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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3123 | Defaults Under Child Support Orders › Section 3123.89 | Intercept Directive Issued to Lottery Commission Where Winner in Default.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The department of job and family services shall develop and implement a real time data match program with the state lottery commission and its lottery sales agents and lottery agents to identify obligors who are subject to a final and enforceable determination of default made under sections 3123.01 to 3123.07 of the Revised Code.
(B) Upon the data match program's implementation, the department, in consultation with the commission, shall promulgate rules to facilitate withholding, in appropriate circumstances and in accordance with section 3770.071 of the Revised Code, by the commission or its lottery sales agents or lottery agents of an amount sufficient to satisfy any past due support owed by an obligor from a lottery prize award owed to the obligor up to the amount of the award. The rules shall describe an expedited method for withholding, and the time frame for transmission of the amount withheld to the department.
(C) As used in this section, "lottery prize award" has the same meaning as in section 3770.10 of the Revised Code.
Last updated October 3, 2023 at 11:53 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3123 | Defaults Under Child Support Orders › Section 3123.90 | Withholding From Casino and Sports Gaming Winnings.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Casino facility," "casino operator," and "management company" have the meanings defined in section 3772.01 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Sports gaming proprietor" has the meaning defined in section 3775.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) The department of job and family services shall develop and implement a real time data match program with each casino facility's casino operator or management company and with each sports gaming proprietor to identify obligors who are subject to a final and enforceable determination of default made under sections 3123.01 to 3123.07 of the Revised Code.
(C) Upon the data match program's implementation, if a person receives a payout of winnings at a casino facility or from sports gaming in an amount for which reporting to the internal revenue service of the amount is required by section 6041 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, the casino operator, management company, or sports gaming proprietor shall refer to the data match program to determine if the person entitled to the winnings is in default under a support order. If the data match program indicates that the person is in default, the casino operator, management company, or sports gaming proprietor shall withhold from the person's winnings an amount sufficient to satisfy any past due support owed by the obligor identified in the data match up to the amount of the winnings.
(D) Not later than fourteen days after withholding the amount, the casino operator, management company, or sports gaming proprietor shall electronically transmit any amount withheld to the department as payment on the support obligation.
(E) The department, in consultation with the Ohio casino control commission, may adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as are necessary for implementation of this section.
Last updated September 19, 2023 at 2:40 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3123 | Defaults Under Child Support Orders › Section 3123.91 | Consumer Reporting Agency Defined.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3123 | Defaults Under Child Support Orders › Section 3123.92 | Providing Determination of Default to Consumer Reporting Agency.

Effective:
December 13, 2002
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 657 - 124th General Assembly
If a court or child support enforcement agency makes a final and enforceable determination pursuant to sections 3123.01 to 3123.07 of the Revised Code that an obligor is in default under a support order, the child support enforcement agency administering the support order shall contact at least one consumer reporting agency in this state and provide to the consumer reporting agency the obligor's name, address, and social security number or other identification number and any other identifying information concerning the obligor the child support enforcement agency has. A child support enforcement agency shall not charge a consumer reporting agency a fee for information provided by the child support enforcement agency pursuant to this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3123 | Defaults Under Child Support Orders › Section 3123.921 | Notice to Agency That Arrearage Has Been Paid in Full.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
If a child support enforcement agency contacts a consumer reporting agency and if the obligor pays the entire arrearage under the support order that is the basis for the determination of default, both of the following apply:
(A) The obligor may give each consumer reporting agency contacted a written notice that the arrearage has been paid in full and may request that the child support enforcement agency give each consumer reporting agency that was contacted a written confirmation that the arrearage has been paid in full. The consumer reporting agency shall not record the full payment of the obligor's arrearage until the child support enforcement agency confirms the payment.
(B) If the obligor requests that the child support enforcement agency confirm that the arrearage has been paid in full, the child support enforcement agency shall give each consumer reporting agency contacted written confirmation that the arrearage has been paid in full.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3123 | Defaults Under Child Support Orders › Section 3123.93 | Consumer Reporting Agency May Request Information Concerning Support Obligation.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
Any consumer reporting agency may contact the office of child support and request information as to whether a specified person is required to pay support under a support order. The request shall include the person's name, the person's address and social security or other identification number, if known, and any other identifying information relative to the person that is known by the agency.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3123 | Defaults Under Child Support Orders › Section 3123.931 | Review of Case Registry in Response to Request.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
On receipt of the request, the office of child support shall review the case registry created pursuant to section 3121.81 of the Revised Code to determine if the person is required to pay support under a support order.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3123 | Defaults Under Child Support Orders › Section 3123.932 | Report to Consumer Reporting Agency.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
If the office of child support, on conducting its review, determines that the person is included in the case registry, it shall provide the consumer reporting agency with a report that sets forth the name of the person who is the subject of the request, a statement that the person is required to make support payments under one or more support orders, the name of the courts or child support enforcement agencies that issued the support orders, the counties in which those courts or agencies are located, and whether any of the support orders are being administered by a child support enforcement agency.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3123 | Defaults Under Child Support Orders › Section 3123.95 | Poster Program.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
The office of child support in the department of job and family services shall establish a program to increase child support collections by publishing and distributing a series of posters displaying child support obligors who are delinquent in their support payments.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3123 | Defaults Under Child Support Orders › Section 3123.951 | Submitting Names of Delinquent Obligors.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
Any child support enforcement agency that chooses to participate in the poster program established by the office of child support may submit names of obligors that meet the criteria in section 3123.952 of the Revised Code to the office. The office shall select obligors to be displayed on a poster from the names submitted by the agencies.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3123 | Defaults Under Child Support Orders › Section 3123.952 | Conditions for Including Obligors on Poster.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3123 | Defaults Under Child Support Orders › Section 3123.953 | Providing Photograph and Information.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3123 | Defaults Under Child Support Orders › Section 3123.954 | Address and Personal Information Not to Be Provided.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
A child support enforcement agency shall not submit to the office of child support the address of the obligee or any other personal information about the obligee when the agency submits the name of the obligor under section 3123.951 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3123 | Defaults Under Child Support Orders › Section 3123.955 | Removing Obligor From List.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
A child support enforcement agency shall determine whether any obligor whose name was submitted to be displayed on a poster has met all the conditions of section 3123.956 of the Revised Code. If it determines that an obligor has done so, it shall give the office of child support notice of its determination. On receipt of the notice from the agency, the office shall remove the obligor from the list of obligors submitted by that agency before making the final selection of obligors for the poster.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3123 | Defaults Under Child Support Orders › Section 3123.956 | Notifying Obligor.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
The office of child support shall send notice to each obligor whose name was submitted to be displayed on the poster created by the office. The notice shall be sent by regular mail to the obligor's last known address and shall state that the obligor may avoid being included on the poster by doing all of the following within ninety days after receipt of the notice:
(A) Make a payment to the office of child support or, pursuant to sections 3125.27 to 3125.30 of the Revised Code, to the child support enforcement agency that is at least equal to the amount of support the obligor is required to pay each month under the support order;
(B) Provide the child support enforcement agency with the obligor's current address;
(C) Provide the agency with evidence from each of the obligor's current employers of the obligor's current wages, salary, and other compensation;
(D) Provide the agency with evidence that the obligor has arranged for withholding from the obligor's wages, salary, or other compensation to pay support and for payment of arrearages.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3123 | Defaults Under Child Support Orders › Section 3123.957 | Contents of Poster.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
Each poster created by the office of child support shall display photographs of, and information about, ten obligors who are liable for support arrearages and whose whereabouts are unknown to child support enforcement agencies. Each poster shall list a toll-free telephone number for the office that may be called to report information regarding the whereabouts of any of the obligors displayed on a poster. The office may include any other information on the poster that it considers appropriate.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3123 | Defaults Under Child Support Orders › Section 3123.959 | Funding Program.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
The office of child support shall use funds appropriated by the general assembly for child support administration to conduct the poster program under sections 3123.95 to 3123.9510 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3123 | Defaults Under Child Support Orders › Section 3123.9510 | Adopting Rules.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3123 | Defaults Under Child Support Orders › Section 3123.96 | Agency Poster Program.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
A child support enforcement agency may establish a program to increase child support collections by publishing and distributing a series of posters displaying child support obligors who are delinquent in their support payments.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3123 | Defaults Under Child Support Orders › Section 3123.961 | Contents of Agency Poster.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3123 | Defaults Under Child Support Orders › Section 3123.962 | Notifying Obligor.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
A child support enforcement agency shall select obligors for inclusion on a poster from obligors that meet the criteria in section 3123.952 of the Revised Code. The agency shall send notice to each obligor whose name is being considered for display on a poster. The notice shall be sent by regular mail to the obligor's last known address and shall include the information specified in section 3123.956 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3123 | Defaults Under Child Support Orders › Section 3123.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
Whoever violates section 3123.20 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars and imprisoned not less than ten nor more than thirty days.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.01 | Title Iv-D Case Defined.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
As used in this chapter, "Title IV-D case" means any case in which the child support enforcement agency is enforcing the child support order pursuant to Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.03 | Program of Child Support Enforcement.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
The office of child support shall establish and administer a program of child support enforcement that meets the requirements of Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended, and any rules adopted under Title IV-D. The program of child support enforcement shall include the location of absent parents, establishment of parentage, establishment and modification of child support orders and medical support orders, enforcement of support orders, collection of support obligations, and any other actions appropriate to child support enforcement.
Absent parents shall be located for any purpose under the child support enforcement program and for purposes of establishing and enforcing orders allocating parental rights and responsibilities between parents concerning their children and establishing and enforcing parenting time orders concerning the children.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.04 | Publicity Program.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
As part of its efforts to establish parentage, the office of child support shall develop a program to publicize the state procedures for establishing the existence of a parent and child relationship and the advantages of establishing such a relationship. The office may require any board, commission, or agency of the state to participate in the publicity program.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.05 | Program of Spousal Support Enforcement in Conjunction With Child Support Enforcement.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.06 | Parent Locater Service.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
The department of job and family services shall enter into an agreement with the secretary of health and human services, as authorized by the "Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 3572, 42 U.S.C. 663, as amended, under which the services of the parent locater service established pursuant to Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended, are made available to this state for the following purposes:
(A) Determining the whereabouts of any absent parent or child in order to enforce a law with respect to the unlawful taking or restraint of a child;
(B) Making or enforcing a determination as to the allocation, between the parents of a child, of the parental rights and responsibilities for the care of a child and the designation of the residential parent and legal custodian of a child or otherwise as to the custody of a child;
(C) Making or enforcing a parenting time order with respect to a child.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.07 | Statewide Automated Data Processing System.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
The department of job and family services shall establish and maintain a statewide, automated data processing system in compliance with Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended, to support the enforcement of child support that shall be implemented in every county. Every county shall accept the automated system and, in accordance with the written instructions of the department for the implementation of the automated system, shall convert to the automated system all records that are maintained by any county entity and that are related to any case for which a local agency is enforcing a child support order in accordance with Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.08 | Administrative Rules for Access to and Use of Data.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
The director of job and family services shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code concerning access to, and use of, data maintained in the automated system established pursuant to section 3125.07 of the Revised Code that do the following:
(A) Permit access to and use of data only to the extent necessary to carry out programs under Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended, and specify the data that may be used for particular program purposes, and the personnel permitted access to the data;
(B) Require monitoring of access to and use of the automated system to prevent and promptly identify unauthorized use;
(C) Establish procedures to ensure that all personnel who may have access to or be required to use data are informed of applicable requirements and penalties and have been trained in security procedures;
(D) Establish administrative penalties, up to and including dismissal from employment, for unauthorized access to, or disclosure or use of, data.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.10 | Designation of County Child Support Enforcement Agency.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
Each county shall have a child support enforcement agency. A government entity designated under former section 2301.35 of the Revised Code prior to October 1, 1997, or a private or government entity designated under section 307.981 of the Revised Code on or after that date may serve as a county's child support enforcement agency.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.11 | Duties of County Child Support Enforcement Agency.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.12 | Plan of Cooperation With County Commissioners.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.13 | Contracts With Public Agencies and Private Vendors for Assistance in Establishing Paternity or Support Obligations.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
Each child support enforcement agency may enter into contracts with public agencies and private vendors for assistance in establishing paternity or support obligations, or for the performance of other administrative duties of the agency. Each child support enforcement agency may contract with a collection agent for the collection of arrearages owed under child support orders being administered by the agency. If the department of job and family services or a child support enforcement agency contracts with a collection agent for the collection of arrearages, the collection agent is not required to be licensed as a private investigator under Chapter 4749. of the Revised Code. Before entering into a contract for assistance in establishing paternity or support obligations, for other administrative services, or for the collection of arrearages by a collection agent, a child support enforcement agency shall comply with sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted by the director of job and family services pursuant to section 3125.25 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.14 | Cooperative Working Arrangements With Courts, Prosecuting Attorney, and Law Enforcement Officials.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
Each child support enforcement agency shall enter into written agreements with the courts, the prosecuting attorney, and law enforcement officials of the county it serves that establish cooperative working arrangements and specify areas of responsibility for the enforcement of support among the agency, courts, and officials. The agreements shall provide for the reimbursement of the courts and law enforcement officials for the responsibilities they assume and actions they undertake pursuant to such agreements.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.141 | Contract by Child Support Enforcement Agency for Service of Notice or Order.

Effective:
December 21, 2004
Latest Legislation:
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.15 | Maintaining Records of Support Orders.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.16 | Reviewing Records.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
Each obligor and each obligee under a support order may review all records maintained under section 3125.15 of the Revised Code that pertain to the support order and any other information maintained by the child support enforcement agency, except to the extent prohibited by state or federal law.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.17 | Employment of Staff Attorneys.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180, -  General Assembly
Without the authorization of the court of common pleas or the consent of the prosecuting attorney and without engaging in competitive bidding to obtain the legal services, any child support enforcement agency may employ, through its appointing authority, staff attorneys to advise, assist, and represent the agency in its performance of its functions pertaining to the enforcement of support orders. The option to employ the staff attorneys shall be in addition to any other options available to the agency to obtain necessary legal services in connection with its performance of its functions pertaining to the enforcement of support orders, including the use of legal services provided by the prosecuting attorney pursuant to contract or otherwise or the obtaining of legal services through a competitive bidding process.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.18 | Administering of Title Iv-a Programs.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
A child support enforcement agency shall administer a Title IV-A program identified under division (A)(4)(c) or (h) of section 5101.80 of the Revised Code that the department of job and family services provides for the agency to administer under the department's supervision pursuant to section 5101.801 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 19, 2023 at 2:40 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.19 | Budgeting and Appropriation of Funds.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
The board of county commissioners of each county shall budget and appropriate to the child support enforcement agency serving the county both of the following:
(A) All federal money payable to the agency on the basis of its success in implementing activities related to child support enforcement under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act;
(B) Any funds that may be received from other federal or state sources for the agency.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.20 | Request for Waiver of Budgeting and Appropriation Requirement.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.21 | Funds Used Solely for Support Enforcement Activities.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
All moneys received from the federal or state government for reimbursement for support enforcement activities shall be used solely for support enforcement activities.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.22 | Investing in Repurchase Agreements.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
A child support enforcement agency may invest any of the moneys collected pursuant to the performance of its duties under Chapters 3111., 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code in a repurchase agreement in which a bank agrees to sell short-term federally guaranteed securities with an obligation of the bank to repurchase the securities. All interest derived pursuant to investments made under this section shall be retained by the agency and used solely for support enforcement activities.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.24 | Supervision by Department of Job and Family Services.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
Each child support enforcement agency shall be operated under the supervision of the department of job and family services in accordance with the program of child support enforcement established pursuant to section 3125.03 of the Revised Code.
The department shall ensure that all child support enforcement agencies comply with all applicable state and federal support regulations, including the affirmative duties of Title IV-D of the Social Security Act.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.25 | Administrative Rules Governing Operation of Support Enforcement.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
The director of job and family services shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the operation of support enforcement by child support enforcement agencies. The rules shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
(A) Provisions relating to plans of cooperation between the agencies and boards of county commissioners entered into under section 3125.12 of the Revised Code;
(B) Provisions for the compromise and waiver of child support arrearages owed to the state and federal government, consistent with Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651 et seq., as amended;
(C) Requirements for public hearings by the agencies;
(D) Provisions for appeals of agency decisions under procedures established by the director;
(E) Provisions requiring the investigation and documentation of the factual basis for establishment and modification of support obligations in accordance with Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651 et seq., and any regulations promulgated by the United States department of health and human services;
(F) Provisions establishing criteria for child support enforcement agencies to initiate an action under section 2705.031 of the Revised Code in any case administered under Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651 et seq.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.27 | Collection of Support Amounts Due.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
Except as provided in sections 3123.14, 3123.73, 3125.28, and 3125.29 of the Revised Code, no child support enforcement agency shall collect any support amounts due under a support order as part of its duties to enforce support orders.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.28 | Provisions Until Support Order Is Converted to Automated Centralized System.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code and except as provided in section 3125.29 of the Revised Code, a child support enforcement agency shall collect and disburse all support amounts under a support order it is administering pursuant to law as it existed prior to January 1, 1998, and shall collect the additional amount imposed under division (G)(1) of section 2301.35 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to January 1, 1998, until the support order is converted to the automated data processing system under section 3125.07 of the Revised Code and the office of child support authorizes centralized collection and disbursement of support amounts under the support order pursuant to the rules adopted under section 3121.71 of the Revised Code.
(B) Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code and except as provided in section 3125.29 of the Revised Code, the agency administering the support order shall collect the amounts permitted to be collected, and perform other duties required, with respect to the support order pursuant to division (D)(1) of section 2301.373, division (B)(3)(a) of section 2301.374, divisions (E)(4)(b), (F), and (I) of section 3111.23, division (E) of section 3111.99, divisions (G)(4)(b), (H)(3), and (K) of section 3113.21, division (B) of section 3113.212, division (E) of section 3113.99, and division (A)(3) of section 5101.323 of the Revised Code as those sections existed prior to January 1, 1998, and the agency shall collect the amounts permitted to be collected by the office of child support, and perform other duties required of the office, with respect to the support order pursuant to section 3123.62 and section 3123.72 of the Revised Code, until the support order is converted and authorization for centralized collection and disbursement is given.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.29 | Paying Amounts in Person at Agency Office.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) After conversion occurs and authorization for centralized collection and disbursement is granted as described in section 3125.28 of the Revised Code, a child support enforcement agency may continue to collect the following amounts from obligors who pay the amounts in person at the office of the agency:
(1) Current support amounts and arrearages due under a support order being administered by the agency and the additional amount imposed pursuant to section 3119.27 of the Revised Code with respect to the order;
(2) Amounts collected pursuant to sections 3121.59, 3123.45, 3123.56, 3123.62, division (B) of section 3123.72, and section 3123.956 of the Revised Code.
(B) All amounts collected pursuant to division (A) of this section shall be forwarded to the office of child support no later than one day after receipt of the amounts.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.30 | Agency to Forward Amounts Collected.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
Amounts collected by a collection agent that has a contract with a child support enforcement agency pursuant to section 3125.13 of the Revised Code shall be paid to the office of child support. The agency shall forward any amounts collected pursuant to sections 3123.14 and 3123.73 of the Revised Code to the office no later than one day after receipt of those amounts.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.36 | Applying for Title Iv-D Services.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, all support orders that are administered by a child support enforcement agency designated under section 307.981 of the Revised Code or former section 2301.35 of the Revised Code and are eligible for Title IV-D services shall be Title IV-D cases under Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act." Subject to division (B) of this section, all obligees of support orders administered by the agency shall be considered to have filed a signed application for Title IV-D services.
(B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, a court that issues or modifies a support order shall require the obligee under the order to sign, at the time of the issuance or modification of the order, an application for Title IV-D services and to file, as soon as possible, the signed application with the child support enforcement agency that will administer the order. The application shall be on a form prescribed by the department of job and family services. Except as provided in division (D) of this section, a support order that is administered by a child support enforcement agency, and that is eligible for Title IV-D services shall be a Title IV-D case under Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act" only upon the filing of the signed application for Title IV-D services.
(C) A child support enforcement agency shall make available an application for Title IV-D services to all persons requesting a child support enforcement agency's assistance in an action under sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code or in an administrative proceeding brought to establish a parent and child relationship, to establish or modify an administrative support order, or to establish or modify an order to provide health insurance coverage for the children subject to a support order.
(D) An obligee under a support order who has assigned the right to the support pursuant to section 5107.20 or 5160.38 of the Revised Code shall not be required to sign an application for Title IV-D services. The support order shall be considered a Title IV-D case.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.37 | Application Fee for Furnishing Services.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.38 | Department of Job and Family Services to Provide Annual Reviews and Reports.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
The department of job and family services shall provide annual reviews of and reports to the secretary of health and human services concerning programs operated under Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended, pursuant to rules adopted under section 3125.39 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3125 | Title Iv-D Child Support Cases › Section 3125.39 | Administrative Rules for Annual Reviews and Reports and Regarding Accomplishment Levels and Improvement Rates.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
The director of job and family services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish the following:
(A) Procedures for annual reviews of and reports to the secretary of health and human services on the programs operated under Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," as amended, including information necessary to measure compliance with federal requirements for expedited procedures;
(B) Procedures for transmitting data and calculations regarding levels of accomplishment and rates of improvement for paternity establishment and child support enforcement from the automatic data processing system required under section 3125.07 of the Revised Code to the secretary of health and human services.