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...As used in sections 3113.451 to 3113.459 of the Revised Code, "wireless service," "wireless service provider," and "reseller" have the same meanings as in section 128.01 of the Revised Code.

...After an ex parte or full hearing under section 3113.31 of the Revised Code, a court may issue an order directing a wireless service provider or reseller to transfer the rights to, and billing responsibility for, the wireless service number or numbers in use by the petitioner or any minor children in the care of the petitioner when the petitioner is not the account holder.

...An order issued in compliance with section 3113.451 of the Revised Code shall include the following: (A) The name and billing telephone number of the account holder; (B) The name and contact information of the petitioner to whom the wireless service number or numbers shall be transferred; (C) Each wireless service number to be transferred to the petitioner.

...A court shall ensure that any contact information of a petitioner described in section 3113.452 of the Revised Code is kept confidential from the account holder.

...An order issued in compliance with section 3113.451 of the Revised Code shall be served on the wireless service provider's or reseller's agent for service of process listed with the secretary of state.

...The wireless service provider or reseller shall notify the petitioner within seventy-two hours of receipt of the order and the order shall be automatically suspended upon making the notification if the wireless service provider or reseller cannot operationally or technically effectuate the order due to certain circumstances, including the following: (A) The account holder has already terminated the account. (B) D...

...Upon transfer of the wireless service number to the petitioner, the petitioner shall assume all financial responsibility for any costs associated with the wireless service number and any costs for the device associated with the wireless service number.

...Nothing in sections 3113.45 to 3113.459 of the Revised Code shall preclude a wireless service provider or reseller from applying to the petitioner any routine and customary requirements for account establishment as part of the transfer, including identification, financial information, and customer preferences.

...Nothing in sections 3113.45 to 3113.459 of the Revised Code shall affect the ability of the court to apportion the assets or debts of the parties as provided for in the Revised Code, or the ability to determine temporary use, possession, and control of personal property pursuant to division (E)(1)(h) of section 3113.31 of the Revised Code.

...No cause of action shall arise against the wireless service provider or reseller, its officers, employees, or agents, for any action taken in accordance with sections 3113.45 to 3113.459 of the Revised Code or with the terms of a court order issued in compliance with section 3113.451 of the Revised Code.

...Whoever violates section 3113.06 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of section 3113.06 of the Revised Code or if the court finds that the offender has failed to pay the cost of child maintenance under section 3113.06 of the Revised Code for a total accumulated period of twenty-six weeks out of one hundre...

...This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008." This chapter uses the numbering system of the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws. The digits to the right of the decimal point are sequential and not supplemental to any preceding Revised Code section.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Child" means an individual, whether over or under the age of majority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by the individual's parent or who is or is alleged to be the beneficiary of a support order directed to the parent. (B) "Child-support order" means a support order for a child, including a child who has attained the age of majority under the law of the issuing state ...

...(A) For purposes of carrying out the duties and responsibilities under this chapter, the juvenile court or the division of the court of common pleas that has jurisdiction over disputes arising under this chapter is the tribunal of this state and for the purposes of initiating a petition an agency designated under section 3125.10 of the Revised Code is also a tribunal of this state. (B) The agencies designated under ...

...(A) Remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity. (B) This chapter does not do either of the following: (1) Provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of this state; (2) Grant a tribunal of this state jurisdiction to render judgment or ...

...(A) A tribunal of this state shall apply sections 3115.102 to 3115.616 of the Revised Code and, as applicable, sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 of the Revised Code, to a support proceeding involving any of the following: (1) A foreign support order; (2) A foreign tribunal; (3) An obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country. (B) A tribunal of this state that is requested to recognize and enforce a suppor...

...(A) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal or support enforcement agency of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual if any of the following apply: (1) The individual is personally served with summons within this state. (2) The individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent in a record, by entering ...

...Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in a proceeding under this chapter or other law of this state relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order as provided by sections 3115.205, 3115.206, and 3115.211 of the Revised Code.

...Under this chapter, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state, and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country.

...(A) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if all of the following apply: (1) The petition or comparable pleading in this state is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state or the foreign country for filing a responsive pleading challen...

...(A) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child-support order if the order is the controlling order and either of the following applies: (1) At the time of the filing of a request for modification, this state is the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for...

...(A) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce either of the following: (1) The order, if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to its uniform interstate family support act; (2) A money...

...(A) If a proceeding is brought under this chapter and only one tribunal has issued a child-support order, the order of that tribunal controls and must be recognized. (B) If a proceeding is brought under this chapter and two or more child-support orders have been issued by tribunals of this state, another state, or a foreign country with regard to the same obligor and same child, a court of this state having personal...

...In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two or more child-support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, a tribunal of this state shall enforce those orders in the same manner as if the orders had been issued by a tribunal of this state.

...A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child-support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child-support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country.