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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. § 3125.01 Title IV-D case defined
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As used in this chapter, "Title IV-D case" means any case in which the child support enforcement agency is enforcing the child support order pursuant to Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.02 Office of child support
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The office of child support is hereby created in the department of job and family services.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.03 Program of child support enforcement
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The office of child support shall establish and administer a program of child support enforcement that meets the requirements of Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended, and any rules adopted under Title IV-D. The program of child …
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.04 Publicity program
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As part of its efforts to establish parentage, the office of child support shall develop a program to publicize the state procedures for establishing the existence of a parent and child relationship and the advantages of establishing such a relationship. The office may require an…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.05 Program of spousal support enforcement in conjunction with child support enforcement

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The office of child support shall establish, by rule adopted pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, a program of spousal support enforcement in conjunction with child support enforcement. The program shall conform, to the extent practicable, to the program for child suppor…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.06 Parent locater service

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The department of job and family services shall enter into an agreement with the secretary of health and human services, as authorized by the "Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 3572, 42 U.S.C. 663, as amended, under which the services of the parent locater ser…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.07 Statewide automated data processing system

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The department of job and family services shall establish and maintain a statewide, automated data processing system in compliance with Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended, to support the enforcement of child support that shall…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.08 Administrative rules for access to and use of data

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The director of job and family services shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code concerning access to, and use of, data maintained in the automated system established pursuant to section 3125.07 of the Revised Code that do the following:(A) Permit access to …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.10 Designation of county child support enforcement agency

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Each county shall have a child support enforcement agency. A government entity designated under former section 2301.35 of the Revised Code prior to October 1, 1997, or a private or government entity designated under section 307.981 of the Revised Code on or after that date may se…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.11 Duties of county child support enforcement agency

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The child support enforcement agency for a county is the local Title IV-D agency for the county and shall operate a program for support enforcement in the county that complies with Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended, any rules…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.12 Plan of cooperation with county commissioners

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Each child support enforcement agency shall enter into a plan of cooperation with the board of county commissioners under section 307.983 of the Revised Code and comply with each grant agreement the board enters into under sections 307.98 and 5101.21 and contracts the board enter…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.13 Contracts with public agencies and private vendors for assistance in establishing paternity or support obligations

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Each child support enforcement agency may enter into contracts with public agencies and private vendors for assistance in establishing paternity or support obligations, or for the performance of other administrative duties of the agency. Each child support enforcement agency may …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.14 Cooperative working arrangements with courts, prosecuting attorney, and law enforcement officials

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Each child support enforcement agency shall enter into written agreements with the courts, the prosecuting attorney, and law enforcement officials of the county it serves that establish cooperative working arrangements and specify areas of responsibility for the enforcement of su…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.141 Contract by child support enforcement agency for service of notice or order

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In providing for service of process of a notice or order as required under this chapter or Chapter 3111., 3115., 3119., 3121., or 3123. of the Revised Code and in locating the individual to be served, a child support enforcement agency may do one or both of the following:(A) Cont…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.15 Maintaining records of support orders

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A child support enforcement agency shall maintain records of support orders being administered or otherwise handled by the agency pursuant to sections 3121.81 to 3121.86 of the Revised Code.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.16 Reviewing records

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Each obligor and each obligee under a support order may review all records maintained under section 3125.15 of the Revised Code that pertain to the support order and any other information maintained by the child support enforcement agency, except to the extent prohibited by state…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.17 Employment of staff attorneys

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Without the authorization of the court of common pleas or the consent of the prosecuting attorney and without engaging in competitive bidding to obtain the legal services, any child support enforcement agency may employ, through its appointing authority, staff attorneys to advise…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.18 Administering of Title IV-A programs

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A child support enforcement agency shall administer a Title IV-A program identified under division (A)(4)(c) or (h) of section 5101.80 of the Revised Code that the department of job and family services provides for the agency to administer under the department's supervision pursu…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.19 Budgeting and appropriation of funds

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The board of county commissioners of each county shall budget and appropriate to the child support enforcement agency serving the county both of the following:(A) All federal money payable to the agency on the basis of its success in implementing activities related to child suppo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.20 Request for waiver of budgeting and appropriation requirement

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A board of county commissioners may request that the department of job and family services grant a waiver of the requirement that the money specified in division (A) of section 3125.19 of the Revised Code be budgeted and appropriated to the child support enforcement agency if the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.21 Funds used solely for support enforcement activities

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All moneys received from the federal or state government for reimbursement for support enforcement activities shall be used solely for support enforcement activities.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.22 Investing in repurchase agreements

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A child support enforcement agency may invest any of the moneys collected pursuant to the performance of its duties under Chapters 3111., 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code in a repurchase agreement in which a bank agrees to sell short-term federally guaranteed se…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.24 Supervision by department of job and family services

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Each child support enforcement agency shall be operated under the supervision of the department of job and family services in accordance with the program of child support enforcement established pursuant to section 3125.03 of the Revised Code.The department shall ensure that all …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.25 Administrative rules governing operation of support enforcement

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The director of job and family services shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the operation of support enforcement by child support enforcement agencies. The rules shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following: (A) Provisions relating to p…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.27 Collection of support amounts due

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Except as provided in sections 3123.14, 3123.73, 3125.28, and 3125.29 of the Revised Code, no child support enforcement agency shall collect any support amounts due under a support order as part of its duties to enforce support orders.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.28 Provisions until support order is converted to automated centralized system

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(A) Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code and except as provided in section 3125.29 of the Revised Code, a child support enforcement agency shall collect and disburse all support amounts under a support order it is administering pursuant to law as it existed prior…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.29 Paying amounts in person at agency office

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(A) After conversion occurs and authorization for centralized collection and disbursement is granted as described in section 3125.28 of the Revised Code, a child support enforcement agency may continue to collect the following amounts from obligors who pay the amounts in person a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.30 Agency to forward amounts collected

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Amounts collected by a collection agent that has a contract with a child support enforcement agency pursuant to section 3125.13 of the Revised Code shall be paid to the office of child support. The agency shall forward any amounts collected pursuant to sections 3123.14 and 3123.7…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.36 Applying for Title IV-D services

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(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, all support orders that are administered by a child support enforcement agency designated under section 307.981 of the Revised Code or former section 2301.35 of the Revised Code and are eligible for Title IV-D services shall be Title I…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.37 Application fee for furnishing services

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The department of job and family services shall charge an application fee of up to twenty-five dollars, as determined by rule adopted by the director of job and family services pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, for furnishing services under Title IV-D of the "Social S…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.38 Department of job and family services to provide annual reviews and reports

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The department of job and family services shall provide annual reviews of and reports to the secretary of health and human services concerning programs operated under Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended, pursuant to rules adopt…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.39 Administrative rules for annual reviews and reports and regarding accomplishment levels and improvement rates

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The director of job and family services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish the following:(A) Procedures for annual reviews of and reports to the secretary of health and human services on the programs operated under Title IV-D of t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.41 Access to information for enforcement purposes

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Cable television service" has the same meaning as in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code.(2) "Public utility" means a person or entity, including an entity owned or operated by a municipal corporation or other government entity, that is described…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.42 Request for information by office for child support

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The person or entity required to provide information pursuant to section 3125.41 of the Revised Code, may provide such information to a child support enforcement agency at the agency's request or require the agency to request that the office of child support request the informati…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.43 Information provided by department of taxation

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The department of taxation shall not provide any information to the office of child support, except as provided in this section. For purposes of the establishment of paternity, the establishment, modification, or enforcement of support orders, and the location of absent parents p…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.44 Reimbursement of department of taxation

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The office of child support shall reimburse the department of taxation for the cost of accessing and obtaining the information described in section 3125.43 of the Revised Code.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.45 Immunity

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An officer or entity of the state or political subdivision of the state or any other person who provides information pursuant to section 3125.41, 3125.42, or 3125.43 of the Revised Code shall not be subject to criminal or civil liability for providing the information.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.46 Failing to provide information

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No person or entity, other than an officer or entity of the state or a political subdivision of the state, shall fail to provide information as required by section 3125.41 or 3125.42 of the Revised Code.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.47 Fines

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A person or entity that violates section 3125.46 of the Revised Code may be fined five hundred dollars.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.48 Filing an action to impose fine

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The department of job and family services shall file an action in the court of common pleas of Franklin county, requesting that the court impose the fine described in section 3125.47 of the Revised Code for failure to provide information as required by section 3125.41 or 3125.42 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.49 Prohibiting use of social security numbers

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Neither the office of child support nor any child support enforcement agency shall use any social security number made available to it under section 3705.07 of the Revised Code for any purpose other than child support enforcement.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.50 Prohibiting disclosure of information

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Except as provided by the rules adopted pursuant to section 3125.51 of the Revised Code, no person shall do either of the following:(A) Disclose information concerning applicants for and recipients of Title IV-D support enforcement program services provided by a child support enf…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.51 Administrative rules for access to, use and disclosure of information

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The director of job and family services shall adopt rules governing access to, and use and disclosure of, the information described in section 3125.50 of the Revised Code. The rules shall be consistent with the requirements of Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 235…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.58 Court rules establishing time limits for support cases

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Each court with jurisdiction to issue court support orders or orders establishing the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship shall establish rules of court to ensure that the following percentage of all actions to establish the existence or nonexistence of a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.59 Temporary support orders

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With respect to a case for the establishment or modification of a support requirement that involves complex legal issues requiring full judicial review, the court shall issue a temporary support order within the time limits set forth in section 3125.58 of the Revised Code. The or…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.60 Appointing magistrates - administrative and support personnel

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(A) In any Title IV-D case, the judge, when necessary to satisfy the federal requirement of expedited process for obtaining court support orders and enforcing support orders, may appoint magistrates to make findings of fact and recommendations for the judge's approval in the case…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3125.99 Penalty

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Whoever violates section 3125.50 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.