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Ohio Rev Code § 3115.605 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3115 | Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008|Section 3115.605 | Notice of Registration of Order.

Effective: January 1, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|(A) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of this state shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant information accompanying the order.(B) A notice must inform the nonregistering party of all of the following:(1) That a registered support order is enforceable as of the date of registration in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this state;(2) That a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be requested within twenty days after notice unless the registered order is under section 3115.707 of the Revised Code;(3) That failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in a timely manner will result in confirmation of the order and enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages;(4) The amount of any alleged arrearages.(C) If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, a notice must also do all of the following:(1) Identify the two or more orders and the order alleged by the registering party to be the controlling order and the consolidated arrears, if any;(2) Notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling order;(3) State that the procedures provided in division (B) of this section apply to the determination of which is the controlling order;(4) State that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the order alleged to be the controlling order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that the order is the controlling order.(D) Upon registration of an income-withholding order for enforcement, the support enforcement agency or the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor's employer or other payor pursuant to Chapter 3121. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3115.606 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3115 | Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008|Section 3115.606 | Procedure to Contest Validity or Enforcement of Registered Support Order.

Effective: January 1, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|(A) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered support order in this state shall request a hearing within the time required by section 3115.605 of the Revised Code. The nonregistering party may seek to vacate the registration, to assert any defense to an allegation of noncompliance with the registered order, or to contest the remedies being sought or the amount of any alleged arrearages pursuant to section 3115.607 of the Revised Code.(B) If the nonregistering party fails to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered support order in a timely manner, the order is confirmed by operation of law.(C) If a nonregistering party requests a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered support order, the registering tribunal shall schedule the matter for hearing and give notice to the parties of the date, time, and place of the hearing.
Ohio Rev Code § 3115.607 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3115 | Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008|Section 3115.607 | Contest of Registration or Enforcement.

Effective: January 1, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|(A) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered support order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or more of the following defenses:(1) The issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction over the contesting party.(2) The order was obtained by fraud.(3) The order has been vacated, suspended, or modified by a later order.(4) The issuing tribunal has stayed the order pending appeal.(5) There is a defense under the law of this state to the remedy sought.(6) Full or partial payment has been made.(7) The statute of limitation under section 3115.604 of the Revised Code precludes enforcement of some or all of the alleged arrearages.(8) The alleged controlling order is not the controlling order.(B) If a party presents evidence establishing a full or partial defense under division (A) of this section, a tribunal may stay enforcement of a registered support order, continue the proceeding to permit production of additional relevant evidence, and issue other appropriate orders. An uncontested portion of the registered support order may be enforced by all remedies available under the law of this state.(C) If the contesting party does not establish a defense under division (A) of this section to the validity or enforcement of a registered support order, the registering tribunal shall issue an order confirming the order.
Ohio Rev Code § 3115.608 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3115 | Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008|Section 3115.608 | Confirmed Order.

Effective: January 1, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted at the time of registration.
Ohio Rev Code § 3115.609 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3115 | Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008|Section 3115.609 | Procedure to Register Child-Support Order of Another State for Modification.

Effective: January 1, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child-support order issued in another state shall register that order in this state in the same manner provided in sections 3115.601 to 3115.608 of the Revised Code if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for modification.
Ohio Rev Code § 3115.610 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3115 | Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008|Section 3115.610 | Effect of Registration or Modification.

Effective: January 1, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|A tribunal of this state may enforce a child-support order of another state registered for purposes of modification, in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state, but the registered support order may be modified only if the requirements of section 3115.611 or 3115.613 of the Revised Code have been met.
Ohio Rev Code § 3115.611 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3115 | Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008|Section 3115.611 | Modification of Child-Support Order of Another State.

Effective: January 1, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|(A) If section 3115.613 of the Revised Code does not apply, upon petition a tribunal of this state may modify a child-support order issued in another state which is registered in this state if, after notice and hearing, the tribunal finds either of the following:(1) That all of the following requirements are met:(a) Neither the child, nor the obligee who is an individual, nor the obligor resides in the issuing state;(b) A petitioner who is a nonresident of this state seeks modification; and(c) The respondent is subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal of this state.(2) That this state is the residence of the child, or a party who is an individual is subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal of this state, and all of the parties who are individuals have filed consents in a record in the issuing tribunal for a tribunal of this state to modify the support order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.(B) Modification of a registered child-support order is subject to the same requirements, procedures, and defenses that apply to the modification of an order issued by a tribunal of this state and the order may be enforced and satisfied in the same manner.(C) A tribunal of this state may not modify any aspect of a child-support order that may not be modified under the law of the issuing state, including the duration of the obligation of support. If two or more tribunals have issued child-support orders for the same obligor and same child, the order that controls and must be so recognized under section 3115.207 of the Revised Code establishes the aspects of the support order which are nonmodifiable.(D) In a proceeding to modify a child-support order, the law of the state that is determined to have issued the initial controlling order governs the duration of the obligation of support. The obligor's fulfillment of the duty of support established by that order precludes imposition of a further obligation of support by a tribunal of this state.(E) On the issuance of an order by a tribunal of this state modifying a child-support order issued in another state, the tribunal of this state becomes the tribunal having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.(F) Notwithstanding divisions (A) to (E) of this section and division (B) of section 3115.201 of the Revised Code, a tribunal of this state retains jurisdiction to modify an order issued by a tribunal of this state if both of the following apply:(1) One party resides in another state.(2) The other party resides outside the United States.
Ohio Rev Code § 3115.612 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3115 | Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008|Section 3115.612 | Recognition of Order Modified in Another State.

Effective: January 1, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|If a child-support order issued by a tribunal of this state is modified by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to its uniform interstate family support act, a tribunal of this state:(A) May enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears and interest accruing before the modification;(B) May provide appropriate relief for violations of its order that occurred before the effective date of the modification;(C) Shall recognize the modifying order of the other state, upon registration, for the purpose of enforcement.
Ohio Rev Code § 3115.613 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3115 | Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008|Section 3115.613 | Jurisdiction to Modify Child-Support Order of Another State When Individual Parties Reside in This State.

Effective: January 1, 2016|Latest Legislation:  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 § 3115.614 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3115 | Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008|Section 3115.614 | Notice to Issuing Tribunal of Modification.

Effective: January 1, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|Within thirty days after issuance of a modified child-support order, the party obtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the order with the issuing tribunal that had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the earlier order, and in each tribunal in which the party knows the earlier order has been registered. A party who obtains the order and fails to file a certified copy is subject to appropriate sanctions by a tribunal in which the issue of failure to file arises. The failure to file does not affect the validity or enforceability of the modified order of the new tribunal having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.
Ohio Rev Code § 3115.615 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3115 | Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008|Section 3115.615 | Jurisdiction to Modify Child-Support Order of Foreign Country.

Effective: January 1, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|(A) Except as otherwise provided in section 3115.711 of the Revised Code, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child-support order pursuant to its laws, a court of this state may assume jurisdiction to modify the child-support order and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction of the court whether the consent to modification of a child-support order otherwise required of the individual pursuant to section 3115.611 of the Revised Code has been given or whether the individual seeking modification is a resident of this state or of the foreign country.(B) An order issued by a court of this state modifying a foreign child-support order pursuant to this section is the controlling order.
Ohio Rev Code § 3115.616 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3115 | Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008|Section 3115.616 | Procedure to Register Child-Support Order of Foreign Country for Modification.

Effective: January 1, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child-support order not under the convention may register that order in this state under sections 3115.601 to 3115.608 of the Revised Code if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or at another time. The petition must specify the grounds for modification.
Ohio Rev Code § 3115.701 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3115 | Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008|Section 3115.701 | Definitions.

Effective: January 1, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|As used in sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 of the Revised Code:(A) "Application" means a request under the convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority.(B) "Central authority" means the entity designated by the United States or a foreign country described in division (E)(4) of section 3115.102 of the Revised Code to perform the functions specified in the convention.(C) "Convention support order" means a support order of a tribunal of a foreign country described in division (E)(4) of section 3115.102 of the Revised Code.(D) "Direct request" means a petition filed by an individual in a tribunal of this state in a proceeding involving an obligee, obligor, or child residing outside the United States.(E) "Foreign central authority" means the entity designated by a foreign country described in division (E)(4) of section 3115.102 of the Revised Code to perform the functions specified in the convention.(F) "Foreign support agreement" means an agreement that meets the following criteria:(1) It is an agreement for support in a record to which all of the following apply:(a) It is enforceable as a support order in the country of origin.(b) One of the following applies:(i) It has been formally drawn up or registered as an authentic instrument by a foreign tribunal; or(ii) It has been authenticated by, or concluded, registered, or filed with a foreign tribunal.(c) It may be reviewed and modified by a foreign tribunal.(2) It includes a maintenance arrangement or authentic instrument under the convention.(G) "United States central authority" means the secretary of the United States department of health and human services.
Ohio Rev Code § 3115.702 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3115 | Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008|Section 3115.702 | Application of Convention.

Effective: January 1, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|Sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 of the Revised Code apply only to a support proceeding under the convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 of the Revised Code is inconsistent with sections 3115.102 to 3115.616 of the Revised Code, sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 control. Last updated May 6, 2021 at 2:29 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 3115.703 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3115 | Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008|Section 3115.703 | Relationship of Department to United States Central Authority.

Effective: January 1, 2016|Latest Legislation:  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 § 3115.704 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3115 | Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008|Section 3115.704 | Initiation by Support Agency of Support Proceeding Under Convention.

Effective: January 1, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|(A) In a support proceeding under sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 of the Revised Code, the support enforcement agency shall do both of the following:(1) Transmit and receive applications;(2) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a court of this state.(B) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the convention:(1) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;(2) Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;(3) Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;(4) Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under division (B)(2), (4), or (9) of section 3115.708 of the Revised Code;(5) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state;(6) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.(C) The following support proceedings are available under the convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:(1) Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state;(2) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state;(3) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.(D) A tribunal of this state may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the convention.
Ohio Rev Code § 3115.705 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3115 | Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008|Section 3115.705 | Direct Request.

Effective: January 1, 2016|Latest Legislation:  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 § 3115.706 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3115 | Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008|Section 3115.706 | Registration of Convention Support Order.

Effective: January 1, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|(A) Except as otherwise provided in sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 of the Revised Code, a party who is an individual or a support enforcement agency seeking recognition of a convention support order shall register the order in this state as provided in sections 3115.601 to 3115.616 of the Revised Code.(B) Notwithstanding sections 3115.311 and division (A) of section 3115.602 of the Revised Code, a request for registration of a convention support order must be accompanied by all of the following:(1) A complete text of the support order or an abstract or extract of the support order drawn up by the issuing foreign tribunal, which may be in the form recommended by the Hague conference on private international law;(2) A record stating that the support order is enforceable in the issuing country;(3) If the respondent did not appear and was not represented in the proceedings in the issuing country, a record attesting, as appropriate, either that the respondent had proper notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard or that the respondent had proper notice of the support order and an opportunity to be heard in a challenge or appeal on fact or law before a tribunal;(4) A record showing the amount of arrears, if any, and the date the amount was calculated;(5) A record showing a requirement for automatic adjustment of the amount of support, if any, and the information necessary to make the appropriate calculations; and(6) If necessary, a record showing the extent to which the applicant received free legal assistance in the issuing country.(C) A request for registration of a convention support order may seek recognition and partial enforcement of the order.(D) A court of this state may vacate the registration of a convention support order without the filing of a contest under section 3115.707 of the Revised Code only if, acting on its own motion, the court finds that recognition and enforcement of the order would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.(E) The court shall promptly notify the parties of the registration or the order vacating the registration of a convention support order.