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... establishing, modifying, and enforcing child support orders. (B) As used in this division, "state agency" means every department, bureau, board, commission, office, or other organized body established by the constitution or laws of this state for the exercise of state government; every entity of county government that is subject to the rules of a state agency; and every contractual agent of a state agency. T...

...ports to all of the following: (1) Any child support enforcement agency and any agent under contract with a child support enforcement agency for the purposes listed in division (A) of section 3121.898 of the Revised Code; (2) Any county department of job and family services and any agent under contract with a county department of job and family services for the purposes listed in division (B) of section 3121.898 of...

...An employer that fails to make a new hire report shall be liable to the department of job and family services for a civil penalty of twenty-five dollars for each failure to make a report. If the failure to make a new hire report is the result of a conspiracy between the employer and the employee not to supply the report or to supply a false or incomplete report, the employer shall be liable for a civil penalty of fi...

...The director of job and family services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement sections 3121.89 to 3121.8910 of the Revised Code.

...support orders issued by the courts and child support enforcement agencies of this state consistent with Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651 et seq., as amended. When support orders issued in other states are being enforced in this state pursuant to Chapters 3115., 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code, the following shall apply: (A) The department shall use the...

...The department of job and family services may enter into an agreement with a foreign country for the establishment of and enforcement of support orders issued under the laws of that country if that country, as part of the agreement, agrees to enforce support orders issued under the laws of this state. The department must provide services under the program of support enforcement established pursuant to this section to...

...(A) Whoever violates section 3121.76 of the Revised Code shall be fined no more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. (B) An obligor who violates section 3121.036 or 3121.24 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for a first offense, not more than one hundred dollars for a second offense, and not more than five hundred dollars for each subsequent offense....

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Court support order" and "personal earnings" have the same meanings as in section 3119.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Default," "financial institution," "income," and "payor" have the same meanings as in section 3121.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "Default notice" means the notice required by section 3123.03 of the Revised Code. (D) "Period of default" means the period beginning on the da...

...of a default under a support order, the child support enforcement agency shall conduct an investigation to determine the employment status of the obligor, the obligor's social security number, the name and business address of the obligor's employer, whether the obligor is in default under a support order, the amount of any arrearages, and any other information necessary to enable the court or agency to impose any wit...

...vised Code as obtaining employment, the child support enforcement agency administering the order shall send a withholding notice to the employer pursuant to section 3121.03 of the Revised Code, unless the employee's income is not subject to withholding, not later than two business days after discovery of the employment. The withholding notice shall require the arrearage amount resulting from the default to be withhel...

...The issuance of a withholding notice in accordance with section 3123.021 of the Revised Code does not affect the obligor's right to contest pursuant to sections 3123.04 and 3123.05 of the Revised Code an identification of default or the amount of arrearages identified under the default. The timely filing of a written request or motion for an administrative or court hearing under section 3123.04 or 3123.05 of the Rev...

...t under a support order, the office of child support in the department of job and family services shall send a default notice to the obligor. The default notice shall include a summary of the actions that may be taken against the obligor if the court or agency makes a final and enforceable determination that the obligor is in default. If the location of the obligor is unknown at the time of the identification ...

...lt will be added to the obligor's total child support obligation and will be subject to collection efforts without further default notice; (E) A statement of the types of withholding or deduction requirements and related notices described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code or the types of court orders described in sections 3121.03, 3121.04 to 3121.08, and 3121.12 of the Revised Code that will be issued for payme...

...al and enforceable determination by the child support enforcement agency that identified the default of both of the following: (1) The obligor is in default under the support order. (2) The amount of the arrearage owed as a result of the default. (B) If an agency's determination becomes final and enforceable under this section, the agency shall take further action as required under section 3123.06 of the Revised C...

...The department of job and family services shall adopt standard forms for the default notice.

...An advance notice issued under section 3123.03 of the Revised Code as that section existed prior to the effective date of this section shall be treated the same as a default notice issued under section 3123.03 of the Revised Code as amended by this act. If an obligor subject to an advance notice has not exhausted the rights to contest withholding or deduction because of a mistake of fact pursuant to sections 3123.02 ...

... for an administrative hearing with the child support enforcement agency that identified the default regarding whether a mistake of fact was made in the notice. The request must be filed not later than fourteen days after the date on which the default notice is issued. If the obligor makes a timely request for a hearing, the agency shall conduct an administrative hearing no later than ten days after the date on whi...

... not later than fourteen days after the child support enforcement agency issues its determinations under section 3123.04 of the Revised Code, the obligor files a written motion for a court hearing to determine whether a mistake of fact still exists in the default notice, 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...

...section 3123.05 of the Revised Code, or child support enforcement agency, under section 3123.032 or 3123.04 of the Revised Code, makes a final and enforceable determination that an obligor is in default under a support order, one of the following shall apply: (1) If no withholding notice was issued in accordance with section 3123.021 of the Revised Code with respect to the order, the court or agency shall issue one ...

...Section 3123.21 of the Revised Code applies to a withholding or deduction notice or other appropriate order issued under section 3123.06 of the Revised Code as that section existed prior to the effective date of this section beginning on the date the notice or order was issued and ending on the date the period of default ends.

...The failure of the office of child support in the department of job and family services to give the default notice required by section 3123.03 of the Revised Code does not affect the ability of any child support enforcement agency or court to issue any notice or order for the payment of support, does not provide any defense to any notice or order for the payment of support, and does not affect any obligation to pa...

...wing occurs, the court shall notify the child support enforcement agency: (A) The court is required to issue a withholding or deduction notice under section 3121.03 of the Revised Code or to issue a court order described in division (C) or (D) of that section and fails to do so. (B) The court issued an order under division (B)(1) of former section 3113.21 of the Revised Code, as it existed immediately preceding Dec...

...ection 3123.10 of the Revised Code, the child support enforcement agency shall notify the obligee of the default, of the obligee's rights and remedies, and that the agency is responsible for enforcing support orders under section 3125.11 of the Revised Code, Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651 et seq., as amended, and Chapter 3125. of the Revised Code. The notice shall contain...

...No child support enforcement agency, solely because the support due under a support order has not been paid or has not been paid periodically or recently, shall consider, list, or otherwise administer the support order or the case pertaining to it as if either were closed or close the files or the case pertaining to the support order.

...The director of job and family services shall adopt, revise, or amend rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to assist in the implementation of section 3123.12 of the Revised Code.