Ohio Revised Code Search
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Section 3121.38 | Liability of payor or financial institution.
...thholding notice, provides the court or child support enforcement agency that issued the notice with written notice of the impossibility and the reasons for the impossibility. A payor who is liable under this provision for an amount that was not withheld shall be ordered by the court to pay that amount to the office of child support in the department of job and family services, to be disbursed in accordance with the... |
Section 3121.381 | Fining noncomplying payor or financial institution.
...support order or to notify the court or child support enforcement agency administering the court support order that a situation has occurred causing the payor to cease paying income in an amount sufficient to comply with the order to the obligor, or, in cases in which the obligor is an employer, the obligor is receiving or is eligible to receive a benefit of employment other than personal earnings. The court may fin... |
Section 3121.382 | Issuing order upon finding of willful failure to comply with withholding notice.
...r not timely forwarded to the office of child support in accordance with the withholding notice. |
Section 3121.39 | Employer not to take adverse action against employee subject to child support withholding.
...No payor that is an employer may use a requirement to withhold personal earnings contained in a withholding notice issued under section 3121.03 of the Revised Code as a basis for a discharge of, or for any disciplinary action against, an employee, or as a basis for a refusal to employ a person. |
Section 3121.43 | Duties of office of child support.
...5.30 of the Revised Code, the office of child support in the department of job and family services shall be the sole agency of the state responsible for the collection of all support payments due under support orders and the disbursement of the payments to obligees. The office shall make collections and disbursements in compliance with section 5107.20 of the Revised Code and rules adopted pursuant to section 3121.71 ... |
Section 3121.44 | Support payments to be made to office of child support.
...C) or (D) of that section, the court or child support enforcement agency shall require that support payments be made to the office of child support in the department of job and family services as trustee for remittance to the person entitled to receive payments, except as otherwise provided in sections 2151.49, 3113.07, and 3125.27 to 3125.30 of the Revised Code. |
Section 3121.441 | Direct spousal support payments.
...evised Code providing for the office of child support in the department of job and family services to collect, withhold, or deduct spousal support, when a court pursuant to section 3105.18 or 3105.65 of the Revised Code issues or modifies an order requiring an obligor to pay spousal support or grants or modifies a decree of dissolution of marriage incorporating a separation agreement that provides for spousal s... |
Section 3121.45 | Payments deemed to be gifts.
...ments that is not made to the office of child support, or to the child support enforcement agency administering the support order under sections 3125.27 to 3125.30 of the Revised Code, shall not be considered a payment of support under the support order and, unless the payment is made to discharge an obligation other than support, shall be deemed to be a gift. |
Section 3121.47 | Application to child support enforcement agency for administration of order.
... that payments be made to the office of child support, may apply to the appropriate child support enforcement agency for the administration of the order. On receipt of the application, the agency has authority to administer the order. The agency shall notify the obligor by any method of service authorized under the Civil Rules to make all support payments due after service of the notice on the obligor to the office. ... |
Section 3121.48 | Separate account for support payments received as trustee.
...The office of child support shall administer a fund for the deposit of support payments it receives as trustee for remittance to the persons entitled to receive the support payments. The fund shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state, but shall not be part of the state treasury. |
Section 3121.49 | Retention of interest.
...The office of child support shall retain, and use solely for support enforcement activities, all interest earned on moneys in any support payment account it maintains. |
Section 3121.50 | Distributing amount forwarded to obligee.
...or financial institution, the office of child support shall distribute the amount to the obligee within two business days of its receipt of the amount forwarded. Unless otherwise prohibited from doing so by a law of this state or the United States, the office may distribute the amount by means of electronic disbursement, and the obligee shall accept payment by means of electronic disbursement. The director of job and... |
Section 3121.51 | Administering orders on monthly basis.
...A child support enforcement agency shall administer all support orders on a monthly basis. |
Section 3121.52 | Calculating monthly amount due where payments made on other basis.
...A court or child support enforcement agency that issues or modifies a support order with support payments to be made other than on a monthly basis shall calculate a monthly amount due under the order, for purposes of its monthly administration, in the following manner: (A) If the support order is to be paid weekly, multiply the weekly amount of support due under the order by fifty-two and divide the resulting annual... |
Section 3121.53 | Payments made on other basis not to affect the frequency or the amount of the support payments.
...onthly administration of the order by a child support enforcement agency shall not affect the frequency or the amount of the support payments to be made under the order. |
Section 3121.54 | Payment of support commencing on day other than first day of month.
...ther than the first day of a month, the child support enforcement agency, for purposes of monthly administration, shall compute a pro rata amount due under the order for the first month of the period of payment, in the following manner: (A) Determine an annual amount under section 3121.52 of the Revised Code; (B) Divide the annual amount by one of the following to obtain the daily rate: (1) If payment of support i... |
Section 3121.56 | Collecting administrative charge.
...The office of child support shall collect the administrative charge imposed on the obligor under the support order pursuant to section 3119.27 of the Revised Code. |
Section 3121.57 | Applying administrative charge.
...The office of child support is not required to apply an administrative charge included with a payment for current support payment toward any arrearages under the support order. |
Section 3121.58 | Separate arrearage account for unpaid charges.
...9.28 of the Revised Code, the office of child support shall maintain a separate arrearage account of that amount for the obligor. The office shall not deduct the unpaid amount from any support payment due the obligee under the support order. |
Section 3121.59 | Disposing of fines paid for failure to give notice of changes.
...sed Code shall be paid to the office of child support in the department of job and family services or, pursuant to section 3125.29 of the Revised Code, to the child support enforcement agency. The amount of the fine that does not exceed the amount of arrearage under the child support order shall be disbursed in accordance with the child support order. The amount of the fine that exceeds the amount of the arrearage sh... |
Section 3121.64 | Quarterly distributions of administrative charges to county agencies.
...1.56 of the Revised Code, the office of child support shall determine the charge amounts collected from obligors under support orders being administered by the child support enforcement agency in each county and distribute monthly to each agency an amount equal to the charges attributable to the agency. |
Section 3121.65 | Restriction on use of administrative charges.
...ollected shall be used by the office of child support or a child support enforcement agency for any purpose other than the provision of funds for support enforcement activities. |
Section 3121.67 | Contracting with public or private entities to perform duties.
...The office of child support may enter into contracts with public entities or private vendors for the collection of amounts due under support orders or for the performance of other administrative duties of the office. The office may contract with a public or private entity for the collection of arrearages owed under any child support order for which a court or a child support enforcement agency has found the obligor i... |
Section 3121.69 | Using facsimile signature.
...rsement responsibilities, the office of child support may require the director of each child support enforcement agency to authorize the office to use that director's facsimile signature if the office determines the signature's use is necessary. An agency director shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability for any damage or injury to persons or property that result from the use of the facsimile signature by ... |
Section 3121.71 | Administrative rules.
...) Govern collection and disbursement of child support amounts in compliance with Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651 et seq., as amended, and any regulations adopted under the act; (B) Govern the method of sending administrative charge amounts to child support enforcement agencies; (C) Assist in the implementation of separate accounts for support payments received by the div... |