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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. § 3109.01 Age of majority
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All persons of the age of eighteen years or more, who are under no legal disability, are capable of contracting and are of full age for all purposes.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.011 Capacity of person given consent to marry
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A person granted consent to marry under section 3101.04 of the Revised Code has the capacity of a person of the age of eighteen years or more, as described in section 3109.01 of the Revised Code, except that the person is not a qualified elector for purposes of Chapter 3503. of t…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.02 Exception for veterans
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Any person who is eligible for a loan under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, any amendments thereto or re-enactment thereof, the Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952, any amendments thereto or re-enactment thereof, the Act of September 2, 1958, Public Law 85-857…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.03 Equality of parental rights and responsibilities
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When husband and wife are living separate and apart from each other, or are divorced, and the question as to the parental rights and responsibilities for the care of their children and the place of residence and legal custodian of their children is brought before a court of compe…

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.04 Allocating parental rights and responsibilities for care of children - shared parenting

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(A) In any divorce, legal separation, or annulment proceeding and in any proceeding pertaining to the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities for the care of a child, upon hearing the testimony of either or both parents and considering any mediation report filed pursua…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.041 Custody decrees issued prior to shared parenting provisions

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(A) Parties to any custody decree issued pursuant to section 3109.04 of the Revised Code prior to April 11, 1991, may file a motion with the court that issued the decree requesting the issuance of a shared parenting decree in accordance with division (G) of section 3109.04 of the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.042 Custody rights of unmarried mother

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(A) An unmarried female who gives birth to a child is the sole residential parent and legal custodian of the child until a court of competent jurisdiction issues an order designating another person as the residential parent and legal custodian. A court designating the residential…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.043 Temporary custody order while action pending

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In any proceeding pertaining to the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities for the care of a child, when requested in the complaint, answer, or counterclaim, or by motion served with the pleading, upon satisfactory proof by affidavit duly filed with the clerk of the c…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.05 Child support determinations

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(A)(1) In a divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, or child support proceeding, the court may order either or both parents to support or help support their children, without regard to marital misconduct. In determining the amount reasonable or necessary for child sup…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.051 Parenting time - companionship or visitation rights

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(A) If a divorce, dissolution, legal separation, or annulment proceeding involves a child and if the court has not issued a shared parenting decree, the court shall consider any mediation report filed pursuant to section 3109.052 of the Revised Code and, in accordance with divisi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.052 Mediation of differences as to allocating parental rights and responsibilities

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(A) If a proceeding for divorce, dissolution, legal separation, annulment, or the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities for the care of a child involves one or more children, if the parents of the children do not agree upon an appropriate allocation of parental right…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.053 Parenting classes or counseling

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In any divorce, legal separation, or annulment proceeding and in any proceeding pertaining to the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities for the care of a child, the court may require, by rule or otherwise, that the parents attend classes on parenting or other related…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.054 Parental decisions regarding child's gender identity and gender transition

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When allocating parental rights and responsibilities or parenting time, no court shall deny or limit a parent's parental rights and responsibilities or parenting time based on the parent's decision to do any of the following: (A) Refer to and raise the child in a manner consisten…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.055 Conciliation for custody disputes between unmarried parents

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(A) If a child is born to an unmarried woman and the father of the child has acknowledged the child and that acknowledgment has become final pursuant to section 2151.232, 3111.25, or 3111.821 of the Revised Code or has been determined in an action under Chapter 3111. of the Revis…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.06 Certification to juvenile court

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Except as provided in division (K) of section 2301.03 of the Revised Code, any court, other than a juvenile court, that has jurisdiction in any case respecting the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities for the care of a child under eighteen years of age and the desig…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.061 Construction of sections 2151.233 to 2151.236

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Nothing in sections 2151.233 to 2151.236 and 2301.03 of the Revised Code shall be construed to prevent a domestic relations court from certifying a case to a juvenile court under division (D)(2) of section 3109.04 of the Revised Code or section 3109.06 of the Revised Code. Consen…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.07 Appeals

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An appeal to the court of appeals may be had pursuant to the Rules of Appellate Procedure and, to the extent not in conflict with those rules, Chapter 2505. of the Revised Code.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.09 Liability of parents for willful damage of property or theft by their children

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(A) As used in this section, "parent" means one of the following:(1) Both parents unless division (A)(2) or (3) of this section applies;(2) The parent designated the residential parent and legal custodian pursuant to an order issued under section 3109.04 of the Revised Code that …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.10 Liability of parents for willful and malicious assaults by their children

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As used in this section, "parent" has the same meaning as in section 3109.09 of the Revised Code.Any person is entitled to maintain an action to recover compensatory damages in a civil action, in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars and costs of suit in a court of compete…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.11 Companionship or visitation rights for parents or other relatives of deceased mother or father

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If either the father or mother of an unmarried minor child is deceased, the court of common pleas of the county in which the minor child resides may grant the parents and other relatives of the deceased father or mother reasonable companionship or visitation rights with respect t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.12 Mother unmarried - parenting time, companionship or visitation rights

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(A) If a child is born to an unmarried woman, the parents of the woman and any relative of the woman may file a complaint requesting the court of common pleas of the county in which the child resides to grant them reasonable companionship or visitation rights with the child. If a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.13 Prevention of child abuse and child neglect definitions

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As used in sections 3109.13 to 3109.179 of the Revised Code:(A) "Child abuse and child neglect prevention programs" means programs that use primary and secondary prevention strategies that are conducted at the local level and activities and projects of statewide significance desi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.14 Fees for vital statistics records

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(A) As used in this section, "birth record" and "certification of birth" have the meanings given in section 3705.01 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The director of health, a person authorized by the director, a local commissioner of health, or a local registrar of vital statistics sh…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.15 Children's trust fund board

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There is hereby created within the department of children and youth the children's trust fund board consisting of fifteen members. The directors of mental health and addiction services, health, and children and youth shall be members of the board. Eight public members shall be ap…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.16 Powers of the board

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(A) The children's trust fund board, upon the recommendation of the director of children and youth, shall approve the employment of an executive director who will administer the programs of the board. (B) The department of children and youth shall provide budgetary, procurement, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.17 Biennial state plan for comprehensive child abuse and child neglect prevention

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(A) The children's trust fund board shall establish a strategic plan for child abuse and child neglect prevention. The plan shall be transmitted to the governor, the president and minority leader of the senate, and the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.171 Child abuse and child neglect prevention regions

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For the purpose of administering child abuse and child neglect prevention programming and services approved by the children's trust fund board, there are hereby created child abuse and child neglect prevention regions. The board, in consultation with the department of children an…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.172 Child abuse and child neglect regional prevention councils

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(A) As used in this section, "county prevention specialist" includes the following: (1) Members of agencies responsible for the administration of children's services in the counties within a child abuse and child neglect prevention region established in section 3109.171 of the Re…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.173 Regional prevention coordinator

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(A) Each child abuse and child neglect regional prevention council shall be under the direction of a regional prevention coordinator. The children's trust fund board may select each region's coordinator through a competitive selection process conducted by the board. If the board …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.174 Submission of regional prevention plan

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Each child abuse and child neglect regional prevention council shall submit to the children's trust fund board a regional prevention plan for funding child abuse and child neglect prevention programs and activities based on criteria set forth by the children's trust fund. The pla…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.175 Evaluation of plans

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On receipt of a regional prevention plan submitted pursuant to section 3109.174 of the Revised Code, the children's trust fund board may do either of the following:(A) Approve the plan;(B) Deny the plan;(C) Require the submitting council to make changes to the plan and submit an …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.176 Denial or reduction of funding

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(A) The children's trust fund board may deny funding or allocate a reduced amount of funds on a pro-rated daily basis to a child abuse and child neglect regional prevention council for the fiscal year for which a regional prevention plan was required to be developed under any of …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.177 Primary prevention strategies

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(A) As used in this section and section 3107.178 of the Revised Code, "primary prevention strategies" has the same meaning as in section 3109.13 of the Revised Code.(B) Each children's advocacy center may annually request funds from the children's trust fund board to conduct prim…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.178 Requests for start-up costs

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(A) An entity may request from the children's trust fund board up to five thousand dollars to be used as one-time, start-up costs for the establishment and operation of a children's advocacy center to serve at least one county. (B) On receipt of a request made under this section,…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.179 Rules

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(A) The department of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code regarding all of the following: (1) Operation requirements for child abuse and child neglect regional prevention councils; (2) The manner in which boards of county commi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.19 Parentage or support action brought by grandparent who is providing support to child born to unmarried and unemancipated minors

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(A) As used in this section, "minor" has the same meaning as in section 3107.01 of the Revised Code.(B)(1) If a child is born to parents who are unmarried and unemancipated minors, a parent of one of the minors is providing support for the minors' child, and the minors have not s…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.20 Child support for a person with a disability regardless of age

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(A) For purposes of this section, "person with a disability" has the same meaning as in section 3119.10 of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding section 3109.01 of the Revised Code, a court may issue, pursuant to a proceeding for divorce, dissolution, legal separation, or annulme…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.401 State policy on parent and child relationship

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(A) The general assembly finds the following: (1) That the parent and child relationship is of fundamental importance to the welfare of a child, and that the relationship between a child and each parent should be fostered unless inconsistent with the child's best interests; (2) T…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.41 Parent killing other parent definitions

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As used in sections 3109.41 to 3109.48 of the Revised Code:(A) A person is "convicted of killing" if the person has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, or 2903.03 of the Revised Code.(B) "Custody order" means an order designating a pers…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.42 Ineligibility for custody of parent killing other parent

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Except as provided in section 3109.47 of the Revised Code, if a parent is convicted of killing the other parent of a child, no court shall issue a custody order designating the parent as the residential parent and legal custodian of the child or granting custody of the child to t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.43 Ineligibility for visitation rights of parent killing other parent

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Except as provided in section 3109.47 of the Revised Code, if a parent is convicted of killing the other parent of a child, no court shall issue a visitation order granting the parent visitation rights with the child.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.44 Notice by court where parent convicted of killing other parent

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Upon receipt of notice that a visitation order is pending or has been issued granting a parent visitation rights with a child or a custody order is pending or has been issued designating a parent as the residential parent and legal custodian of a child or granting custody of a ch…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.45 Termination of visitation order upon receipt of notice

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On receipt of notice under section 3109.44 of the Revised Code, a court that issued a visitation order described in that section shall terminate the order.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.46 Termination of custody order upon receipt of notice

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If the court to which notice is sent under section 3109.44 of the Revised Code is a juvenile court that issued a custody order described in that section, the court shall retain jurisdiction over the order. If the court to which notice is sent is not a juvenile court but the court…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.47 Custody or visitation granted to surviving parent

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(A) A court may do one of the following with respect to a parent convicted of killing the other parent of a child if the court determines, by clear and convincing evidence, that it is in the best interest of the child and the child consents:(1) Issue a custody order designating t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.48 Visit to surviving parent with child present

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No person, with the child of the parent present, shall visit the parent who has been convicted of killing the child's other parent unless a court has issued an order granting the parent visitation rights with the child and the child's custodian or legal guardian consents to the v…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.50 Definitions

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As used in sections 3109.501 to 3109.507 of the Revised Code: (A) "Parental rights" means parental rights and responsibilities, parenting time, or any other similar right established by the laws of this state with respect to a child. "Parental rights" does not include the parenta…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.501 Children conceived as result of rape or sexual battery; declaration of paternity

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(A) Except as provided in division (C) and subject to division (D) of this section, a person who is the victim of rape or sexual battery for which a child was conceived as a result may bring an action to declare the person who was convicted of or pleaded guilty to the offense to …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.502 Continuation of declaration of paternity proceedings during criminal proceedings

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An action under section 3109.501 of the Revised Code shall be continued until the court renders a judgment and all appeals have been exhausted in the criminal proceedings regarding the charge of rape or sexual battery that is the basis of the action. On the final disposition of t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3109.503 Notice of parental rights

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(A) A person who brings an action under division (A) of section 3109.501 of the Revised Code seeking a declaration that another person is the parent of a child conceived as a result of rape or sexual battery committed by the other person shall notify the court in which the action…