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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. § 3121.441 Direct spousal support payments
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(A) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, Chapters 3119., 3123., and 3125., and sections 3770.071 and 5107.20 of the Revised Code providing for the office of child support in the department of job and family services to collect, withhold, or deduct spousal support, when…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.45 Payments deemed to be gifts
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Any payment of money by the person responsible for the support payments under a support order to the person entitled to receive the support payments that is not made to the office of child support, or to the child support enforcement agency administering the support order under s…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.47 Application to child support enforcement agency for administration of order
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Any person entitled to receive support payments either personally or on behalf of another person, by reason of any support order that does not direct that payments be made to the office of child support, may apply to the appropriate child support enforcement agency for the admini…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.48 Separate account for support payments received as trustee
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The office of child support shall administer a fund for the deposit of support payments it receives as trustee for remittance to the persons entitled to receive the support payments. The fund shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state, but shall not be part of the state tr…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.49 Retention of interest

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The office of child support shall retain, and use solely for support enforcement activities, all interest earned on moneys in any support payment account it maintains.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.50 Distributing amount forwarded to obligee

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On receipt of any amount forwarded from a payor or financial institution, the office of child support shall distribute the amount to the obligee within two business days of its receipt of the amount forwarded. Unless otherwise prohibited from doing so by a law of this state or th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.51 Administering orders on monthly basis

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A child support enforcement agency shall administer all support orders on a monthly basis.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.52 Calculating monthly amount due where payments made on other basis

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A court or child support enforcement agency that issues or modifies a support order with support payments to be made other than on a monthly basis shall calculate a monthly amount due under the order, for purposes of its monthly administration, in the following manner:(A) If the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.53 Payments made on other basis not to affect the frequency or the amount of the support payments

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If the payments under a support order are to be made other than on a monthly basis, the required monthly administration of the order by a child support enforcement agency shall not affect the frequency or the amount of the support payments to be made under the order.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.54 Payment of support commencing on day other than first day of month

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With respect to support orders that require payment of support to commence on a day other than the first day of a month, the child support enforcement agency, for purposes of monthly administration, shall compute a pro rata amount due under the order for the first month of the pe…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.56 Collecting administrative charge

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The office of child support shall collect the administrative charge imposed on the obligor under the support order pursuant to section 3119.27 of the Revised Code.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.57 Applying administrative charge

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The office of child support is not required to apply an administrative charge included with a payment for current support payment toward any arrearages under the support order.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.58 Separate arrearage account for unpaid charges

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If an obligor fails to make the payment required by division (B) of section 3119.28 of the Revised Code, the office of child support shall maintain a separate arrearage account of that amount for the obligor. The office shall not deduct the unpaid amount from any support payment …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.59 Disposing of fines paid for failure to give notice of changes

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A fine imposed pursuant to division (B) of section 3121.99 of the Revised Code shall be paid to the office of child support in the department of job and family services or, pursuant to section 3125.29 of the Revised Code, to the child support enforcement agency. The amount of the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.64 Quarterly distributions of administrative charges to county agencies

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On receipt of administrative charges under section 3121.56 of the Revised Code, the office of child support shall determine the charge amounts collected from obligors under support orders being administered by the child support enforcement agency in each county and distribute mon…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.65 Restriction on use of administrative charges

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No administrative charge amounts collected shall be used by the office of child support or a child support enforcement agency for any purpose other than the provision of funds for support enforcement activities.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.67 Contracting with public or private entities to perform duties

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The office of child support may enter into contracts with public entities or private vendors for the collection of amounts due under support orders or for the performance of other administrative duties of the office. The office may contract with a public or private entity for the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.69 Using facsimile signature

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In order to comply with its collection and disbursement responsibilities, the office of child support may require the director of each child support enforcement agency to authorize the office to use that director's facsimile signature if the office determines the signature's use …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.71 Administrative rules

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The director of job and family services, pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules that do all of the following:(A) Govern collection and disbursement of child support amounts in compliance with Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.74 Account information access agreements - financial data matching program

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The office of child support in the department of job and family services shall enter into account information access agreements with financial institutions doing business in this state and with financial institutions doing business in other states. The office may join an alliance…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.75 Deducting fee for each withdrawal

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A financial institution that responds to a request or provides information to the office of child support pursuant to an account information access agreement shall deduct a fee of five dollars for each withdrawal the financial institution makes from an obligor's account on receip…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.76 Confidentiality requirements

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Information obtained from a financial institution pursuant to an account information access agreement is not a public record for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. No person or government entity that obtains information concerning an account holder from a financi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.77 Financial institutions or personnel - immunity

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Financial institutions or their officers, directors, and employees shall not be subject to criminal or civil liability for disclosing or releasing information concerning an account holder to the office of child support pursuant to an account information access agreement, or for a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.78 Administrative rules concerning account information agreements

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The director of job and family services shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that govern the provisions of an agreement required pursuant to section 3121.74 of the Revised Code and the procedure for entering into an agreement.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.81 Case registry of support orders

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The office of child support in the department of job and family services shall establish and maintain a case registry of all support orders being administered or otherwise handled by a child support enforcement agency.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.82 Information included in case registry

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The case registry shall include all of the following information:(A) The name, social security number, driver's license number, other identification number, residence telephone number, and date of birth of each obligor and obligee under a support order;(B) Payment information inc…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.83 Maintenance of case registry

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The case registry shall be maintained as part of the automated system created pursuant to section 3125.07 of the Revised Code and shall be accessed through the system. The office of child support and each child support enforcement agency shall monitor and update the registry, and…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.84 Comparing information

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(A) The office of child support shall make comparisons of the information in the case registry with the information maintained by the department of job and family services pursuant to sections 3111.64 and 3121.894 of the Revised Code. The office shall make the comparisons in the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.85 Duties of agencies and office of child support to update and maintain information

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Each child support enforcement agency shall enter information into the case registry and maintain and update that information consistent with Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651 et seq., as amended and any federal regulations adopted under…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.86 Administrative rules for case registry

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The director of job and family services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that do both of the following:(A) Establish procedures governing actions required by sections 3121.84 and 3121.85 of the Revised Code;(B) Designate any additional informa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.89 Employee and employer defined

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As used in sections 3121.891 to 3121.8911 of the Revised Code: (A) "Contractor" means an individual who provides services to an employer as an independent contractor for compensation that is reported as income other than wages and who is an individual, the sole shareholder of a c…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.891 Duty to make a new hire report

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(A) Except as provided in division (B) or (C) of this section, every employer shall make a new hire report to the department of job and family services regarding a newly hired employee or a contractor of a person who resides, works, or will be assigned to work in this state to wh…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.8910 Fee for failing to make new hire report

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An employer that fails to make a new hire report shall be liable to the department of job and family services for a civil penalty of twenty-five dollars for each failure to make a report.If the failure to make a new hire report is the result of a conspiracy between the employer a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.8911 Administrative rules for new hire report

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The director of job and family services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement sections 3121.89 to 3121.8910 of the Revised Code.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.892 Information included in new hire report

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(A) An employer shall include all of the following in each new hire report: (1) For each employee, the employee's name, address, date of birth, social security number, and date of hire;(2) For each contractor, the contractor's name, address, social security or tax identification …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.893 Methods for making new hire report

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An employer shall make a new hire report for each newly hired employee or contractor in a manner prescribed by the department of job and family services. The department may require that the report include or consist of the submission of a copy of the United States internal revenu…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.894 New hires directory

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The department of job and family services shall, within five days of receipt from an employer, enter the information described in divisions (A)(1) and (3) of section 3121.892 of the Revised Code into the new hires directory, which shall be part of or accessible to the automated d…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.895 Comparing social security numbers in new hire report with case registry

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The department of job and family services shall make comparisons of the social security numbers obtained pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 3121.892 of the Revised Code and the social security numbers appearing in the case registry maintained pursuant to sections 3121.81 to 3…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.896 Director of job and family services to determine use of information - increase of payment to contractor

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The director of job and family services shall by rule establish the manner in which information concerning any person identified in division (A)(2) of section 3121.892 of the Revised Code shall be used to enforce any support obligations of that person.The director of job and fami…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.897 New hire information furnished to national directory of new hires

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Within three business days after information on persons identified in division (A)(1) of section 3121.892 of the Revised Code is entered into the new hires directory, the department of job and family services shall furnish the information to the national directory of new hires. T…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.898 Using new hire reports

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The department of job and family services shall use the new hire reports it receives for any of the following purposes set forth in 42 U.S.C. 653a, as amended, including: (A) To locate individuals for the purposes of establishing paternity and for establishing, modifying, and enf…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.899 Disclosure of new hire reports

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(A) The new hire reports filed with the department of job and family services pursuant to section 3121.891 of the Revised Code shall not be considered public records for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. The director of job and family services may adopt rules under …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.91 Interstate cooperation

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The department of job and family services may request the assistance of other states in enforcing support orders issued by the courts and child support enforcement agencies of this state consistent with Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.92 International cooperation

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The department of job and family services may enter into an agreement with a foreign country for the establishment of and enforcement of support orders issued under the laws of that country if that country, as part of the agreement, agrees to enforce support orders issued under t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.99 Penalty

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(A) Whoever violates section 3121.76 of the Revised Code shall be fined no more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.(B) An obligor who violates section 3121.036 or 3121.24 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for a …