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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3111 | Parentage › Section 3111.78 | Enforcing Obligations of Presumed Father.

Effective:
February 11, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 70 - 132nd General Assembly
A parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child, the person with whom the child resides, or the child support enforcement agency of the county in which the child, parent, guardian, or legal custodian of the child resides may do either of the following to require a man to pay support and provide for the health care needs of the child if the man is presumed to be the natural father of the child under section 3111.03 of the Revised Code:
(A) If the presumption is not based on an acknowledgment of paternity, file a complaint pursuant to 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 child, parent, guardian, or legal custodian resides;
(B) Contact a child support enforcement agency to request assistance in obtaining an order for support and the provision of health care for the child.
Last updated October 3, 2023 at 10:48 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3111 | Parentage › Section 3111.801 | Requests for Information.

Effective:
February 11, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 70 - 132nd General Assembly
If an administrative officer schedules an administrative support hearing in accordance with section 3111.80 of the Revised Code, the administrative officer shall include in the notice described in section 3111.80 of the Revised Code a request that each parent provide the child support enforcement agency, not later than the date scheduled for formally beginning the administrative hearing, all of the following:
(A) A copy of each parent's most recently filed federal income tax return and all supporting schedules and documents;
(B) A copy of all pay stubs obtained by each parent within the immediately preceding six months;
(C) A copy of all other records evidencing the receipt of any other salary, wages, or compensation by each parent within the immediately preceding six months;
(D) A list of the group health insurance and health care policies, contracts, and plans available to each parent and their costs;
(E) The current health insurance or health care policy, contract, or plan under which each parent is enrolled and its cost;
(F) If either parent is a member of the uniformed services and is on active military duty, a copy of the parent's leave and earnings statement;
(G) Any other information necessary to properly establish the child support order.
Last updated May 6, 2021 at 2:06 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3111 | Parentage › Section 3111.81 | Order Concerning Support and Health Care.

Effective:
February 11, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 70 - 132nd General Assembly
After the hearing under section 3111.80 of the Revised Code is completed, the administrative officer may issue an administrative order for the payment of support and provision for the child's health care. The order shall take effect fourteen days after the order is issued. The order shall do all of the following in accordance with Chapters 3119. and 3121. of the Revised Code:
(A) Require periodic payments of support that may vary in amount, except that, if it is in the best interest of the child, the administrative officer may order the purchase of an annuity in lieu of periodic payments of support if the purchase agreement provides that any remaining principal will be transferred to the ownership and control of the child on the child's attainment of the age of majority;
(B) Require the parents to provide for the health care needs of the child in accordance with sections 3119.29 to 3119.56 of the Revised Code;
(C) Include a notice that contains the information described in section 3111.84 of the Revised Code informing the parents that the administrative order is final and enforceable fourteen days after the order is issued and that they have the right to object to the order by bringing an action for the payment of support and provision of the child's health care under section 2151.231 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3111 | Parentage › Section 3111.82 | Raise Issue of Existence or Nonexistence of Parent and Child Relationship.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
A party to a request made under section 3111.78 of the Revised Code for an administrative support order may raise the issue of the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3111 | Parentage › Section 3111.821 | Proceedings - Finality of Acknowledgment.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
If a request is made pursuant to section 3111.78 of the Revised Code for an administrative support order and the issue of the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship is raised, the administrative officer shall treat the request as a request made pursuant to section 3111.38 of the Revised Code and determine the issue in accordance with that section. If the request made under section 3111.78 of the Revised Code is made based on an acknowledgment of paternity that has not become final, the administrative officer shall promptly notify the office of child support in the department of job and family services when the officer issues an order determining the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship with respect to the child who is the subject of the acknowledgment of paternity. On receipt of the notice by the office, the acknowledgment of paternity shall be considered rescinded.
If the parties do not raise the issue of the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship pursuant to the request made under section 3111.78 of the Revised Code and an administrative order is issued pursuant to section 3111.81 of the Revised Code prior to the date the acknowledgment of paternity becomes final, the acknowledgment shall be considered final as of the date of the issuance of the order. An administrative order issued pursuant to section 3111.81 of the Revised Code shall not affect an acknowledgment that becomes final prior to the issuance of the order.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3111 | Parentage › Section 3111.83 | Registering Order Concerning Support and Health Care.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3111 | Parentage › Section 3111.831 | System for Organized Safekeeping and Retrieval of Administrative Support Orders.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
Each child support enforcement agency may develop a system and procedure for the organized safekeeping and retrieval of administrative support orders for the payment of support and provision for the child's health care.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3111 | Parentage › Section 3111.832 | Registering Order With Court.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
If an administrative support order is registered with the clerk of a court of appropriate jurisdiction, the clerk shall not charge a fee for the registration and shall assign the order a case number.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3111 | Parentage › Section 3111.84 | Bringing Action Objecting to Order - Finality of Unchallenged Order.

Effective:
February 11, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 70 - 132nd General Assembly
Either parent of a child who is the subject of an administrative support order may object to the order by bringing an action for the payment of support and provision for the child's health care 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 child support enforcement agency that issues the order is located. The action shall be brought not later than fourteen days after the date of the issuance of the administrative support order. The administrative support order shall remain in effect during the pendency of the objection unless a party requests and is granted a stay by the court. The administrative support order is final and enforceable by a court o r child support enforcement agency fourteen days after the order is issued and may be modified only as provided in Chapters 3119., 3121., and 3123. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3111 | Parentage › Section 3111.85 | Administrative Support Orders Issued Prior to 1-1-98.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
An administrative support order issued pursuant to former section 3111.21 of the Revised Code prior to January 1, 1998, that is in effect on the effective date of this section shall remain in effect on and after the effective date of this section and shall be considered an administrative support order issued pursuant to section 3111.81 of the Revised Code for all purposes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3111 | Parentage › Section 3111.88 | Non-Spousal Artificial Insemination Definitions.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
As used in sections 3111.88 to 3111.96 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Artificial insemination" means the introduction of semen into the vagina, cervical canal, or uterus through instruments or other artificial means.
(B) "Donor" means a man who supplies semen for a non-spousal artificial insemination.
(C) "Non-spousal artificial insemination" means an artificial insemination of a woman with the semen of a man who is not her husband.
(D) "Physician" means a person who is licensed pursuant to Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine or surgery or osteopathic medicine or surgery in this state.
(E) "Recipient" means a woman who has been artificially inseminated with the semen of a donor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3111 | Parentage › Section 3111.89 | Coverage of Provisions.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
Sections 3111.88 to 3111.96 of the Revised Code deal with non-spousal artificial insemination for the purpose of impregnating a woman so that she can bear a child that she intends to raise as her child. These sections do not deal with the artificial insemination of a wife with the semen of her husband or with surrogate motherhood.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3111 | Parentage › Section 3111.90 | Physician Supervision.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3111 | Parentage › Section 3111.91 | Medical History and Physical Examination of Donor.

Effective:
March 31, 2003
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 245 - 124th General Assembly
(A) In a non-spousal artificial insemination, fresh or frozen semen may be used, provided that the requirements of division (B) of this section are satisfied.
(B)(1) A physician, physician assistant, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, or person under the supervision and control of a physician may use fresh semen for purposes of a non-spousal artificial insemination, only if within one year prior to the supplying of the semen, all of the following occurred:
(a) A complete medical history of the donor, including, but not limited to, any available genetic history of the donor, was obtained by a physician, a physician assistant, a clinical nurse specialist, or a certified nurse practitioner.
(b) The donor had a physical examination by a physician, a physician assistant, a clinical nurse specialist, or a certified nurse practitioner.
(c) The donor was tested for blood type and RH factor.
(2) A physician, physician assistant, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, or person under the supervision and control of a physician may use frozen semen for purposes of a non-spousal artificial insemination only if all the following apply:
(a) The requirements set forth in division (B)(1) of this section are satisfied;
(b) In conjunction with the supplying of the semen, the semen or blood of the donor was the subject of laboratory studies that the physician involved in the non-spousal artificial insemination considers appropriate. The laboratory studies may include, but are not limited to, venereal disease research laboratories, karotyping, GC culture, cytomegalo, hepatitis, kem-zyme, Tay-Sachs, sickle-cell, ureaplasma, HLTV-III, and chlamydia.
(c) The physician involved in the non-spousal artificial insemination determines that the results of the laboratory studies are acceptable results.
(3) Any written documentation of a physical examination conducted pursuant to division (B)(1)(b) of this section shall be completed by the individual who conducted the examination.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3111 | Parentage › Section 3111.92 | Consent by Both Spouses.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
The non-spousal artificial insemination of a married woman may occur only if both she and her husband sign a written consent to the artificial insemination as described in section 3111.93 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3111 | Parentage › Section 3111.95 | Husband Considered Natural Father - Child Natural Child.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) If a married woman is the subject of a non-spousal artificial insemination and if her husband consented to the artificial insemination, the husband shall be treated in law and regarded as the natural father of a child conceived as a result of the artificial insemination, and a child so conceived shall be treated in law and regarded as the natural child of the husband. A presumption that arises under division (A)(1) or (2) of section 3111.03 of the Revised Code is conclusive with respect to this father and child relationship, and no action or proceeding under sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 or sections 3111.38 to 3111.54 of the Revised Code shall affect the relationship.
(B) If a woman is the subject of a non-spousal artificial insemination, the donor shall not be treated in law or regarded as the natural father of a child conceived as a result of the artificial insemination, and a child so conceived shall not be treated in law or regarded as the natural child of the donor. No action or proceeding under sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 or sections 3111.38 to 3111.54 of the Revised Code shall affect these consequences.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3111 | Parentage › Section 3111.96 | Noncompliance.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
The failure of a physician or person under the supervision and control of a physician to comply with the applicable requirements of sections 3111.88 to 3111.95 of the Revised Code shall not affect the legal status, rights, or obligations of a child conceived as a result of a non-spousal artificial insemination, a recipient, a husband who consented to the non-spousal artificial insemination of his wife, or the donor. If a recipient who is married and her husband make a good faith effort to execute a written consent that is in compliance with section 3111.93 of the Revised Code relative to a non-spousal artificial insemination, the failure of the written consent to so comply shall not affect the paternity consequences set forth in division (A) of section 3111.95 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3111 | Parentage › Section 3111.97 | Parentage of Children Resulting From Embryo Donation.

Effective:
June 15, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 102 - 126th General Assembly
(A) A woman who gives birth to a child born as a result of embryo donation shall be treated in law and regarded as the natural mother of the child, and the child shall be treated in law and regarded as the natural child of the woman. No action or proceeding under this chapter shall affect the relationship.
(B) If a married woman gives birth to a child born as a result of embryo donation to which her husband consented, the husband shall be treated in law and regarded as the natural father of the child, and the child shall be treated in law and regarded as the natural child of the husband. A presumption that arises under division (A)(1) or (2) of section 3111.03 of the Revised Code is conclusive with respect to this father and child relationship, and no action or proceeding under this chapter shall affect the relationship.
(C) If a married woman gives birth to a child born as a result of embryo donation to which her husband has not consented, a presumption that arises under division (A)(1) or (2) of section 3111.03 of the Revised Code that the husband is the father of the child may be rebutted by clear and convincing evidence that includes the lack of consent to the embryo donation.
(D) As used in this division, "donor" means an individual who produced genetic material used to create an embryo, consents to the implantation of the embryo in a woman who is not the individual or the individual's wife, and at the time of the embryo donation does not intend to raise the resulting child as the individual's own.
If an individual who produced genetic material used to create an embryo dies, the other person who produced genetic material used to create the embryo may consent to donate the embryo. In such a case, the deceased person shall be deemed a donor for the purposes of this section.
A donor shall not be treated in law or regarded as a parent of a child born as a result of embryo donation. A donor shall have no parental responsibilities and shall have no right, obligation, or interest with respect to a child resulting from the donation.
(E) This section deals with embryo donation for the purpose of impregnating a woman so that she can bear a child that she intends to raise as her child.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3111 | Parentage › Section 3111.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
Whoever violates section 3111.19 of the Revised Code is guilty of interfering with the establishment of paternity, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3113 | Neglect, Abandonment, or Domestic Violence › Section 3113.04 | Sentence Suspended Upon Posting Bond.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) Sentence may be suspended if a person, after conviction under section 2919.21 of the Revised Code and before sentence under that section, appears before the court of common pleas in which the conviction took place and enters into bond to the state in a sum fixed by the court at not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, with sureties approved by the court, conditioned that the person will furnish the child or other dependent with necessary or proper home, care, food, and clothing, or will pay promptly each week for such purpose to the office of child support in the department of job and family services, a sum to be fixed by the agency. The child support enforcement agency shall comply with Chapter 3119. of the Revised Code when it fixes the sum to be paid to the division.
(B) If any person required to pay child support under an order made under this section on or after April 15, 1985, or modified on or after December 1, 1986, is found in contempt of court for failure to make support payments under the order, the court that makes the finding, in addition to any other penalty or remedy imposed, shall assess all court costs arising out of the contempt proceeding against the person and require the person to pay any reasonable attorney's fees of any adverse party, as determined by the court, that arose in relation to the act of contempt.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3113 | Neglect, Abandonment, or Domestic Violence › Section 3113.06 | Failure to Pay Maintenance Cost to Agency.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly
No father, or mother when she is charged with the maintenance, of a child under eighteen years of age, or a child with a mental or physical disability under age twenty-one, who is legally a ward of a public children services agency or is the recipient of aid pursuant to Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code, shall neglect or refuse to pay such agency the reasonable cost of maintaining such child when such father or mother is able to do so by reason of property, labor, or earnings.
An offense under this section shall be held committed in the county in which the agency is located. The agency shall file charges against any parent who violates this section, unless the agency files charges under section 2919.21 of the Revised Code, or unless charges of nonsupport are filed by a relative or guardian of the child, or unless an action to enforce support is brought under Chapter 3115. of the Revised Code.
Last updated March 10, 2023 at 11:25 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3113 | Neglect, Abandonment, or Domestic Violence › Section 3113.07 | Sentence Suspended Upon Payment of Costs.

Effective:
December 31, 2017
Latest Legislation:
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3113 | Neglect, Abandonment, or Domestic Violence › Section 3113.08 | Failure to Comply.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
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
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3113 | Neglect, Abandonment, or Domestic Violence › Section 3113.09 | Duties of Trustee.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly
The trustee appointed by the court of common pleas under sections 3113.04 and 3113.07 of the Revised Code, shall make quarterly reports of the receipts and expenditures of all moneys coming into his hands as provided in sections 3113.01 to 3113.14 of the Revised Code, such reports to be made to the board of county commissioners of the county from which the person described in section 3113.01 of the Revised Code was sentenced, or to the department of job and family services. The court may require such trustee to enter into a good and sufficient bond for the faithful performance of the duties imposed on him.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3113 | Neglect, Abandonment, or Domestic Violence › Section 3113.11 | Amount Credited Convict Paid to Trustee.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3113 | Neglect, Abandonment, or Domestic Violence › Section 3113.13 | Naming Trustee in Mittimus.

Effective:
October 6, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 571 - 120th General Assembly
When a person is imprisoned in a workhouse or state correctional institution under sections 3113.01 to 3113.14 of the Revised Code, the name and post-office address of the trustee appointed by the court of common pleas under sections 3113.04 and 3113.07 of the Revised Code shall appear in the mittimus.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3113 | Neglect, Abandonment, or Domestic Violence › Section 3113.14 | Continuing Citizenship.

Effective:
August 8, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 274 - 121st General Assembly
Citizenship once acquired in this state by a father or mother of a child living in this state, for the purpose of sections 3113.01 to 3113.14 of the Revised Code, shall continue until the child has arrived at the age of sixteen years, provided the child continues to live in this state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3113 | Neglect, Abandonment, or Domestic Violence › Section 3113.25 | Notifying State Retirement System of Death of Obligor.

Effective:
September 16, 1998
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 648 - 122nd General Assembly
A child support enforcement agency that learns that an obligor under a support order administered by the agency who was a member of the public employees retirement system, school employees retirement system, or state teachers retirement system has died shall immediately notify the retirement system that the member was survived by one or more children who are the subject of a child support order.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3113 | Neglect, Abandonment, or Domestic Violence › Section 3113.32 | Domestic Dispute and Violence Problems Records.

Effective:
September 25, 1984
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 587 - 115th General Assembly
(A) The sheriff of a county, constable or chief of police of a township, and chief of police of a city or village shall keep a separate record of domestic dispute and domestic violence problems on a form prepared and distributed by the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation. The forms shall contain spaces for the reporting of all information that the superintendent determines to be relevant to domestic dispute and domestic violence problems, including, but not limited to, the number of domestic dispute and domestic violence problems reported to the law enforcement agency for which the record is kept, the relationship of the complainant and the person allegedly the victim of the domestic violence, if different, to the alleged offender, and the relationship of all other persons involved in the domestic dispute or domestic violence problem, and the action taken by the law enforcement officers who handled the domestic dispute or domestic violence problem. A copy of the record shall be submitted to the bureau each month.
(B) The superintendent of the bureeau of criminal identification and investigation shall receive copies of monthly records of domestic dispute and domestic violence problems kept by local law enforcement agencies and submitted to him under division (A) of this section. The superintendent shall compile the data and annually produce a statistical public report on the incidence of domestic disputes and violence in this state and its political subdivisions. The report shall be prepared in such a manner that there is no identifying data, including the names and addresses of the persons involved in the domestic dispute and domestic violence problems, that would enable any person to determine the identity of any of the persons involved.
(C) The attorney general shall oversee the statistical reporting required pursuant to this section to ensure that it is complete and accurate.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3113 | Neglect, Abandonment, or Domestic Violence › Section 3113.33 | Shelters for Domestic Violence Victims Definitions.

Effective:
March 23, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 210 - 134th General Assembly
As used in sections 3113.33 to 3113.40 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Domestic violence" means any of the following:
(1) Attempting to cause or causing bodily injury to a family or household member, or placing a family or household member by threat of force in fear of imminent physical harm;
(2) Attempting to cause or causing bodily injury to a person with whom the actor is or was in a dating relationship, or placing a person with whom the actor is or was in a dating relationship by threat of force in fear of imminent physical harm.
(B) "Family or household member" means any of the following:
(1) Any of the following who is residing or has resided with the person committing the domestic violence:
(a) A spouse, a person living as a spouse, or a former spouse of the person committing the domestic violence;
(b) A parent, foster parent, or child of the person committing the domestic violence, or another person related by consanguinity or affinity to the person committing the domestic violence;
(c) A parent or a child of a spouse, person living as a spouse, or former spouse of the person committing the domestic violence, or another person related by consanguinity or affinity to a spouse, person living as a spouse, or former spouse of the person committing the domestic violence;
(d) The dependents of any person listed in division (B)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this section.
(2) The natural parent of any child of whom the person committing the domestic violence is the other natural parent or is the putative other natural parent.
(C) "Shelter for victims of domestic violence" or "shelter" means a facility that provides temporary residential service or facilities to family or household members who are victims of domestic violence or to persons with whom the actor is or was in a dating relationship who are victims of domestic violence.
(D) "Person living as a spouse" means a person who is living or has lived with the person committing the domestic violence in a common law marital relationship, who otherwise is cohabiting with the person committing the domestic violence, or who otherwise has cohabited with the person committing the domestic violence within five years prior to the date of the alleged occurrence of the act in question.
(E) "Dating relationship" has the same meaning as in section 3113.31 of the Revised Code.
(F) "Person with whom the actor is or was in a dating relationship" means an individual who, at the time of the conduct in question, is in a dating relationship with the actor who is an adult or who, within the twelve months preceding the conduct in question, has had a dating relationship with the actor who is an adult.
(G) "Actor" means a person who attempts to cause or causes bodily injury to another, or places another by threat of force in fear of imminent physical harm.
Last updated February 8, 2023 at 12:59 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3113 | Neglect, Abandonment, or Domestic Violence › Section 3113.34 | Additional Fee for Marriage License Used for Financial Assistance to Shelters for Victims of Domestic Violence.

Effective:
December 9, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 335 - 119th General Assembly
In addition to any fee established under section 2101.16 of the Revised Code for the issuance of a marriage license, the probate court shall collect and deposit in the county treasury a fee of seventeen dollars for each marriage license issued. This fee, plus the thirty-two-dollar fee collected under division (D) of section 2303.201 of the Revised Code as additional costs in each new action or proceeding for annulment, divorce, or dissolution of marriage, shall be retained in a special fund and shall be expended only to provide financial assistance to shelters for victims of domestic violence and only as provided in sections 3113.35 to 3113.39 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3113 | Neglect, Abandonment, or Domestic Violence › Section 3113.35 | Application to County for Release of Fees Collected for Marriage Licenses and as Additional Costs in Certain Actions.

Effective:
December 9, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 335 - 120th General Assembly
(A) A shelter for victims of domestic violence may apply to the board of county commissioners of the county in which it is located or of an adjoining county, the population of which is or will be served by the shelter, for the release of funds to be collected as fees for the issuance of marriage licenses pursuant to section 3113.34 or fees as additional costs in annulment, divorce, or dissolution of marriage actions and proceedings pursuant to division (D) of section 2303.201 of the Revised Code and that are to be used for the funding of the shelter. All applications for funds shall be submitted by the first day of October of the year preceding the calendar year for which the funding is desired, and shall include all of the following:
(1) Evidence that the shelter is incorporated in this state as a nonprofit corporation;
(2) A list of the trustees of the corporation, and a list of the trustees of the shelter, if different;
(3) The proposed budget of the shelter for the following calendar year;
(4) A summary of the services proposed to be offered in the following calendar year;
(5) An estimate of the number of persons to be served during the following calendar year.
(B) Upon receipt of an application for funds from a shelter that meets the criteria set forth in section 3113.36 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall, on or before the fifteenth day of November of the year in which the application is filed, notify the shelter, in writing, whether it is eligible for funds, and if the shelter is eligible, estimate the amount available for that shelter from the fees to be collected under section 3113.34 or division (D) of section 2303.201 of the Revised Code.
(C) Funds collected as fees for the issuance of marriage licenses pursuant to section 3113.34 or fees as additional costs in annulment, divorce, or dissolution of marriage actions and proceedings pursuant to division (D) of section 2303.201 of the Revised Code that are allocated to shelters under this section shall be paid to the shelters twice annually. Funds collected from the first day of January through the thirtieth day of June of the calendar year following the year in which the application is filed shall be allocated to the shelters by the fifteenth day of July of the year following the year in which the application is filed. Funds collected from the first day of July through the thirty-first day of December of the calendar year following the year in which the application is filed shall be allocated to the shelters by the fifteenth day of January of the year following the end of the collection period.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3113 | Neglect, Abandonment, or Domestic Violence › Section 3113.36 | Shelter Requirements for Qualifying for Funds.

Effective:
January 18, 1980
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 46 - 113th General Assembly
(A) To qualify for funds under section 3113.35 of the Revised Code, a shelter for victims of domestic violence shall meet all of the following requirements:
(1) Be incorporated in this state as a nonprofit corporation;
(2) Have trustees who represent the racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity of the community to be served, including at least one person who is or has been a victim of domestic violence;
(3) Receive at least twenty-five per cent of its funds from sources other than funds distributed pursuant to section 3113.35 of the Revised Code. These other sources may be public or private, and may include funds distributed pursuant to section 3113.37 of the Revised Code, and contributions of goods or services, including materials, commodities, transportation, office space, or other types of facilities or personal services.
(4) Provide residential service or facilities for children when accompanied by a parent, guardian, or custodian who is a victim of domestic violence and who is receiving temporary residential service at the shelter;
(5) Require persons employed by or volunteering services to the shelter to maintain the confidentiality of any information that would identify individuals served by the shelter.
(B) A shelter for victims of domestic violence does not qualify for funds if it discriminates in its admissions or provision of services on the basis of race, religion, color, age, marital status, national origin, or ancestry. A shelter does not qualify for funds in the second half of any year if its application projects the provision of residential service and such service has not been provided in the first half of that year; such a shelter does not qualify for funds in the following year.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3113 | Neglect, Abandonment, or Domestic Violence › Section 3113.37 | Depositing Unallocated Funds in State Treasury to Credit of Domestic Violence Shelters Fund.

Effective:
December 9, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 335 - 120th General Assembly
(A) If in any calendar year a board of county commissioners does not allocate all of the funds collected that year under section 3113.34 or division (D) of section 2303.201 of the Revised Code to a shelter for victims of domestic violence that applied for them, or if a board receives no application in that year from a shelter that is qualified to receive funds as determined under section 3113.36 of the Revised Code, the funds shall be deposited, on or before the thirty-first day of December of that year, in the state treasury to the credit of the domestic violence shelters fund, which is hereby created. The fund shall be administered by the attorney general for the purpose of providing financial assistance to shelters.
(B) A shelter located in this state may apply to the attorney general for funds. All applications for funds shall be submitted by the first day of February of the year for which the funds are requested and shall contain all of the information set forth in division (A) of section 3113.35 of the Revised Code.
(C) Upon receipt of an application for funds from a shelter that meets the criteria set forth in section 3113.36 of the Revised Code, the attorney general, on or before the fifteenth day of March of the year in which the application is received, shall notify the shelter, in writing, whether it is eligible for funds and, if the shelter is eligible, specify the amount available for that shelter.
(D) Funds allocated under this section shall be paid once annually, on or before the thirtieth day of April of the year in which the application is received.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3113 | Neglect, Abandonment, or Domestic Violence › Section 3113.38 | Fund Allocation Priorities.

Effective:
January 18, 1980
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 46 - 113th General Assembly
If a board of county commissioners or the attorney general receives applications from more than one qualified shelter for victims of domestic violence, and the requests for funds exceed the amount of funds available, funds shall be allocated on the basis of the following priorities:
(A) To shelters in existence on the effective date of this section;
(B) To shelters offering or proposing to offer the broadest range of services and referrals to the community served, including medical, psychological, financial, educational, vocational, child care services, and legal services;
(C) To other qualified shelters.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3113 | Neglect, Abandonment, or Domestic Violence › Section 3113.39 | Annual Report by Shelter.

Effective:
September 25, 1984
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 587 - 115th General Assembly
(A) A shelter for victims of domestic violence that receives funds pursuant to section 3113.35 or 3113.37 of the Revised Code shall file an annual report with the board of county commissioners of the county in which it is located and of the county from which it is receiving funds, if different, and with the attorney general on or before the thirty-first day of March of the year following the year in which funds were received. The annual report shall include statistics on the number of persons served by the shelter, the relationship of the victim of domestic violence to the abuser, the number of referrals made for medical, psychological, financial, educational, vocational, child care services, or legal services, and shall include a compilation report of an independent accountant. No information contained in the report shall identify any person served by the shelter, or enable any person to determine the identity of any such person.
(B) The attorney general shall compile the reports filed pursuant to division (A) of this section annually.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3113 | Neglect, Abandonment, or Domestic Violence › Section 3113.40 | Obtaining Last Known Residence Information.

Effective:
June 30, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly
When a shelter for victims of domestic violence provides accommodations to a person, the shelter, on admitting the person, shall determine, if possible, the person's last known residential address and county of residence. The information concerning the address and county of residence is confidential and may be released only to a public children services agency pursuant to section 2151.422 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3113 | Neglect, Abandonment, or Domestic Violence › Section 3113.45 | Definitions for Sections 3113.451 to 3113.459.

Effective:
September 8, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 359 - 131st General Assembly
As used in sections 3113.451 to 3113.459 of the Revised Code, "wireless service," "wireless service provider," and "reseller" have the same meanings as in section 128.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3113 | Neglect, Abandonment, or Domestic Violence › Section 3113.451 | Wireless Service Account Transfer.

Effective:
September 8, 2016
Latest Legislation:
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3113 | Neglect, Abandonment, or Domestic Violence › Section 3113.452 | Form of Order.

Effective:
September 8, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 359 - 131st General Assembly
An order issued in compliance with section 3113.451 of the Revised Code shall include the following:
(A) The name and billing telephone number of the account holder;
(B) The name and contact information of the petitioner to whom the wireless service number or numbers shall be transferred;
(C) Each wireless service number to be transferred to the petitioner.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3113 | Neglect, Abandonment, or Domestic Violence › Section 3113.453 | Confidentiality.

Effective:
September 8, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 359 - 131st General Assembly
A court shall ensure that any contact information of a petitioner described in section 3113.452 of the Revised Code is kept confidential from the account holder.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3113 | Neglect, Abandonment, or Domestic Violence › Section 3113.454 | Service of Process.

Effective:
September 8, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 359 - 131st General Assembly
An order issued in compliance with section 3113.451 of the Revised Code shall be served on the wireless service provider's or reseller's agent for service of process listed with the secretary of state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3113 | Neglect, Abandonment, or Domestic Violence › Section 3113.455 | Notice.

Effective:
September 8, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 359 - 131st General Assembly
The wireless service provider or reseller shall notify the petitioner within seventy-two hours of receipt of the order and the order shall be automatically suspended upon making the notification if the wireless service provider or reseller cannot operationally or technically effectuate the order due to certain circumstances, including the following:
(A) The account holder has already terminated the account.
(B) Differences in network technology prevent the functionality of a device on the network.
(C) There are geographic or other limitations on network or service availability.
(D) Any other operational or technical issue that would prevent or impair the use of the wireless service number if the transfer occurs.