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...A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this state for enforcement.

...uesting registration and enforcement; (2) Two copies, including one certified copy, of the order to be registered, including any modification of the order; (3) A sworn statement by the person requesting registration or a certified statement by the custodian of the records showing the amount of any arrearage; (4) The name of the obligor and, if known, all of the following: (a) The obligor's address and social secu...

...(A) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this state. (B) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of this state. (C) Except as otherwise provided in this c...

...nts under a registered support order; (2) The computation and payment of arrearages and accrual of interest on the arrearages under the support order; (3) The existence and satisfaction of other obligations under the support order. (B) In a proceeding for arrears under a registered support order, the statute of limitation of this state, or of the issuing state or foreign country, whichever is longer, applies. (C)...

...r issued by a tribunal of this state; (2) That a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be requested within twenty days after notice unless the registered order is under section 3115.707 of the Revised Code; (3) That failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in a timely manner will result in confirmation of the order and enforcement of the order and ...

...ng within the time required by section 3115.605 of the Revised Code. The nonregistering party may seek to vacate the registration, to assert any defense to an allegation of noncompliance with the registered order, or to contest the remedies being sought or the amount of any alleged arrearages pursuant to section 3115.607 of the Revised Code. (B) If the nonregistering party fails to contest the validity or enforcemen...

...risdiction over the contesting party. (2) The order was obtained by fraud. (3) The order has been vacated, suspended, or modified by a later order. (4) The issuing tribunal has stayed the order pending appeal. (5) There is a defense under the law of this state to the remedy sought. (6) Full or partial payment has been made. (7) The statute of limitation under section 3115.604 of the Revised Code precludes enfor...

...Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted at the time of registration.

...n the same manner provided in sections 3115.601 to 3115.608 of the Revised Code if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for modification.

...ed only if the requirements of section 3115.611 or 3115.613 of the Revised Code have been met.

...iction of the tribunal of this state. (2) That this state is the residence of the child, or a party who is an individual is subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal of this state, and all of the parties who are individuals have filed consents in a record in the issuing tribunal for a tribunal of this state to modify the support order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction. (B) Modification of a r...

...If a child-support order issued by a tribunal of this state is modified by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to its uniform interstate family support act, a tribunal of this state: (A) May enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears and interest accruing before the modification; (B) May provide appropriate relief for violations of its order that occurred before the effective...

...apply the provisions of sections 3115.102 to 3115.211 and sections 3115.601 to 3115.616 of the Revised Code and the procedural and substantive law of this state to the proceeding for enforcement or modification. Sections 3115.301 to 3115.507 and sections 3115.701 to 3115.802 of the Revised Code do not apply.

...Within thirty days after issuance of a modified child-support order, the party obtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the order with the issuing tribunal that had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the earlier order, and in each tribunal in which the party knows the earlier order has been registered. A party who obtains the order and fails to file a certified copy is subject to appropriate san...

...xcept as otherwise provided in section 3115.711 of the Revised Code, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child-support order pursuant to its laws, a court of this state may assume jurisdiction to modify the child-support order and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction of the court whether the consent to modification of a child-support order otherwise requir...

...hat order in this state under sections 3115.601 to 3115.608 of the Revised Code if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or at another time. The petition must specify the grounds for modification.

...ed in division (E)(4) of section 3115.102 of the Revised Code to perform the functions specified in the convention. (C) "Convention support order" means a support order of a tribunal of a foreign country described in division (E)(4) of section 3115.102 of the Revised Code. (D) "Direct request" means a petition filed by an individual in a tribunal of this state in a proceeding involving an obligee, obligor, or child...

...de is inconsistent with sections 3115.102 to 3115.616 of the Revised Code, sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 control.

...The department of job and family services is recognized as the agency designated by the United States central authority to perform specific functions under the convention.

...1) Transmit and receive applications; (2) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a court of this state. (B) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the convention: (1) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order; (2) Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state; (3) Establishment of a support or...

...ee the payment of costs and expenses. (2) An obligee or obligor that in the issuing country has benefited from free legal assistance is entitled to benefit, at least to the same extent, from any free legal assistance provided for by the law of this state under the same circumstances. (D) A petitioner filing a direct request is not entitled to assistance from the support enforcement agency. (E) Sections 3115.701 to...

....311 and division (A) of section 3115.602 of the Revised Code, a request for registration of a convention support order must be accompanied by all of the following: (1) A complete text of the support order or an abstract or extract of the support order drawn up by the issuing foreign tribunal, which may be in the form recommended by the Hague conference on private international law; (2) A record stating that the su...

...eign tribunal based its jurisdiction. (2) A court of this state may not review the merits of the order. (F) A court of this state deciding a contest of a registered convention support order shall promptly notify the parties of its decision. (G) A challenge or appeal, if any, does not stay the enforcement of a convention support order unless there are exceptional circumstances.

...eal on fact or law before a tribunal. (10) The order was made in violation of section 3115.711 of the Revised Code. (C) If a court of this state does not recognize a convention support order under division (B)(2), (4), or (9) of this section, both of the following apply: (1) The court may not dismiss the proceeding without allowing a reasonable time for a party to request the establishment of a new convention supp...

...If a court of this state does not recognize and enforce a convention support order in its entirety, it shall enforce any severable part of the order. An application or direct request may seek recognition and partial enforcement of a convention support order.