Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 3115 | Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008
Section 3115.305 | Duties and Powers of Responding Tribunal.

Effective: January 1, 2016
Latest Legislation: House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
(A) When a responding support enforcement agency of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to division (B) of section 3115.301 of the Revised Code, it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.
(B) A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent not prohibited by other law, may do one or more of the following:
(1) Establish or enforce a support order, modify a child-support order, determine the controlling child-support order, or determine parentage of a child;
(2) Order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and the manner of compliance;
(3) Order income withholding;
(4) Determine the amount of any arrearages and specify a method of payment;
(5) Enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt or both;
(6) Set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;
(7) Place liens and order execution on the obligor's property;
(8) Order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the 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 by specified methods;
(11) Award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees and costs;
(12) Grant any other available remedy.
(C) A responding tribunal of this state shall include in a support order issued under this chapter, or in the documents accompanying the order, the calculations on which the support order is based.
(D) A responding tribunal of this state may not condition the payment of a support order issued under this chapter upon compliance by a party with provisions for visitation.
(E) If a responding tribunal of this state issues an order under this chapter, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any.
(F) If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment or modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a responding tribunal of this state shall convert the amount stated in the foreign currency to the equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.

Structure Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Revised Code

Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children

Chapter 3115 | Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008

Section 3115.101 | Short Title.

Section 3115.102 | Definitions.

Section 3115.103 | State Tribunal and Support Enforcement Agencies.

Section 3115.104 | Remedies Cumulative.

Section 3115.105 | Application to Resident of Foreign Country and Foreign Support Proceeding.

Section 3115.201 | Bases for Jurisdiction Over Nonresident.

Section 3115.202 | Duration of Personal Jurisdiction.

Section 3115.203 | Initiating and Responding Tribunal of State.

Section 3115.204 | Simultaneous Proceedings.

Section 3115.205 | Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Child-Support Order.

Section 3115.206 | Continuing Jurisdiction to Enforce Child-Support Order.

Section 3115.207 | Determination of Controlling Child-Support Order.

Section 3115.208 | Child-Support Orders for Two or More Obligees.

Section 3115.209 | Credit for Payments.

Section 3115.210 | Application to Nonresident Subject to Personal Jurisdiction.

Section 3115.211 | Continuing, Exlcusive Jurisdiction to Modify Spousal-Support Order.

Section 3115.301 | Proceedings Under Act.

Section 3115.302 | Proceeding by Minor Parent.

Section 3115.303 | Application of Law of State.

Section 3115.304 | Duties of Initiating Tribunal.

Section 3115.305 | Duties and Powers of Responding Tribunal.

Section 3115.306 | Inappropriate Tribunal.

Section 3115.307 | Duties of Support Enforcement Agency.

Section 3115.308 | Duty of Department of Job and Family Services.

Section 3115.309 | Private Counsel.

Section 3115.310 | Duties of State Information Agency.

Section 3115.311 | Pleadings and Accompanying Documents.

Section 3115.312 | Nondisclosure of Information in Exceptional Circumstances.

Section 3115.313 | Costs and Fees.

Section 3115.314 | Limited Immunity of Petitioner.

Section 3115.315 | Nonparentage as a Defense.

Section 3115.316 | Special Rules of Evidence and Procedure.

Section 3115.317 | Communications Between Tribunals.

Section 3115.318 | Assistance With Discovery.

Section 3115.319 | Receipt and Disbursement of Payments.

Section 3115.401 | Establishment of Support Order.

Section 3115.402 | Proceeding to Determine Parentage.

Section 3115.501 | Employer's Receipt of Income-Withholding Order of Another State.

Section 3115.502 | Employer's Compliance With Income-Withholding Order of Another State.

Section 3115.503 | Employer's Compliance With Two or More Income-Withholding Orders.

Section 3115.504 | Immunity From Civil Liability.

Section 3115.505 | Penalties for Noncompliance.

Section 3115.506 | Contest by Obligor.

Section 3115.507 | Administrative Enforcement of Orders.

Section 3115.601 | Registration of Order of Enforcement.

Section 3115.602 | Procedure to Register Order for Enforcement.

Section 3115.603 | Effect of Registration for Enforcement.

Section 3115.604 | Choice of Law.

Section 3115.605 | Notice of Registration of Order.

Section 3115.606 | Procedure to Contest Validity or Enforcement of Registered Support Order.

Section 3115.607 | Contest of Registration or Enforcement.

Section 3115.608 | Confirmed Order.

Section 3115.609 | Procedure to Register Child-Support Order of Another State for Modification.

Section 3115.610 | Effect of Registration or Modification.

Section 3115.611 | Modification of Child-Support Order of Another State.

Section 3115.612 | Recognition of Order Modified in Another State.

Section 3115.613 | Jurisdiction to Modify Child-Support Order of Another State When Individual Parties Reside in This State.

Section 3115.614 | Notice to Issuing Tribunal of Modification.

Section 3115.615 | Jurisdiction to Modify Child-Support Order of Foreign Country.

Section 3115.616 | Procedure to Register Child-Support Order of Foreign Country for Modification.

Section 3115.701 | Definitions.

Section 3115.702 | Application of Convention.

Section 3115.703 | Relationship of Department to United States Central Authority.

Section 3115.704 | Initiation by Support Agency of Support Proceeding Under Convention.

Section 3115.705 | Direct Request.

Section 3115.706 | Registration of Convention Support Order.

Section 3115.707 | Contest of Registered Convention Support Order.

Section 3115.708 | Recognition and Enforcement of Registered Convention Support Order.

Section 3115.709 | Partial Enforcement.

Section 3115.710 | Foreign Support Agreement.

Section 3115.711 | Modification of Convention Child-Support Order.

Section 3115.712 | Personal Information; Limit on Use.

Section 3115.713 | Record in Original Language; English Translation.

Section 3115.801 | Grounds for Rendition.

Section 3115.802 | Conditions of Rendition.

Section 3115.901 | Uniformity of Application and Construction.

Section 3115.902 | Transitional Provisions.

Section 3115.903 | Severability.