another state or nation that recognizes the validity of common law marriages in accordance with all relevant aspects of the law of that state or nation. (b) They have not been terminated by death, divorce, dissolution of marriage, annulment, or other judicial determination in this or another state or in another nation. (c) They are not otherwise deemed invalid under section 3101.01 of the Revised Code. (4) On and after October 10, 1991, all references in the Revised Code to common law marriages or common law marital relationships, including the references in sections 2919.25 , 3113.31 , and 3113.33 of the Revised Code, shall be construed to mean only common law marriages as described in divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3103.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3103 / § 3103.031
§ 3103.031. Assuming parental duty of support
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly A biological parent of a child, a man determined to be the natural father of a child under sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 or 3111.20 to 3111.85 of the Revised Code, a parent who adopts a minor child pursuant to Chapter 3107. of the Revised Code, or a parent whose signed acknowledgment of paternity has become final pursuant to section 2151.232 , 3111.25 , or 3111.821 of the Revised Code assumes the parental duty of support for that child. Notwithstanding section 3109.01 of the Revised Code and to the extent provided in section 3119.86 of the Revised Code, the parental duty of support to the child shall continue beyond the age of majority as long as the child continuously attends on a full-time basis any recognized and accredited high school. That duty of support shall continue during seasonal vacation periods.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.90 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3119 / § 3119.90
§ 3119.90. Agency determination that support order should terminate
Status: in_force

February 11, 2019 Senate Bill 70 - 132nd General Assembly (A) If, pursuant to an investigation conducted under section 3119.89 of the Revised Code, the child support enforcement agency determines both that a child support order should terminate and that child support amounts paid pursuant to the order should be impounded because continuation of receipt and disbursement would lead to an overpayment by the obligor, the agency shall do the following: (1) With respect to a court child support order, immediately notify the court that issued the order of the results of its investigation and submit to the court an order impounding any funds received for the child pursuant to the court child support order that was under investigation; (2) With respect to an administrative child support order, issue an administrative order impounding any funds received for the child pursuant to the administrative child support order that was under investigation. (B) A child support enforcement agency that conducts an investigation of a child support order shall give the obligor and obligee under the order notice of the results of its investigation and a copy of any court or administrative impound order issued pursuant to division (A) of this section. The obligor and obligee also shall be given all of the following: (1) Notice of their right to request an administrative hearing regarding any conclusions of the investigation; (2) Notice of the procedures and time deadlines for requesting the hearing; (3)(a) Notice that the conclusions of the investigations will be issued as an administrative order by the agency if the underlying order is an administrative child support order; (b) Notice that the conclusions of the investigations will be submitted to the court for inclusion into a revised or terminated court child support order with no further court hearing if the underlying order is a court child support order. (4) Notice that no revised administrative or court child support order will be issued if either the obligor or obligee requests an administrative hearing on the investigation conclusions within fourteen days after notice is issued under this division.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.303 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.303
§ 3115.303. Application of law of state
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a responding tribunal of this state shall do both of the following: (A) Apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in this state and may exercise all powers and provide all remedies available in those proceedings; (B) Determine the duty of support and the amount payable in accordance with the law and support guidelines of this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.55 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.55
§ 3109.55. Notice of creation of power of attorney
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 shall send notice of the creation to the parent of the child who is not the residential parent and legal custodian of the child unless one of the following is the case: (1) The parent is prohibited from receiving a notice of relocation in accordance with section 3109.051 of the Revised Code. (2) The parent's parental rights have been terminated by order of a juvenile court pursuant to Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code. (3) The parent cannot be located with reasonable efforts. (4) The power of attorney is being created by both parents. (B) The notice shall be sent by certified mail not later than five days after the power of attorney is created. The notice shall state the name and address of the person designated as the attorney in fact.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.021
§ 3123.021. Notifying employer to withhold arrearage amount
Status: in_force

March 21, 2005 House Bill 200 - 125th General Assembly If an obligor under a support order is identified as being in default under the order and is also identified under section 3121.895 of the Revised Code as obtaining employment, the withholding notice issued under section 3121.03 of the Revised Code shall require the arrearage amount resulting from the default to be withheld in addition to current support amounts. If an obligor under a support order is identified as being in default under the order and is also identified through a source other than section 3121.895 of the Revised Code as obtaining employment, the child support enforcement agency administering the order shall send a withholding notice to the employer pursuant to section 3121.03 of the Revised Code, unless the employee's income is not subject to withholding, not later than two business days after discovery of the employment. The withholding notice shall require the arrearage amount resulting from the default to be withheld in addition to current support amounts. Section 3123.21 of the Revised Code applies to a withholding notice issued in accordance with this section beginning on the date it is issued and ending on the date the period of default ends.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.710 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.710
§ 3115.710. Foreign support agreement
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (C) and (D) of this section, a court of this state shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this state. (B) An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be accompanied by both of the following: (1) A complete text of the foreign support agreement; (2) A record stating that the foreign support agreement is enforceable as an order of support in the issuing country. (C) A court of this state may vacate the registration of a foreign support agreement only if, acting on its own motion, the court finds that recognition and enforcement would be manifestly incompatible with public policy. (D) In a contest of a foreign support agreement, a court of this state may refuse recognition and enforcement of the agreement if it finds any of the following: (1) Recognition and enforcement of the agreement is manifestly incompatible with public policy. (2) The agreement was obtained by fraud or falsification. (3) The agreement is incompatible with a support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose in this state, another state, or a foreign country if the support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this chapter in this state. (4) The record submitted under division (B) of this section lacks authenticity or integrity. (E) A proceeding for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be suspended during the pendency of a challenge to or appeal of the agreement before a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3109.053 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3109 / § 3109.053
§ 3109.053. Parenting classes or counseling
Status: in_force

October 5, 2000 House Bill 537 - 123rd General Assembly In any divorce, legal separation, or annulment proceeding and in any proceeding pertaining to the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities for the care of a child, the court may require, by rule or otherwise, that the parents attend classes on parenting or other related issues or obtain counseling before the court issues an order allocating the parental rights and responsibilities for the care of the minor children of the marriage. If a court in any proceeding requires parents to attend classes on parenting or other related issues or to obtain counseling, the court may require that the parents' children attend the classes or counseling with the parents. If the court orders the parents to attend classes or obtain counseling, the court shall impose the cost of the classes and counseling on, and may allocate the costs between, the parents, except that if the court determines that both parents are indigent, the court shall not impose the cost of the classes or counseling on the parents.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3123.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3123 / § 3123.01
§ 3123.01. Defaults under child support orders definitions
Status: in_force

December 13, 2002 House Bill 657 - 124th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Court support order" and "personal earnings" have the same meanings as in section 3119.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Default," "financial institution," "income," and "payor" have the same meanings as in section 3121.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "Default notice" means the notice required by section 3123.03 of the Revised Code. (D) "Period of default" means the period beginning on the date a default under a support order is identified and ending on the date the total arrearage amount owed under the order is paid.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3105.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3105 / § 3105.44
§ 3105.44. Collaborative family law process
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 House Bill 461 - 129th General Assembly (A) A collaborative family law process begins when the parties sign a collaborative family law participation agreement. (B) A collaborative family law process is concluded by any of the following: (1) A negotiated resolution of the matter as evidenced by a signed record; (2) A negotiated resolution of a portion of the matter as evidenced by a signed record in which the parties agree that the remaining portions of the matter will not be resolved in the collaborative family law process; (3) Termination of the process under division (C) of this section. (C) A collaborative family law process terminates when any of the following occurs: (1) A party gives notice in a record that the collaborative family law process is ended. (2) A party does either of the following: (a) Begins a proceeding related to the collaborative family law matter without the agreement of all parties; (b) In a pending proceeding related to the collaborative family law matter, does any of the following: (i) Initiates a pleading, motion, order to show cause, or request for a conference with the court; (ii) Requests that the proceeding be put on the court's docket; (iii) Takes similar action requiring notice to be sent to the parties; (iv) Except as otherwise provided by division (E)(2) of this section, discharges a collaborative family lawyer. (3) A collaborative family lawyer withdraws from further representation of a party. (4) Termination occurs in any other way provided for in the collaborative family law participation agreement. (D) A party may terminate a collaborative family law process with or without cause. A notice of termination need not specify a reason for terminating the process. (E)(1) A collaborative family lawyer who is discharged or who withdraws shall give prompt notice in a record of the discharge or withdrawal to all other parties. (2) Notwithstanding the discharge or withdrawal of a collaborative family lawyer, a collaborative family law process continues if the unrepresented party engages a successor collaborative family lawyer, and, in a signed record, all parties consent to continue the process by reaffirming the collaborative family law participation agreement, the collaborative family law participation agreement is amended to identify the successor collaborative family lawyer, and the successor collaborative family lawyer confirms the lawyer's representation of a party in the collaborative family law process. (F) A collaborative family law process does not terminate if, with the consent of all parties, a party requests a court to approve a negotiated resolution of the matter or any portion of the matter as evidenced by a signed record.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.0613 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.0613
§ 3107.0613. Notice of filing of paternity action
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 250 - 130th General Assembly A putative father who has filed an action under section 3111.04 of the Revised Code shall notify the agency or attorney who served or caused to be served the notice that he has filed that action not later than thirty days after filing that action.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3127.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3127 / § 3127.20
§ 3127.20. Custody proceeding pending in another state
Status: in_force

April 11, 2005 Senate Bill 185 - 125th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in section 3127.18 of the Revised Code, a court of this state may not exercise its jurisdiction under sections 3127.15 to 3127.17 of the Revised Code if, at the time of the commencement of the proceeding, a child custody proceeding concerning the child is pending in a court of another state having jurisdiction substantially in conformity with this chapter, unless the proceeding has been terminated or is stayed by the court of the other state because a court of this state is a more convenient forum under section 3127.21 of the Revised Code or a similar statute of the other state. (B) Except as otherwise provided in section 3127.18 of the Revised Code, a court of this state, before hearing a child custody proceeding, shall examine the court documents and other information supplied by the parties pursuant to section 3127.23 of the Revised Code. If the court determines that a child custody proceeding is pending in a court in another state having jurisdiction substantially in accordance with this chapter, the court of this state shall stay its proceeding and communicate with the court of the other state. If the court of the state having jurisdiction substantially in accordance with this chapter does not determine that the court of this state is a more appropriate forum, the court of this state shall dismiss the proceeding. (C) In a proceeding to modify a child custody determination, a court of this state shall determine whether a proceeding to enforce the determination has been commenced in another state. If a proceeding to enforce a child custody determination has been commenced in another state, the court may do any of the following: (1) Stay the proceeding for modification pending the entry of an order of a court of the other state enforcing, staying, denying, or dismissing the proceeding for enforcement; (2) Enjoin the parties from continuing with the proceeding for enforcement; (3) Upon the demonstration of an emergency, proceed with the modification under conditions the court considers appropriate.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.504 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3115 / § 3115.504
§ 3115.504. Immunity from civil liability
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly An employer or other payor that complies with an income-withholding order issued in another state in accordance with sections 3115.501 to 3115.507 of the Revised Code is not subject to civil liability to an individual or agency with regard to the employer's or other payor's withholding of child support from the obligor's income.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3111 / § 3111.38
§ 3111.38. Requesting administrative determination of paternity
Status: in_force

April 3, 2024 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly At the request of a person described in division (A) of section 3111.04 of the Revised Code, the child support enforcement agency of the county in which a child resides or in which the caretaker of the child resides shall determine the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship between an alleged father and the child if an application for services administered under Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended, or other IV-D referral has been completed and filed. Last updated April 3, 2024 at 4:03 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3107.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3107 / § 3107.10
§ 3107.10. Out-of-county adoption - notice to agency where parent resides
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) A public children services agency arranging an adoption in a county other than the county where that public children services agency is located, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency, or an attorney arranging an adoption, shall notify the public children services agency in the county in which the prospective adoptive parent resides within ten days after initiation of a home study required under section 3107.031 of the Revised Code. (2) After a public children services agency has received notification pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section, both the public children services agency arranging an adoption in a county other than the county where that public children services agency is located, private child placing agency, private noncustodial agency, or attorney arranging an adoption, and the public children services agency shall share relevant information regarding the prospective adoptive parent as soon as possible after initiation of the home study. (B) A public children services agency arranging an adoption in a county other than the county where that public children services agency is located, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency, or an attorney arranging an adoption, shall notify the public children services agency in the county in which the prospective adoptive parent resides of an impending adoptive placement not later than ten days prior to that placement. Notification shall include a description of the special needs and the age of the prospective adoptive child and the name of the prospective adoptive parent and number of children that will be residing in the prospective adoptive home when the prospective adoptive child is placed in the prospective adoptive home. (C) An agency or attorney sharing relevant information pursuant to this section is immune from liability in a civil action to recover damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly caused by any act or omission in connection with sharing relevant information unless the acts or omissions are with malicious purpose, in bad faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner. (D) 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, including, but not limited to, a definition of "relevant information" for the purposes of division (A) of this section. (E) 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