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... section 3105.81 of the Revised Code. Each state retirement system shall, by rule adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code, adopt the form created under this section.

...(A) Whoever violates section 3105.02 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

...dmitted to the bar by order of the Ohio supreme court. (D) "Best interest" means the factors a court uses to determine the best interest of a child as set forth in section 3107.161 of the Revised Code. (E) "Child" means a son or daughter, whether by birth or by adoption. (F) "Court" means the probate courts of this state, and when the context requires, means the court of any other state empowered to grant petit...

... arranging an adoption is guilty of the offense of falsification under section 2921.13 of the Revised Code.

... to adopt the foster caregiver's foster child who has resided in the foster caregiver's home for at least six months prior to the date the foster caregiver submits the application to the agency. (B) The department of children and youth shall prescribe an application for a foster caregiver to use under division (A) of this section. The application shall not require that the foster caregiver provide any information ...

... to adopt the foster caregiver's foster child shall provide the foster caregiver information about adoption, including information about state adoption law, adoption assistance available pursuant to section 5153.163 of the Revised Code and Title IV-E of the "Social Security Act," 94 Stat. 501, 42 U.S.C.A. 670 (1980), as amended, the types of behavior that the prospective adoptive parents may anticipate from children ...

...to the provision of information, or the failure to provide information, that is needed for the proper operation of the assessor registry.

... assistance programs, and post adoption support services.

...The department of children and youth shall develop a schedule of training that meets the requirements established in rules adopted pursuant to section 3107.015 of the Revised Code. The schedule shall include enough training to provide all agencies equal access to the training. The department shall distribute the schedule to all agencies.

...The department of children and youth shall develop a standardized form for the disclosure of information about a prospective adoptive child to prospective adoptive parents. The information disclosed shall include all background information available on the child. The department shall distribute the form to all agencies.

...he filing of the petition, or until the child has lived in the home for at least six months. (2) In the case of a foster caregiver adopting a foster child, a person adopting a child to whom the person is related, a kinship caregiver, a legal custodian, or a guardian adopting a child, the court shall apply the amount of time the child lived in the home of the foster caregiver, relative, kinship caregiver, legal cust...

... 3105.17 of the Revised Code; (3) The failure of the other spouse to join in the petition or to consent to the adoption is found by the court to be by reason of prolonged unexplained absence, unavailability, incapacity, or circumstances that make it impossible or unreasonably difficult to obtain either the consent or refusal of the other spouse.

...tion 2921.13 of the Revised Code, and such a home study shall not be filed with the court. If such a home study is filed with the court, the court may strike the home study from the court's records. The report shall contain the opinion of the assessor as to whether the person who is the subject of the report is suitable to adopt a minor, any multiple children assessment required under section 3107.032 of the Revis...

...ided in division (C) of this section, each time a person seeking to adopt a minor or foster child will have at least five children residing in the prospective adoptive home after the minor or foster child to be adopted is placed in the home, an assessor, on behalf of an agency or attorney arranging an adoption pursuant to sections 3107.011 or 3107.012 of the Revised Code, shall complete a multiple children assessment...

...The director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code specifying both of the following: (A) The manner in which a home study is to be conducted and the information and documents to be included in a home study report, which shall include, pursuant to section 3107.034 of the Revised Code, a summary report of a search of the uniform statewide automated child welfare ...

...iod immediately prior to the date on which a criminal records check is requested for the person under division (A) of section 2151.86 of the Revised Code, the administrative director of an agency, or attorney, who arranges the adoption for the prospective adoptive parent shall request a check of the central registry of abuse and neglect of this state from the department of children and youth regarding the prospective...

...ive adoptive parent shall conduct a search of the United States department of justice national sex offender public web site regarding the prospective adoptive parent and all persons eighteen years of age or older who reside with the prospective adoptive parent. (B) A petition for adoption may be denied based solely on the results of the search of the national sex offender public web site. (C) The director of ch...

... filed in the court in the county in which the person to be adopted was born, or in which, at the time of filing the petition, the petitioner or the person to be adopted or parent of the person to be adopted resides, or in which the petitioner is stationed in military service, or in which the agency having the permanent custody of the person to be adopted is located. (B) If the court finds in the interest of justic...

...stablish the relationship of parent and child with the person to be adopted; (9) A description and estimate of value of all property of the person to be adopted; (10) The name and address, if known, of any person whose consent to the adoption is required, but who has not consented, and facts that explain the lack of the consent normally required to the adoption. (B) A certified copy of the birth certificate of ...

...A petition for adoption shall be subject to the placement requirements set forth in section 5103.16 of the Revised Code.

...pting the minor; (3) The minor is a "child with special needs," as defined by the director of children and youth in accordance with section 5153.163 of the Revised Code.

...ion, "agency" does not include a public children services agency. (2) As used in this section, "living expenses" means any of the following expenses incurred by a birth mother: (a) Rental or mortgage payments; (b) Utility payments; (c) Payments for products or services required for the birth mother's or minor's sustenance or safety including, but not limited to, food, household goods, personal care items, and...

...ts were married; (2) The minor is the child of the parent by adoption; (3) Prior to the date the petition was filed, it was determined by a court proceeding pursuant to sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code, a court proceeding in another state, an administrative proceeding pursuant to sections 3111.38 to 3111.54 of the Revised Code, or an administrative proceeding in another state that a parent and chil...

...rse with a woman is on notice that if a child is born as a result and the man is the putative father, the child may be adopted without his consent pursuant to division (B) of section 3107.07 of the Revised Code.

...e mother of the person he claims as his child; and the address or telephone number at which he wishes to receive, pursuant to section 3107.11 of the Revised Code, notice of any petition that may be filed to adopt a minor he claims as his child. A putative father may register at any time. For the purpose of preserving the requirement of his consent to an adoption, a putative father shall register before or not later ...