Effective: March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
(A)(1) In a divorce, dissolution of marriage, legal separation, or child support proceeding, the court may order either or both parents to support or help support their children, without regard to marital misconduct. In determining the amount reasonable or necessary for child support, including the medical needs of the child, the court shall comply with Chapter 3119. of the Revised Code.
(2) The court, in accordance with Chapter 3119. of the Revised Code, shall include in each support order made under this section the requirement that one or both of the parents provide for the health care needs of the child to the satisfaction of the court, and the court shall include in the support order a requirement that all support payments be made through the office of child support in the department of job and family services.
(3) The court shall comply with Chapters 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code when it makes or modifies an order for child support under this section.
(B) The juvenile court has exclusive jurisdiction to enter the orders in any case certified to it from another court.
(C) If any person required to pay child support under an order made under division (A) of this section on or after April 15, 1985, or modified on or after December 1, 1986, is found in contempt of court for failure to make support payments under the order, the court that makes the finding, in addition to any other penalty or remedy imposed, shall assess all court costs arising out of the contempt proceeding against the person and require the person to pay any reasonable attorney's fees of any adverse party, as determined by the court, that arose in relation to the act of contempt and, on or after July 1, 1992, shall assess interest on any unpaid amount of child support pursuant to section 3123.17 of the Revised Code.
(D) The court shall not authorize or permit the escrowing, impoundment, or withholding of any child support payment ordered under this section or any other section of the Revised Code because of a denial of or interference with a right of parenting time granted to a parent in an order issued under this section or section 3109.051 or 3109.12 of the Revised Code or companionship or visitation granted in an order issued under this section, section 3109.051, 3109.11, 3109.12, or any other section of the Revised Code, or as a method of enforcing the specific provisions of any such order dealing with parenting time or visitation.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children
Section 3109.01 | Age of Majority.
Section 3109.011 | Capacity of Person Given Consent to Marry.
Section 3109.02 | Exception for Veterans.
Section 3109.03 | Equality of Parental Rights and Responsibilities.
Section 3109.041 | Custody Decrees Issued Prior to Shared Parenting Provisions.
Section 3109.042 | Custody Rights of Unmarried Mother.
Section 3109.043 | Temporary Custody Order While Action Pending.
Section 3109.05 | Child Support Determinations.
Section 3109.051 | Parenting Time - Companionship or Visitation Rights.
Section 3109.052 | Mediation of Differences as to Allocating Parental Rights and Responsibilities.
Section 3109.053 | Parenting Classes or Counseling.
Section 3109.06 | Certification to Juvenile Court.
Section 3109.061 | Construction of Sections 2151.233 to 2151.236.
Section 3109.09 | Liability of Parents for Willful Damage of Property or Theft by Their Children.
Section 3109.10 | Liability of Parents for Willful and Malicious Assaults by Their Children.
Section 3109.12 | Mother Unmarried - Parenting Time, Companionship or Visitation Rights.
Section 3109.13 | Prevention of Child Abuse and Child Neglect Definitions.
Section 3109.14 | Fees for Vital Statistics Records.
Section 3109.15 | Children's Trust Fund Board.
Section 3109.16 | Powers of the Board.
Section 3109.17 | Biennial State Plan for Comprehensive Child Abuse and Child Neglect Prevention.
Section 3109.171 | Child Abuse and Child Neglect Prevention Regions.
Section 3109.172 | Child Abuse and Child Neglect Regional Prevention Councils.
Section 3109.173 | Regional Prevention Coordinator.
Section 3109.174 | Submission of Regional Prevention Plan.
Section 3109.175 | Evaluation of Plans.
Section 3109.176 | Denial or Reduction of Funding.
Section 3109.177 | Primary Prevention Strategies.
Section 3109.178 | Requests for Start-Up Costs.
Section 3109.401 | State Policy on Parent and Child Relationship.
Section 3109.41 | Parent Killing Other Parent Definitions.
Section 3109.42 | Ineligibility for Custody of Parent Killing Other Parent.
Section 3109.43 | Ineligibility for Visitation Rights of Parent Killing Other Parent.
Section 3109.44 | Notice by Court Where Parent Convicted of Killing Other Parent.
Section 3109.45 | Termination of Visitation Order Upon Receipt of Notice.
Section 3109.46 | Termination of Custody Order Upon Receipt of Notice.
Section 3109.47 | Custody or Visitation Granted to Surviving Parent.
Section 3109.48 | Visit to Surviving Parent With Child Present.
Section 3109.50 | Definitions.
Section 3109.501 | Children Conceived as Result of Rape or Sexual Battery; Declaration of Paternity.
Section 3109.502 | Continuation of Declaration of Paternity Proceedings During Criminal Proceedings.
Section 3109.503 | Notice of Parental Rights.
Section 3109.504 | Granting of Parental Rights Prohibited.
Section 3109.505 | Consolidation of Actions.
Section 3109.506 | Rights of Relatives.
Section 3109.507 | Revocation or Modification of Order.
Section 3109.51 | Definitions.
Section 3109.52 | Power of Attorney for Residential Grandparent.
Section 3109.53 | Form of Power of Attorney for Residential Grandparent.
Section 3109.54 | Signatures - Notarization.
Section 3109.55 | Notice of Creation of Power of Attorney.
Section 3109.56 | Requirements for Creating Power of Attorney.
Section 3109.57 | Further Requirements for Creating Power of Attorney.
Section 3109.58 | Pending Proceedings May Preclude Creation of Power of Attorney.
Section 3109.59 | Termination of Power of Attorney.
Section 3109.60 | Notice of Termination.
Section 3109.62 | Military Power of Attorney.
Section 3109.65 | Caretaker Authorization Affidavit.
Section 3109.66 | Form of Caretaker Authorization Affidavit.
Section 3109.67 | Execution of Affidavit.
Section 3109.68 | Pending Proceedings May Preclude Creation of Affidavit.
Section 3109.69 | Limitations on Authority Granted by Affidavit.
Section 3109.70 | Termination of Affidavit.
Section 3109.71 | Notice of Termination.
Section 3109.72 | Negation of Actions Taken Under Caretaker Authorization Affidavit.
Section 3109.74 | Filing With Court.
Section 3109.75 | Verification of Filing.
Section 3109.78 | Purpose May Void Power or Affidavit.
Section 3109.79 | Child Support Order Unaffected by Power or Affidavit.
Section 3109.80 | Only One Power or Affidavit May Be in Effect at a Time.