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1. General Program-At-A-Glance

1. How many local child support offices are in your state excluding agencies with cooperative agreements?
Ohio has 88 counties with a IV-D office in each county.
2. What is the name of your IV-D agency?
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Office of Child Support
3. Is your state administrative, judicial, or a combination of both? In particular, does your state primarily use judicial or administrative procedures to establish and/or enforce support orders? Please describe.
In responding intergovernmental cases, establishment is judicial.
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4. Does your state use the following applications: EDE, CSENET, QUICK?
Ohio uses EDE, CSENet, and QUICK.

2. Duration Of Support

1. What is the duration of support in your state? Include the age of majority when the support obligation ends in the absence of other factors. Include your state's statutory citation(s).
Ohio Revised Code Section 3119.88: 18 years of age, or as long as the child attends high school on a full-time basis or a court order requires the duty of support to continue. Unless specified in the court order, no duty of support extends beyond the nineteenth birthday of the child.
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2. If not addressed in the order, at what age is child support automatically terminated as a matter of state law? Qualify, if necessary.
Ohio child support orders do not automatically terminate as a matter of state law.
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3. Does the date of the order determine the law that is applied to the duration of support? If yes, describe.
NO
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4. Does your state law allow support to be paid beyond the age of majority under certain circumstances (for example, if the child has a disability or is in college)? If yes, describe.
Ohio Revised Code Section 3119.86: mental/physical disability, agreement of parties, up to age 19 if child continuously attends a recognized and accredited high school on a full-time basis.
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5. What are your state's laws regarding the emancipation of the child that would result in early termination of the child support obligation? Describe.
See Ohio Revised Code Section 3119.88
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6. Does child support end if the child no longer lives with the custodial parent but does not emancipate according to state law? For example, the child graduates from high school at 17 and no longer lives with the custodial parent?
No.
7. For orders that include multiple children, does your state automatically reduce the current support owed for remaining children after one of the children in the order reaches the age of majority or otherwise emancipates? If yes, describe.
The process is not automatic. Under Ohio Revised Code Section 3119.89 support is prorated for remaining children.
8. Does your state provide IV-D services to establish support for a child who is no longer a minor but for whom state law provides post-majority support (for example, if the child has a disability or is in college)? If yes, please describe the specific circumstances.
No.

3. Statute Of Limitations

1. What is your state's statute of limitations for the collection of past-due support?
Ohio does not have a statute of limitations for the collection of past-due support.
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2. What is your state's statute of limitations for the establishment of paternity/parentage? Please explain.
Ohio Revised Code Section 3111.05: 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 (age 23).
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3. Is dormancy revival/renewal possible? If yes, under what circumstances and for how long?
No.
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4. Support Details

1. What guideline type or method does your state use to calculate child support (for example, Income Shares Model, Percentage of Income Model, Melson Formula)?
Income Shares
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2. Does your state have any statute(s) addressing interest on arrears? If yes, indicate the amount of interest charged, any related conditions, and the statutory citation.
Ohio Revised Code Section 3123.17 authorizes a court to assess interest on arrears for "willful" default at a rate specified in Ohio Revised Code Section 1343.03.
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3. Does your state's IV-D agency calculate interest on arrears? If yes, indicate the amount of interest charged and any related conditions.
Ohio Revised Code Section 3123.17 authorizes a court to assess interest on arrears for "willful" default at a rate specified in Ohio Revised Code Section 1343.03.
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4. Does your state charge interest on retroactive support? If yes, indicate the amount of interest charged and any related conditions.
No, interest is only authorized when a court determines default to be willful.
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5. Will your state enforce a medical debt for any uninsured portion? If yes, under what circumstances?
No.
6. If your state has issued an order, and another IV-D agency asserts that the person/entity entitled to receive child support payments has changed from the person/entity designated in your state's order (due to a change in placement or foster care status), what does your state require in order to change the person/entity entitled to receive payments?
Ohio Revised Code 3119.07: legal custody is required.
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6.1. Does it matter if the child receives TANF or Medicaid-only? If so, explain.
No
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7. Does your state require that a custodial party, who is not one of the biological parents, have legal custody of a child before enforcing an order for support that was issued to the biological parents as the parties for non-public assistance cases?
Ohio Revised Code 3119.07: legal custody is required.
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8. Does your state IV-D agency give the noncustodial parent credit toward child support for Auxiliary Benefits received directly by the custodial parent on behalf of a child as a result of the noncustodial parent's Social Security Retirement, Survivors, or Disability Insurance (RSDI) benefit?
Yes, see Ohio Revised Code Section 3119.05(O) and Ohio Revised Code Section 3119.74.
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9. Does your state abate support? If yes, explain the circumstances and provide your statutory citation.
No.
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5. Paternity/Parentage

1. Does your state law require custody and visitation to be addressed at the time of paternity/parentage establishment? If yes, please describe and provide the statutory citation.
No.
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2. What is the percentage of probability for genetic testing that creates a rebuttable or conclusive presumption of paternity?
Ohio Revised Code Section 3111.46: 99% or greater.
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3. What is the state law citation that makes paternity acknowledgment conclusive? Please describe (if appropriate).
Ohio Revised Code Section 3111.25
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4. Does marriage constitute a rebuttable presumption of paternity/parentage without exceptions? Please describe and provide your statutory citation.
Yes, see Ohio Revised Code Section 3111.03.
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5. Does the father's name on the birth certificate constitute a conclusive presumption of paternity? Please provide your state citation. If no, please describe.
No.
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6. Does your state have any other paternity/parentage-related presumptions? If yes, please describe.
Yes, see Ohio Revised Code Section 3111.03.
7. What, if any, is the agency name and link for your state's putative fathers' registry?
Ohio Putative Father Registry
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8. What documents regarding paternity can your state's IV-D agency provide to other IV-D agencies? Are there any charges to the requesting IV-D agencies?
None. Paternity documents must be obtained from the county agencies. The request should be made via Transmittal# 3 to: the Ohio Interstate Central Registry, the county that issued the paternity order, or the county where the child was born.
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9. Does your states bureau of vital statistics charge any fees to other states or private individuals for requesting searches, paternity/parentage documents, and data?
Uncertified records may be obtained without charge by sending a Transmittal #3 to the Ohio Interstate Central Registry. Certified copies of birth certificates are available at $7.00 and certified copies of paternity affidavits are available at $5.00.
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9.1. Describe any circumstances under which these fees may be waived?
N/A
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10. Is common-law marriage currently recognized in your state? If yes, describe the standard that defines common-law marriage and the date the standard went into effect.
No.
11. If there was a prior common-law standard in your state that is no longer in effect, what were the dates that standard was in effect? Describe the standard.
N/A
12. If there is more than one child with the same custodial party and the same alleged father, should an initiating jurisdiction send one intergovernmental packet to your state (with a separate Declaration in Support of Establishing Parentage forms for each child) or a separate intergovernmental packet for each child?
Ohio will accept either, though separate cases within Ohio's automated system may be created until paternity is resolved.

6. Support Order Establishment

1. Does your state use an administrative, judicial, or a combined process to establish a support obligation?
Both for intrastate cases. For interstate cases, support is established judicially.
1.1 If your state can establish both administratively and judicially, under what circumstances would your state use the administrative process? Please provide the statutory citation for your state's administrative procedures.
For interstate cases, support is established judicially.
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1.2. Under what circumstances would your state use the judicial process? Please provide the statutory citation for your state's judicial procedures.
For interstate cases, support is established judicially.
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2. When setting support using your state's guidelines, whose income is considered in addition to the noncustodial parent's (for example, custodial parent, spouse, child)?
Custodial parent.
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2.1. What documentation is required as proof/evidence of this information?
Suitable documents, including, but not limited to, paystubs, employer statements, receipts and expense vouchers related to self-generated income, tax returns, and all supporting documentation and schedules for the tax returns.
3. What criteria for rebutting your presumptive guidelines have been established in your state?
See Ohio Revised Code Section 3119.23.
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4. Will your state establish support orders for prior periods of support? If yes, please describe (for example, from the birth of the child, from date of separation, prenatal expenses, five years retroactive).
No.
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4.1. What information or documentation does your state require to proceed with establishing support for prior periods?
N/A
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4.2. Will your state allow a petition for support for a minor child when the only issue is retroactive support?
No.
4.3. If there are limitations upon your state's ability to establish support for prior periods, specify those limitations.
N/A
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5. Does your state require that a custodial party, who is not a biological parent, have legal custody of a child before establishing an order for support when public assistance is being expended?
Varies by county.
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5.1. What about when public assistance is not being expended?
Ohio Revised Code 3119.07: legal custody is required.
6. When your state has issued an order that reserves support, and now child support should be ordered, does your state require establishment or modification?
Generally, this can be done through modification of the existing order.
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7. When there is an existing support order between the parents of a child and the child's residence changes from one parent to the other, does your state require that the new custodial parent obtain legal custody before child support is addressed? Please describe.
Yes
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7. Income Withholding

1. What are specific sources of income not subject to withholding?
Benefits paid by the department of veterans affairs that are generally based on the veteran's disability, war-time service, or disability from service-connected injury or disease; means-tested benefits such as supplemental security income; payments described in 5 C.F.R. 581.104; funds from a protected benefit in an account with a financial institution.
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2. Does your state law adopt the federal Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) income withholding limits? Please provide the statutory citation.
Yes, Ohio Revised Code Section 3121.03.
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2.1. Does your state have policies or procedures allowing the agency to use lower limits than the CCPA?
No.
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2.2. What are the withholding limits for non-employees?
CCPA limits.
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3. What is the maximum fee for the administrative cost that an employer may charge for processing income withholding orders? (45 CFR 303.100 (e)(iii).
The greater of two dollars or an amount not exceeding one percent of the amount withheld
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4. Does your state charge any fees to the noncustodial parent that the employer must withhold and remit to the state? If yes, please explain.
Yes, Ohio law imposes on the obligor under a support order a processing charge in the amount of two percent of the support payment to be collected under a support order.
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5. Is an employer required to begin withholding after the date of service, receipt, or mailing of an income withholding order?
No later than the first pay period that occurs after 14 business days following the date the notice was mailed or transmitted.
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5.1. How many days following the first pay period that occurs after service, receipt, or mailing of an income withholding order is an employer required to begin withholding?
No later than the first pay period that occurs after 14 business days following the date the notice was mailed or transmitted.
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6. When must an employer remit amounts withheld from an employee's pay?
Within 7 business days of the pay date.
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7. What are your state's sanctions for employers for not implementing income withholding?
A civil penalty, in addition to any other penalty permitted by law, of up to fifty per cent of the amount not withheld from the obligor's income or not timely forwarded to the office of child support in accordance with the withholding notice.
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7.1. What are the penalties to an employer for failure to remit payments withheld?
A civil penalty, in addition to any other penalty permitted by law, of up to fifty per cent of the amount not withheld from the obligor's income or not timely forwarded to the office of child support in accordance with the withholding notice.
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8. Does your state allow other jurisdictions to send income withholding orders for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits directly to your state's UI agency? If yes, please explain your process and include any additional required documents.
Yes, send to: Attn: Finance ODJFS Office of Unemployment Insurance Operations PO Box 182059 Columbus, Ohio 43218
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8.1. If no, what is your state's process to aid the other jurisdictions in withholding UI benefits? Please describe and include the required documents.
N/A
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9. Does your state allow other jurisdictions to send income withholding orders directly to a noncustodial parent's financial institution in your state? If yes, please explain your process and include any additional required documents.
Ohio law does not specifically allow or disallow.
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9.1. If no, what is your state's process to aid the other jurisdiction in collecting from a financial institution? Please describe and include the required documents.
The requesting state will provide the CSEA with the following information: The account number and the name and address of the financial institution; The amount to be withdrawn; The amount of the arrears and certification that due process under the requesting state's laws has been completed; (d)Whether the account is a "sole" or "joint account"; The name and payment address for the state disbursement unit in the requesting state; and Any other necessary information that the CSEA requires from the requesting state.
10. How does a noncustodial parent contest an income withholding in your state?
A motion must be filed with the court of jurisdiction.
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11. How does your state allocate payments when there is more than one claim against the noncustodial parent's income? Should the payment be divided equally or pro-rated among the cases? (See 45 CFR 303.100(a)(5).)
Withheld income is applied proportionately to current obligations under all orders, then to order on arrears under all orders, then arrears under all orders.
12. When calculating disposable income for child support purposes, what are the mandatory deductions from gross income required by state law, such as union dues or medical insurance premiums?

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13. When does your state require the employer to send notice of an employee's termination?
A payor is required to notify the IV-D agency within ten business days of any situation, including termination of employment, where the payor stops paying income.
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14. When your state is enforcing an order and receives payment through income withholding that is not enough to cover the full amount ordered, how does your state apply the payment to the types of support (for example, current, arrears, medical, spousal support, other)? Please describe and provide the statutory citations, if appropriate.
See Ohio Administrative Code Rule 5101:12-80-10.
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8. Distribution

1. Does your state pass through collections (and disregard collections for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) eligibility purposes) in current assistance cases? If yes, provide the amount and explain.
No.
2. Does your state participate in the pass-through in former assistance cases? If yes, provide the date and explain.
No.
3. In former assistance cases, are federal income tax refund offset payments applied to families first (DRA distribution) or state arrears first (PRWORA distribution)?
State arrears.
4. How does your state distribute payments when the noncustodial parent has arrears due to your state and another state?
The answer depends on various factors including whether Ohio's case is intrastate or initiating or responding interstate and whether there is ongoing support.
4.1. If there are no arrears due to your state, how does your state distribute payments when the noncustodial parent has arrears due to multiple states?
The answer depends on various factors including whether Ohio's case is intrastate or initiating or responding interstate and whether there is ongoing support.
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9. Enforcement

1. What data matches (for example, financial institution, state lottery) and enforcement remedies are available through Automated Administrative Enforcement in Interstate Cases (AEI) in your state? (See AT-08-06: Implementing Section 466(a)(14) of the Social Security Act, High-Volume, Automated Administrative Enforcement in Interstate Cases.)
Financial Institution Data Match.
2. What criteria must be met, and in addition to Transmittal #3, what documentation does your state require to proceed with an AEI request?
The account number and the name and address of the financial institution; The amount to be withdrawn; The amount of the arrears and certification that due process under the requesting state's laws has been completed; Whether the account is a "sole" or "joint account"; and The name and payment address for the state disbursement unit in the requesting state.
3. What are your state's criteria for reporting a noncustodial parent's child support information to credit bureaus?
Final and enforceable determination of default.
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4. To which credit bureaus does your state report a noncustodial parent's child support information?
Equifax.
5. Is the method for credit bureau reporting judicial, administrative, or both?
Administrative.
6. Can a noncustodial parent who no longer has a past-due account have the report removed from the credit bureau? If so, what must the noncustodial parent do?"
No.
7. When your state is the responding state, does it submit past-due cases to OCSE for federal administrative offset? If yes, what is the minimum required past-due amount?
No.
8. When your state is the initiating state, does it submit past-due cases to OCSE for federal administrative offset? If yes, what is the minimum required past-due amount?
No.
9. When your state is the responding state, does it submit past-due cases to OCSE for insurance match? If yes, what is the minimum required past-due amount?
No, Ohio utilizes Child Support Lien Network (CSLN).
10. When your state is the initiating state, does it submit past-due cases to OCSE for insurance match? If yes, what is the minimum required past-due amount?
No, Ohio utilizes Child Support Lien Network (CSLN).
11. When your state is the responding state, does it submit past-due cases to OCSE for MSFIDM? If yes, what is the minimum required past-due amount?
No.
12. When your state is the initiating state, does it submit past-due cases to OCSE for MSFIDM? If yes, what is the minimum past-due amount?
No.
13. When your state is the responding state, does it submit past-due cases to OCSE for passport denial?
No.
14. Are the financial institution attachment procedures in your state judicial, administrative, or both?
Administrative.
15. Are there specific account types exempt from the administrative financial institution attachment process in your state? If yes, which account types are exempt?
No, but assets must already be liquidated.
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16. Is the financial institution attachment process in your state centralized and/or automated?
No.
17. What are the criteria to attach an account in a financial institution in your state?
Final and enforceable determination of default.
18. Does your state's law require financial institutions doing business in your state to accept enforcement actions directly from other states? If yes, provide the statutory citation. Please explain.
No.
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19. If there are no statutory criteria required to attach an account, describe the process for requesting a financial institution attachment from another child support agency (for example, a Transmittal #3) and list additional documentation required.
Transmittal #3 along with: The account number and the name and address of the financial institution; The amount to be withdrawn; The amount of the arrears and certification that due process under the requesting state's laws has been completed; Whether the account is a "sole" or "joint account"; and The name and payment address for the state disbursement unit in the requesting state.
20. Does your state's income withholding definition include amounts in financial institutions?
Yes.
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21. Does your state require sending a notice of intent to the noncustodial parent when attaching an account in a financial institution? Who notifies the noncustodial parent - the state, the financial institution, or both?
No, the a copy of the account access restriction and withdrawal notice is issued to the noncustodial parent.
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22. How long does the financial institution have to hold funds before sending the noncustodial parent's assets to your child support agency?
No later than fourteen business days following the date the notice was mailed or transmitted to the financial institution.
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23. Does your state law or policy require the financial institution and/or state to hold the attached assets during the challenge or appeal time frame? If yes, provide the statutory citation and time frames.
Yes.
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24. What amount or percentage of the noncustodial parent's financial assets are eligible for attachment? Is this different for joint accounts? Please explain.
100% of the noncustodial parent's assets attributable to the noncustodial parent, that are not from a protected benefit (e.g. SSI), up to the amount of arrears. A joint account holder has the right to request an administrative mistake of fact hearing to assert a claim to the joint assets.
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25. What are the criteria for a noncustodial parent and/or joint account holder to contest a financial institution attachment?
Only a joint account holder has an objection right. The joint holder must file a written request for an administrative hearing within 14 days of the date the notice was issued.
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26. Does your state have procedures to liquidate non-liquid assets (for example, stocks, bonds, etc.)? If yes, provide the statutory citation and the procedures to follow.
No.
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27. What are your state's criteria for driver's license revocation/suspension for nonpayment of support?
90 days have elapsed since a final and enforceable determination of default. Any professional license may be suspended.
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28. What are your state's criteria for driver's license restoration/reinstatement, including hardship exemptions?
See Ohio Revised Code Section 3123.56: https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3123.56.
29. Does your state allow temporary or conditional driver's licenses? If yes, what are the criteria?
Only a court may grant limited driving privileges; see Ohio Revised Code Section 3123.58; https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3123.58.
30. What are your state's criteria for professional license revocation/suspension for nonpayment of support? Specify the professional license types.
90 days have elapsed since a final and enforceable determination of default. Any professional license may be suspended.
31. What are your state's criteria for professional license restoration/reinstatement, including hardship exemptions?
See Ohio Administrative Code Rule 5101:12-55-25.1: https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/rule-5101:12-55-25.1
32. Does your state allow temporary or conditional professional licenses? If yes, what are the criteria?
At the discretion of the entity issuing the license.
33. What are your state's criteria for recreational license revocation/suspension for nonpayment of support? Specify the recreational license types.
90 days have elapsed since a final and enforceable determination of default. Any professional license may be suspended.
34. What are your state's criteria for recreational license restoration/reinstatement, including hardship exemptions?
See Ohio Administrative Code Rule 5101:12-55-25.1: https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/rule-5101:12-55-25.1
35. Does your state allow temporary or conditional recreational licenses? If yes, what are the criteria?
No.
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36. What are the criteria for initiating/filing a lien in your state?
Final and enforceable determination of default.
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37. Is the lien process in your state primarily judicial, administrative, or both? Please describe.
Administrative.
38. Does your state enforce property seizure and sale? If so, is this process primarily judicial, administrative, or both? Please describe.
Yes, but it is rarely done due to the cost and complexity. The process is primarily judicial.
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39. Does your state have a state income tax refund offset as an enforcement remedy? If yes, describe whether the process for this remedy is primarily judicial, administrative, or a combination.
Yes, administrative.
40. Does your state intercept lottery or other types of gaming/gambling winnings in your state? If so, what kind of winnings are included?
Yes, Ohio intercepts lottery, casino, and sports gaming winnings.
40.1. If yes, is this enforcement judicial, administrative, or both?
Administrative.
41. What other administrative enforcement procedures are available in your state that are not otherwise described in the IRG?
Insurance claim intercepts.
42. What other judicial enforcement procedures are available in your state that are not otherwise described in the IRG?
See Ohio Administrative Code Rule 5101:12-50-50: https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/rule-5101:12-50-50.

10. Modification And Review/Adjustment

1. How frequently does your state conduct order reviews in IV-D cases (for example, every year or every three years)? (See 45 CFR 303.8.)
An order is eligible for administrative review and adjustment every 36-months, or sooner due to qualifying changes in circumstances.
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2. What is your state's modification procedure? Briefly describe.
Recommendations are conducted administratively (desk review); if no parties object an administrative or court entry is issued.
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3. What are the criteria for modification under your state's guidelines (for example, a change that is more than $50 or 20% upward or downward from the current amount ordered)?
The recommended amount of a child support obligation or a cash medical support obligation is more than 10% different than the existing obligation or there is any change in a medical support provision.
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4. Which of the following criteria for demonstrating a change in circumstances apply for modifying an order?
See Ohio Administrative Code Rule 5101:12-60-05.1.
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4.1. The earnings of the noncustodial parent have substantially increased or decreased.
Yes.
4.2. The earnings of the custodial parent have substantially increased or decreased.
Yes.
4.3. The needs of a party or the child(ren) have substantially increased or decreased.
No.
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4.4. The cost of living has changed.
No.
4.5. The child(ren) has extraordinary medical expenses not covered by insurance.
No.
4.6. There has been a substantial change in childcare expenses.
Yes.
4.7. What other criteria does your state use for demonstrating a change in circumstances for modifying an order?
See Ohio Administrative Code Rule 5101:12-60-05.1.
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5. Does your state have a cost of living adjustment (COLAs) for orders? If yes, what index does your state use? (See 45 CFR 303.8(b)(1)(ii).)
No.
6. After learning that a parent who owes support will be incarcerated for more than 180 calendar days, does your state elect to initiate a review of an order without the need for a specific request, i.e., automatically? (See 45 CFR 303.8(b)(2).)
No.
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11. Lump Sum Payments

1. What is your state's definition of a lump sum, if it has one? Provide the statutory citation. (Note: States may define "lump sum" more broadly than only employer- related lump sums.)
"A supplemental payment that an obligor is receiving or is eligible to receive from a payor who has received an income withholding notice regarding the obligor."
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2. Does your state law require employers to report lump sum payments? If yes, provide the statutory citation or rule.
Yes.
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3. How does your state attach different types of lump sum payments? For example, does your state use the OMB-approved income withholding order for employer-issued bonuses, a lien, and levy notice for workers' compensation (if workers' compensation is considered a lump sum payment in your state), etc.?
Lump sum payments are attached administratively using the JFS 07726.

12. Cost Recovery And Fees

1. Does your state elect to recover costs in excess of any fees collected to cover administrative costs in your child support state plan? (See section 454(6) of the Social Security Act and 45 CFR 302.33(d).) If yes, does your state collect excess actual or standardized costs on a case-by-case basis? Please describe.
Yes.
1.1. If yes, does your state recover costs from the custodial parent or the noncustodial parent? (Note: No costs can be assessed against a foreign custodial parent applying through a Central Authority in a Hague Convention country, a foreign reciprocating country, or a foreign country with state-level reciprocity.)
Noncustodial parent; see Ohio Revised Code Section 3119.27: https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3119.27.
2. Does your state recover costs on behalf of an initiating state that has elected to do cost recovery? If yes, describe.
Only if included in the support order.
3. How does your state impose and collect the mandatory $35 annual fee (after collecting the first $550)? This fee is applicable in IV-D cases in which individuals who never received IV-A assistance are receiving IV-D services. (See 45 CFR 302.33(e).) See options below.
Paid by the state.
3.1. Is it retained by the state from support collected?
No.
3.2. Is it paid by the individual applying for child support services?
No.
3.3. Is it recovered from the noncustodial parent?
No.
3.4. Is it paid by the state out of its state funds?
Yes.

13. Insurance Match

1. Does your state have legislation requiring insurance companies to work with child support agencies to identify claimants who owe past-due child support? Describe the requirements and provide the statutory citation. How does your state allocate payments when there is more than one claim against the noncustodial parent's income? Should the payment be divided equally or pro-rated among the cases? (See 45 CFR 303.100(a)(5).)
Insurance match is treated as a lump sum payment, which is handled on a first-come basis.
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2. What criteria must a noncustodial parent meet to be eligible for your states participation in the federal insurance match program?
Ohio does not participate in federal insurance match. Ohio utilizes Child Support Lien Network (CSLN).
3. What process does your state use to intercept insurance payments?
Ohio issues an Income Withholding Notice to the insurer and JFS 07726 Administrative Order for Release or Transmittal of Lump Sum payment.
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4. How does another state initiate and intercept collections from your states workers compensation agency?
Ohio Worker's Compensation does not accept withholding orders issued by another state. A two-state interstate case must be established with Ohio.
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5. Does your state participate in the Child Support Lien Network or CSLN (which provides insurance match services)?
Yes.

14. Family Violence

15. CSENet

1. When your state is the initiating state, does it send a Child Support Enforcement Network (CSENet) case closure transaction to let the responding state know your state has closed its case (including the reason for closure) and/or the responding state's intergovernmental services are no longer needed? (MSC P GSC15; 45 CFR 303.7(c)(11).)
No.
2. When your state is the responding state, does it send a CSENet case closure transaction to notify the initiating state that its case is closed based on one of the following reasons: (MSC P GSC16)? Initiating state failure to take an action essential for the next steps? (45 CFR 303.11(b)(17).) The initiating state requested the responding state to close the case? (45 CFR 303.7(d)(10).)
No.
3. When your state is the initiating state, does it send a CSENet case closure transaction to notify the responding state that it must stop any income withholding orders or notices and close the intergovernmental case? (MSC P GSC17; 45 CFR 303.7(c)(12).)
No.
4. When your state is the responding state, does it send a CSENet case closure transaction to notify the initiating state that, per its request, the case is closed, and your state has stopped its income withholding order? (MSC P GSC18; 45 CFR 303.7(d)(9).)
No.
5. Does your state send CSENet transactions to request interest information? (MSC R GRINT)
No.
6. Does your state send CSENet transactions to provide another state with interest and arrears information? (MSC P GSTAI)
No.

16. Copies Of Orders And Payment Records

1. What are the procedures and associated costs for obtaining a certified copy of a court order?
Send a Transmittal #3 with the request to the Ohio Interstate Central Registry or to the Ohio county child support enforcement agency in the county that issued the order.
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2. What are the procedures and associated costs for obtaining a certified payment record?
Send a Transmittal #3 with the request to the Ohio Interstate Central Registry or to the Ohio county child support enforcement agency in the county that issued the order.
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17. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA)

1. What is the statutory citation for your state's enactment of UIFSA?
Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3115
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2. How does your state define the tribunal (See UIFSA 103)?
(A) For purposes of carrying out the duties and responsibilities under this chapter, the juvenile court or the division of the court of common pleas that has jurisdiction over disputes arising under this chapter is the tribunal of this state and for the purposes of initiating a petition an agency designated under section 3125.10 of the Revised Code is also a tribunal of this state. (B) The agencies designated under section 3125.10 of the Revised Code are the support enforcement agencies of this state.
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3. How many copies or sets of documents does your state need for an intergovernmental case referral that is not sent electronically?
Electronic is preferred. For referrals not sent electronically, two sets are required.
4. Does your state require initiating states to send intergovernmental forms in a one-sided format (when sending paper copies)?
One-sided format is preferable, but not required.

18. International - Reciprocity

1. With which foreign countries or other jurisdictions (such as Quebec) does your state have state-level reciprocity for child support? (Do not include federal foreign reciprocating or Hague Convention countries.)
Mexico.
2. Does your state exercise its option for enforcement of spousal-only orders for a foreign reciprocating country, a Hague Convention country, or a foreign country with which your state has state-level reciprocity? (See section 454(32)(B) of the Social Security Act.)
Yes.
3. Does your state agency accept direct applications for services from individuals residing outside the United States (See UIFSA 307 - Alternative A), or does your state's law allow discretion in accepting these applications (See UIFSA 307 - Alternative B)?
Yes, option A.

19. International Information For Hague Convention Countries

1. When a Hague Convention country seeks registration of a Convention support order in your state, does your state allow the country to send an abstract (or summary) of the order on the Hague Abstract of a Decision form in lieu of the complete text? (See UIFSA 706(b) (1).)
Yes.
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2. Does your state send and receive pleadings and documents electronically in international cases? If yes, specify the types of pleadings and documents your state can send and receive electronically.
No.
3. What methods of personal service does your state use?
U.S. certified or express mail; commercial carrier; sheriff's service; process server; and residence service. See Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure: https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/LegalResources/Rules/civil/CivilProcedure.pdf.
4. When establishing a child support order, what can be included as add-ons to the child support guideline amount? Please provide the relevant statutory or case law citation. (See also question 1 under Support Details.)
Medical support provisions.
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5. Does your state encourage amicable solutions between parents to promote voluntary payment of support, such as the use of mediation, conciliation, or similar consent processes? If yes, describe.
No.
6. What circumstances will cause your state to end child support before the normal duration?
The child's death, marriage, adoption, or emancipation; change of legal custody; death of the obligor.
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20. International Payments

1. How does your state disburse child support payments to foreign reciprocating and Hague Convention countries when your state is the responding state in a case?
Paper check.
2. What actions does your state take to reduce the costs and fees associated with international payment processing?
N/A
3. Does your state accept electronic payments from foreign reciprocating or Hague Convention countries in international cases? If so, provide payment instructions.
Depending on country of origin.

21. Tribal Non IV-D

1. Has your state established cooperative arrangements with any Indian tribes or tribal organizations that don't have a tribal IV-D program?
No.
1.1. If yes, list the tribes and identify services provided, if less than full services.
N/A
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2. Does your state have any IV-D attorneys licensed to practice in the courts of Indian tribes or tribal organizations that don't have tribal IV-D programs?
No.

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