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Title 31, Title 31. Domestic Relations-Children

15 chapters · 879 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 31879 Ch 3119, Chapter 3119 | Calculation Of Child …127 Ch 3123, Chapter 3123 | Defaults Under Child …116 Ch 3121, Chapter 3121 | Collection and Disbur…95 Ch 3111, Chapter 3111 | Parentage90 Ch 3107, Chapter 3107 | Adoption81 Ch 3109, Chapter 3109 | Children81 Ch 3115, Chapter 3115 | Uniform Interstate Fa…78 Ch 3105, Chapter 3105 | Divorce, Alimony, Ann…52 Ch 3125, Chapter 3125 | Title IV-D Child Supp…47 Ch 3127, Chapter 3127 | Uniform Child Custody…41 Ch 3113, Chapter 3113 | Neglect, Abandonment,…30 Ch 3101, Chapter 3101 | Marriage18 Ch 3103, Chapter 3103 | Husband And Wife9 Ch 3117, Chapter 3117 | Conciliation Of Marit…8

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.01 Adoption definitions
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As used in sections 3107.01 to 3107.20 of the Revised Code: (A) "Adoption" means to create the legal relationship of parent and child between the petitioner and the adopted person, as if the adopted person were a legitimate blood descendant of the petitioner, for all purposes inc…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.011 Arranging adoptions
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(A) Except for an adoption by a stepparent, a grandparent, adult sibling, a legal custodian, or a guardian, a person seeking to adopt a minor shall utilize an agency or attorney to arrange the adoption. Only an agency or attorney may arrange an adoption. An attorney may not repre…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.012 Applying for adoption by foster caregiver
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(A) A foster caregiver may use the application prescribed under division (B) of this section to obtain the services of an agency to arrange an adoption for the foster caregiver if the foster caregiver seeks to adopt the foster caregiver's foster child who resides in the foster ca…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.013 Furnishing information to foster caregiver seeking to adopt child
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An agency arranging an adoption pursuant to an application submitted to the agency under section 3107.012 of the Revised Code for a foster caregiver seeking to adopt the foster caregiver's foster child shall provide the foster caregiver information about adoption, including infor…

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.014 Qualifications of assessors

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(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, only an individual who meets all of the following requirements may perform the duties of an assessor under sections 3107.031, 3107.032, 3107.082, 3107.09, 3107.101, 3107.12, 5103.0324, and 5103.152 of the Revised Code: (1) T…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.015 Education programs for assessors

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The director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the training an individual must complete for the purpose of division (A)(3) of section 3107.014 of the Revised Code. The training shall include courses on adoption p…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.016 Schedule of education programs

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The department of children and youth shall develop a schedule of training that meets the requirements established in rules adopted pursuant to section 3107.015 of the Revised Code. The schedule shall include enough training to provide all agencies equal access to the training. Th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.017 Standardized form for disclosure of information

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The department of children and youth shall develop a standardized form for the disclosure of information about a prospective adoptive child to prospective adoptive parents. The information disclosed shall include all background information available on the child. The department s…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.02 Who may be adopted; placement period before adoption

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(A) Any minor may be adopted. (1) A final decree of adoption shall not be issued and an interlocutory order of adoption does not become final until the person to be adopted has lived in the adoptive home for at least six months after placement by an agency, or for at least six mo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.03 Who may adopt

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The following persons may adopt: (A) A husband and wife together, at least one of whom is an adult; (B) An unmarried adult; (C) A married adult without the other spouse joining as a petitioner if any of the following apply: (1) The other spouse is a parent of the person to be ado…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.031 Assessor to conduct home study - false statements

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Except as otherwise provided in this section, an assessor shall conduct a home study for the purpose of ascertaining whether a person seeking to adopt a minor is suitable to adopt. A written report of the home study shall be filed with the court at least ten days before the petit…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.032 Multiple children assessment - when required

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(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, each time a person seeking to adopt a minor or foster child will have at least five children residing in the prospective adoptive home after the minor or foster child to be adopted is placed in the home, an assessor, on beha…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.033 Home study and report rules

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The director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code specifying both of the following: (A) The manner in which a home study is to be conducted and the information and documents to be included in a home study report, which shall …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.034 Search report to include abuse/neglect information

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(A) Whenever a prospective adoptive parent or a person eighteen years of age or older who resides with a prospective adoptive parent has resided in another state within the five-year period immediately prior to the date on which a criminal records check is requested for the perso…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.035 Search of national sex offender web site

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(A) At the time of the initial home study, and every two years thereafter, if the home study is updated, and until it becomes part of a final decree of adoption or an interlocutory order of adoption, the agency or attorney that arranges an adoption for the prospective adoptive pa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.04 Filing petition - caption

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(A) A petition for adoption shall be filed in the court in the county in which the person to be adopted was born, or in which, at the time of filing the petition, the petitioner or the person to be adopted or parent of the person to be adopted resides, or in which the petitioner …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.05 Contents of petition

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(A) A petition for adoption shall be prepared and filed according to the procedure for commencing an action under the Rules of Civil Procedure. It shall include the following information: (1) The date and place of birth of the person to be adopted, if known; (2) The name of the p…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.051 Placement of children requirements

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A petition for adoption shall be subject to the placement requirements set forth in section 5103.16 of the Revised Code. Last updated March 20, 2025 at 4:04 AM

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.052 [Former R.C. 3107.051, renumbered by H.B. 5, 135th General Assembly, effective 3/20/2025] Timeline for submitting adoption petition

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(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a person seeking to adopt a minor, or the agency or attorney arranging the adoption, shall submit a petition for the minor's adoption no later than ninety days after the date the minor is placed in the person's home. Failure…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.055 Preliminary estimate and final accounting - summary of proceedings

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(A)(1) Notwithstanding section 3107.01 of the Revised Code, as used in this section, "agency" does not include a public children services agency. (2) As used in this section, "living expenses" means any of the following expenses incurred by a birth mother: (a) Rental or mortgage …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.06 Consent to adoption

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Unless consent is not required under section 3107.07 of the Revised Code, a petition to adopt a minor may be granted only if written consent to the adoption has been executed by all of the following: (A) The parents of the minor, including if any of the following apply: (1) The m…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.061 Putative father on notice that consent unnecessary

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A man who has sexual intercourse with a woman is on notice that if a child is born as a result and the man is the putative father, the child may be adopted without his consent pursuant to division (B) of section 3107.07 of the Revised Code.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.0611 Notice to putative father

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Notice served under section 3107.067 of the Revised Code shall be provided to the putative father of the child in substantially the following form:"_________________________ (putative father's name), who has been named as the father of the unborn child of ________________________…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.0612 Paternity action by putative father

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A putative father who receives a notice as provided in section 3107.067 of the Revised Code may file an action under section 3111.04 of the Revised Code.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.0613 Notice of filing of paternity action

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A putative father who has filed an action under section 3111.04 of the Revised Code shall notify the agency or attorney who served or caused to be served the notice that he has filed that action not later than thirty days after filing that action.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.0614 Validity of notice

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(A) A notice served in accordance with section 3107.067 of the Revised Code on a putative father who is a resident of Ohio is valid regardless of whether the notice is served within or outside Ohio.(B) A notice served in accordance with section 3107.067 of the Revised Code outsid…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.062 Putative father registry

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(A)(1) The department of children and youth shall establish a putative father registry. To register, a putative father must complete a registration form prescribed under section 3107.065 of the Revised Code and submit it to the department. The registration form shall include the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.063 Searching putative father registry

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(A) An attorney arranging a minor's adoption, a mother, a public children services agency, a private noncustodial agency, or a private child placing agency may request at any time that the department of children and youth search the putative father registry to determine whether a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.064 Filing certified results of search

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(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a court shall not issue a final decree of adoption or finalize an interlocutory order of adoption unless the mother placing the minor for adoption or the agency or attorney arranging the adoption files with the court a certi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.065 Rules governing registry - promoting awareness

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Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, the director of children and youth shall do both of the following: (A) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the putative father registry. The rules shall establish the regist…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.066 References to department of human services replaced

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(A) Notwithstanding the provisions of the versions of former sections 3107.06 and 3107.07 of the Revised Code that, pursuant to Section 5 of Am. Sub. H.B. 419 of the 121st general assembly, apply regarding a putative father's consent to the adoption of any child born prior to Jan…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.067 Notice to putative father of intent to put child up for adoption

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(A) Before the birth of a child and with the written consent of the mother of the child, any of the following may serve or caused to be served actual notice to a putative father of the child that the mother of the child is considering placing the child for adoption:(1) An agency;…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.068 Obligation of mother

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The mother of a child is not obligated to place the child for adoption even if notice is served to a putative father of the child under section 3107.067 of the Revised Code.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.069 Proof of notice

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(A) If notice to a putative father is served by a party listed in division (A)(1) or (2) of section 3107.067 of the Revised Code, an agency or an attorney representing the person seeking to adopt a child, when filing a petition for adoption of the child, shall submit to the court…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.07 Consent unnecessary

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Consent to adoption is not required of any of the following: (A) A parent of a minor, when it is alleged in the adoption petition and the court, after proper service of notice and hearing, finds by clear and convincing evidence that the parent has failed without justifiable cause…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.08 Executing consent

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(A) The required consent to adoption may be executed at any time after seventy-two hours after the birth of a minor, and shall be executed in the following manner: (1) If by the person to be adopted, whether a minor or an adult, in the presence of the court; (2) If by a parent of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.081 Conditions for accepting parent's consent

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(A) Except as provided in divisions (B), (E), and (F) of this section, a parent of a minor, who will be, if adopted, an adopted person as defined in section 3107.45 of the Revised Code, shall do all of the following as a condition of a court accepting the parent's consent to the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.082 Duties of assessor prior to execution of consent

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Not less than seventy-two hours prior to the date a parent executes consent to the adoption of the parent's child under section 3107.081 of the Revised Code, an assessor shall meet in person with the parent and do both of the following unless the child is to be adopted by a stepp…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.083 Contents of form signed by parent

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The director of children and youth shall do all of the following: (A)(1) For a parent of a child who, if adopted, will be an adopted person as defined in section 3107.45 of the Revised Code, prescribe a form that has the following six components: (a) A component the parent signs …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.084 Withdrawing consent

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(A) A consent to adoption is irrevocable and cannot be withdrawn after an interlocutory entry or final decree of adoption. The consent of a minor is not voidable by reason of the minor's age. (B) A consent to adoption may be withdrawn prior to the entry of an interlocutory order …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.09 Taking social and medical histories of biological parents

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(A) The department of children and youth shall prescribe and supply forms for the taking of social and medical histories of the biological parents of a minor available for adoption. (B) An assessor shall record the social and medical histories of the biological parents of a minor…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.091 Completing social and medical history forms subsequent to adoption

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(A) As used in this section, "biological parent" means a biological parent whose offspring, as a minor, was adopted and with respect to whom a medical and social history was not prepared prior or subsequent to the adoption. (B) A biological parent may request the department of ch…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.10 Out-of-county adoption - notice to agency where parent resides

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(A)(1) A public children services agency arranging an adoption in a county other than the county where that public children services agency is located, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency, or an attorney arranging an adoption, shall notify the public chil…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.101 Post-placement prospective adoptive home visit

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(A) Not later than seven days after a minor to be adopted is placed in a prospective adoptive home pursuant to section 5103.16 of the Revised Code, the assessor providing placement or post placement services in the prospective adoptive home shall begin monthly prospective adoptiv…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.11 Hearing - notice

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(A) After the filing of a petition to adopt an adult or a minor, the court shall fix a time and place for hearing the petition. The hearing may take place at any time not earlier than thirty days after the date on which the minor is placed in the home of the petitioner. At least …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.12 Prefinalization assessment of minor and petitioner; physical examination

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(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, an assessor shall conduct a prefinalization assessment of a minor and petitioner before a court issues a final decree of adoption or finalizes an interlocutory order of adoption for the minor. On completion of the assessment…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.14 Presence of petitioner and adoptee at hearing - continuance - final decree or interlocutory order

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(A) The petitioner and the person sought to be adopted shall appear at the hearing on the petition, unless the presence of either is excused by the court for good cause shown. (B) The court may continue the hearing from time to time to permit further observation, investigation, o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.141 Redoing or supplementing of report or history

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After an assessor files a home study report under section 3107.031, a social and medical history under section 3107.09, or a prefinalization assessment report under section 3107.12 of the Revised Code, or the department of children and youth or department of health files a social…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.15 Effect of final decree or interlocutory order of adoption

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(A) A final decree of adoption and an interlocutory order of adoption that has become final as issued by a court of this state, or a decree issued by a jurisdiction outside this state as recognized pursuant to section 3107.18 of the Revised Code, shall have the following effects …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.16 Appeals

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(A) Appeals from the probate court are subject to the Rules of Appellate Procedure and, to the extent not in conflict with those rules, Chapter 2505. of the Revised Code. Unless there is good cause for delay, appeals shall be heard on an expedited basis. (B) Except as provided in…