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...(A) Except 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 r...

...A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child-support order not under the convention may register that 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...

...As used in sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 of the Revised Code: (A) "Application" means a request under the convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority. (B) "Central authority" means the entity designated by the United States or a foreign country described in division (E)(4) of section 3115.102 of the Revised Code to perf...

...Sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 of the Revised Code apply only to a support proceeding under the convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 of the Revised Code 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.

...(A) In a support proceeding under sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 of the Revised Code, the support enforcement agency shall do both of the following: (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 ...

...(A) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the law of this state applies. (B) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the proceeding, sections 3115.706 to 3115.713 of the Revised Code apply. (C) In a direct request for re...

...te 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 support order is enforceable in the issuing country; (3) If the respondent did not appear and was not represented in the proceedings in the issuing country, a record attesting, as...

...this state is bound by the findings of fact on which the foreign 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 exce...

...o be heard in a challenge or appeal 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 establ...

...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.

...of a foreign support agreement only if, acting on its own motion, the court finds that recognition and enforcement would be manifestly incompatible with public policy. (D) In a contest of a foreign support agreement, a court of this state may refuse recognition and enforcement of the agreement if it finds any of the following: (1) Recognition and enforcement of the agreement is manifestly incompatible with public p...

...(A) A court of this state may not modify a convention child-support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless one of the following applies: (1) The obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a court of this state, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting to the jurisdiction at the first available opportunity. (2) The fore...

...Personal information gathered or transmitted under sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 of the Revised Code may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted.

...A record filed with a court of this state under sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 of the Revised Code must be in the original language and, if not in English, must be accompanied by an English translation.

...(A) For purposes of sections 3115.801 to 3115.802 of the Revised Code, "governor" includes an individual performing the functions of governor or the executive authority of a state covered by this chapter. (B) The governor of this state may do either of the following: (1) Demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual found in the other state who is charged criminally in this state with having fai...

...(A) Before making a demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual charged criminally in this state with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee, the governor of this state may require a prosecutor of this state to demonstrate that at least sixty days previously the obligee had initiated proceedings for support pursuant to this chapter or that the proceeding would be of no avail. (B...

... its subject matter among states that enact it.

...This chapter applies to proceedings begun on or after January 1, 2016, to establish a support order or determine parentage of a child or to register, recognize, enforce, or modify a prior support order, determination, or agreement, whenever issued or entered.

...If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.

...age, termination of parental rights, or protection from domestic violence. "Child custody proceeding" does not include a proceeding regarding juvenile delinquency, contractual emancipation, or enforcement pursuant to sections 3127.31 to 3127.47 of the Revised Code. (5) "Commencement" means the filing of the first pleading in a proceeding. (6) "Court" means an entity authorized under the law of a state to establish,...

...Sections 3127.01 to 3127.53 of the Revised Code do not govern adoption proceedings or proceedings pertaining to the authorization of emergency medical care for a child.

... as defined in the Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. 1901 et seq., is not subject to sections 3127.01 to 3127.53 of the Revised Code to the extent that the proceeding is governed by the Indian Child Welfare Act. (B) A court of this state shall treat a tribe as if it were a state of the United States for the purpose of applying sections 3127.01 to 3127.53 of the Revised Code. (C) A child custody determination made...

...nation made in a foreign country under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of sections 3127.01 to 3127.53 of the Revised Code shall be recognized and enforced under sections 3127.31 to 3127.47 of the Revised Code. (C) A court of this state need not apply sections 3127.01 to 3127.53 of the Revised Code if the law governing child custody determinations of a foreign country...

...ve as to all decided issues of law and fact except to the extent the determination is modified.