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...(A) The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA)(2008) requires that only one valid order may exist for the purpose of enforcing a support obligation prospectively, beginning with the date on which the determination of controlling order is made. After a controlling order is determined, it becomes the only order that may be prospectively enforced, and sets the non-modifiable terms. Non-modifia...

...(A) The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA)(2008) requires that only one valid order may exist for the purpose of enforcing a support obligation prospectively, beginning with the date on which the determination of controlling order is made. After a controlling order is determined, it becomes the only order that may be prospectively enforced, and sets the non-modifiable terms. Non-modifia...

...(A) This rule describes the responsibilities that an initiating or responding child support enforcement agency (CSEA) has to enforce support orders in intergovernmental cases. (B) When two or more support orders exist, only the support order that has been determined to be the controlling order may be enforced. Therefore, before any action is taken to enforce a support order, the initiating CSEA s...

...(A) This rule describes the responsibilities that an initiating or responding child support enforcement agency (CSEA) has to modify a controlling order in an intergovernmental case. (B) For purposes of this rule, "petitioner" means the person or entity requesting the modification. "Respondent" means the person or entity who did not request the modification. (C) No part of the controlling order may b...

...(A) This rule describes the responsibilities that an initiating or responding child support enforcement agency (CSEA) has to modify a controlling order in an intergovernmental case. (B) No part of the controlling order may be modified that is not modifiable under the laws of the state that issued the controlling order, such as the duration of the support order. (C) An Ohio controlling order can be m...

...(A) This rule describes the responsibilities of the child support enforcement agency (CSEA) to use the child support enforcement network (CSENet) in the processing of interstate cases to the greatest extent possible. (B) "Child Support Enforcement Network" (CSENet) means the electronic communications network developed by the federal office of child support enforcement (OCSE) to transmit and recei...

...(A) The following forms shall be used in processing interstate cases under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA)(2008). To the greatest extent practical, the child support enforcement agency (CSEA) shall transmit requests for information and provide requested information through the child support enforcement network (CSENet) or electronic document exchange (EDE). When transmitting info...

...(A) The following forms shall be used in processing interstate cases under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA)(2008). To the greatest extent practical, the child support enforcement agency (CSEA) shall transmit requests for information and provide requested information through the child support enforcement network (CSENet) or electronic document exchange (EDE). When transmitting info...

...(A) The following forms shall be used in processing interstate cases under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA)(2008). To the greatest extent practical, the child support enforcement agency (CSEA) shall transmit requests for information and provide requested information through the child support enforcement network (CSENet) or electronic document exchange (EDE). When transmitting info...

...(A) The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996, 110 Stat. 2105, 42 U.S.C. 654b, requires all states to operate a state disbursement unit (SDU) for the purpose of collecting and disbursing support payments from a single physical location. The SDU must be integrated with a statewide automated child support system. (B) In accordance with PRWORA and section ...

...(A) The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996, 110 Stat. 2105, 42 U.S.C. 654b, mandates all states to operate a state disbursement unit (SDU) for the purpose of collecting and disbursing support payments from a single physical location. The SDU will be integrated with a statewide automated child support system. (B) In accordance with PRWORA and section ...

...(A) The purpose of this rule is to describe the requirements regarding the collection of support payments at the child support enforcement agency (CSEA). Each CSEA is required to elect to accept collections or not to accept collections at the CSEA in accordance with this rule. (B) Each CSEA will notify the office of child support (OCS) of the CSEA's decision to accept or not accept payments a...

...(A) The purpose of this rule is to describe the requirements regarding the collection of support payments at the child support enforcement agency (CSEA). Each CSEA is required to elect to accept collections or not to accept collections at the CSEA in accordance with this rule. (B) Each CSEA will notify the office of child support (OCS) of the CSEA's decision to accept or not accept payments a...

...(A) The purpose of this rule is to describe the requirements regarding the collection of support payments at the child support enforcement agency (CSEA). Each CSEA will elect to accept collections or not to accept collections at the CSEA in accordance with this rule. (B) Each CSEA will notify the office of child support (OCS) of the CSEA's decision to accept or not accept payments at the CSEA...

...(A) The date of collection is the date the payment is posted in the child support payment central (CSPC) automated payment processing system. (B) The date of collection for internal revenue service (IRS) payments is the date the office of child support (OCS) receives the tax offset file from the federal office of child support enforcement (OCSE). (C) A payment received by CSPC after the fina...

...(A) The date of collection is the date assigned to the deposit within the child support payment central (CSPC) automated payment processing system. (B) The date of collection for internal revenue service (IRS) payments is the date the office of child support (OCS) receives the tax offset file from the federal office of child support services. (C) A payment received by CSPC after the financia...

...(A) Payment processing involves five steps: (1) A payment is deposited in a child support payment central (CSPC) collection account and transferred to the office of child support master concentration account. (2) The payment is posted when there is sufficient information, including at least two of the five posting identifiers, as defined in paragraph (C) of rule 5101:12-80-05 of the Admi...

...(A) Payment processing involves five steps: (1) A payment is deposited in a child support payment central (CSPC) collection account and transferred to the office of child support master concentration account. (2) The payment is posted when there is sufficient information, including at least two of the five posting identifiers, as defined in paragraph (C) of rule 5101:12-80-05 of the Admi...

...(A) The purpose of this rule is to identify the responsibilities of the office of child support (OCS) and the child support enforcement agency (CSEA) to process an exception item in order to disburse the payment. (B) Suspense payment. (1) A suspense payment is a payment that is deposited and posted by child support payment central (CSPC) but is not applied to a support enforcement tracking syste...

...(A) The purpose of this rule is to identify the responsibilities of the office of child support (OCS) and the child support enforcement agency (CSEA) to process an exception item in order to disburse the payment. (B) Suspense payment. (1) A suspense payment is a payment that is deposited and viewable in the child support payment central (CSPC) automated system, but is not applied to a support en...

...(A) This rule describes the process to replace a check issued by child support payment central (CSPC) when the check is lost, stolen, destroyed, or mutilated. (B) When the payee requests a replacement check because the original check was mutilated and the payee submits the mutilated check with the request, the child support enforcement agency (CSEA) shall mark "void" on the mutilated check and fa...

...(A) This rule describes the process to replace a check issued by child support payment central (CSPC) when the check is lost, stolen, destroyed, issued in error, or mutilated. (B) When a check is mutilated, the payee may request a replacement check. The payee will submit the mutilated check to the child support enforcement agency (CSEA). The CSEA will then mark "void" on the mutilated check and f...

...(A) Recoupment is a process that is used to: (1) Recover an incorrect disbursement in order to reimburse an entity that covered the fiscal impact of a misapplied payment; (2) Refund overpaid child support to an obligor upon termination of a support order, in response to a request from an obligor for the refund or pursuant to an order. "Overpaid child support" has the same meaning as in rule ...

...(A) In accordance with section 3121.50 of the Revised Code, the office of child support, Ohio department of job and family services, is authorized to issue, and support obligees required to accept the issuance of, support payments by means of electronic disbursement. The purpose of electronic disbursement of support payments is to reduce the time to deliver support payments to obligees. (B) "Elec...

...(A) The unreimbursed assistance (URA) is the total amount of assistance paid to the family that has not been reimbursed from child support and spousal support collections retained by the Ohio department of job and family services pursuant to the assignment of support. This rule describes when assistance paid to the family is to be included in the URA. (B) Definitions. (1) The following definitions apply to all rule...