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...The court of common pleas may grant a dissolution of marriage.

...One of the spouses in an action for dissolution of marriage shall have been a resident of the state for at least six months immediately before filing the petition. Actions for dissolution of marriage shall be brought in the proper county for commencement of actions pursuant to the Rules of Civil Procedure. An action for dissolution of marriage may be brought pursuant to a motion for conversion of a divorce action int...

...ncluding in the separation agreement a plan under which both parents will have shared rights and responsibilities for the care of the minor children. The spouses shall file the plan with the petition for dissolution of marriage and shall include in the plan the provisions described in division (G) of section 3109.04 of the Revised Code. (2) The division of property in the separation agreement shall include any par...

...ouses have successfully completed a collaborative family law process pursuant to sections 3105.41 to 3105.54 of the Revised Code, the appearance and acknowledgement requirements of division (A) of this section may be satisfied at any time that is not more than ninety days after the filing of the petition.

...If the separation agreement contains a plan for the exercise of shared parenting by the spouses, the court shall review the plan in accordance with the provisions of division (D)(1) of section 3109.04 of the Revised Code that govern the review of a pleading or motion requesting shared parenting jointly submitted by both spouses to a marriage. A decree of dissolution of marriage has the same effect upon the prop...

...ract holder of, a policy, contract, or plan of health insurance that provided health insurance coverage for that party's spouse and dependents immediately prior to the filing of the action, that party shall not cancel or otherwise terminate or cause the termination of such coverage for which the spouse and dependents would otherwise be eligible until the court determines that the party is no longer responsible for pr...

...(A) In an action for divorce, dissolution, legal separation, or annulment of marriage or an appeal of that action, a court may award all or part of reasonable attorney's fees and litigation expenses to either party if the court finds the award equitable. In determining whether an award is equitable, the court may consider the parties' marital assets and income, any award of temporary spousal support, the conduct of t...

...sum payment under section 145.384, 742.lass='keyword-hit'>lass='keyword-hit'>26, 3307.352, or 3309.344 of the Revised Code. (D) "Participant" means a member, contributor, retirant, or disability benefit recipient who is or will be entitled to a benefit or lump sum payment under sections 742.01 to 742.61 or Chapter 145., 3307., 3309., or 5505. of the Revised Code or an employee who elects to participate in an alternative retirement plan under Chap...

...A court that issues an order under section 3105.171 or 3105.65 of the Revised Code that provides for a division of property that includes a benefit or lump sum payment and requires one or more payments from a public retirement program to an alternate payee shall include in the order a requirement that the payments be made in accordance with and subject to limitations set forth in sections 3105.82 to 3105.90 of the Re...

...1, 742.462, 3307.371, 3309.671, or 5505.lass='keyword-hit'>lass='keyword-hit'>261 of the Revised Code of the amount paid to the alternate payee; (3) The possible termination of the payee's rights as described in section 3105.86 of the Revised Code. (H) Apply to payments made by the public retirement program after retention of an order under section 145.571, 742.462, 3305.21, 3307.371, 3309.671, or 5505.lass='keyword-hit'>lass='keyword-hit'>261 of the Revised Code.

...nthly benefit shall be the benefit calculated at the time the participant elects to take it.

...ce, or payment not authorized under the law governing the public retirement program.

...An order described in section 3105.81 of the Revised Code shall authorize the board of the public retirement program that is or will be paying the benefit or lump sum payment to withhold from any benefit or payment that is subject to an order an amount determined by the public retirement program to be necessary to defray the cost of administering the order. This amount shall be divided equally between the participant...

...2, 3305.21, 3307.371, 3309.671, or 5505.lass='keyword-hit'>lass='keyword-hit'>261 of the Revised Code.

...An alternate payee's rights under an order described in section 3105.81 of the Revised Code shall terminate on the earlier of the following: (A) The death of the participant; (B) The death of the alternate payee; (C) The termination of a benefit paid to a participant under sections 742.01 to 742.61 or Chapter 145., 3305., 3307., 3309., or 5505. of the Revised Code.

...The court may order a public retirement program or the Ohio public employees deferred compensation program to provide information from a participant's personal history record necessary to determine the amounts described in division (D) of section 3105.82 of the Revised Code.

...2, 3305.21, 3307.371, 3309.671, or 5505.lass='keyword-hit'>lass='keyword-hit'>261 of the Revised Code. If the public retirement program returns to the clerk of courts an order in accordance with section 145.571, 742.462, 3305.21, 3307.371, 3309.671, or 5505.lass='keyword-hit'>lass='keyword-hit'>261 of the Revised Code, the clerk of courts shall notify the counsel of record that the order was not retained by the public retirement program.

...Notwithstanding division (I) of section 3105.171 of the Revised Code: (A) The court shall retain jurisdiction to modify, supervise, or enforce the implementation of an order described in section 3105.81 of the Revised Code. (B) The court may modify an order issued under section 3105.171 or 3105.65 of the Revised Code that was effective prior to the effective date of this section for the purpose of enforcing the or...

...ar association, and the Ohio domestic relations judges association shall jointly create a form to be used by courts for orders described in section 3105.81 of the Revised Code. Each state retirement system shall, by rule adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code, adopt the form created under this section.

...(A) Whoever violates section 3105.02 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

... "Adoption" means to create the legal relationship of parent and child between the petitioner and the adopted person, as if the adopted person were a legitimate blood descendant of the petitioner, for all purposes including inheritance and applicability of statutes, documents, and instruments, whether executed before or after the adoption is decreed, and which do not expressly exclude an adopted person from their ope...

...person seeking to adopt and the parent placing a child for adoption. As used in this chapter, "grandparent," "adult sibling," "legal custodian," and "guardian" include that individual's spouse when a joint adoption is pending. Any person may informally aid or promote an adoption by making a person seeking to adopt a minor aware of a minor who will be or is available for adoption. (B) A person seeking to adopt a m...

...(A) A foster caregiver may use the application prescribed under division (B) of this section to obtain the services of an agency to arrange an adoption for the foster caregiver if the foster caregiver seeks to adopt the foster caregiver's foster child who resides in the foster caregiver's home. (B) The department of children and youth shall prescribe an application for a foster caregiver to use under division (A) ...

...luding information about state adoption law, adoption assistance available pursuant to section 5153.163 of the Revised Code and Title IV-E of the "Social Security Act," 94 Stat. 501, 42 U.S.C.A. 670 (1980), as amended, the types of behavior that the prospective adoptive parents may anticipate from children who have experienced abuse and neglect, suggested interventions and the assistance available if the child exhibi...

...hildren services agency, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency; (2) The individual must be one of the following: (a) A licensed professional clinical counselor, licensed professional counselor, independent social worker, social worker, independent marriage and family therapist, or marriage and family therapist licensed under Chapter 4757. of the Revised Code; (b) A psychologist license...