Title 31, Title 31. Domestic Relations-Children

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…

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

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…

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 …

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…

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.

(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…

(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…

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…

(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…

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…

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…

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…

(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…

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…

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…

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.

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.

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.

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

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 …

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

(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…

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.

(A) As used in the Revised Code, "uniform child custody jurisdiction and enforcement act" means the act addressing interstate recognition and enforcement of child custody orders adopted in 1997 by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws or any law substanti…

Sections 3127.01 to 3127.53 of the Revised Code do not govern adoption proceedings or proceedings pertaining to the authorization of emergency medical care for a child.

(A) A child custody proceeding that pertains to an Indian child as defined in the Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. 1901 et seq., is not subject to sections 3127.01 to 3127.53 of the Revised Code to the extent that the proceeding is governed by the Indian Child Welfare Act.(B) …

(A) A court of this state shall treat a foreign country as if it were a state of the United States for the purpose of applying sections 3127.01 to 3127.24 of the Revised Code.(B) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section, a child custody determination made in a…

A child custody determination made by a court of this state with jurisdiction under sections 3127.01 to 3127.53 of the Revised Code binds all persons who have been served in accordance with the laws of this state, notified in accordance with section 3127.07 of the Revised Code, o…

Upon the request of a party to a child custody proceeding that raises a question of existence or exercise of jurisdiction under sections 3127.01 to 3127.53 of the Revised Code, the question shall be given calendar priority and handled expeditiously.

(A) Notice required for the exercise of jurisdiction over a person outside this state may be given in a manner prescribed by the Rules of Civil Procedure, or the Rules of Juvenile Procedure, as appropriate, for service of process or by the law of the state in which the service is…

(A) A party to a child custody proceeding, including a modification proceeding, or a petitioner or respondent in a proceeding to enforce or register a child custody determination, is not subject to personal jurisdiction in this state for another proceeding or purpose solely by re…

(A) A court of this state may communicate with a court in another state concerning a proceeding arising under sections 3127.01 to 3127.53 of the Revised Code.(B) The court may give the parties the opportunity to participate in the communication. If the parties are not able to par…

(A) In addition to other procedures available to a party, a party to a child custody proceeding may offer testimony of witnesses who are located in another state, including testimony of the parties and the child, by deposition or other means allowable in this state for testimony …

(A) A court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to do any of the following:(1) Hold an evidentiary hearing;(2) Order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of that state;(3) Order that an evaluation be made concerning the allocati…

(A) Except as otherwise provided in section 3127.18 of the Revised Code, a court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial determination in a child custody proceeding only if one of the following applies:(1) This state is the home state of the child on the date of the com…

Except as otherwise provided in section 3127.18 of the Revised Code, a court of this state that has made a child custody determination consistent with section 3127.15 or 3127.17 of the Revised Code has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction over the determination until the court or a…

Except as otherwise provided in section 3127.18 of the Revised Code, a court of this state may not modify a child custody determination made by a court of another state unless the court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under division (A)(1) or (2) o…

(A) A court of this state has temporary emergency jurisdiction if a child is present in this state and either of the following applies: (1) The child has been abandoned.(2) It is necessary in an emergency to protect the child because the child, or a sibling or parent of the child…

(A) Before a child custody determination is made under this chapter, notice and an opportunity to be heard in accordance with the standards set forth in section 3127.07 of the Revised Code shall be given to all persons entitled to notice under the law of this state as in child cu…

(A) Except as otherwise provided in section 3127.18 of the Revised Code, a court of this state may not exercise its jurisdiction under sections 3127.15 to 3127.17 of the Revised Code if, at the time of the commencement of the proceeding, a child custody proceeding concerning the …

(A) A court of this state that has jurisdiction under this chapter to make a child custody determination may decline to exercise its jurisdiction at any time if it determines that it is an inconvenient forum under the circumstances and that a court of another state is a more conv…