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... 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 the law of that sta...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, sections 3115.301 to 3115.319 of the Revised Code apply to all proceedings under this chapter. (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 tribuna...

...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.

...accordance with the law and support guidelines of this state.

...y in the responding state; (2) If the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, the state information agency of the responding state with a request that they be forwarded to the appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged. (B) If requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of this state shall issue a certificate or other document and make findings required by the law of the responding state. If...

... obligor's current residential address, electronic-mail address, telephone number, employer, address of employment, and telephone number at the place of employment; (9) Issue a capias for an obligor who has failed after proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the capias in any local and state computer systems for criminal warrants; (10) Order the obligor to seek appropriate employment...

...If a petition or comparable pleading is received 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.

...Make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property of the parties; (4) Within two days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of notice in a record from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner; (5) Within two days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after r...

...(A) If the department of job and 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 ...

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

... or in which the obligor's property is believed to be located, all documents concerning a proceeding under this chapter received from another state or a foreign country; (4) Obtain information concerning the location of the obligor and the obligor's property within this state not exempt from execution, by such means as postal verification and federal or state locator services, examination of telephone directories, r...

...nt. (B) The petition must specify the relief sought. The petition and accompanying documents must conform substantially to the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency.

...lleges 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 order disclosu...

...tate or foreign country, except as provided by other law. Attorney's fees may be taxed as costs, and may be ordered paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney's own name. Payment of support owed to the obligee has priority over fees, costs, and expenses. (C) The tribunal shall order the payment of costs and reasonable attorney's fees if it determines that a hearing was requested primari...

...nd to civil litigation based on acts unrelated to a proceeding under this chapter committed by a party while physically present in this state to participate in the proceeding.

...rentage of a child has been previously determined by or pursuant to law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to a proceeding under this chapter.

...ing an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony. (G) If a party called to testify at a civil hearing refuses to answer on the ground that the testimony may be self-incriminating, the trier of fact may draw an adverse inference from the refusal. (H) A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses does not apply in a proceeding under this chapter. (I) The defense of immunity based on the...

...l outside this state in a record or by telephone, electronic mail, or other means to obtain information concerning the laws, the legal effect of a judgment, decree, or order of that tribunal and the status of a proceeding. A tribunal of this state may furnish similar information by similar means to a tribunal outside this state.

...ining discovery; (B) Upon request, compel a person over which it has jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal outside this state.

...mounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of another state or a foreign country a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amounts and dates of all payments received. (B) If neither the obligor, nor the obligee who is an individual, nor the child resides in this state, upon request from the support en...

...(A) If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if either of the following applies: (1) The individual seeking the order resides outside this state. (2) The support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this state. (B) The tribunal may issue a temporary ...

...A tribunal of this state authorized to determine parentage of a child may serve as a responding tribunal in a proceeding to determine parentage of a child brought under this chapter or a law or procedure substantially similar to this chapter.

...An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the person defined as the obligor's employer or other payor under Chapter 3121. of the Revised Code without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of this state.

...s employer or other payor shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor. (B) The employer or other payor shall treat an income-withholding order issued in another state that appears regular on its face as if it had been issued by a tribunal of this state. (C) Except as otherwise provided in division (D) of this section and section 3115.503 of the Revised Code, the employer or other payor shall withho...

... withholding and allocating income withheld for two or more child-support obligees.