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...(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...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 of the Revised Code, a party who is an individual or a support enforcement agency seeking recognition of a convention support order shall register the order in this state as provided in sections 3115.601 to 3115.616 of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding sections 3115.311 and division (A) of section 3115.602 of the Revised Code, a request for regist...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 of the Revised Code, sections 3115.605 to 3115.608 of the Revised Code apply to a contest of a registered convention support order. (B) A party contesting a registered convention support order shall file a contest not later than thirty days after notice of the registration, but if the contesting party does not reside in the United States, the contest ...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, a court of this state shall recognize and enforce a registered convention support order. (B) The following grounds are the only grounds on which a court of this state may refuse recognition and enforcement of a registered convention support order: (1) Recognition and enforcement of the order is manifestly incompatible with public policy, including th...

...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.

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (C) and (D) of this section, a court of this state shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this state. (B) An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be accompanied by both of the following: (1) A complete text of the foreign support agreement; (2) A record stating that the foreign ...

...(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...

...In applying and construing this chapter, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to 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.

...hat social conditions and the number of domestic relations cases in the county render the conciliation procedures provided necessary to proper consideration of such cases or to effectuate conciliation of marital controversies. Such determination shall be made by the judge of the court of common pleas in counties having only one such judge, or by a majority of the judges of the court of common pleas in counties having...

... the court of common pleas, division of domestic relations, shall hear all conciliation cases. (B) In counties having more than one judge of the court of common pleas, but no division of domestic relations, the presiding judge or the judges of that court shall designate, in January of each year, one or more of their number to hear all conciliation cases. A conciliation judge may request that any case before him be a...

...In each county having a population over one hundred thousand according to the latest federal decennial census, the court of common pleas may appoint one or more conciliation counselors to assist the court in carrying out its functions under this chapter. Conciliation counselors shall do any of the following, as the court may direct: (A) Confer with the parties to conciliation proceedings, and make recommendations co...

...The probation officer in every county shall, upon request of the conciliation judge, in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter, make investigations and reports and render other assistance in conciliation cases, within the limits of the powers and duties granted and imposed by the laws of this state relating to probation officers.

...(A) Prior to or during pendency of any action for divorce, annulment, or legal separation, one or both spouses may file in the court of common pleas a petition for conciliation, to preserve the marriage by effecting a reconciliation, or to amicably settle the controversy between the spouses, so as to avoid further litigation over the issues involved. (B) The petition shall be captioned substantially as follows: I...

...(A) The conciliation judge shall fix a reasonable time and place for hearing on the petition within thirty days after the date it is filed, and shall cause such manner of notice of the filing of the petition and the time and place for hearing as he finds necessary to be given to the parties and respondents. The court may issue a citation to any party or respondent requiring him to appear at the time and place stated ...

...During the period beginning with the filing of the petition for conciliation and continuing until expiration of any court order made pursuant to division (E) of section 3117.06 of the Revised Code, neither spouse may file or proceed with any action for divorce, annulment, or legal separation. The pendency of an action for divorce, annulment, or legal separation does not bar proceedings for conciliation under this ch...

...(A) Whenever it appears at any time during pendency of an action for divorce, annulment, or legal separation that conciliation proceedings may prevent dissolution of the marriage or disruption of the household, the court may transfer the matter to the conciliation judge for proceedings pursuant to this chapter, and the original action shall be stayed pending completion of conciliation proceedings. (B) Whenever there...

...(A) As used in the Revised Code, "child support enforcement agency" means a child support enforcement agency designated under former section 2301.35 of the Revised Code prior to October 1, 1997, or a private or government entity designated as a child support enforcement agency under section 307.981 of the Revised Code. (B) As used in this chapter and Chapters 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code: (1) "Ad...

...In any action in which a court child support order is issued or modified, in any other proceeding in which the court determines the amount of child support that will be ordered to be paid pursuant to a child support order, or when a child support enforcement agency determines the amount of child support that will be ordered to be paid pursuant to an administrative child support order, issues a new administrative chi...

...(A) The director of the department of job and family services shall create, by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, a basic child support schedule based on the parents' combined annual income and a self-sufficiency reserve that shall be used by all courts and child support enforcement agencies when calculating the amount of child support to be paid pursuant to a child support order, unles...