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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. § 3121.19 Time for forwarding amount withheld or deducted
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(A) The entire amount withheld or deducted pursuant to a withholding or deduction notice described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code shall be forwarded to the office of child support in the department of job and family services immediately, but not later than seven business …
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.20 Combining amounts to be forwarded
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(A) A payor or financial institution required to withhold or deduct a specified amount from the income or savings of more than one obligor under a withholding or deduction notice described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code and to forward the amounts withheld or deducted to t…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.21 Payor or financial institution - immunity
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A payor or financial institution shall not be subject to criminal or civil liability for compliance, in accordance with sections 3121.18 to 3121.20 of the Revised Code, with a withholding or deduction notice.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.23 Service
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Except when a provision specifically authorizes or requires service other than as described in this section, service of any notice on any party, a financial institution, or payor, for purposes of Chapters 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code, shall be made by ordina…

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.24 Parties must provide information to agency

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(A) Each party to a support order shall notify the child support enforcement agency administering the support order of the party's current mailing address, current residence address, current residence telephone number, and current driver's license number, at the time of the issua…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.25 Notice of request for modification or filing action for enforcement

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If a party to a court support order requests a modification of the order or an obligee under a court support order or a person acting on behalf of an obligee files an action to enforce a court child support order, the court shall notify the child support enforcement agency that i…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.27 Including general statement in support orders

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(A) A court or child support enforcement agency shall include in any order for support it issues a general provision that states the following:"All support under this order shall be withheld or deducted from the income or assets of the obligor pursuant to a withholding or deducti…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.28 Including statements concerning monthly payment in support orders

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In any action or proceeding in which a support order is issued or modified, the court or child support enforcement agency that issues or modifies the order shall include in the order, in addition to any provision required by the Revised Code, all of the following:(A) A requiremen…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.29 Including warning notice in support orders

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Each support order, or modification of a support order, shall contain a notice that states the following in boldface type and in all capital letters: "EACH PARTY TO THIS SUPPORT ORDER MUST NOTIFY THE CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IN WRITING OF HIS OR HER CURRENT MAILING ADDRES…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.30 Including obligor's date of birth and social security number in support orders

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A support order, or modification of a support order, shall contain the date of birth and social security number of the obligor.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.33 Notices and orders final and enforceable by court

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The withholding or deduction notices, other orders issued under sections 3121.03 and 3121.04 to 3121.06 of the Revised Code, administrative orders issued under section 3121.12 of the Revised Code, and the notices that require the obligor to notify the child support enforcement ag…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.34 Complying with withholding or deduction notice without amending order

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A person required to comply with withholding or deduction notices described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code shall determine the manner of withholding or deducting from the specific requirement included in the notices without the need for any amendment to the support order,…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.35 Court to have all powers necessary to enforce order

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A court that has authority to issue a court support order shall have all powers necessary to enforce the order and any administrative child support order and all other powers set forth in the Revised Code.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.36 Authority to collect arrearage after termination of order

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The termination of a court support order or administrative child support order does not abate the power of any court or child support enforcement agency to collect any overdue and unpaid support or arrearage owed under the terminated support order or the power of the court to pun…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.37 Contempt for failure to comply with administrative order

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If an obligor or any other person fails to comply with an administrative child support order, the agency that issued the order may request that the juvenile court or other court with jurisdiction under section 2101.022 or 2301.03 of the Revised Code of the county in which the age…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.371 Contempt for failure to comply with withholding order

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If a child support enforcement agency sends a notice imposing a withholding or deduction requirement or any other appropriate requirement to a person described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code and the payor or financial institution sent the withholding, deduction, or other …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.372 Contempt for failure to send notice

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The failure of a person to send any notice required by section 3121.03, 3121.036, 3121.05, 3121.06, or 3121.12 of the Revised Code shall be considered contempt of court.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.373 Hearing - notice

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(A) As used in this section, "willfully" means voluntarily and intentionally with a specific intent to take an action or fail to take an action.(B) When a child support enforcement agency seeks an order for contempt pursuant to section 3121.371 of the Revised Code against a payor…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.38 Liability of payor or financial institution

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A payor that fails to withhold an amount from an obligor's income for support in accordance with a withholding requirement included in a withholding notice issued under section 3121.03 of the Revised Code or a financial institution that fails to deduct funds from an obligor's acc…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.381 Fining noncomplying payor or financial institution

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A court may fine a payor not more than two hundred dollars for failure to withhold income, as required under a withholding notice issued under section 3121.03 of the Revised Code, under a court support order or to notify the court or child support enforcement agency administering…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.382 Issuing order upon finding of willful failure to comply with withholding notice

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(A) As used in this section, "willfully" means voluntarily and intentionally with a specific intent to take an action or fail to take an action.(B) If, after a hearing conducted pursuant to section 3121.373 of the Revised Code, the court determines that a payor that is an employe…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.39 Employer not to take adverse action against employee subject to child support withholding

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No payor that is an employer may use a requirement to withhold personal earnings contained in a withholding notice issued under section 3121.03 of the Revised Code as a basis for a discharge of, or for any disciplinary action against, an employee, or as a basis for a refusal to e…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.43 Duties of office of child support

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Except as provided in sections 3125.27 to 3125.30 of the Revised Code, the office of child support in the department of job and family services shall be the sole agency of the state responsible for the collection of all support payments due under support orders and the disburseme…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3121.44 Support payments to be made to office of child support

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On issuing or modifying a support order, issuing any withholding or deduction notice described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code, or issuing an order described in division (C) or (D) of that section, the court or child support enforcement agency shall require that support pa…

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…