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...ther person, by reason of any support order that does not direct 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 payment...

...upport 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.

... child support shall retain, and use solely for support enforcement activities, all interest earned on moneys in any support payment account it maintains.

...e 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 family services may adopt, revise, or amend rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to assist in the implementation of this section.

...t agency shall administer all support orders on a monthly basis.

...divide the resulting annual amount by twelve; (B) If the support order is to be paid biweekly, multiply the biweekly amount of support due under the order by twenty-six and divide the resulting annual amount by twelve; (C) If the support order is to be paid periodically but is not to be paid weekly, biweekly, or monthly, multiply the periodic amount of support due by an appropriate number to obtain the annual amoun...

...If the payments under a support order are to be made other than on a monthly basis, the required monthly 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.

...With respect to support orders that require payment of support to commence on a day other 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 ...

...trative charge imposed on the obligor under the support order pursuant to section 3119.27 of the Revised Code.

... to apply an administrative charge included with a payment for current support payment toward any arrearages under the support order.

...(B) of section 3119.28 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.

...(B) of section 3121.99 of the Revised 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 exce...

...On receipt of administrative charges under section 3121.56 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.

...No administrative charge amounts collected 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.

...ors 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 in default pursuant to a final and enforceable order issued pursuant to sections 3123.01 ...

...In order to comply with its collection and disbursement 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 re...

...rsuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules that do all of the following: (A) 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; ...

...The office of child support in the department of job and family services shall enter into account information access agreements with financial institutions doing business in this state and with financial institutions doing business in other states. The office may join an alliance of states for the purpose of participating in the financial data matching program, as defined in section 666(A)(17) of Title 42 of the Unit...

...tion that responds to a request or provides information to the office of child support pursuant to an account information access agreement shall deduct a fee of five dollars for each withdrawal the financial institution makes from an obligor's account on receipt of a withdrawal directive under section 3123.37 of the Revised Code.

...oses of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. No person or government entity that obtains information concerning an account holder from a financial institution pursuant to an agreement shall disclose the information for purposes other than the establishment, modification, or enforcement of a support order.

...ng information concerning an account holder to the office of child support pursuant to an account information access agreement, or for any other action taken in good faith to comply with an account information access agreement, regardless of whether the action was specifically authorized or described in the agreement.

...rsuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that govern the provisions of an agreement required pursuant to section 3121.74 of the Revised Code and the procedure for entering into an agreement.

...The office of child support in the department of job and family services shall establish and maintain a case registry of all support orders being administered or otherwise handled by a child support enforcement agency.

...other identification number, residence telephone number, and date of birth of each obligor and obligee under a support order; (B) Payment information including the periodic support amount due, arrearages, penalties for late payment, fees, amounts collected, and amounts distributed under a support order; (C) Liens imposed on real and personal property to recover arrearages under a support order; (D) With respect to...

...ant to section 3125.07 of the Revised Code and shall be accessed through the system. The office of child support and each child support enforcement agency shall monitor and update the registry, and each agency shall enter the information described in section 3121.82 of the Revised Code in the registry in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to section 3121.86 of the Revised Code.