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...Except as otherwise provided in this section, if an obligor is paying off an arrearage owed under a support order pursuant to a withholding or deduction notice or order issued under section 3121.03 of the Revised Code, a support order newly issued or modified, or any other order issued to collect the arrearage, the child support enforcement agency administering the notice or order may also take any action, including...

...(A) The director of job and family services shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement a program to collect arrearages owed under child support orders from insurance claims, settlements, awards, and payments based on information obtained pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 652. (B) Any insurer and any director, agent, or employee authorized to act on behalf ...

...For the purposes of sections 3123.24 to 3123.38 of the Revised Code, "access restriction" means that funds may not be withdrawn or transferred.

...(A) If, as a result of information obtained pursuant to an agreement under section 3121.74 of the Revised Code, the office of child support in the department of job and family services finds or receives notice that identifies an obligor in default who maintains an account with a financial institution, the office shall, within one business day, enter the information into the case registry established pursuant to secti...

...A financial institution shall promptly place an access restriction on the account of an obligor who maintains an account at the financial institution upon receipt of an access restriction notice with respect to the obligor from the child support enforcement agency. The access restriction shall remain on the account until the financial institution complies with a withdrawal directive under section 3123.37 of the Revis...

...The child support enforcement agency may investigate and determine the amount of funds in the account that is available to satisfy the obligor's arrearages under a support order. The financial institution shall cooperate with the agency's investigation.

...If a child support enforcement agency that completes an account investigation does not find that any person other than the obligor has an ownership interest in the account, it shall issue a withdrawal directive pursuant to section 3123.37 of the Revised Code.

...If a child support enforcement agency finds that a person other than an obligor has an ownership interest in an account, the agency shall send written notice by first-class mail to that person at an address for that person contained in records of the financial institution, except that if the address of that person is not contained in records of the financial institution, the agency shall send the notice to that perso...

...The notice sent under section 3123.29 of the Revised Code shall contain both of the following: (A) A statement of the date the notice is sent, that another of the account holders is an obligor under a support order, the name of the obligor, that the support order is in default, the amount of the arrearage owed by the obligor as determined by the court or child support enforcement agency, the amount that will be with...

...The person to whom notice is sent under section 3123.29 of the Revised Code shall have fourteen days from the date the notice is issued to object to the withdrawal by filing with the child support enforcement agency that sent the notice a written request for an administrative hearing to determine whether any amount contained in the account is the property of that person and should not be subject to the withdrawal dir...

...If a person to whom a notice is sent under section 3123.29 of the Revised Code fails to file a timely request for an administrative hearing, the child support enforcement agency that sent the notice shall send a withdrawal directive to the financial institution pursuant to section 3123.37 of the Revised Code. A copy of this notice shall be sent to the obligor.

...If a person who received notice under section 3123.29 of the Revised Code requests it in a timely manner, the child support enforcement agency that sent the notice shall conduct an administrative hearing no later than ten days after the date the person files the request for the hearing. No later than five days before the date the hearing is to be conducted, the agency shall send the person written notice of the date,...

...If a child support enforcement agency determines that the total amount in an account is the property of a person who is not the obligor from whom payment is sought, it shall order the financial institution to release the access restriction on the account and shall take no further enforcement action on the account. A copy of this notice shall be sent to the obligor. If the agency determines that some of the funds in t...

...If the person described in section 3123.34 of the Revised Code files a timely motion with the court that issued the support order or that is located in the county where the child support enforcement agency issued the order, the court shall hold a hearing on the request no later than fourteen days after the request is filed. The person who filed the motion shall be considered a temporary party only for the purposes o...

...If the court determines pursuant to a hearing under section 3123.35 of the Revised Code that all of the funds in the account are the property of the person described in section 3123.34 of the Revised Code, it shall order the financial institution to release the access restriction on the account and to take no further enforcement action on the account. If the court determines that some of the funds in the account are ...

...(A) Subject to sections 3123.27 and 3123.28 to 3123.36 of the Revised Code, an agency that determines that an obligor has funds in an account in a financial institution shall issue a withdrawal directive to the financial institution. A copy of this notice shall be sent to the obligor. The directive shall require the financial institution to transmit funds from the account to the office of child support. (B) T...

...A financial institution is not subject to criminal or civil liability for imposing an access restriction on an account or complying with a withdrawal directive pursuant to sections 3123.24 to 3123.38 of the Revised Code or for any other action taken in good faith pursuant to those sections.

...As used in sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code: (A) "Board" means any entity that has the authority pursuant to Title XLVII of the Revised Code to issue a license, and any other agency of this state, other than the supreme court, that has the authority to issue a license that authorizes an individual to engage in an occupation or profession. "Board" includes an administrative officer that has authority t...

...If either of the following occurs with respect to an individual who is an obligor under a child support order, the child support enforcement agency administering the order may determine whether the individual holds a license issued by a board or, if possible, whether the individual has applied for, or is likely to apply for, a license: (A) A court or child support enforcement agency makes a final and enforceable det...

...If a child support enforcement agency, pursuant to section 3123.42 of the Revised Code, determines that an individual is a license holder or has applied for, or is likely to apply for, a license, it shall send the notice described in section 3123.44 of the Revised Code to the individual. The agency also may send a notice to the board that gives the name and social security number or other identifying number of the in...

...(A) Notice shall be sent to an individual described in section 3123.42 of the Revised Code in compliance with section 3121.23 of the Revised Code. The notice shall specify that a court or child support enforcement agency has determined the individual to be in default under a child support order or that the individual is an obligor who has failed to comply with a subpoena or warrant issued by a court or agency w...

...A child support enforcement agency that sent a notice to a board of an individual's default under a child support order shall send to each board to which the agency sent the notice a further notice that the individual is not in default if it determines that the individual is not in default or any of the following occurs: (A) The individual makes full payment to the office of child support in the department of...

...A child support enforcement agency that sent a notice to a board of an individual's failure to comply with a warrant or subpoena shall send to each board to which the agency sent the notice a further notice that the individual is no longer out of compliance if the court or agency that issued the warrant or subpoena removes the warrant or determines that the obligor has complied with the subpoena. The agency shall se...

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, a board shall determine whether the individual named in the notice holds or has applied for a license from the board. If the board determines that the individual holds or has applied for a license and the individual is the individual named in the notice and does not receive a notice pursuant to section 3123.45 or 3123.46 of the Revised Code, the...

...A board shall maintain a file containing each notice it receives pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code that names an individual who does not hold a license issued by the board. On receipt of an application for a license from such an individual, the board shall proceed in accordance with section 3123.47 of the Revised Code.