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Section 3113.99 | Penalty.

Ohio Revised Code
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Title 31 Domestic Relations-Children
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Chapter 3113 Neglect, Abandonment, Or Domestic Violence
 
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Effective:
January 1, 1998
Legislation:
House Bill 352 - 122nd General Assembly
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(A) For purposes of this section:

(1) "Child support order" means an order for support issued or modified under Chapter 3115. or section 2151.23, 2151.231, 2151.232, 2151.36, 2151.49, 3105.18, 3105.21, 3109.05, 3111.13, 3113.04, 3113.07, 3113.216, or 3113.31 of the Revised Code.

(2) "Obligor" means a person who is required to pay support under a child support order.

(B) Whoever violates section 3113.06 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of section 3113.06 of the Revised Code or if the court finds that the offender has failed to pay the cost of child maintenance under section 3113.06 of the Revised Code for a total accumulated period of twenty-six weeks out of one hundred four consecutive weeks, whether or not the twenty-six weeks were consecutive, a violation of section 3113.06 of the Revised Code is a felony of the fifth degree.

(C) An obligor who violates division (D)(1)(c) of section 3113.21 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for a first offense, not more than one hundred dollars for a second offense, and not more than five hundred dollars for each subsequent offense.

(D) An obligor who violates division (G)(2) of section 3113.21 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for a first offense, not more than one hundred dollars for a second offense, and not more than five hundred dollars for each subsequent offense.

(E) A fine amount imposed pursuant to division (C) or (D) of this section shall be paid to the division of child support in the department of human services or, pursuant to division (H)(4) of section 2301.35 of the Revised Code, 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 order shall be called program income and collected in accordance with section 5101.325 of the Revised Code.

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