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...o 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 support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of sections 3115.102 to 3115.616 of the Revised...

...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 a gener...

...ther 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.

... tribunal of another state, and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country.

...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 challenging the exercise of jurisdiction...

...f 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 whose benefit t...

...f 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 judgment for ar...

...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 jurisdiction over both the obligor and individual obl...

...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.

...ticular 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.

...ther law of this state relating to a support order, or recognizing a foreign support order may receive evidence from outside this state pursuant to section 3115.316 of the Revised Code, communicate with a tribunal outside this state pursuant to section 3115.317 of the Revised Code, and obtain discovery through a tribunal outside this state pursuant to section 3115.318 of the Revised Code. In all other respects, secti...

...(A) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal-support order consistent with the law of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal-support order throughout the existence of the support obligation. (B) A tribunal of this state may not modify a spousal-support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under th...

.... (B) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this chapter by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country that has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.

...A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit of the minor's child.

...therwise provided in this chapter, a responding tribunal of this state shall do both of the following: (A) Apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in this state and may exercise all powers and provide all remedies available in those proceedings; (B) Determine the duty of support and the amount payable in accordance with the law and support guidelines of this ...

...(A) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this chapter, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents to whichever of the following is relevant: (1) The responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state; (2) If the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, the state information agency of the responding state with a requ...

...(A) When a responding support enforcement agency of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to division (B) of section 3115.301 of the Revised Code, it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed. (B) A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent not prohibited by other law, may do one or mo...

...ived by an inappropriate tribunal or support enforcement agency of this state, the tribunal or support enforcement agency shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal or support enforcement agency of this state or another state and notify the petitioner where and when the pleading was sent.

...(A) A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this chapter. (B) A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing services to the petitioner shall do all of the following: (1) Take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent; ...

... family services determines that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, the department may order the agency to perform its duties under this chapter or may provide those services directly to the individual. (B) The department of job and family services may determine that a foreign country has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with this stat...

...An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this chapter.

...isdiction under this chapter and any support enforcement agencies in this state and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state; (2) Maintain a register of names and addresses of tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states; (3) Forward to the appropriate support enforcement agency in the county in this state in which the obligee who is an individual or the obligor ...

... a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage of a child, or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country must file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered under section 3115.312 of the Revised Code, the petition or accompanying documents must provide, so far as known, the name, residential address, and social security numbers of the obligor and ...

...If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by disclosure of specific identifying information, that information must be sealed and may not be disclosed to the other party or the public. After a hearing in which a tribunal takes into consideration the health, safety, or liberty of the party or child, the tribunal may ord...

...osts. (B) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of this state may assess against an obligor filing fees, reasonable attorney's fees, other costs, and necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by the obligee and the obligee's witnesses. The tribunal may not assess fees, costs, or expenses against the obligee or the support enforcement agency of either the initiating or responding state or foreig...