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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.02 | Ensuring That Withholding or Deduction From Income or Assets of Obligor Is Available.

Effective:
February 11, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 70 - 132nd General Assembly
In any action in which a support order is issued or modified, one of the following shall apply, as appropriate, to ensure that withholding or deduction from the income or assets of the obligor is available from the commencement of the support order for the collection of the support and any arrearages that occur:
(A) The court, with respect to a court support order, or the child support enforcement agency, with respect to an administrative child support order, shall require the withholding or deduction of income or assets of the obligor under section 3121.03 of the Revised Code.
(B) The court, with respect to a court support order, shall issue another type of court order under division (C) or (D) of section 3121.03 of the Revised Code, section 3121.04, 3121.05, or 3121.06, or division (C) of section 3121.12 of the Revised Code.
(C) The agency, with respect to an administrative child support order, shall request that the court issue a court order under division (C) or (D) of section 3121.03 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.031 | Determining Employment Status of Obligor, Obligor's Social Security Number, Name and Business Address of Obligor's Employer, and Other Information.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
In any action in which a court support order is issued or modified, the court issuing or modifying the order shall conduct a hearing, prior to or at the time of the issuance of the order, to determine the employment status of the obligor, the obligor's social security number, the name and business address of the obligor's employer, and any other information necessary to enable the court or a child support enforcement agency to issue any withholding or deduction notice described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code or for the court to issue a court order described in division (C) or (D) of section 3121.03 of the Revised Code. The court, prior to the hearing, shall give the obligor notice of the hearing. The notice shall include the date on which it is given and notice that the obligor is subject to withholding of a specified amount from income if employed and to one or more other types of withholding or deduction requirements described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code or one or more types of court orders described in division (C) or (D) of section 3121.03 of the Revised Code and that the obligor may present evidence and testimony at the hearing to prove that any of the requirements are not proper because of a mistake of fact.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.032 | Including Withholding or Deduction Requirements or Other Appropriate Requirements in Notices and Orders.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
A court or child support enforcement agency that issues or modifies a support order shall determine the withholding or deduction requirements or other appropriate requirements applicable to the obligor under the support order in accordance with sections 3121.03, 3121.04 to 3121.08, and 3121.12 of the Revised Code and include the requirements in the withholding or deduction notices described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code or in the orders described in sections 3121.03, 3121.04 to 3121.08, and 3121.12 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.033 | Aggregate Amount Withheld or Deducted to Satisfy Amount Ordered for Support.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
If a court or child support enforcement agency is required to issue one or more notices or orders described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code, the court or agency to the extent possible shall issue a sufficient number of the notices or orders to provide that the aggregate amount withheld or deducted under those notices or orders satisfies the amount ordered for support in the support order plus any arrearages owed by the obligor under any prior support order that pertained to the same child or spouse, notwithstanding the limitations of sections 2329.66, 2329.70, 2716.02, 2716.041, 2713.05, 2716.13, and 4123.67 of the Revised Code. However, in no case shall the aggregate amount withheld pursuant to a withholding notice described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code and any fees withheld pursuant to the notice as a charge for services exceed the maximum amount permitted under section 303(b) of the "Consumer Credit Protection Act," 15 U.S.C. 1673(b).
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.034 | Priority of Withholding or Deduction Requirement for Support.

Effective:
June 30, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 7 - 126th General Assembly
(A) Except for deductions from lump sum payments made in accordance with section 3121.0311 of the Revised Code, a withholding or deduction requirement contained in a withholding or deduction notice described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code has priority over any order of attachment, any order in aid of execution, and any other legal process issued under state law against the same earnings, payments, or account.
(B) When two or more withholding notices are received by a payor, the payor shall comply with all of the requirements contained in the notices to the extent that the total amount withheld from the obligor's income does not exceed the maximum amount permitted under section 303(b) of the "Consumer Credit Protection Act," 15 U.S.C. 1673(b), withhold amounts in accordance with the allocation set forth in divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section, notify each court or child support enforcement agency that issued one of the notices of the allocation, and give priority to amounts designated in each notice as current support in the following manner:
(1) If the total of the amounts designated in the notices as current support exceeds the amount available for withholding under section 303(b) of the "Consumer Credit Protection Act," 15 U.S.C. 1673(b), the payor shall allocate to each notice an amount for current support equal to the amount designated in that notice as current support multiplied by a fraction in which the numerator is the amount of income available for withholding and the denominator is the total amount designated in all of the notices as current support.
(2) If the total of the amounts designated in the notices as current support does not exceed the amount available for withholding under section 303(b) of the "Consumer Credit Protection Act," 15 U.S.C. 1673(b), the payor shall pay all of the amounts designated as current support in the notices and shall allocate to each notice an amount for past-due support equal to the amount designated in that notice as past-due support multiplied by a fraction in which the numerator is the amount of income remaining available for withholding after the payment of current support and the denominator is the total amount designated in all of the notices as past-due support.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.035 | Notices and Orders Sent to Persons Required to Comply.

Effective:
February 11, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 70 - 132nd General Assembly
Within fifteen days after an obligor under a support order is located following issuance or modification of the support order, the court or child support enforcement agency that issued or modified the support order, or the agency, pursuant to an agreement with the court with respect to a court support order, shall do either of the following:
(A) If a withholding or deduction notice described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code is appropriate, send the notice by ordinary mail or electronic means to each person required to comply with it;
(B) If an order described in section 3121.03, 3121.04 to 3121.08, or 3121.12 of the Revised Code is appropriate, issue and send the appropriate order.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.036 | Attaching Additional Notice to Obligor to Provide Certain Information.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) A court or agency that sends a withholding or deduction notice under section 3121.03 of the Revised Code to an obligor shall attach to the notice an additional notice requiring the obligor to immediately notify the child support enforcement agency administering the support order, in writing, of the following:
(1) In the case of a withholding notice:
(a) Any change in the obligor's income source and of the availability of any other sources of income that can be the subject of withholding or deduction;
(b) The nature of any new employment or income source and the name, business address, and telephone number of the new employer or income source;
(c) Any other information reasonably required by the court or agency.
(2) In the case of a deduction notice:
(a) Any change in the status of the account from which the support is being deducted or the opening of a new account with any financial institution, of the commencement of employment, including self-employment, or of the availability of any other sources of income that can be the subject of withholding or deduction;
(b) The nature of any new account opened at a financial institution and the name and business address of that financial institution;
(c) The nature of any new employment or income source and the name, business address, and telephone number of the new employer or income source;
(d) Any other information reasonably required by the court or agency.
(C) The additional notice required by this section shall specify that, on commencement of employment, the obligor may request that the court or child support enforcement agency cancel its deduction notice and instead issue a withholding notice to collect support amounts and that, on commencement of employment, the court or agency may cancel its deduction notice and instead issue a withholding notice to collect support amounts.
(D) The court or agency shall serve the additional notice required by this section on the obligor at the time of service of the support order or, if the support order has been issued previously, shall send the notice to the obligor by regular mail at the last known address at the time it sends the withholding notice to the payor or the deduction notice to a financial institution.
(E) No obligor shall fail to give the notice described in division (A)(1) of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.038 | Limit on Information Included in Withholding or Deduction Notice.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
No withholding or deduction notice or other order described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code shall contain any information other than the information specifically required by the Revised Code and any additional information that the issuing court or agency determines may be necessary to comply with the notice.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.039 | Prior Orders and Notices Considered to Be Notices and Orders Under 2001 Provisions.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) For purposes of Chapters 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code, the following shall be considered a withholding or deduction notice issued under section 3121.03 of the Revised Code:
(1) A withholding or deduction order that was issued under division (D) of section 3113.21 of the Revised Code as that division existed prior to December 31, 1993, and that was not terminated on or after that date;
(2) A withholding or deduction notice that was issued under division (D) of section 3113.21 of the Revised Code as that division existed on and after December 31, 1993, and prior to the effective date of this section and that was not terminated on or after the effective date of this section;
(3) A withholding or deduction order that was issued under former section 3111.23 of the Revised Code as that section existed prior to December 31, 1993, and that was not terminated on or after that date;
(4) A withholding or deduction notice that was issued under former section 3111.23 of the Revised Code as that section existed on and after December 31, 1993, and prior to the effective date of this section and that was not terminated on or after the effective date of this section.
(B) For purposes of Chapters 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code, the following shall be considered orders issued under section 3121.03, 3121.04, 3121.05, 3121.06, or 3121.12 of the Revised Code, as applicable:
(1) An order issued under division (D)(6) or (7) or (H) of section 3113.21 of the Revised Code as that section existed prior to January 1, 1998, and that was not terminated on or after that date;
(2) An order issued under division (D)(3) or (4) or (H) of section 3113.21 of the Revised Code as that division existed on and after January 1, 1998, and prior to the effective date of this section and that was not terminated on or after the effective date of this section;
(3) An order issued under former section 3111.231 of the Revised Code and that was not terminated on or after the effective date of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.0310 | Adoption of Standard Forms for Notices.

Effective:
March 21, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 200 - 125th General Assembly
The department of job and family services shall adopt standard forms for support withholding and deduction notices described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code, which shall be used regardless of the type or source of income. All courts and child support enforcement agencies shall use the forms in issuing withholding and deduction notices. The withholding and deduction requirements contained in the notices are final and enforceable by the court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.0311 | Notice to Obligor's Workers' Compensation Attorney Regarding Lump Sum Payment.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
(A) If a lump sum payment referred to in division (A)(11) of section 3121.037 of the Revised Code consists of workers' compensation benefits and the obligor is represented by an attorney with respect to the obligor's workers' compensation claim, prior to issuing the notice to the child support enforcement agency required by that division, the administrator of workers' compensation, for claims involving state fund employers, or a self-insuring employer, for that employer's claims, shall notify the obligor and the obligor's attorney in writing that the obligor is subject to a support order and that the administrator or self-insuring employer, as appropriate, shall hold the lump sum payment for a period of thirty days after the administrator or self-insuring employer sends this written notice, pending receipt of the information referred to in division (B) of this section.
(B) The administrator or self-insuring employer, as appropriate, shall instruct the obligor's attorney in writing to file a copy of the fee agreement signed by the obligor, along with an affidavit signed by the attorney setting forth the amount of the attorney's fee with respect to the lump sum payment award to the obligor and the amount of all necessary expenses, along with documentation of those expenses, incurred by the attorney with respect to obtaining the lump sum award. The obligor's attorney shall file the fee agreement and attorney affidavit with the administrator or self-insuring employer, as appropriate, within thirty days after the date the administrator or self-insuring employer sends the notice required by division (A) of this section.
(C) Upon receipt of the fee agreement and attorney affidavit, the administrator or self-insuring employer, as appropriate, shall deduct from the lump sum payment the amount of the attorney's fee and necessary expenses and pay that amount directly to and solely in the name of the attorney within fourteen days after the fee agreement and attorney affidavit have been filed with the administrator or self-insuring employer.
(D) After deducting any attorney's fee and necessary expenses, if the lump sum payment is one hundred fifty dollars or more, the administrator or self-insuring employer, as appropriate, shall hold the balance of the lump sum award in accordance with division (A)(11) of section 3121.037 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.04 | Cash Bond Given by Obligor.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
When a person who fails to comply with a withholding notice described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code and issued to enforce a court support order derives income from self-employment or commission, is employed by an employer not subject to the jurisdiction of the court, or is in any other employment situation that makes issuance of a withholding notice impracticable, the court may require the person to enter into a cash bond to the court in a sum fixed by the court at not less than five hundred nor more than ten thousand dollars, conditioned that the person will make payment as previously ordered.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.05 | Obligor With No Income or Assets to Give Notice of Change - Default Hearing.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
When a court determines at a hearing conducted under section 3123.05 of the Revised Code, or a child support enforcement agency determines at a hearing under section 3123.04 of the Revised Code or pursuant to an investigation conducted under section 3123.02 of the Revised Code, that the obligor under the court support order in relation to which the hearing or investigation is conducted is unemployed and has no other source of income and no assets so that the application of sections 3121.03 and 3123.06 of the Revised Code would be impracticable, the court shall issue an order as described in division (D)(1) of section 3121.03 of the Revised Code and shall order the obligor to notify the child support enforcement agency in writing immediately of the receipt of any source of income or of the opening of an account in a financial institution, and to include in the notification a description of the nature of the employment or income source, the name, business address, and telephone number of the employer or income source, and any other information reasonably required by the court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.06 | Obligor With No Income or Assets to Give Notice of Change - Modification Hearing.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
When a court determines, at a hearing conducted under section 3121.031 of the Revised Code with respect to a court support order being modified, that an obligor is unemployed, is not receiving workers' compensation payments, does not have an account in a financial institution, and has no other source of income and no assets so that the application of division (A), (B), or (C) of section 3121.03 of the Revised Code would be impracticable, the court shall issue an order as described in division (D)(1) of section 3121.03 of the Revised Code and shall order the obligor to notify the child support enforcement agency, in writing, immediately of the receipt of any source of income or of the opening of an account in a financial institution, and to include in the notification a description of the nature of the employment or income source, the name, business address, and telephone number of the employer or income source or the name, address, and telephone number of the financial institution, and any other information reasonably required by the court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.08 | Prisoner Earnings.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "prison," "prison term," and "jail" have the same meanings as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code, including sections 5145.16 and 5147.30 of the Revised Code, twenty-five per cent of any money earned pursuant to section 5145.16 or 5147.30 of the Revised Code by a prisoner in a prison or jail who has a dependent child receiving assistance under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code, shall be paid to the state department of job and family services.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.09 | Withholding Support From Payments Due From the State to Certain Persons.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
An obligee owed support under a support order, or a court or child support enforcement agency on behalf of the obligee, may maintain a proceeding under Chapter 3115., 3119., 3121., 3123., or 3125. of the Revised Code, or under the comparable law of another state or country, against the state to withhold support from payments owed or to be owed to one of the following individuals who is the obligor under the support order:
(A) An officer or employee of the state;
(B) An individual who is under contract with the state or is owed or to be owed money from the state, including an individual who is the sole shareholder of a corporation or the sole member of a limited liability company.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.091 | Service of Notice of Withholding Support From Payments Due From the State to Certain Persons.

Effective:
March 21, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 200 - 125th General Assembly
A withholding notice or other order issued pursuant to Chapter 3115., 3119., 3121., or 3123. of the Revised Code with respect to an obligor described in section 3121.09 of the Revised Code shall be served on one of the following:
(A) If the obligor is an officer or employee of the state, on the director of administrative services;
(B) If the obligor is an individual described in division (B) of section 3121.09 of the Revised Code, on the head of the state agency that is contracting with the obligor or that owes or will owe the obligor money.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.12 | Procedure Concerning Lump Sum Payment.

Effective:
February 11, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 70 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) On receipt of a notice that a lump sum payment of one hundred fifty dollars or more is to be paid to the obligor, the child support enforcement agency shall do either of the following:
(1) If the obligor is in default under the support order or has any arrearages under the support order, issue an administrative order requiring the transmittal of the lump sum payment, or any portion of the lump sum payment sufficient to pay the arrearage in full, to the office of child support;
(2) If the obligor is not in default under the support order and does not have any arrearages under the support order, issue an administrative order requiring the immediate release of the full amount of the lump sum payment to the obligor.
(B) Any moneys received by the office of child support pursuant to this section shall be distributed in accordance with rules adopted under section 3121.71 of the Revised Code.
(C) In the case of a notice of a lump sum payment made in accordance with a support order issued prior to January 1, 1998, requiring an employer to withhold an amount from an obligor's personal earnings for the payment of support, the agency that receives notification of the lump sum payment from the payor shall notify the court that issued the order, and the court shall issue a supplemental order that does not change the original order or the related support order requiring the employer to do all of the following:
(1) No later than the earlier of forty-five days before a lump sum payment is to be made or, if the obligor's right to a lump sum payment is determined less than forty-five days before it is to be made, the date on which that determination is made, notify the agency of any lump sum payment of any kind of one hundred fifty dollars or more that is to be paid to the obligor;
(2) Hold the lump sum payment for thirty days after the date on which it would otherwise be paid to the obligor;
(3) On order of the court, pay any specified amount of the lump sum payment to the office of child support.
(D) A payor that knowingly fails to notify the agency in accordance with this section or section 3121.03 of the Revised Code of any lump sum payment to be made to an obligor is liable for any support payment not made to the obligee as a result of its knowing failure to give the notice.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.15 | Issuing Notice Requiring Withholding When Obligor Begins Employment.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
When a court or child support enforcement agency has issued one or more notices containing one or more of the requirements described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code requiring withholding by a payor that is not an employer or requiring deduction by a financial institution, a court has issued one or more court orders described in division (C) or (D) of that section, or an agency has issued an administrative order under division (D) of that section and the agency administering the support order is informed that the obligor has commenced employment, that agency shall issue a notice requiring the withholding of an amount from the person's personal earnings for support, in accordance with section 3121.03 of the Revised Code. The notice is final and is enforceable by the court. Additionally, if the court or agency determines that payments due under the support order have not been made and that the amount that has not been paid is at least equal to the support owed for one month under the support order, the court shall proceed to collect on any cash bond and shall order it paid to the office of child support in the department of job and family services.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.16 | Notice Is Final and Enforceable.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
If a child support enforcement agency sends a notice imposing a withholding or deduction requirement or a court or agency sends an order imposing any other appropriate requirement to a person under section 3121.14 or 3121.15 of the Revised Code, the notice or order also shall be considered to have been issued under section 3121.03 of the Revised Code. The notice or order is final and is enforceable by the court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.18 | Fees.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
A payor ordered to withhold a specified amount from the income of an employee under a withholding notice described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code may deduct from the income of the person, in addition to the amount withheld for purposes of support, a fee of the greater of two dollars or an amount not exceeding one per cent of the amount withheld as a charge for its services in complying with the withholding notice. A financial institution required to deduct funds from an account under a deduction notice described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code may deduct from the account of the person, in addition to the amount deducted for purposes of support, a fee of the lesser of five dollars or an amount not exceeding the lowest rate it charges, if any, for a debit transaction in a similar account as a charge for its service in complying with the deduction notice.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.19 | Time for Forwarding Amount Withheld or Deducted.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
(A) The entire amount withheld or deducted pursuant to a withholding or deduction notice described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code shall be forwarded to the office of child support in the department of job and family services immediately, but not later than seven business days, after the withholding or deduction, as directed in the withholding or deduction notice.
(B) An employer who employs more than fifty employees shall submit the entire amount withheld pursuant to a withholding notice described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code by electronic transfer to the office of child support in the department of job and family services immediately, but not later than seven business days, after the withholding, as directed in the withholding notice.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.20 | Combining Amounts to Be Forwarded.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
(A) A payor or financial institution required to withhold or deduct a specified amount from the income or savings of more than one obligor under a withholding or deduction notice described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code and to forward the amounts withheld or deducted to the office of child support may combine all of the amounts to be forwarded in one payment if the payment is accompanied by a list that clearly identifies all of the following:
(1) Each obligor covered by the payment;
(2) Each child support case, numbered as provided on the withholding or deduction notice, that is covered by the payment;
(3) The portion of the payment attributable to each obligor and each case number.
(B) A payor who employs more than fifty employees and who is required to submit the withholding by electronic transfer pursuant to sections 3121.037 and 3121.19 of the Revised Code shall combine all of the amounts to be forwarded in one payment. The payment shall be accompanied by information that clearly identifies all of the following:
(1) Each obligor that is covered by the payment;
(2) Each child support case, numbered as provided on the withholding notice issued pursuant to section 3121.03 of the Revised Code, that is covered by the payment;
(3) The portion of the payment attributable to each obligor and each case number.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.21 | Payor or Financial Institution - Immunity.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
A payor or financial institution shall not be subject to criminal or civil liability for compliance, in accordance with sections 3121.18 to 3121.20 of the Revised Code, with a withholding or deduction notice.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.23 | Service.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
Except when a provision specifically authorizes or requires service other than as described in this section, service of any notice on any party, a financial institution, or payor, for purposes of Chapters 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code, shall be made by ordinary first class mail directed to the addressee at the last known address or, in the case of a corporation, at its usual place of doing business. A notice shall be considered to have been served when it is mailed.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.24 | Parties Must Provide Information to Agency.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) Each party to a support order shall notify the child support enforcement agency administering the support order of the party's current mailing address, current residence address, current residence telephone number, and current driver's license number, at the time of the issuance or modification of the order. Until further notice of the court or agency, whichever issued the support order, each party shall notify the agency administering the support order of any change in information immediately after the change occurs. With respect to a court support order, any willful failure to comply with this section is contempt of court. No person shall fail to give the notice required by division (A) of this section.
(B) The parties affected by the support order shall inform the child support enforcement agency of any change of name or other change of conditions that may affect the administration of the order.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.25 | Notice of Request for Modification or Filing Action for Enforcement.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
If a party to a court support order requests a modification of the order or an obligee under a court support order or a person acting on behalf of an obligee files an action to enforce a court child support order, the court shall notify the child support enforcement agency that is administering the court child support order or that will administer the order of the request or the filing.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.27 | Including General Statement in Support Orders.

Effective:
December 13, 2002
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 657 - 124th General Assembly
(A) A court or child support enforcement agency shall include in any order for support it issues a general provision that states the following:
"All support under this order shall be withheld or deducted from the income or assets of the obligor pursuant to a withholding or deduction notice or appropriate order issued in accordance with Chapters 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code or a withdrawal directive issued pursuant to sections 3123.24 to 3123.38 of the Revised Code and shall be forwarded to the obligee in accordance with Chapters 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code."
(B) All support orders issued prior to March 22, 2001, shall be considered to contain the general provision described in this section and shall be enforced and modified in the same manner as a support order issued on or after that date.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.28 | Including Statements Concerning Monthly Payment in Support Orders.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
In any action or proceeding in which a support order is issued or modified, the court or child support enforcement agency that issues or modifies the order shall include in the order, in addition to any provision required by the Revised Code, all of the following:
(A) A requirement that, regardless of the frequency or amount of support payments to be made under the order, the child support enforcement agency required to administer the order shall administer it on a monthly basis, in accordance with sections 3121.51 to 3121.54 of the Revised Code;
(B) A specification of the monthly amount due under the support order for purposes of its monthly administration, as determined under section 3121.52 of the Revised Code;
(C) A statement that payments under the order are to be made in the manner ordered by the court or agency, and that if the payments are to be made other than on a monthly basis, the required monthly administration by the agency does not affect the frequency or the amount of the support payments to be made under the order.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.29 | Including Warning Notice in Support Orders.

Effective:
February 11, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 70 - 132nd General Assembly
Each support order, or modification of a support order, shall contain a notice that states the following in boldface type and in all capital letters:
"EACH PARTY TO THIS SUPPORT ORDER MUST NOTIFY THE CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IN WRITING OF HIS OR HER CURRENT MAILING ADDRESS, CURRENT RESIDENCE ADDRESS, CURRENT RESIDENCE TELEPHONE NUMBER, CURRENT DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER, AND OF ANY CHANGES IN THAT INFORMATION. EACH PARTY MUST NOTIFY THE AGENCY OF ALL CHANGES UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE FROM THE COURT OR AGENCY, WHICHEVER ISSUED THE SUPPORT ORDER.
IF YOU ARE THE OBLIGOR UNDER A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER AND YOU FAIL TO MAKE THE REQUIRED NOTIFICATIONS, YOU MAY BE FINED UP TO $50 FOR A FIRST OFFENSE, $100 FOR A SECOND OFFENSE, AND $500 FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE. IF YOU ARE AN OBLIGOR OR OBLIGEE UNDER ANY SUPPORT ORDER ISSUED BY A COURT AND YOU WILLFULLY FAIL TO GIVE THE REQUIRED NOTICES, YOU MAY BE FOUND IN CONTEMPT OF COURT AND BE SUBJECTED TO FINES UP TO $1,000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 90 DAYS.
IF YOU ARE AN OBLIGOR OR OBLIGEE AND YOU FAIL TO GIVE THE REQUIRED NOTICES TO THE CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, YOU MAY NOT RECEIVE NOTICE OF THE CHANGES AND REQUESTS TO CHANGE THE CHILD SUPPORT AMOUNT, HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS, OR TERMINATION OF THE CHILD SUPPORT ORDER. IF YOU ARE AN OBLIGOR AND YOU FAIL TO GIVE THE REQUIRED NOTICES, YOU MAY NOT RECEIVE NOTICE OF THE FOLLOWING ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AGAINST YOU: IMPOSITION OF LIENS AGAINST YOUR PROPERTY; LOSS OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL OR OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE, DRIVER'S LICENSE, OR RECREATIONAL LICENSE; WITHHOLDING FROM YOUR INCOME; ACCESS RESTRICTION AND DEDUCTION FROM YOUR ACCOUNTS IN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS; AND ANY OTHER ACTION PERMITTED BY LAW TO OBTAIN MONEY FROM YOU TO SATISFY YOUR SUPPORT OBLIGATION."
Last updated October 3, 2023 at 12:02 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.30 | Including Obligor's Date of Birth and Social Security Number in Support Orders.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
A support order, or modification of a support order, shall contain the date of birth and social security number of the obligor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.33 | Notices and Orders Final and Enforceable by Court.

Effective:
February 11, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 70 - 132nd General Assembly
The withholding or deduction notices, other orders issued under sections 3121.03 and 3121.04 to 3121.06 of the Revised Code, administrative orders issued under section 3121.12 of the Revised Code, and the notices that require the obligor to notify the child support enforcement agency administering the support order of any change in the obligor's employment status or of any other change in the status of the obligor's assets, are final and enforceable by the court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.34 | Complying With Withholding or Deduction Notice Without Amending Order.

Effective:
February 11, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 70 - 132nd General Assembly
A person required to comply with withholding or deduction notices described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code shall determine the manner of withholding or deducting from the specific requirement included in the notices without the need for any amendment to the support order, and a person required to comply with an order described in sections 3121.03 and 3121.04 to 3121.06 of the Revised Code, or an administrative order issued under section 3121.12 of the Revised Code shall comply without the need for any amendment to the support order.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.35 | Court to Have All Powers Necessary to Enforce Order.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
A court that has authority to issue a court support order shall have all powers necessary to enforce the order and any administrative child support order and all other powers set forth in the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.36 | Authority to Collect Arrearage After Termination of Order.

Effective:
March 28, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 366 - 132nd General Assembly
The termination of a court support order or administrative child support order does not abate the power of any court or child support enforcement agency to collect any overdue and unpaid support or arrearage owed under the terminated support order or the power of the court to punish any person for a failure to comply with, or to pay any support as ordered in, the terminated support order. The termination does not abate the authority of the court or agency to issue any notice described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code or to issue any applicable order as described in division (C) or (D) of section 3121.03 of the Revised Code to collect any overdue and unpaid support or arrearage owed under the terminated support order. If a notice is issued pursuant to section 3121.03 of the Revised Code to collect the overdue and unpaid support or arrearage, the amount withheld or deducted from the obligor's personal earnings, income, or accounts shall be rebuttably presumed to be at least equal to the amount that was withheld or deducted under the terminated child support order. A court or agency administering the child support order may consider evidence of household expenditures, income variables, extraordinary health care issues, and other reasons for deviation from the presumed amount.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.37 | Contempt for Failure to Comply With Administrative Order.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
If an obligor or any other person fails to comply with an administrative child support order, the agency that issued the order may request that the juvenile court or other court with jurisdiction under section 2101.022 or 2301.03 of the Revised Code of the county in which the agency is located find the obligor or other person in contempt pursuant to section 2705.02 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.371 | Contempt for Failure to Comply With Withholding Order.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
If a child support enforcement agency sends a notice imposing a withholding or deduction requirement or any other appropriate requirement to a person described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code and the payor or financial institution sent the withholding, deduction, or other appropriate notice fails to comply with the notice, the agency shall request that the court issue a court order requiring the payor or financial institution to comply immediately with the notice or be held in contempt of court. If the court issues the order and the payor or financial institution does not immediately comply with the notice, it is in contempt of court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.372 | Contempt for Failure to Send Notice.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
The failure of a person to send any notice required by section 3121.03, 3121.036, 3121.05, 3121.06, or 3121.12 of the Revised Code shall be considered contempt of court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbursement of Child Support › Section 3121.373 | Hearing - Notice.

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