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...(A) Administrative termination investigation. (1) The child support enforcement agency (CSEA) will complete an administrative termination investigation and issue findings and recommendations regarding whether the child support order should terminate within twenty days of the date the CSEA is notified by either the obligee or obligor or becomes aware that: (a) An administrative termination reason...

...(A) Administrative termination hearing. (1) The obligor and obligee to the child support order have the right to object to the administrative termination investigation findings and recommendations within fourteen days after issuance of the findings and recommendations. The child support enforcement agency (CSEA) shall presume that the obligor and obligee received the findings and recommendati...

...(A) Administrative termination hearing. (1) The parties have the right to object to the administrative termination investigation findings and recommendations within fourteen days after issuance of the findings and recommendations. (2) When a party timely requests an administrative termination hearing, the child support enforcement agency (CSEA) will schedule an administrative termination hea...

...(A) This rule and its supplemental rules describe how the child support enforcement agency (CSEA) with administrative responsibility for a child support order redirects payments under the support order. (B) The CSEA is authorized to proceed in accordance with this rule and its supplemental rules when a IV-D application as described in paragraph (A) of rule 5101:12-10-01.1 of the Administrative Co...

...(A) Administrative redirection investigation. (1) The child support enforcement agency (CSEA) will complete an administrative redirection investigation and issue findings and recommendations regarding whether the child support order should be redirected, within twenty days of determining pursuant to rule 5101:12-60-60 of the Administrative Code that a reason exists to redirect support to a ca...

...(A) When the child support enforcement agency (CSEA) receives notice that a caretaker is no longer the primary caregiver for a child subject to a redirection order, the CSEA will investigate whether the caretaker to whom support amounts are redirected under the existing redirection order is still the primary caregiver for the child. (B) When the CSEA determines that the caretaker to whom support ...

...(A) This rule and its supplemental rules describe the process for a reduction of permanently assigned arrears as a result of an obligor satisfying all the terms and conditions of a waiver, installment plan compromise, lump sum compromise or a family support program. (B) Procedures submitted by a child support enforcement agency (CSEA) for a waiver and compromise program and approved by the office of child support (O...

...(A) A child support enforcement agency (CSEA) may elect to establish a procedure for a reduction of permanently assigned arrears that is consistent with rule 5101:12-60-70 of the Administrative Code and its supplemental rules. When a CSEA elects to establish such a procedure, the CSEA shall submit the procedure to the office of child support (OCS) prior to negotiating any agreements for a reduction of permanently ass...

...(A) A reduction of permanently assigned arrears is a negotiation between the child support enforcement agency (CSEA) and the obligor or obligor's representative. No obligor has a right, either explicit or implied, to require the CSEA or office of child support (OCS) to reduce permanently assigned arrears. (B) An agreement to reduce permanently assigned arrears shall not: (1) Alter an obligor's requirement to pay th...

...(A) An agreed entry for a reduction of permanently assigned arrears shall only pertain to one support enforcement tracking system (SETS) case. (B) When a child support enforcement agency (CSEA) or the office of child support (OCS) approves a request for a reduction of permanently assigned arrears, the CSEA shall prepare and issue to the obligor: (1) A JFS 07718, "Administrative Agreed Entry for a Reduction of Perma...

...(A) The child support enforcement agency (CSEA) shall utilize the reporting database provided by the office of child support (OCS) to track and maintain a cumulative record of all requests and agreements for a reduction of permanently assigned arrears, regardless of whether the request is approved or denied. (1) Upon approval of a procedure as described in paragraph (B) of rule 5101:12-60-70.1 of the Administrative ...

...(A) This rule describes the process a child support enforcement agency (CSEA) may use to initiate a reduction of permanently assigned arrears. (B) The CSEA may initiate a reduction of permanently assigned arrears on an arrears only support enforcement tracking system (SETS) case when all of the following conditions exist: (1) All of the arrears are permanently assigned to the state, as defined i...

...The forms identified in this rule are referenced within various rules contained within division 5101:12 of the Administrative Code. The effective or revised effective dates of the forms are as follows: (A) JFS 00592, "Caretaker Notification of Administrative Adjustment Review" (rev. 10/2019); (B) JFS 01849, "Request for an Administrative Review of the Child Support Order"(rev. 10/2019); (C) J...

...The forms identified in this rule are referenced within various rules contained within division 5101:12 of the Administrative Code. The effective or revised effective dates of the forms are as follows: (A) JFS 00592, "Caretaker Notification of Administrative Adjustment Review" (rev. 10/2019); (B) JFS 01849, "Request for an Administrative Review of the Child Support Order"(rev. 4/2024); (C) JF...

...(A) This rule and its supplemental rules describe procedures for processing cases when an obligee or obligor to the child support order for which a child support enforcement agency (CSEA) has administrative responsibility is deceased. (B) The following definitions apply to this rule and its supplemental rules: (1) "Administrator" means a person granted authority pursuant to section 2113.06 of th...

...(A) This rule describes procedures for processing a case when an obligee is deceased. (B) Current support order. (1) When there is a current support order, the child support enforcement agency (CSEA) will complete a termination investigation in accordance with rule 5101:12-60-50.1 of the Administrative Code, using the obligee's date of death. (2) When a termination order is final, the CSEA will...

...(A) This rule describes procedures for processing a case when an obligor is deceased. (B) Current support order. (1) When there is a current support order, the child support enforcement agency (CSEA) will complete a termination investigation in accordance with rule 5101:12-60-50.1 of the Administrative Code, using the obligor's date of death. (2) When a termination entry is final, the CSEA will...

...(A) This rule and its supplemental rules describe the procedures for processing an intergovernmental case for child support enforcement services. (B) An initiating or responding child support enforcement agency (CSEA) as defined in this rule shall process intergovernmental cases in accordance with this rule and its supplemental rules, federal regulations found at 45 C.F.R. 303.7 effective January...

...(A) This rule and its supplemental rules describe the procedures for processing an intergovernmental case for child support enforcement services. (B) An initiating or responding child support enforcement agency (CSEA) as defined in this rule shall process intergovernmental cases in accordance with this rule and its supplemental rules, federal regulations found at 45 C.F.R. 303.7 effective January...

...(A) This rule describes the general responsibilities that apply to a child support enforcement agency (CSEA) irrespective of the CSEA role in the case as either an initiating or responding agency. (B) The CSEA shall: (1) Use federally approved forms in intergovernmental cases; (2) Within thirty business days of receiving a request, provide any order and payment record information requested by a...

...(A) Each state child support agency is required by federal regulations at 45 C.F.R. 303.7(b), effective January 3, 2011, to establish an interstate central registry (ICR) responsible for receiving, transmitting, and responding to inquiries on all incoming intergovernmental cases. The ICR in Ohio is located within the Ohio department of job and family services (ODJFS), office of child support (OCS)...

...(A) This rule describes the requirements that an initiating child support enforcement agency (CSEA) shall follow when processing an intergovernmental case. (B) In addition to the general responsibilities described in rule 5101:12-70-05.1 of the Administrative Code, the initiating CSEA has the following responsibilities: (1) Determine whether a child support order(s) exists in a case using the fe...

...(A) This rule describes the requirements that a responding child support enforcement agency (CSEA) shall follow when receiving a request for services from an initiating agency. (B) In addition to the general responsibilities described in rule 5101:12-70-05.1 of the Administrative Code, the responding CSEA has the following responsibilities: (1) Accept and process an intergovernmental request for...

...(A) This rule describes the responsibilities that an initiating or responding child support enforcement agency (CSEA) has to establish paternity in intergovernmental cases. When a determination of paternity has been made pursuant to the laws of another jurisdiction, that determination must be recognized in Ohio, and the issue of paternity may not be re-litigated or used as a defense to an action b...

...(A) This rule describes the responsibilities that an initiating or responding child support enforcement agency (CSEA) has to establish a child support order in intergovernmental cases. A request to establish a child support order may be received as a separate request or as part of a request to establish paternity and support. (B) A child support order may be established either by: (1) Using long...