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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. § 3111.01 Parent and child relationship defined
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(A)(1) As used in sections 3111.01 to 3111.85 of the Revised Code, "parent and child relationship" means the legal relationship that exists between a child and the child's natural or adoptive parents and upon which those sections and any other provision of the Revised Code confer…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.02 Establishing parent and child relationship
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(A) The parent and child relationship between a child and the child's natural mother may be established by proof of her having given birth to the child or pursuant to sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 or 3111.20 to 3111.85 of the Revised Code. The parent and child relationship between …
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.03 Presumption of paternity
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(A) A man is presumed to be the natural father of a child under any of the following circumstances:(1) The man and the child's mother are or have been married to each other, and the child is born during the marriage or is born within three hundred days after the marriage is termi…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.04 Standing to bring paternity action
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(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, an action to determine the existence or nonexistence of the father and child relationship may be brought by the child or the child's personal representative, the child's caretaker, the child's mother or her personal re…

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.041 Caretaker authorization of genetic testing

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A caretaker of a child may authorize genetic testing of the child pursuant to any action or proceeding under Chapter 3111. of the Revised Code. Last updated October 4, 2023 at 5:38 PM

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.05 Statute of limitations

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An action to determine the existence or nonexistence of the father and child relationship may not be brought later than five years after the child reaches the age of eighteen. Neither section 3111.04 of the Revised Code nor this section extends the time within which a right of in…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.06 Jurisdiction of courts - personal jurisdiction

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(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B), (C), or (D) of section 3111.381 of the Revised Code, an action authorized under sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code may be brought in the juvenile court or other court with jurisdiction under section 2101.022 or 2301.0…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.07 Parties to action - intervention

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(A) The natural mother, each man presumed to be the father under section 3111.03 of the Revised Code, each man alleged to be the natural father, and a caretaker of a child shall be made parties to the action brought pursuant to sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code or, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.08 Rules of Civil Procedure govern action

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(A) An action brought pursuant to sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code to declare the existence or nonexistence of the father and child relationship is a civil action and shall be governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure unless a different procedure is specifically pro…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.09 Genetic tests - DNA records

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(A)(1) In any action instituted under sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code, the court, upon its own motion, may order and, upon the motion of any party to the action, shall order the child's mother, the child, the alleged father, and any other person who is a defendant…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.10 Evidence of paternity

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In an action brought under sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code, evidence relating to paternity may include:(A) Evidence of sexual intercourse between the mother and alleged father at any possible time of conception;(B) An expert's opinion concerning the statistical pr…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.11 Pretrial hearing

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If the person against whom an action is brought pursuant to sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code does not admit in his answer the existence or nonexistence of the father and child relationship, the court shall hold a pretrial hearing, in accordance with the Civil Rules…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.111 Temporary support order

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If an action is brought pursuant to sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code to object to a determination made pursuant to former section 3111.21 or 3111.22 or sections 3111.38 to 3111.54 of the Revised Code that the alleged father is the natural father of a child, the cou…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.12 Witnesses - admission of evidence - priority of actions

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(A) In an action under sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code, the mother of the child and the alleged father are competent to testify and may be compelled to testify by subpoena. If a witness refuses to testify upon the ground that the testimony or evidence of the witne…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.13 Judgment or order

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(A) The judgment or order of the court determining the existence or nonexistence of the parent and child relationship is determinative for all purposes.(B) If the judgment or order of the court is at variance with the child's birth record, the court may order that a new birth rec…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.14 Fees and costs of action

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The court may order reasonable fees for experts and other costs of the action and pretrial proceedings, including genetic tests, to be paid by the parties in proportions and at times determined by the court. The court may order the proportion of any party to be paid by the court,…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.15 Enforcing father's obligation

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(A) If the existence of the father and child relationship is declared or if paternity or a duty of support has been adjudicated under sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code or under prior law, the obligation of the father may be enforced in the same or other proceedings …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.16 Continuing jurisdiction

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The court has continuing jurisdiction to modify or revoke a judgment or order issued under sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code to provide for future education and support and a judgment or order issued with respect to matters listed in divisions (C) and (D) of section…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.17 Determining mother and child relationship

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Any interested party may bring an action to determine the existence or nonexistence of a mother and child relationship. Insofar as practicable, the provisions of sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code that are applicable to the father and child relationship shall apply t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.18 Preparing new birth record

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As used in this section, "birth record" has the meaning given in section 3705.01 of the Revised Code.Upon the order of a court of this state or upon the request of a court of another state, the department of health shall prepare a new birth record consistent with the findings of …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.19 Interfering with establishment of paternity

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No person, by using physical harassment or threats of violence against another person, shall interfere with the other person's initiation or continuance of, or attempt to prevent the other person from initiating or continuing, an action under sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Re…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.20 Birth record defined

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As used in sections 3111.21 to 3111.85 of the Revised Code, "birth record" has the same meaning as in section 3705.01 of the Revised Code.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.21 Notarizing acknowledgment

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If the natural mother and alleged father of a child sign an acknowledgment of paternity affidavit prepared pursuant to section 3111.31 of the Revised Code with respect to that child at a child support enforcement agency, the agency shall provide a notary public to notarize or wit…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.22 Acknowledgment to be sent to job and family services department

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A child support enforcement agency shall send a signed and notarized or witnessed acknowledgment of paternity to the office of child support in the department of job and family services pursuant to section 3111.23 of the Revised Code. The agency shall send the acknowledgment no l…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.23 Acknowledgment filed with office of child support

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(A) The natural mother, the man acknowledging he is the natural father, or the other custodian or guardian of a child, a child support enforcement agency pursuant to section 3111.22 of the Revised Code, a local registrar of vital statistics pursuant to section 3705.091 of the Rev…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.24 Determining whether acknowledgment is completed correctly

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(A) On the filing of an acknowledgment, the office of child support shall examine the acknowledgment to determine whether it is completed correctly. The office shall make the examination no later than five days after the acknowledgment is filed. If the acknowledgment is completed…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.25 Acknowledgment of paternity is final and enforceable

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An acknowledgment of paternity is final and enforceable without ratification by a court when the acknowledgment has been filed with the office of child support, the information on the acknowledgment has been entered in the birth registry, and the acknowledgment has not been resci…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.26 Effects of final and enforceable acknowledgment

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After an acknowledgment of paternity becomes final and enforceable, the child is the child of the man who signed the acknowledgment of paternity, as though born to him in lawful wedlock. If the mother is unmarried, the man who signed the acknowledgment of paternity may file a com…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.27 Rescinding acknowledgment

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(A) Except as provided in section 2151.232 or 3111.821 of the Revised Code, for an acknowledgment of paternity filed with the office of child support to be rescinded both of the following must occur:(1) Not later than sixty days after the date of the latest signature on the ackno…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.28 Action rescinding acknowledgment

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After an acknowledgment becomes final pursuant to section 2151.232, 3111.25, or 3111.821 of the Revised Code, a man presumed to be the father of the child pursuant to section 3111.03 of the Revised Code who did not sign the acknowledgment, either person who signed the acknowledgm…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.29 Enforcing support obligation

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Once an acknowledgment of paternity becomes final under section 3111.25 of the Revised Code, the mother or caretaker of the child may do either of the following: (A) File a complaint pursuant to section 2151.231 of the Revised Code in the juvenile court or other court with jurisd…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.30 Preparing new birth record

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Once an acknowledgment of paternity becomes final, the office of child support shall notify the department of health of the acknowledgment. If the original birth record is inconsistent with the acknowledgment, on receipt of the notice, the department of health shall, in accordanc…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.31 Acknowledgment of paternity affidavit form

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The department of job and family services shall prepare an acknowledgment of paternity affidavit that includes in boldface type at the top of the affidavit the rights and responsibilities of and the due process safeguards afforded to a person who acknowledges that he is the natur…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.32 Information pamphlets - toll-free telephone number

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The department of job and family services shall prepare pamphlets that discuss the benefit of establishing a parent and child relationship, the proper procedure for establishing a parent and child relationship between a father and his child, and a toll-free telephone number that …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.33 Distributing pamphlets and forms

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The department of job and family services shall make available the pamphlets and the acknowledgment of paternity affidavits and statements to the department of health, to each hospital it has a contract with pursuant to section 3727.17 of the Revised Code, and to any individual w…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.34 Evidence necessary to complete new birth record

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The director of job and family services, in consultation with the department of health, shall adopt rules specifying additional evidence necessary to complete a new birth record that is required to be included with an acknowledgment of paternity affidavit.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.35 Implementing provisions

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The director of job and family services shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement sections 3111.20 to 3111.34 of the Revised Code that are consistent with Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351, 42 U.S.C. 651 et seq., as amended.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.38 Requesting administrative determination of paternity

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At the request of a person described in division (A) of section 3111.04 of the Revised Code, the child support enforcement agency of the county in which a child resides or in which the caretaker of the child resides shall determine the existence or nonexistence of a parent and ch…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.381 Request to precede court action - jurisdiction

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(A) Except as provided in divisions (B), (C), (D), (E), and (F) of this section, no person may bring an action under sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code unless the person has requested an administrative determination under section 3111.38 of the Revised Code of the ex…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.39 Requests filed with multiple agencies

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If more than one child support enforcement agency receives a request to determine the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship concerning the same child and each agency is an appropriate agency for the filing of the request as provided in section 3111.38 of th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.41 Assigning to administrative officer - order for genetic testing

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On receiving a request for a determination of the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship, a child support enforcement agency shall assign an administrative officer to consider the request. The officer shall issue an order requiring the child, mother, and all…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.42 Attaching notice to order

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A child support enforcement agency shall attach a notice to each order for genetic testing and send both to the mother and the alleged father. The notice shall state all of the following:(A) That the agency has been asked to determine the existence of a parent and child relations…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.421 Serving notice and order

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The notice and order described in section 3111.42 of the Revised Code shall be sent in accordance with the provisions of the Rules of Civil Procedure that govern service of process, except to the extent that the provisions of the Civil Rules by their nature are clearly inapplicab…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.43 Persons to be notified - genetic testing of persons present

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If a child support enforcement agency is asked to determine the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship, the administrative officer shall provide notice of the request pursuant to the Rules of Civil Procedure to the natural mother of the child who is the subj…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.44 Information conference

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After issuing a genetic testing order, the administrative officer may schedule a conference with the mother and the alleged father to provide information. If a conference is scheduled and no other man is presumed to be the father of the child under section 3111.03 of the Revised …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.45 Test conducted by qualified examiner

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The genetic testing required under an administrative genetic testing order shall be conducted by a qualified examiner authorized by the department of job and family services. On completion of the genetic tests, the examiner shall send a complete report of the test results to the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.46 Finding paternity or nonpaternity

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On receipt of the genetic test results, the administrative officer shall do one of the following:(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, if the results of the genetic testing show a ninety-nine per cent or greater probability that the alleged father is the n…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.47 Failure to submit to test results in inconclusive finding

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If the alleged natural father or the natural mother willfully fails to submit to genetic testing or if either parent or any other person who is the custodian of the child willfully fails to submit the child to genetic testing, the agency shall enter an administrative order statin…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.48 Information included in order

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An administrative officer shall include in an order issued under section 3111.46 of the Revised Code a notice that contains the information described in section 3111.49 of the Revised Code informing the mother, father, and caretaker of the child of the right to bring an action un…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.49 Conclusiveness of order

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The mother, alleged father, and caretaker of a child may object to an administrative order determining the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship by bringing, within fourteen days after the date the administrative officer issues the order, an action under se…