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...A child support enforcement agency may establish a program to increase child support collections by publishing and distributing a series of posters displaying child support obligors who are delinquent in their support payments.

... about, ten obligors who are liable for support arrearages and whose whereabouts are unknown to the child support enforcement agency. Each poster shall list a toll-free telephone number that may be called to report information regarding the whereabouts of any of the obligors displayed on the poster. The agency may include any other information on the poster that it considers appropriate.

...A child support enforcement agency shall select obligors for inclusion on a poster from obligors that meet the criteria in section 3123.952 of the Revised Code. The agency shall send notice to each obligor whose name is being considered for display on a poster. The notice shall be sent by regular mail to the obligor's last known address and shall include the information specified in section 3123.956 of the Revised Co...

...Whoever violates section 3123.20 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars and imprisoned not less than ten nor more than thirty days.

...case" means any case in which the child support enforcement agency is enforcing the child support order pursuant to Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended.

...The office of child support is hereby created in the department of job and family services.

...The office of child support shall establish and administer a program of child support enforcement that meets the requirements of Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended, and any rules adopted under Title IV-D. The program of child support enforcement shall include the location of absent parents, establishment of parentage, establishment and modification of child suppo...

...stablish parentage, the office of child support shall develop a program to publicize the state procedures for establishing the existence of a parent and child relationship and the advantages of establishing such a relationship. The office may require any board, commission, or agency of the state to participate in the publicity program.

...The department of job and family services shall enter into an agreement with the secretary of health and human services, as authorized by the "Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 3572, 42 U.S.C. 663, as amended, under which the services of the parent locater service established pursuant to Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended, are made available to...

...1 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended, to support the enforcement of child support that shall be implemented in every county. Every county shall accept the automated system and, in accordance with the written instructions of the department for the implementation of the automated system, shall convert to the automated system all records that are maintained by any county entity and that are related to any case for which ...

...The director of job and family services shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code concerning access to, and use of, data maintained in the automated system established pursuant to section 3125.07 of the Revised Code that do the following: (A) Permit access to and use of data only to the extent necessary to carry out programs under Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42...

...Each county shall have a child support enforcement agency. A government entity designated under former section 2301.35 of the Revised Code prior to October 1, 1997, or a private or government entity designated under section 307.981 of the Revised Code on or after that date may serve as a county's child support enforcement agency.

...The child support enforcement agency for a county is the local Title IV-D agency for the county and shall operate a program for support enforcement in the county that complies with Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended, any rules adopted pursuant to that title, and state law. Each child support enforcement agency shall be be responsible in the county it serves for ...

...Each child support enforcement agency shall enter into a plan of cooperation with the board of county commissioners under section 307.983 of the Revised Code and comply with each grant agreement the board enters into under sections 307.98 and 5101.21 and contracts the board enters into under sections 307.981 and 307.982 of the Revised Code that affect the agency.

...Each child support enforcement agency may enter into contracts with public agencies and private vendors for assistance in establishing paternity or support obligations, or for the performance of other administrative duties of the agency. Each child support enforcement agency may contract with a collection agent for the collection of arrearages owed under child support orders being administered by the agency. If the d...

...Each child support enforcement agency shall enter into written agreements with the courts, the prosecuting attorney, and law enforcement officials of the county it serves that establish cooperative working arrangements and specify areas of responsibility for the enforcement of support among the agency, courts, and officials. The agreements shall provide for the reimbursement of the courts and law enforcement officia...

...ng the individual to be served, a child support enforcement agency may do one or both of the following: (A) Contract with the sheriff of the county served by the agency to compensate the sheriff's office for the provision of services, staff, or equipment, or for the performance of actions, on behalf of the child support enforcement agency to accomplish the objectives of the support enforcement program pursuant to Ti...

...A child support enforcement agency shall maintain records of support orders being administered or otherwise handled by the agency pursuant to sections 3121.81 to 3121.86 of the Revised Code.

...Each obligor and each obligee under a support order may review all records maintained under section 3125.15 of the Revised Code that pertain to the support order and any other information maintained by the child support enforcement agency, except to the extent prohibited by state or federal law.

...o obtain the legal services, any child support enforcement agency may employ, through its appointing authority, staff attorneys to advise, assist, and represent the agency in its performance of its functions pertaining to the enforcement of support orders. The option to employ the staff attorneys shall be in addition to any other options available to the agency to obtain necessary legal services in connection ...

...A child support enforcement agency shall administer a Title IV-A program identified under division (A)(4)(c) or (h) of section 5101.80 of the Revised Code that the department of job and family services provides for the agency to administer under the department's supervision pursuant to section 5101.801 of the Revised Code.

...all budget and appropriate to the child support enforcement agency serving the county both of the following: (A) All federal money payable to the agency on the basis of its success in implementing activities related to child support enforcement under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act; (B) Any funds that may be received from other federal or state sources for the agency.

... budgeted and appropriated to the child support enforcement agency if the board can demonstrate, by meeting criteria established by the department, that the agency is effectively using procedures for establishing paternity, meeting the mandated service needs of clients, and complying with all applicable state and federal support rules and regulations.

... state government for reimbursement for support enforcement activities shall be used solely for support enforcement activities.

...A child support enforcement agency may invest any of the moneys collected pursuant to the performance of its duties under Chapters 3111., 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code in a repurchase agreement in which a bank agrees to sell short-term federally guaranteed securities with an obligation of the bank to repurchase the securities. All interest derived pursuant to investments made under this section s...