CHAPTER 3119: CALCULATION OF CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATION -- HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE

3119.01 Calculation of child support obligation definitions.

(A) As used in the Revised Code, “child support enforcement agency” means a child support enforcement agency designated under former section 2301.35 of the Revised Code prior to October 1, 1997, or a private or government entity designated as a child support enforcement agency under section 307.981 of the Revised Code.

(B) As used in this chapter and Chapters 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code:

(1) “Administrative child support order” means any order issued by a child support enforcement agency for the support of a child pursuant to section 3109.19 or 3111.81 of the Revised Code or former section 3111.211 of the Revised Code, section 3111.21 of the Revised Code as that section existed prior to January 1, 1998, or section 3111.20 or 3111.22 of the Revised Code as those sections existed prior to March 22, 2001.

(2) “Child support order” means either a court child support order or an administrative child support order.

(3) “Obligee” means the person who is entitled to receive the support payments under a support order.

(4) “Obligor” means the person who is required to pay support under a support order.

(5) “Support order” means either an administrative child support order or a court support order.

(C) As used in this chapter:

(1) “Combined gross income” means the combined gross income of both parents.

(2) “Court child support order” means any order issued by a court for the support of a child pursuant to Chapter 3115. of the Revised Code, section 2151.23, 2151.231, 2151.232, 2151.33, 2151.36, 2151.361, 2151.49, 3105.21, 3109.05, 3109.19, 3111.13, 3113.04, 3113.07, 3113.31, 3119.65, or 3119.70 of the Revised Code, or division (B) of former section 3113.21 of the Revised Code.

(3) “Court support order” means either a court child support order or an order for the support of a spouse or former spouse issued pursuant to Chapter 3115. of the Revised Code, section 3105.18, 3105.65, or 3113.31 of the Revised Code, or division (B) of former section 3113.21 of the Revised Code.

(4) “Extraordinary medical expenses” means any uninsured medical expenses incurred for a child during a calendar year that exceed one hundred dollars.

(5) “Income” means either of the following:

(a) For a parent who is employed to full capacity, the gross income of the parent;

(b) For a parent who is unemployed or underemployed, the sum of the gross income of the parent and any potential income of the parent.

(6) “Insurer” means any person authorized under Title XXXIX of the Revised Code to engage in the business of insurance in this state, any health insuring corporation, and any legal entity that is self-insured and provides benefits to its employees or members.

(7) “Gross income” means, except as excluded in division (C)(7) of this section, the total of all earned and unearned income from all sources during a calendar year, whether or not the income is taxable, and includes income from salaries, wages, overtime pay, and bonuses to the extent described in division (D) of section 3119.05 of the Revised Code; commissions; royalties; tips; rents; dividends; severance pay; pensions; interest; trust income; annuities; social security benefits, including retirement, disability, and survivor benefits that are not means-tested; workers’ compensation benefits; unemployment insurance benefits; disability insurance benefits; benefits that are not means-tested and that are received by and in the possession of the veteran who is the beneficiary for any service-connected disability under a program or law administered by the United States department of veterans’ affairs or veterans’ administration; spousal support actually received; and all other sources of income. “Gross income” includes income of members of any branch of the United States armed services or national guard, including, amounts representing base pay, basic allowance for quarters, basic allowance for subsistence, supplemental subsistence allowance, cost of living adjustment, specialty pay, variable housing allowance, and pay for training or other types of required drills; self-generated income; and potential cash flow from any source.

“Gross income” does not include any of the following:

(a) Benefits received from means-tested government administered programs, including Ohio works first; prevention, retention, and contingency; means-tested veterans’ benefits; supplemental security income; food stamps; disability financial assistance; or other assistance for which eligibility is determined on the basis of income or assets;

(b) Benefits for any service-connected disability under a program or law administered by the United States department of veterans’ affairs or veterans’ administration that are not means-tested, that have not been distributed to the veteran who is the beneficiary of the benefits, and that are in the possession of the United States department of veterans’ affairs or veterans’ administration;

(c) Child support received for children who were not born or adopted during the marriage at issue;

(d) Amounts paid for mandatory deductions from wages such as union dues but not taxes, social security, or retirement in lieu of social security;

(e) Nonrecurring or unsustainable income or cash flow items;

(f) Adoption assistance and foster care maintenance payments made pursuant to Title IV-E of the “Social Security Act,” 94 Stat. 501, 42 U.S.C.A. 670 (1980), as amended.

(8) “Nonrecurring or unsustainable income or cash flow item” means an income or cash flow item the parent receives in any year or for any number of years not to exceed three years that the parent does not expect to continue to receive on a regular basis. “Nonrecurring or unsustainable income or cash flow item” does not include a lottery prize award that is not paid in a lump sum or any other item of income or cash flow that the parent receives or expects to receive for each year for a period of more than three years or that the parent receives and invests or otherwise uses to produce income or cash flow for a period of more than three years.

(9)(a) “Ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in generating gross receipts” means actual cash items expended by the parent or the parent’s business and includes depreciation expenses of business equipment as shown on the books of a business entity.

(b) Except as specifically included in “ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in generating gross receipts” by division (C)(9)(a) of this section, “ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in generating gross receipts” does not include depreciation expenses and other noncash items that are allowed as deductions on any federal tax return of the parent or the parent’s business.

(10) “Personal earnings” means compensation paid or payable for personal services, however denominated, and includes wages, salary, commissions, bonuses, draws against commissions, profit sharing, vacation pay, or any other compensation.

(11) “Potential income” means both of the following for a parent who the court pursuant to a court support order, or a child support enforcement agency pursuant to an administrative child support order, determines is voluntarily unemployed or voluntarily underemployed:

(a) Imputed income that the court or agency determines the parent would have earned if fully employed as determined from the following criteria:

(i) The parent’s prior employment experience;

(ii) The parent’s education;

(iii) The parent’s physical and mental disabilities, if any;

(iv) The availability of employment in the geographic area in which the parent resides;

(v) The prevailing wage and salary levels in the geographic area in which the parent resides;

(vi) The parent’s special skills and training;

(vii) Whether there is evidence that the parent has the ability to earn the imputed income;

(viii) The age and special needs of the child for whom child support is being calculated under this section;

(ix) The parent’s increased earning capacity because of experience;

(x) Any other relevant factor.

(b) Imputed income from any nonincome-producing assets of a parent, as determined from the local passbook savings rate or another appropriate rate as determined by the court or agency, not to exceed the rate of interest specified in division (A) of section 1343.03 of the Revised Code, if the income is significant.

(12) “Schedule” means the basic child support schedule set forth in section 3119.021 of the Revised Code.

(13) “Self-generated income” means gross receipts received by a parent from self-employment, proprietorship of a business, joint ownership of a partnership or closely held corporation, and rents minus ordinary and necessary expenses incurred by the parent in generating the gross receipts. “Self-generated income” includes expense reimbursements or in-kind payments received by a parent from self-employment, the operation of a business, or rents, including company cars, free housing, reimbursed meals, and other benefits, if the reimbursements are significant and reduce personal living expenses.

(14) “Split parental rights and responsibilities” means a situation in which there is more than one child who is the subject of an allocation of parental rights and responsibilities and each parent is the residential parent and legal custodian of at least one of those children.

(15) “Worksheet” means the applicable worksheet that is used to calculate a parent’s child support obligation as set forth in sections 3119.022 and 3119.023 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 06-26-2003

3119.02 Calculation of child support obligation.

In any action in which a court child support order is issued or modified, in any other proceeding in which the court determines the amount of child support that will be ordered to be paid pursuant to a child support order, or when a child support enforcement agency determines the amount of child support that will be paid pursuant to an administrative child support order, the court or agency shall calculate the amount of the obligor’s child support obligation in accordance with the basic child support schedule, the applicable worksheet, and the other provisions of sections 3119.02 to 3119.24 of the Revised Code. The court or agency shall specify the support obligation as a monthly amount due and shall order the support obligation to be paid in periodic increments as it determines to be in the best interest of the children. In performing its duties under this section, the court or agency is not required to accept any calculations in a worksheet prepared by any party to the action or proceeding.

Effective Date: 03-22-2001

3119.021 Basic child support schedule.

The following basic child support schedule shall be used by all courts and child support enforcement agencies when calculating the amount of child support to be paid pursuant to a child support order, unless the combined gross income of the parents is less than sixty-six hundred dollars or more than one hundred fifty thousand dollars:

Basic Child Support Schedule

Number of Children

Combined

Gross Income One Two Three Four Five Six

6600 600 600 600 600 600 600

7200 600 600 600 600 600 600

7800 600 600 600 600 600 600

8400 600 600 600 600 600 600

9000 849 859 868 878 887 896

9600 1259 1273 1287 1301 1315 1329

10200 1669 1687 1706 1724 1743 1761

10800 2076 2099 2122 2145 2168 2192

11400 2331 2505 2533 2560 2588 2616

12000 2439 2911 2943 2975 3007 3039

12600 2546 3318 3354 3390 3427 3463

13200 2654 3724 3765 3806 3846 3887

13800 2761 4029 4175 4221 4266 4311

14400 2869 4186 4586 4636 4685 4735

15000 2976 4342 4996 5051 5105 5159

15600 3079 4491 5321 5466 5524 5583

16200 3179 4635 5490 5877 5940 6003

16800 3278 4780 5660 6254 6355 6423

17400 3378 4924 5830 6442 6771 6843

18000 3478 5069 5999 6629 7186 7262

18600 3578 5213 6169 6816 7389 7682

19200 3678 5358 6339 7004 7592 8102

19800 3778 5502 6508 7191 7796 8341

20400 3878 5647 6678 7378 7999 8558

21000 3977 5790 6847 7565 8201 8774

21600 4076 5933 7015 7750 8402 8989

22200 4176 6075 7182 7936 8602 9204

22800 4275 6216 7345 8116 8798 9413

23400 4373 6357 7509 8297 8994 9623

24000 4471 6498 7672 8478 9190 9832

24600 4570 6639 7836 8658 9386 10042

25200 4668 6780 8000 8839 9582 10251

25800 4767 6920 8163 9020 9778 10461

26400 4865 7061 8327 9200 9974 10670

27000 4963 7202 8490 9381 10170 10880

27600 5054 7332 8642 9548 10351 11074

28200 5135 7448 8776 9697 10512 11246

28800 5216 7564 8911 9845 10673 11418

29400 5297 7678 9045 9995 10833 11592

30000 5377 7792 9179 10143 10994 11764

30600 5456 7907 9313 10291 11154 11936

31200 5535 8022 9447 10439 11315 12107

31800 5615 8136 9581 10587 11476 12279

32400 5694 8251 9715 10736 11636 12451

33000 5774 8366 9849 10884 11797 12623

33600 5853 8480 9983 11032 11957 12794

34200 5933 8595 10117 11180 12118 12966

34800 6012 8709 10251 11328 12279 13138

35400 6091 8824 10385 11476 12439 13310

36000 6171 8939 10519 11624 12600 13482

36600 6250 9053 10653 11772 12761 13653

37200 6330 9168 10787 11920 12921 13825

37800 6406 9275 10913 12058 13071 13988

38400 6447 9335 10984 12137 13156 14079

39000 6489 9395 11055 12215 13242 14170

39600 6530 9455 11126 12294 13328 14261

40200 6571 9515 11197 12373 13413 14353

40800 6613 9575 11268 12451 13499 14444

41400 6653 9634 11338 12529 13583 14534

42000 6694 9693 11409 12607 13667 14624

42600 6735 9752 11479 12684 13752 14714

43200 6776 9811 11549 12762 13836 14804

43800 6817 9871 11619 12840 13921 14894

44400 6857 9930 11690 12917 14005 14985

45000 6898 9989 11760 12995 14090 15075

45600 6939 10049 11830 13073 14174 15165

46200 6978 10103 11897 13146 14251 15250

46800 7013 10150 11949 13203 14313 15316

47400 7048 10197 12000 13260 14375 15382

48000 7083 10245 12052 13317 14437 15448

48600 7117 10292 12103 13374 14498 15514

49200 7152 10339 12155 13432 14560 15580

49800 7187 10386 12206 13489 14622 15646

50400 7222 10433 12258 13546 14684 15712

51000 7257 10481 12309 13603 14745 15778

51600 7291 10528 12360 13660 14807 15844

52200 7326 10575 12412 13717 14869 15910

52800 7361 10622 12463 13774 14931 15976

53400 7396 10669 12515 13832 14992 16042

54000 7431 10717 12566 13889 15054 16108

54600 7468 10765 12622 13946 15120 16178

55200 7524 10845 12716 14050 15232 16298

55800 7582 10929 12814 14159 15350 16425

56400 7643 11016 12918 14273 15474 16558

57000 7704 11104 13021 14388 15598 16691

57600 7765 11192 13125 14502 15722 16824

58200 7825 11277 13225 14613 15842 16953

58800 7883 11361 13324 14723 15961 17079

59400 7941 11445 13423 14832 16079 17206

60000 8000 11529 13522 14941 16197 17333

60600 8058 11612 13620 15050 16315 17460

61200 8116 11696 13719 15160 16433 17587

61800 8175 11780 13818 15269 16552 17714

62400 8233 11864 13917 15378 16670 17840

63000 8288 11945 14011 15481 16783 17958

63600 8344 12024 14102 15582 16893 18075

64200 8399 12103 14194 15683 17002 18193

64800 8454 12183 14285 15784 17111 18310

65400 8510 12262 14376 15885 17220 18427

66000 8565 12341 14468 15986 17330 18544

66600 8620 12421 14559 16087 17439 18661

67200 8676 12500 14650 16188 17548 18778

67800 8731 12579 14741 16289 17657 18895

68400 8786 12659 14833 16390 17767 19012

69000 8842 12738 14924 16491 17876 19129

69600 8897 12817 15015 16592 17985 19246

70200 8953 12897 15107 16693 18094 19363

70800 9008 12974 15196 16791 18201 19476

71400 9060 13047 15281 16885 18302 19585

72000 9111 13120 15366 16979 18404 19694

72600 9163 13194 15451 17073 18506 19803

73200 9214 13267 15536 17167 18608 19912

73800 9266 13340 15621 17261 18709 20021

74400 9318 13413 15706 17355 18811 20130

75000 9369 13487 15791 17449 18913 20239

75600 9421 13560 15876 17543 19015 20347

76200 9473 13633 15961 17636 19116 20456

76800 9524 13707 16046 17730 19218 20565

77400 9576 13780 16131 17824 19320 20674

78000 9627 13853 16216 17918 19422 20783

78600 9679 13927 16300 18012 19523 20892

79200 9731 14000 16385 18106 19625 21001

79800 9782 14073 16470 18200 19727 21109

80400 9834 14147 16555 18294 19829 21218

81000 9885 14220 16640 18387 19930 21326

81600 9936 14292 16723 18480 20030 21434

82200 9987 14364 16807 18573 20131 21541

82800 10038 14439 16891 18665 20235 21651

83400 10090 14514 16979 18762 20340 21763

84000 10142 14589 17066 18859 20444 21875

84600 10194 14663 17154 18956 20549 21987

85200 10246 14738 17241 19052 20653 22099

85800 10298 14813 17329 19149 20758 22211

86400 10350 14887 17417 19246 20863 22323

87000 10403 14962 17504 19343 20967 22435

87600 10455 15037 17592 19440 21072 22547

88200 10507 15111 17679 19537 21176 22659

88800 10559 15186 17767 19633 21281 22771

89400 10611 15261 17855 19730 21386 22883

90000 10663 15335 17942 19827 21490 22995

90600 10715 15410 18030 19924 21595 23107

91200 10767 15485 18118 20021 21700 23219

91800 10819 15559 18205 20118 21804 23331

92400 10872 15634 18293 20215 21909 23443

93000 10924 15709 18380 20311 22013 23555

93600 10976 15783 18468 20408 22118 23667

94200 11028 15858 18556 20505 22223 23779

94800 11080 15933 18643 20602 22327 23891

95400 11132 16007 18731 20699 22432 24003

96000 11184 16082 18818 20796 22536 24115

96600 11236 16157 18906 20892 22641 24227

97200 11289 16231 18994 20989 22746 24339

97800 11341 16306 19081 21086 22850 24451

98400 11393 16381 19169 21183 22955 24563

99000 11446 16450 19255 21279 23062 24676

99600 11491 16516 19334 21366 23156 24777

100200 11536 16583 19413 21453 23250 24878

100800 11581 16649 19491 21539 23345 24978

101400 11625 16714 19569 21625 23437 25077

102000 11670 16779 19646 21710 23530 25177

102600 11714 16844 19724 21796 23623 25276

103200 11759 16909 19801 21881 23715 25375

103800 11803 16974 19879 21967 23808 25475

104400 11847 17039 19956 22052 23901 25574

105000 11892 17104 20034 22138 23994 25673

105600 11934 17167 20108 22220 24083 25769

106200 11979 17232 20186 22305 24176 25868

106800 12023 17297 20263 22391 24269 25968

107400 12068 17362 20341 22476 24361 26067

108000 12110 17425 20415 22559 24451 26162

108600 12155 17490 20493 22644 24543 26262

109200 12199 17555 20570 22730 24636 26361

109800 12243 17620 20648 22815 24729 26460

110400 12286 17683 20722 22897 24818 26556

111000 12331 17748 20800 22983 24911 26655

111600 12375 17813 20877 23068 25004 26755

112200 12419 17878 20955 23154 25096 26854

112800 12462 17941 21029 23236 25186 26949

113400 12506 18006 21107 23322 25278 27049

114000 12551 18071 21184 23407 25371 27148

114600 12595 18136 21262 23493 25464 27247

115200 12640 18202 21339 23578 25557 27347

115800 12682 18264 21414 23660 25646 27442

116400 12727 18329 21491 23746 25739 27542

117000 12771 18394 21569 23831 25832 27641

117600 12815 18460 21646 23917 25924 27740

118200 12858 18522 21721 23999 26013 27836

118800 12902 18587 21798 24084 26106 27935

119400 12947 18652 21876 24170 26199 28034

120000 12991 18718 21953 24256 26292 28134

120600 13034 18780 22028 24338 26381 28229

121200 13078 18845 22105 24423 26474 28329

121800 13123 18910 22183 24509 26567 28428

122400 13167 18976 22260 24594 26659 28527

123000 13210 19038 22335 24676 26749 28623

123600 13254 19103 22412 24762 26841 28722

124200 13299 19168 22490 24847 26934 28821

124800 13343 19234 22567 24933 27027 28921

125400 13386 19296 22642 25015 27116 29016

126000 13430 19361 22719 25101 27209 29115

126600 13474 19426 22797 25186 27302 29215

127200 13519 19492 22874 25272 27395 29314

127800 13561 19554 22949 25354 27484 29410

128400 13606 19619 23026 25439 27576 29509

129000 13650 19684 23104 25525 27669 29608

129600 13695 19750 23181 25610 27762 29708

130200 13739 19815 23259 25696 27855 29807

130800 13783 19879 23335 25780 27946 29905

131400 13828 19945 23414 25868 28041 30007

132000 13874 20012 23494 25955 28136 30108

132600 13919 20079 23573 26043 28231 30210

133200 13963 20143 23649 26127 28323 30308

133800 14008 20210 23729 26215 28418 30410

134400 14054 20276 23808 26302 28513 30511

135000 14099 20343 23887 26390 28608 30613

135600 14143 20407 23964 26474 28699 30711

136200 14188 20474 24043 26561 28794 30813

136800 14234 20541 24123 26649 28889 30914

137400 14279 20607 24202 26737 28984 31016

138000 14323 20671 24278 26821 29075 31114

138600 14368 20738 24358 26908 29170 31215

139200 14414 20805 24437 26996 29265 31317

139800 14459 20872 24516 27083 29361 31419

140400 14503 20936 24593 27168 29452 31517

141000 14549 21002 24672 27255 29547 31618

141600 14594 21069 24751 27343 29642 31720

142200 14639 21136 24831 27430 29737 31822

142800 14683 21200 24907 27515 29828 31920

143400 14729 21267 24986 27602 29923 32021

144000 14774 21333 25066 27690 30018 32123

144600 14820 21400 25145 27777 30113 32225

145200 14865 21467 25225 27865 30208 32327

145800 14909 21531 25301 27949 30300 32424

146400 14963 21596 25377 28041 30396 32526

147000 15006 21659 25452 28124 30486 32622

147600 15049 21722 25527 28207 30576 32718

148200 15090 21782 25599 28286 30662 32810

148800 15133 21845 25674 28369 30752 32907

149400 15176 21908 25749 28452 30842 33003

150000 15218 21971 25823 28534 30931 33099

Effective Date: 03-22-2001

3119.022 Child support computation worksheet for sole residential parent or shared parenting order.

When a court or child support enforcement agency calculates the amount of child support to be paid pursuant to a child support order in a proceeding in which one parent is the residential parent and legal custodian of all of the children who are the subject of the child support order or in which the court issues a shared parenting order, the court or agency shall use a worksheet identical in content and form to the following:

CHILD SUPPORT COMPUTATION WORKSHEET

SOLE RESIDENTIAL PARENT OR SHARED PARENTING ORDER

Name of parties ….......................................................................................................................

Case No. ....................................................................................................................................

Number of minor children ….........................................................................................................

The following parent was designated as residential parent and legal custodian:

........................................ mother …..................................... father …..................................... shared

Column I Column II Column III

Father Mother Combined

INCOME

1.a. Annual gross income from employment or, when determined appropriate by the court or agency, average annual gross income from employment over a reasonable period of years. (exclude overtime, bonuses, self-employment income, or commissions).................................. $.............. $..............

b. Amount of overtime, bonuses, and commissions (year 1 representing the most recent year)

Father Mother

Yr. 3 $....................... Yr. 3 $............................

(Three years ago) (Three years ago)

Yr. 2 $........................ Yr. 2 $............................

(Two years ago) (Two years ago)

Yr. 1 $........................ Yr. 1 $............................

(Last calendar year) (Last calendar year)

Average $ ............................ $............................

(Include in Col. I and/or Col. II the average of the three years or the year 1 amount, whichever is less, if there exists a reasonable expectation that the total earnings from overtime and/or bonuses during the current calendar year will meet or exceed the amount that is the lower of the average of the three years or the year 1 amount. If, however, there exists a reasonable expectation that the total earnings from overtime/bonuses during the current calendar year will be less than the lower of the average of the 3 years or the year 1 amount, include only the amount reasonably expected to be earned this year.) $.............. $..............

2. For self-employment income:

a. Gross receipts from business…............................. $.............. $..............

b. Ordinary and necessary business expenses …....... $.............. $..............

c. 5.6% of adjusted gross income or the actual marginal difference between the actual rate paid by the self-employed individual and the F.I.C.A. rate … $.............. $..............

d. Adjusted gross income from self-employment (subtract the sum of 2b and 2c from 2a) ................. $.............. $..............

3. Annual income from interest and dividends (whether or not taxable).......................................... $.............. $..............

4. Annual income from unemployment compensation $.............. $..............

5. Annual income from workers’ compensation,

disability insurance benefits, or social security disability/retirement benefits….................................. $.............. $..............

6. Other annual income (identify)............................. $.............. $..............

7. a. Total annual gross income (add lines 1a, 1b, 2d, and 3-6)....................... $...... $......

b. Health insurance maximum (multiply line 7a by 5%) $...... $......

ADJUSTMENTS TO INCOME

8. Adjustment for minor children born to or adopted by either parent and another parent who are living with this parent; adjustment does not apply to stepchildren (number of children times federal income tax exemption less child support received, not to exceed the federal tax exemption)........................... $.............. $..............

9. Annual court-ordered support paid for other children $.............. $..............

10. Annual court-ordered spousal support paid to any spouse or former spouse…........................................ $.............. $..............

11. Amount of local income taxes actually paid or estimated to be paid…............................................... $.............. $..............

12. Mandatory work-related deductions such as union dues, uniform fees, etc. (not including taxes, social security, or retirement).................................... $.............. $..............

13. Total gross income adjustments (add lines 8 through 12)........................................... $.............. $..............

14.

a. Adjusted annual gross income (subtract line 13 from line 7a).............. $...... $......

b. Cash medical support maximum (If the amount on line 7a, Col. I, is under 150% of the federal poverty level for an individual, enter $0 on line 14b, Col. I. If the amount on line 7a, Col. I, is 150% or higher of the federal poverty level for an individual, multiply the amount on line 14a, Col. I, by 5% and enter this amount on line 14b, Col. I. If the amount on line 7a, Col. II, is under 150% of the federal poverty level for an individual, enter $0 on line 14b, Col. II. If the amount on line 7a, Col. II, is 150% or higher of the federal poverty level for an individual, multiply the amount on line 14a, Col. II, by 5% and enter this amount on line 14b, Col. II.)................. $...... $......

15. Combined annual income that is basis for child support order (add line 14, Col. I and Col. II)........ $..............

16. Percentage of parent’s income to total income

a. Father (divide line 14a, Col. I, by line 15, Col. III).................%

b. Mother (divide line 14a, Col. II, by line 15, Col. III)................%

17. Basic combined child support obligation (refer to schedule, first column, locate the amount nearest to the amount on line 15, Col. III, then refer to column for number of children in this family. If the income of the parents is more than one sum but less than another, you may calculate the difference.)....... $..............

18. Annual support obligation per parent

a. Father (multiply line 17, Col. III, by line 16a)....... $..............

b. Mother (multiply line 17, Col. III, by line 16b)..... $..............

19. Annual child care expenses for children who are the subject of this order that are work-, employment training-, or education-related, as approved by the court or agency (deduct tax credit from annual cost, whether or not claimed)..... $.............. $..............

20.

a. Marginal, out-of-pocket costs, necessary to provide for health insurance for the children who are the subject of this order (contributing cost of private family health insurance, minus the contributing cost of private single health insurance, divided by the total number of dependents covered by the plan, including the children subject of the support order, times the number of children subject of the support order) ........ $...... $......

b. Cash medical support obligation (enter the amount on line 14b or the amount of annual health care expenditures estimated by the United States Department of Agriculture and described in section 3119.30 of the Revised Code, whichever amount is lower) ..................... $...... $......

21. ADJUSTMENTS TO CHILD SUPPORT WHEN HEALTH INSURANCE IS PROVIDED:

Father (only if obligor or shared parenting) Mother (only if obligor or shared parenting)

a. Additions: line 16a times sum of amounts b. Additions: line 16b times sum of amounts

shown on line 19, Col. II and line 20a, Col. II shown on line 19, Col. I and line 20a, Col. I

$................. $.................

c. Subtractions: line 16b times sum of amounts d. Subtractions: line 16a times sum of amounts

shown on line 19, Col. I and line 20a, Col. I shown on line 19, Col. II and line 20a, Col. II

$................. $.................

22. OBLIGATION AFTER ADJUSTMENTS TO CHILD SUPPORT WHEN HEALTH INSURANCE IS PROVIDED:

a. Father: line 18a plus or minus the difference between line 21a minus line 21c…............................................. $..............

b. Mother: line 18b plus or minus the difference between line 21b minus line 21d…......................................... $..............

23. ACTUAL ANNUAL OBLIGATION WHEN HEALTH INSURANCE IS PROVIDED:

a. (line 22a or 22b, whichever line corresponds to the parent who is the obligor)............................ $..............

b. Any non-means-tested benefits, including social security and veterans’ benefits, paid to and received by a child or a person on behalf of the child due to death, disability, or retirement of the parent…........................... $..............

c. Actual annual obligation (subtract line 23b from line 23a)..................... $..............

24. ADJUSTMENTS TO CHILD SUPPORT WHEN HEALTH INSURANCE IS NOT PROVIDED:

Father (only if obligor or shared parenting)

a. Additions: line 16a times the sum of the amounts shown on line 19, Col. II and line 20b, Col. II $......................

c. Subtractions: line 16b times the sum of the amounts shown on line 19, Col. I and line20b, Col. I $.......................

Mother (only if obligor or shared parenting)

b. Additions: line 16b times the sum of the amounts shown on line 19, Col. I and line 20b, Col. I $......................

d. Subtractions: line 16a times the sum of the amounts shown on line 19, Col. II and line 20b, Col. II$.......................

25. OBLIGATION AFTER ADJUSTMENTS TO CHILD SUPPORT WHEN HEALTH INSURANCE IS NOT PROVIDED:

a. Father: line 18a plus or minus the difference between line 24a minus line 24c $......

b. Mother: line 18b plus or minus the difference between line 24b and 24d $......

26. ACTUAL ANNUAL OBLIGATION WHEN HEALTH INSURANCE IS NOT PROVIDED:

a. (Line 25a or 25b, whichever line corresponds to the parent who is the obligor) $......

b. Any non-means-tested benefits, including social security and veterans’ benefits, paid to and received by a child or a person on behalf of the child due to death, disability, or retirement of the parent $......

c. Actual annual obligation (subtract line 26b from line 26a $......

27.a. Deviation from sole residential parent support amount shown on line 23c if amount would be unjust or inappropriate: (see section 3119.23 of the Revised Code.) (Specific facts and monetary value must be stated.)

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b. Deviation from shared parenting order: (see sections 3119.23 and 3119.24 of the Revised Code.) (Specific facts including amount of time children spend with each parent, ability of each parent to maintain adequate housing for children, and each parent’s expenses for children must be stated to justify deviation.)

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WHEN HEALTH INSURANCE IS PROVIDED WHEN HEALTH INSURANCE IS NOT PROVIDED

28. FINAL CHILD SUPPORT FIGURE: (This amount reflects final annual child support obligation; in Col. I, enter line 23c plus or minus any amounts indicated in line 27a or 27b; in Col. II, enter line 26c plus or minus any amounts indicated in line 27a or 27b) $...... $...... Father/Mother, OBLIGOR

29. FOR DECREE: Child support per month (divide obligor’s annual share, line 28, by 12) plus any processing charge $...... $......

30. FINAL CASH MEDICAL SUPPORT FIGURE: (this amount reflects the final, annual cash medical support to be paid by the obligor when neither parent provides health insurance coverage for the child; enter obligor’s cash medical support amount from line 20b $......

31. FOR DECREE: Cash medical support per month (divide line 30 by 12) $......

Prepared by:

Counsel: ........................................................ Pro se: ........................................................

(For mother/father)

CSEA: ........................................................ Other:...........................................................

Worksheet Has Been Reviewed and Agreed To:

.............................................................................. ...... ........................................................

Mother Date

.............................................................................. ...... ........................................................

Father Date

Effective Date: 09-05-2001; 2007 HB119 06-30-2007

3119.023 Child support computation worksheet for split parental rights and responsibilities.

When a court or child support enforcement agency calculates the amount of child support to be paid pursuant to a court child support order in a proceeding in which the parents have split parental rights and responsibilities with respect to the children who are the subject of the child support order, the court or child support enforcement agency shall use a worksheet that is identical in content and form to the following:

CHILD SUPPORT COMPUTATION WORKSHEET

SPLIT PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Name of parties ….................................................................................................................................

Case No. ..............................................................................................................................................

Number of minor children …...................................................................................................................

Number of minor children with mother …...................................... father …...........................................

Column I Column II Column III

Father Mother Combined

INCOME

1.a. Annual gross income from employment or, when determined appropriate by the court or agency, average annual gross income from employment over a reasonable period of years. (Exclude overtime, bonuses, self-employment income, or commissions).................................. $.............. $..............

b. Amount of overtime, bonuses, and commissions (year 1 representing the most recent year)

Father Mother

Yr. 3 $....................... Yr. 3 $............................

(Three years ago) (Three years ago)

Yr. 2 $........................ Yr. 2 $............................

(Two years ago) (Two years ago)

Yr. 1 $........................ Yr. 1 $............................

(Last calendar year) (Last calendar year)

Average $ ............................ $............................

(Include in Col. I and/or Col. II the average of the three years or the year 1 amount, whichever is less, if there exists a reasonable expectation that the total earnings from overtime and/or bonuses during the current calendar year will meet or exceed the amount that is the lower of the average of the three years or the year 1 amount. If, however, there exists a reasonable expectation that the total earnings from overtime/bonuses during the current calendar year will be less than the lower of the average of the 3 years or the year 1 amount, include only the amount reasonably expected to be earned this year.) $.............. $..............

2. For self-employment income:

a. Gross receipts from business…............................. $.............. $..............

b. Ordinary and necessary business expenses …....... $.............. $..............

c. 5.6% of adjusted gross income or the actual marginal difference between the actual rate paid by the self-employed individual and the F.I.C.A. rate … $.............. $..............

d. Adjusted gross income from self-employment (subtract the sum of 2b and 2c from 2a) ................. $.............. $..............

3. Annual income from interest and dividends (whether or not taxable).......................................... $.............. $..............

4. Annual income from unemployment compensation $.............. $..............

5. Annual income from workers’ compensation, disability insurance benefits, or social security disability/retirement benefits….................................. $.............. $..............

6. Other annual income (identify)............................. $.............. $..............

7. a. Total annual gross income (add lines 1a, 1b, 2d, and 3-6)....................... $...... $......

b. Health insurance maximum (multiply line 7a by 5%) $...... $......

ADJUSTMENTS TO INCOME

8. Adjustment for minor children born to or adopted by either parent and another parent who are living with this parent; adjustment does not apply to stepchildren (number of children times federal income tax exemption less child support received, not to exceed the federal tax exemption)........................... $.............. $..............

9. Annual court-ordered support paid for other children $.............. $..............

10. Annual court-ordered spousal support paid to any spouse or former spouse…........................................ $.............. $..............

11. Amount of local income taxes actually paid or estimated to be paid…............................................... $.............. $..............

12. Mandatory work-related deductions such as union dues, uniform fees, etc. (not including taxes, social security, or retirement).................................... $.............. $..............

13. Total gross income adjustments (add lines 8 through 12)........................................... $.............. $..............

14.

a. Adjusted annual gross income (subtract line 13 from 7a).................... $...... $......

b. Cash medical support maximum (If the amount on line 7a, Col. I, is under 150% of the federal poverty level for an individual, enter $0 on line 14b., Col. I. If the amount on line 7a, Col. I, is 150% or higher of the federal poverty level for an individual, multiply the amount on line 14a, Col. I, by 5% and enter this amount on line 14b, Col. I. If the amount on line 7a, Col. II, is under 150% of the federal poverty level for an individual, enter $0 on line 14b, Col. II. If the amount on line 7a, Col. II, is 150% or higher of the federal poverty level for an individual, multiply the amount on line 14a, Col. II, by 5% and enter this amount on line 14b, Col. II.) $...... $......

15. Combined annual income that is basis for child support order (add line 14a, Col. I and Col. II)........ $..............

16. Percentage of parent’s income to total income

a. Father

(divide line 14a, Col. I, by line 15, Col. III).................%

b. Mother

(divide line 14a, Col. II, by line 15, Col. III)................%

17. Basic combined child support obligation (refer to schedule, first column, locate the amount nearest to the amount on line 15, Col. III, then refer to column for number of children with this parent. If the income of the parents is more than one sum but less than another, you may calculate the difference)

For children For children

for whom the for whom the

mother is the father is the

residential residential

parent and parent and

legal legal

custodian custodian

$ ........................... $...........................

18. Annual support obligation per parent

a. Of father for children for whom mother is the residential parent and legal custodian (multiply line 17, Col. I, by line 16a)................... $..............

b. Of mother for children for whom the father is the residential parent and legal custodian (multiply line 17, Col. II, by line 16b)................ $..............

19. Annual child care expenses for children who are the subject of this order that are work-, employment training-, or education-related, as approved by the court or agency (deduct tax credit from annual cost whether or not claimed)

Paid by father Paid by mother

$.............. $..............

20.

a. Marginal, out-of-pocket costs, necessary to provide for health insurance for the children who are the subject of this order (contributing cost of private family health insurance, minus the contributing cost of private single health insurance, divided by the total number of dependents covered by the plan, including the children subject of the support order, times the number of children subject of the support order) ............... Paid by father $...... Paid by mother $......

b. Cash medical support obligation (enter the amount on line 14b or the amount of annual health care expenditures estimated by the United States Department of Agriculture and described in section 3119.30 of the Revised Code, whichever amount is lower).......... $...... $......

21. ADJUSTMENTS TO CHILD SUPPORT WHEN HEALTH INSURANCE IS PROVIDED:

Father Mother

a. Additions: line 16a times sum of amounts b. Additions: line 16b times sum of amounts

shown on line 19, Col. II and line 20a, Col. II shown on line 19, Col. I and line 20a, Col. I

$................. $.................

c. Subtractions: line 16b times sum of amounts d. Subtractions: line 16a times sum of amounts

shown on line 19, Col. I and line 20a, Col. I shown on line 19, Col. II and line 20a, Col. II

$................. $.................

22. ACTUAL ANNUAL OBLIGATION:

a. Father: line 18a plus line 21a minus line 21c (if the amount on line 21c is greater than or equal to the amount on line 21a — enter the number on line 18a in Col. I).............................. . $..............

b. Any non-means-tested benefits, including social security and veterans’ benefits, paid to and received by children for whom the mother is the residential parent and legal custodian or a person on behalf of those children due to death, disability, or retirement of the father…... $..............

c. Actual annual obligation of father (subtract line 22b from line 22a)......................... $..............

d. Mother: line 18b plus line 21b minus line 21d (if the amount on line 21d is greater than or equal to the amount on line 21b — enter the number on line 18b in Col. II)..................... $..............

e. Any non-means-tested benefits, including social security and veterans’ benefits, paid to and received by children for whom the father is the residential parent and legal custodian or a person on behalf of those children due to death, disability, or retirement of the mother…... $..............

f. Actual annual obligation of mother (subtract line 22e from line 22d)....................... $..............

g. Actual annual obligation payable (subtract lesser actual annual obligation from greater actual annual obligation using amounts in lines 22c and 22f to determine net child support payable) $.............. $..............

23. ADJUSTMENTS TO CHILD SUPPORT WHEN HEALTH INSURANCE IS NOT PROVIDED:

Father Mother

a. Additions: line 16a times the sum of the amounts shown on line 19, Col. II and line 20b, Col. II $............... b. Additions: line 16b times the sum of the amounts shown on line 19, Col. I and line 20b, Col. I $...............

c. Subtractions: line 16b times the sum of the amounts shown on line 19, Col. I and line 20b, Col. I $............... d. Subtractions: line 16a times the sum of the amounts shown on line 19, Col. II and line 20b, Col. II $...............

24. ACTUAL ANNUAL OBLIGATION WHEN HEALTH INSURANCE IS NOT PROVIDED:

a. Father: line 18a plus line 23a minus line 23c (if the amount on line 23c is greater than or equal to the amount on line 23a, enter the number on line 18a in Col. I) $......

b. Any non-means-tested benefits, including social security and veterans’ benefits, paid to and received by a child for whom the mother is the residential parent and legal custodian, or a person on behalf of the child, due to death, disability, or retirement of the father $......

c. Actual annual obligation of the father (subtract line 24b from line 24a) $......

d. Mother: line 18b plus line 23b minus 23d (if the amount on line 23d is greater than or equal to the amount on line 23b, enter the number on line 18b in Col. II) $......

e. Any non-means-tested benefits, including social security and veterans’ benefits, paid to and received by a child for whom the father is the residential parent and legal custodian, or a person on behalf of the child, due to death, disability, or retirement of the mother $......

f. Actual annual obligation of the mother (subtract line 24e from line 24d) $......

g. Actual annual obligation payable (subtract lesser actual annual obligation from greater annual obligation of parents using amounts in lines 24c and 24f to determine net child support payable) $...... $......

h. Add line 20b, Col. I, to line 24g, Col. I, when father is the obligor or line 20b, Col. II, to line 24g, Col. II, when mother is obligor $...... $......

25. Deviation from split residential parent guideline amount shown on line 22c or 22f if amount would be unjust or inappropriate: (see section 3119.23 of the Revised Code.) (Specific facts and monetary value must be stated.)

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WHEN HEALTH INSURANCE IS PROVIDED WHEN HEALTH INSURANCE IS NOT PROVIDED

26. FINAL CHILD SUPPORT FIGURE: (This amount reflects final annual child support obligation; in Col. I enter line 22g plus or minus any amounts indicated in line 25, or in Col. II enter line 24h plus or minus any amounts indicated on line 25.) $...... $...... Father/Mother, OBLIGOR

27. FOR DECREE: Child support per month (divide obligor’s annual share, line 26, by 12) plus any processing charge $...... $......

28. FINAL CASH MEDICAL SUPPORT FIGURE: (this amount reflects the final, annual cash medical support to be paid by the obligor when neither parent provides health insurance coverage for the child; enter obligor’s cash medical support from line 20b) $......

29. FOR DECREE: Cash medical support per month (divide line 28 by 12) $......

Prepared by:

Counsel: ........................................................ Pro se: ........................................................

(For mother/father)

CSEA: ........................................................ Other:...........................................................

Worksheet Has Been Reviewed and Agreed To:

.................................................................................. ........................................................

Mother Date

.................................................................................. ........................................................

Father Date

Effective Date: 03-22-2001; 2007 HB119 06-30-2007

3119.024 Child support guideline advisory council to review basic schedule and worksheet.

At least once every four years, the department of job and family services shall review the basic child support schedule set forth in section 3119.021 of the Revised Code to determine whether child support orders issued in accordance with the schedule and worksheets adequately provide for the needs of the children who are subject to the child support orders, prepare a report of its review, and submit a copy of the report to both houses of the general assembly.

For each review, the department shall establish a child support guideline advisory council to assist the department in the completion of its reviews and reports. Each council shall be composed of obligors; obligees; judges of courts of common pleas who have jurisdiction over domestic relations cases; attorneys whose practice includes a significant number of domestic relations cases; representatives of child support enforcement agencies; other persons interested in the welfare of children; three members of the senate appointed by the president of the senate, no more than two of whom are members of the same party; and three members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house, no more than two of whom are members of the same party.

The department shall consider input from the council prior to the completion of any report under this section.

The advisory council shall cease to exist at the time that it submits its report to the general assembly.

Any expenses incurred by an advisory council shall be paid by the department.

On or before the first day of March of every fourth year after 1993, the department shall submit a report under this division to both houses of the general assembly.

Effective Date: 03-22-2001

3119.03 Presumption of correctness.

In any action or proceeding in which the court determines the amount of child support that will be ordered to be paid pursuant to a child support order or at any time a child support enforcement agency determines the amount of child support that will be paid pursuant to an administrative child support order, the amount of child support that would be payable under a child support order, as calculated pursuant to the basic child support schedule and applicable worksheet through the line establishing the actual annual obligation, is rebuttably presumed to be the correct amount of child support due.

Effective Date: 03-22-2001

3119.04 Determination of support obligation where combined gross income is less than or greater than amounts covered by schedule.

(A) If the combined gross income of both parents is less than six thousand six hundred dollars per year, the court or child support enforcement agency shall determine the amount of the obligor’s child support obligation on a case-by-case basis using the schedule as a guideline. The court or agency shall review the obligor’s gross income and living expenses to determine the maximum amount of child support that it reasonably can order without denying the obligor the means for self-support at a minimum subsistence level and shall order a specific amount of child support, unless the obligor proves to the court or agency that the obligor is totally unable to pay child support, and the court or agency determines that it would be unjust or inappropriate to order the payment of child support and enters its determination and supporting findings of fact in the journal.

(B) If the combined gross income of both parents is greater than one hundred fifty thousand dollars per year, the court, with respect to a court child support order, or the child support enforcement agency, with respect to an administrative child support order, shall determine the amount of the obligor’s child support obligation on a case-by-case basis and shall consider the needs and the standard of living of the children who are the subject of the child support order and of the parents. The court or agency shall compute a basic combined child support obligation that is no less than the obligation that would have been computed under the basic child support schedule and applicable worksheet for a combined gross income of one hundred fifty thousand dollars, unless the court or agency determines that it would be unjust or inappropriate and would not be in the best interest of the child, obligor, or obligee to order that amount. If the court or agency makes such a determination, it shall enter in the journal the figure, determination, and findings.

Effective Date: 03-22-2001

3119.05 Other computing and calculating guidelines.

When a court computes the amount of child support required to be paid under a court child support order or a child support enforcement agency computes the amount of child support to be paid pursuant to an administrative child support order, all of the following apply:

(A) The parents’ current and past income and personal earnings shall be verified by electronic means or with 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.

(B) The amount of any pre-existing child support obligation of a parent under a child support order and the amount of any court-ordered spousal support actually paid shall be deducted from the gross income of that parent to the extent that payment under the child support order or that payment of the court-ordered spousal support is verified by supporting documentation.

(C) If other minor children who were born to the parent and a person other than the other parent who is involved in the immediate child support determination live with the parent, the court or agency shall deduct an amount from that parent’s gross income that equals the number of such minor children times the federal income tax exemption for such children less child support received for them for the year, not exceeding the federal income tax exemption.

(D) When the court or agency calculates the gross income of a parent, it shall include the lesser of the following as income from overtime and bonuses:

(1) The yearly average of all overtime, commissions, and bonuses received during the three years immediately prior to the time when the person’s child support obligation is being computed;

(2) The total overtime, commissions, and bonuses received during the year immediately prior to the time when the person’s child support obligation is being computed.

(E) When the court or agency calculates the gross income of a parent, it shall not include any income earned by the spouse of that parent.

(F) The court shall issue a separate order for extraordinary medical or dental expenses, including, but not limited to, orthodontia, psychological, appropriate private education, and other expenses, and may consider the expenses in adjusting a child support order.

(G) When a court or agency calculates the amount of child support to be paid pursuant to a court child support order or an administrative child support order, if the combined gross income of both parents is an amount that is between two amounts set forth in the first column of the schedule, the court or agency may use the basic child support obligation that corresponds to the higher of the two amounts in the first column of the schedule, use the basic child support obligation that corresponds to the lower of the two amounts in the first column of the schedule, or calculate a basic child support obligation that is between those two amounts and corresponds proportionally to the parents’ actual combined gross income.

(H) When the court or agency calculates gross income, the court or agency, when appropriate, may average income over a reasonable period of years.

(I) A court or agency shall not determine a parent receiving means-tested public assistance benefits to be voluntarily unemployed or underemployed and shall not impute income to that parent, unless not making such determination and not imputing income would be unjust, inappropriate, and not in the best interest of the child.

(J) When a court or agency requires a parent to pay an amount for that parent’s failure to support a child for a period of time prior to the date the court modifies or issues a court child support order or an agency modifies or issues an administrative child support order for the current support of the child, the court or agency shall calculate that amount using the basic child support schedule, worksheets, and child support laws in effect, and the incomes of the parents as they existed, for that prior period of time.

Effective Date: 03-22-2001; 2007 HB119 06-30-2007

3119.06 Minimum child support order.

Except as otherwise provided in this section, in any action in which a court issues or modifies a child support order or in any other proceeding in which a court determines the amount of child support to be paid pursuant to a child support order, the court shall issue a minimum child support order requiring the obligor to pay a minimum of fifty dollars a month. The court, in its discretion and in appropriate circumstances, may issue a minimum child support order requiring the obligor to pay less than fifty dollars a month or not requiring the obligor to pay an amount for support. The circumstances under which a court may issue such an order include the nonresidential parent’s medically verified or documented physical or mental disability or institutionalization in a facility for persons with a mental illness or any other circumstances considered appropriate by the court.

If a court issues a minimum child support order pursuant to this section and the obligor under the support order is the recipient of need-based public assistance, any unpaid amounts of support due under the support order shall accrue as arrearages from month to month, and the obligor’s current obligation to pay the support due under the support order is suspended during any period of time that the obligor is receiving need-based public assistance and is complying with any seek work orders issued pursuant to section 3121.03 of the Revised Code. The court, obligee, and child support enforcement agency shall not enforce the obligation of the obligor to pay the amount of support due under the support order while the obligor is receiving need-based public assistance and is complying with any seek work orders issued pursuant to section 3121.03 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 03-22-2001

3119.07 Effect of child custody on calculation of child support.

(A) Except when the parents have split parental rights and responsibilities, a parent’s child support obligation for a child for whom the parent is the residential parent and legal custodian shall be presumed to be spent on that child and shall not become part of a child support order, and a parent’s child support obligation for a child for whom the parent is not the residential parent and legal custodian shall become part of a child support order.

(B) If the parents have split parental rights and responsibilities, the child support obligations of the parents shall be offset, and the court shall issue a child support order requiring the parent with the larger child support obligation to pay the net amount pursuant to the child support order.

(C) If neither parent of a child who is the subject of a child support order is the residential parent and legal custodian of the child and the child resides with a third party who is the legal custodian of the child, the court shall issue a child support order requiring each parent to pay that parent’s child support obligation pursuant to the child support order.

Effective Date: 03-22-2001

3119.08 Child support order to include specific provisions for parenting time and visitation.

Whenever a court issues a child support order, it shall include in the order specific provisions for regular, holiday, vacation, parenting time, and special visitation in accordance with section 3109.051 , 3109.11, or 3109.12 of the Revised Code or in accordance with any other applicable section of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 03-22-2001

3119.09 Denial of or interference with right of parenting time or visitation.

The court shall not authorize or permit the escrowing, impoundment, or withholding of any child support payment because of a denial of or interference with a right of parenting time or visitation included as a specific provision of the child support order or as a method of enforcing the specific provisions of the child support order dealing with parenting time or visitation.

Effective Date: 03-22-2001

3119.22 Deviating from schedule or worksheet.

The court may order an amount of child support that deviates from the amount of child support that would otherwise result from the use of the basic child support schedule and the applicable worksheet, through the line establishing the actual annual obligation, if, after considering the factors and criteria set forth in section 3119.23 of the Revised Code, the court determines that the amount calculated pursuant to the basic child support schedule and the applicable worksheet, through the line establishing the actual annual obligation, would be unjust or inappropriate and would not be in the best interest of the child.

If it deviates, the court must enter in the journal the amount of child support calculated pursuant to the basic child support schedule and the applicable worksheet, through the line establishing the actual annual obligation, its determination that that amount would be unjust or inappropriate and would not be in the best interest of the child, and findings of fact supporting that determination.

Effective Date: 03-22-2001

3119.23 Factors to be considered in granting a deviation.

The court may consider any of the following factors in determining whether to grant a deviation pursuant to section 3119.22 of the Revised Code:

(A) Special and unusual needs of the children;

(B) Extraordinary obligations for minor children or obligations for handicapped children who are not stepchildren and who are not offspring from the marriage or relationship that is the basis of the immediate child support determination;

(C) Other court-ordered payments;

(D) Extended parenting time or extraordinary costs associated with parenting time, provided that this division does not authorize and shall not be construed as authorizing any deviation from the schedule and the applicable worksheet, through the line establishing the actual annual obligation, or any escrowing, impoundment, or withholding of child support because of a denial of or interference with a right of parenting time granted by court order;

(E) The obligor obtaining additional employment after a child support order is issued in order to support a second family;

(F) The financial resources and the earning ability of the child;

(G) Disparity in income between parties or households;

(H) Benefits that either parent receives from remarriage or sharing living expenses with another person;

(I) The amount of federal, state, and local taxes actually paid or estimated to be paid by a parent or both of the parents;

(J) Significant in-kind contributions from a parent, including, but not limited to, direct payment for lessons, sports equipment, schooling, or clothing;

(K) The relative financial resources, other assets and resources, and needs of each parent;

(L) The standard of living and circumstances of each parent and the standard of living the child would have enjoyed had the marriage continued or had the parents been married;

(M) The physical and emotional condition and needs of the child;

(N) The need and capacity of the child for an education and the educational opportunities that would have been available to the child had the circumstances requiring a court order for support not arisen;

(O) The responsibility of each parent for the support of others;

(P) Any other relevant factor.

The court may accept an agreement of the parents that assigns a monetary value to any of the factors and criteria listed in this section that are applicable to their situation.

If the court grants a deviation based on division (P) of this section, it shall specifically state in the order the facts that are the basis for the deviation.

Effective Date: 03-22-2001

3119.24 Shared parenting order child support provisions.

(A)(1) A court that issues a shared parenting order in accordance with section 3109.04 of the Revised Code shall order an amount of child support to be paid under the child support order that is calculated in accordance with the schedule and with the worksheet set forth in section 3119.022 of the Revised Code, through the line establishing the actual annual obligation, except that, if that amount would be unjust or inappropriate to the children or either parent and would not be in the best interest of the child because of the extraordinary circumstances of the parents or because of any other factors or criteria set forth in section 3119.23 of the Revised Code, the court may deviate from that amount.

(2) The court shall consider extraordinary circumstances and other factors or criteria if it deviates from the amount described in division (A)(1) of this section and shall enter in the journal the amount described in division (A)(1) of this section its determination that the amount would be unjust or inappropriate and would not be in the best interest of the child, and findings of fact supporting its determination.

(B) For the purposes of this section, “extraordinary circumstances of the parents” includes all of the following:

(1) The amount of time the children spend with each parent;

(2) The ability of each parent to maintain adequate housing for the children;

(3) Each parent’s expenses, including child care expenses, school tuition, medical expenses, dental expenses, and any other expenses the court considers relevant;

(4) Any other circumstances the court considers relevant.

Effective Date: 03-22-2001

3119.27 Processing charge for issuing or modifying an order.

(A) A court that issues or modifies a court support order, or an administrative agency that issues or modifies an administrative child support order, shall impose on the obligor under the support order a processing charge that is the greater of two per cent of the support payment to be collected under a support order or one dollar per month. No court or agency may call the charge a poundage fee.

(B) In each child support case that is a Title IV-D case, the department of job and family services shall annually claim twenty-five dollars from the processing charge described in division (A) of this section for federal reporting purposes if the obligee has never received assistance under Title IV-A and the department has collected at least five hundred dollars of child support for the obligee. The director of job and family services shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement this division, and the department shall implement this division not later than March 31, 2008.

(C) As used in this section:

(1) “Annual” means the period as defined in regulations issued by the United States secretary of health and human services to implement the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-171).

(2) “Title IV-A” has the same meaning as in section 5107.02 of the Revised Code.

(3) “Title IV-D case” has the same meaning as in section 3125.01 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 03-22-2001; 2007 HB119 09-29-2007

3119.28 Paying processing charge.

(A) As used in this section, “current support payment” means the amount of support due an obligee that an obligor is required to pay in a particular payment for the current month as specified in a support order. “Current support payment” does not include payments on arrearages under the support order.

(B) The obligor shall pay the amount imposed pursuant to section 3119.27 of the Revised Code with every current support payment, and with every payment on arrearages.

Effective Date: 03-22-2001

3119.29 Health insurance coverage for children definitions.

(A) As used in this section and sections 3119.30 to 3119.56 of the Revised Code:

(1) “Cash medical support” means an amount ordered to be paid in a child support order toward the cost of health insurance provided by a public entity, another parent, or person with whom the child resides, through employment or otherwise, or for other medical cost not covered by insurance.

(2) “Federal poverty line” has the same meaning as defined in section 5104.01 of the Revised Code.

(3) “Health care” means such medical support that includes coverage under a health insurance plan, payment of costs of premiums, co-payments, and deductibles, or payment for medical expenses incurred on behalf of the child.

(4) “Health insurance coverage” means accessible private health insurance that provides primary care services within thirty miles from the residence of the child subject to the child support order.

(5) “Health plan administrator” means any entity authorized under Title XXXIX of the Revised Code to engage in the business of insurance in this state, any health insuring corporation, any legal entity that is self-insured and provides benefits to its employees or members, and the administrator of any such entity or corporation.

(6) “National medical support notice” means a form required by the “Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998,” P.L. 105-200, 112 Stat. 659, 42 U.S.C. 666(a)(19), as amended, and jointly developed and promulgated by the secretary of health and human services and the secretary of labor in federal regulations adopted under that act as modified by the department of job and family services under section 3119.291 of the Revised Code.

(7) “Person required to provide health insurance coverage” means the obligor, obligee, or both, required by the court under a court child support order or by the child support enforcement agency under an administrative child support order to provide health insurance coverage pursuant to section 3119.30 of the Revised Code.

(8) Subject to division (B) of this section, “reasonable cost” means the contributing cost of private family health insurance to the person responsible for the health care of the children subject to the child support order that does not exceed an amount equal to five per cent of the annual gross income of that person.

(9) “Title XIX” has the same meaning as defined in section 5111.20 of the Revised Code.

(B) If the United States secretary of health and human services issues a regulation defining “reasonable cost” or a similar term or phrase relevant to the provisions in child support orders relating to the provision of health care for children subject to the orders, and if that definition is substantively different from the meaning of “reasonable cost” as defined in division (A) of this section, “reasonable cost” as used in this section shall have the meaning as defined by the United States secretary of health and human services.

Effective Date: 12-13-2002; 2007 HB119 06-30-2007

3119.291 Modifying national medical support notice.

The department of job and family services shall modify the national medical support notice, as necessary, to make the notice and its instructions apply to the person required to provide health insurance coverage for the children who are the subject of an order issued under section 3119.30 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 12-13-2002

3119.30 Determining person responsible for health care of children.

(A) In any action or proceeding in which a child support order is issued or modified, the court, with respect to court child support orders, and the child support enforcement agency, with respect to administrative child support orders, shall determine the person or persons responsible for the health care of the children subject to the child support order and shall include provisions for the health care of the children in the child support order. The order shall specify that the obligor and obligee are both liable for the health care of the children who are not covered by private health insurance or cash medical support as calculated in accordance with section 3119.022 or 3119.023 of the Revised Code, as applicable.

(B) Based on information provided to the court or to the child support enforcement agency under section 3119.31 of the Revised Code, the order shall include one of the following:

(1) A requirement that both the obligor and the obligee obtain private health insurance coverage for the children if coverage is available for the children at a reasonable cost to both the obligor and the obligee and dual coverage would provide for coordination of medical benefits without unnecessary duplication of coverage.

(2) A requirement that the obligee obtain private health insurance coverage for the children if coverage is available through any group policy, contract, or plan available to the obligee and is available at a more reasonable cost than coverage is available to the obligor;

(3) A requirement that the obligor obtain private health insurance coverage for the children if coverage is available through any group policy, contract, or plan available to the obligor at a more reasonable cost than coverage is available to the obligee;

(4) If health insurance coverage for the children is not available at a reasonable cost to the obligor or the obligee at the time the court or child enforcement agency issues the order, a requirement that the obligor or the obligee immediately inform the child support enforcement agency that private health insurance coverage for the children has become available to either the obligor or obligee. The child support enforcement agency shall determine if the private health insurance coverage is available at a reasonable cost and if coverage is reasonable, division (B)(2) or (3) shall apply, as applicable.

(C) When a child support order is issued or modified, and the obligor’s gross income is one hundred fifty per cent or more of the federal poverty level for an individual, the order shall include the amount of cash medical support to be paid by the obligor that is either five per cent of the obligor’s adjusted gross income or the obligor’s share of the United States department of agriculture estimated annual health care expenditure per child as determined in accordance with federal law and regulation, whichever is the lower amount. The amount of cash medical support paid by the obligor shall be paid during any period after the court or child support enforcement agency issues or modifies the order in which the children are not covered by private health insurance.

(D) Any cash medical support paid pursuant to division (C) of this section shall be paid by the obligor to either the obligee if the children are not Medicaid recipients, or to the office of child support to defray the cost of Medicaid expenditures if the children are Medicaid recipients. The child support enforcement agency administering the court or administrative order shall amend the amount of monthly child support obligation to reflect the amount paid when private health insurance is not provided, as calculated in the current order pursuant to section 3119.022 or 3119.023 of the Revised Code, as applicable.

The child support enforcement agency shall give the obligor notice in accordance with Chapter 3121. of the Revised Code and provide the obligor an opportunity to be heard if the obligor believes there is a mistake of fact regarding the availability of private health insurance at a reasonable cost as determined under division (B) of this section.

(E) The obligor shall begin payment of any cash medical support on the first day of the month immediately following the month in which private health insurance coverage is unavailable or terminates and shall cease payment on the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which private health insurance coverage begins or resumes. During the period when cash medical support is required to be paid, the obligor or obligee must immediately inform the child support enforcement agency that health insurance coverage for the children has become available.

Effective Date: 12-13-2002; 2007 HB119 06-30-2007

3119.301 Prior orders for health care needs.

An order issued pursuant to former section 3111.241 or 3113.217 of the Revised Code as those sections existed prior to January 1, 1998, that was not terminated on or after that date, and that provides for the health care needs of children subject to a child support order shall be considered to be a requirement included as part of the child support order. The child support order shall be considered to have been issued in accordance with former section 3111.241 or 3113.217 of the Revised Code as those sections existed on and after January 1, 1998, and prior to March 22, 2001. A child support order issued in accordance with, or any notice issued under, former section 3111.241 or 3113.217 of the Revised Code as those sections existed prior to March 22, 2001, that was not terminated on or after that date shall be subject to sections 3119.29 to 3119.56 of the Revised Code on and after that date.

Effective Date: 12-13-2002

3119.302 Private health insurance - cash medical support.

(A) When the court, with respect to a court child support order, or the child support enforcement agency, with respect to an administrative child support order, determines the person or persons responsible for the health care of the children subject to the order pursuant to section 3119.30 of the Revised Code, all of the following apply:

(1) The court or agency shall consider any private health insurance in which the obligor, obligee, or children, are enrolled at the time the court or agency issues the order.

(2) If the contributing cost of private family health insurance to either parent exceeds five per cent of that parent’s annual gross income, that parent shall not be ordered to provide private health insurance for the child except as follows:

(a) When both parents agree that one, or both, of the parents obtain or maintain the private health insurance that exceeds five per cent of the annual gross income of the parent obtaining or maintaining the private health insurance;

(b) When either parent requests to obtain or maintain the private health insurance that exceeds five per cent of that parent’s annual gross income;

(c) When the court determines that it is in the best interest of the children for a parent to obtain and maintain private health insurance that exceeds five per cent of that parent’s annual gross income and the cost will not impose an undue financial burden on either parent. If the court makes such a determination, the court must include the facts and circumstances of the determination in the child support order.

(3) If private health insurance is available at a reasonable cost to either parent through a group policy, contract, or plan, and the court determines that it is not in the best interest of the children to utilize the available private health insurance, the court shall state the facts and circumstances of the determination in the child support order. The court determination under this division shall not limit any obligation to provide cash medical support pursuant to section 3119.30 of the Revised Code.

(4) Notwithstanding division (A)(4) of section 3119.29 of the Revised Code, the court or agency may allow private health insurance to be farther than thirty miles if residents in part or all of the immediate geographic area customarily travel farther distances or if primary care services are accessible only by public transportation. The court or agency shall include this accessibility determination in the child support order.

(B) The director of job and family services shall create and annually update a table to be used to determine the amount of cash medical support to be paid pursuant to division (C) of section 3119.30 of the Revised Code. The table shall incorporate potential combined gross incomes of the parties, in a manner determined by the director, and the United States department of agriculture estimated annual health care expenditure per child as determined in accordance with federal law and regulation.

Effective Date: 2007 HB119 06-30-2007

3119.31 Providing list of any group health insurance policies, contracts, or plans available to the party.

In any action or proceeding in which a court or child support enforcement agency is determining the person responsible for the health care of the children who are or will be the subject of a child support order, each party shall provide to the court or child support enforcement agency a list of any group health insurance policies, contracts, or plans available to the party.

Effective Date: 12-13-2002

3119.32 General requirements for order concerning health insurance coverage.

A child support order shall contain all of the following:

(A) If the obligor, obligee, or both obligor and obligee, are required under section 3119.30 of the Revised Code to provide private health insurance coverage for the children, a requirement pursuant to section 3119.30 of the Revised Code that whoever is required to provide private health insurance coverage provide to the other, not later than thirty days after the issuance of the order, information regarding the benefits, limitations, and exclusions of the coverage, copies of any insurance forms necessary to receive reimbursement, payment, or other benefits under the coverage, and a copy of any necessary insurance cards;

(B) A statement setting forth the name, address, and telephone number of the individual who is to be reimbursed for out-of-pocket medical, optical, hospital, dental, or prescription expenses paid for each child and a statement that the health plan administrator that provides the private health insurance coverage for the children may continue making payment for medical, optical, hospital, dental, or prescription services directly to any health care provider in accordance with the applicable private health insurance policy, contract, or plan;

(C) A requirement that a person required to provide private health insurance coverage for the children designate the children as covered dependents under any private health insurance policy, contract, or plan for which the person contracts;

(D) A requirement that the obligor, the obligee, or both of them under a formula established by the court, with respect to a court child support order, or the child support enforcement agency, with respect to an administrative child support order, pay co-payment or deductible costs required under the private health insurance policy, contract, or plan that covers the children;

(E) A notice that the employer of the person required to obtain private health insurance coverage is required to release to the other parent, any person subject to an order issued under section 3109.19 of the Revised Code, or the child support enforcement agency on written request any necessary information on the private health insurance coverage, including the name and address of the health plan administrator and any policy, contract, or plan number, and to otherwise comply with this section and any order or notice issued under this section;

(F) A statement setting forth the full name and date of birth of each child who is the subject of the child support order;

(G) A requirement that the obligor and the obligee comply with any requirement described in section 3119.30 of the Revised Code and divisions (A) and (C) of this section that is contained in an order issued in compliance with this section no later than thirty days after the issuance of the order;

(H) A notice that states the following: “If the person required to obtain private health care insurance coverage for the children subject to this child support order obtains new employment, the agency shall comply with the requirements of section 3119.34 of the Revised Code, which may result in the issuance of a notice requiring the new employer to take whatever action is necessary to enroll the children in private health care insurance coverage provided by the new employer.”

(I) A statement that, upon receipt of notice by the child support enforcement agency that private health insurance coverage is not available at a reasonable cost, cash medical support shall be paid in the amount as determined by the child support computation worksheets in section 3119.022 or 3119.023 of the Revised Code, as applicable. The child support enforcement agency may change the financial obligations of the parties to pay child support in accordance with the terms of the court or administrative order and cash medical support without a hearing or additional notice to the parties.

Effective Date: 12-13-2002; 2007 HB119 06-30-2007

3119.33 Sending national medical support notice to employer.

A child support enforcement agency shall send the national medical support notice to the employer of a person required to provide health insurance coverage for the children who are the subject of a child support order. The child support enforcement agency shall act in accordance with federal regulations governing the national medical support notice and rules adopted by the department of job and family services under section 3119.51 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 12-13-2002

3119.34 Sending national medical support notice to new employer.

Not later than the business day after receipt of a notice under section 3121.895 of the Revised Code of a new hire match, a child support enforcement agency shall send to a person’s new employer a national medical support notice if the person is the person required to provide health insurance coverage for the children who are the subject of a child support order.

Effective Date: 12-13-2002

3119.35 Sending notice of medical support enforcement activity to employee.

At the same time that a child support enforcement agency sends a national medical support notice under section 3119.33 or 3119.34 of the Revised Code to the employer of a person required to provide health insurance coverage for children who are the subject of a child support order, the agency shall send a notice of medical support enforcement activity to that person.

Effective Date: 12-13-2002

3119.351 Contents of notice of medical support enforcement activity.

The notice of medical support enforcement activity shall contain all of the following:

(A) The date on which it is sent;

(B) A statement that the person has been designated as a person required to provide health insurance coverage for children who are the subject of a child support order;

(C) A statement that a national medical support notice has been sent to the person’s employer;

(D) A statement of the purpose of the national medical support notice, of what it will require of the person’s employer and any applicable health plan administrator, and that amounts will be withheld from the person’s income to pay for health insurance for the children;

(E) A statement of the person’s right to contest the national medical support notice through mistake of fact proceedings;

(F) An explanation of the mistake of fact proceedings available to the person and the actions the person must take to pursue those proceedings.

Effective Date: 12-13-2002

3119.352 Standard form for notice of medical support enforcement activity.

The department of job and family services shall adopt a standard form for the notice of medical support enforcement activity required by section 3119.35 of the Revised Code. All child support enforcement agencies shall use the form in issuing the notice under that section.

Effective Date: 12-13-2002

3119.36 Employer's action upon receiving national medical support notice.

On receipt of a national medical support notice sent pursuant to section 3119.33 or section 3119.34 of the Revised Code, an employer shall do one of the following not later than twenty business days after the date specified in the notice:

(A) If the person named in the national medical support notice is a current employee and health insurance coverage of the children is available through the employer, complete and comply with the notice in accordance with its instructions, federal regulations, and any rules adopted by the department of job and family services under section 3119.51 of the Revised Code and send the appropriate portion of the notice to the health plan administrator;

(B) If the person named in the notice is not a current employee, health insurance coverage of the children is not available through the employer, or the employer determines that coverage of the children would cause the total amount of income withholding and health insurance contributions from the person’s income to exceed the maximum amount permitted under section 303(b) of the “Consumer Credit Protection Act,” 15 U.S.C. 1673(b), complete the notice in accordance with its instructions, federal regulations, and any rules adopted by the department of job and family services under section 3119.51 of the Revised Code and return the completed notice to the child support enforcement agency.

Effective Date: 12-13-2002

3119.361 Complying with notice or order to provide health insurance coverage.

During the time that any child support order issued in accordance with section 3119.30 of the Revised Code or a notice issued pursuant to section 3119.33 or 3119.34 of the Revised Code is in effect and after the employer has received a copy of the order or notice, the employer of the person required to provide health insurance coverage shall comply with the order or notice.

Effective Date: 12-13-2002

3119.362 Requesting employer to provide information.

On written request from the other parent, any person subject to an order issued under section 3109.19 of the Revised Code, or the child support enforcement agency, the employer of a person required to provide health insurance coverage under a child support order shall release to the other parent, person, and the agency all information about the health insurance coverage that is necessary to ensure compliance with section 3119.30 of the Revised Code, a notice issued under section 3119.33 of the Revised Code, or a notice issued under section 3119.34 of the Revised Code, including the name and address of the health plan administrator, and any policy, contract, or plan number.

Effective Date: 12-13-2002

3119.363 Using information provided by employer.

Information provided by an employer pursuant to section 3119.362 of the Revised Code shall be used only for the purpose of the enforcement of an order issued in accordance with section 3119.30 of the Revised Code, a notice issued under section 3119.33 of the Revised Code, or a notice issued pursuant to section 3119.34 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 12-13-2002

3119.364 Providing notice of change in coverage.

Any employer who receives a copy of an order or notice described in section 3119.30, 3119.33, or 3119.34 of the Revised Code shall notify the child support enforcement agency of any change in or the termination of the health insurance coverage that is maintained pursuant to the order or notice.

Effective Date: 12-13-2002

3119.37 Health plan administrator to complete and comply with notice.

On receipt of a national medical support notice sent by an employer under section 3119.36 of the Revised Code, a health plan administrator shall complete and comply with the notice in accordance with its instructions, federal regulations, and any rules adopted by the department of job and family services under section 3119.51 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 12-13-2002

3119.38 Request for administrative hearing based on mistake of fact.

A person who receives a notice of medical support enforcement activity under section 3119.35 of the Revised Code may file a written request for an administrative hearing with the child support enforcement agency that issued it regarding whether a mistake of fact was made in the national medical support notice referred to in the notice of medical support enforcement activity. The request must be filed not later than seven business days after the date on which the notice of medical support enforcement activity is sent.

If the person makes a timely request, the agency shall conduct an administrative hearing not later than ten days after the date on which the person files the request for the hearing. Not later than five days before the date on which the hearing is to be conducted, the agency shall send the person and any other individual the agency determines appropriate written notice of the date, time, place, and purpose of the hearing. The notice to the person and any other appropriate individual also shall indicate that the person may present testimony and evidence at the hearing only in regard to the issue of whether a mistake of fact has been made in the national medical support notice.

At the hearing, the agency shall determine whether there is a mistake of fact in the national medical support notice. The agency shall send its determination to the person. That agency’s determination is final unless, within seven business days after the agency makes its determination, the person files a written motion with the court for a hearing to determine whether there is still a mistake of fact in the national medical support notice.

If an agency’s determination becomes final under this section, the agency shall take further action as required by section 3119.41 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 12-13-2002

3119.39 Failure to make timely request for hearing.

If a person who has received a notice of medical support enforcement activity under section 3119.35 of the Revised Code fails to make a timely request under section 3119.38 of the Revised Code for an administrative hearing, the notice of medical support enforcement activity becomes a final determination of the child support enforcement agency that issued that notice that no mistake of fact exists in the national medical support notice referred to in the notice of medical support enforcement activity. When an agency’s determination becomes final, the agency shall take further action as required by section 3119.41 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 12-13-2002

3119.40 Hearing based on mistake of fact.

If a person who received a notice of medical support enforcement activity files a timely written motion for a court hearing to determine whether there is still a mistake of fact in the national medical support notice referred to in the notice of medical support enforcement activity, the court shall hold a hearing as soon as possible, but not later than ten days, after the motion is filed. Not later than five days before the date the court hearing is to be held, the court shall send the person and any other individual the agency determines appropriate written notice by regular mail of the date, time, place, and purpose of that hearing. The hearing shall be limited to a determination of whether there is a mistake of fact in the national medical support notice.

At the hearing, the court shall determine whether there is a mistake of fact in the national medical support notice. On conclusion of the hearing, the court shall make its determination. The determination is final. The court shall take further action as provided in section 3119.41 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 12-13-2002

3119.41 Decision on mistake of fact proceeding.

If either a court, under section 3119.40 of the Revised Code, or child support enforcement agency, under section 3119.38 or 3119.39 of the Revised Code, makes a final determination that no mistake of fact exists in a national medical support notice referred to in a notice of medical support enforcement activity sent to a person, the national medical support notice shall remain in effect. If a court or agency determines that a mistake of fact does exist under the national medical support notice, the court or agency, as appropriate, shall take whatever action is necessary regarding the notice, which may include correction or termination of the notice.

If a mistake of fact proceeding is instituted under section