Section 3119.76 | Administrative rules establishing procedures for determining when orders should be reviewed.
The director of job and family services shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing a procedure for determining when existing child support orders should be reviewed to determine whether it is necessary and in the best interest of the children who are the subject of the child support order to change the child support order. The rules shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(A) Any procedures necessary to comply with section 666(a)(10) of Title 42 of the U.S. Code, "Family Support Act of 1988," 102 Stat. 2346, 42 U.S.C. 666(a)(10), as amended, and any regulations adopted pursuant to, or to enforce, that section;
(B) Procedures for determining what child support orders are to be subject to review upon the request of either the obligor or the obligee or periodically by the child support enforcement agency administering the child support order;
(C) Procedures for the child support enforcement agency to periodically review and to review, upon the request of the obligor or the obligee, any child support order that is subject to review to determine whether the amount of child support paid under the child support order should be adjusted in accordance with the basic child support schedule set forth in section 3119.021 of the Revised Code or whether the provisions for the child's health care needs under the child support order should be modified in accordance with sections 3119.29 to 3119.56 of the Revised Code;
(D) Procedures for giving obligors and obligees notice of their right to request a review of a child support order that is determined to be subject to review, notice of any proposed revision of the amount of child support to be paid under the child support order, notice of the procedures for requesting a hearing on any proposed revision of the amount of child support to be paid under a child support order, notice of any administrative hearing to be held on a proposed revision of the amount of child support to be paid under a child support order, at least forty-five days' prior notice of any review of their child support order, and notice that a failure to comply with any request for documents or information to be used in the review of a child support order is contempt of court;
(E) Procedures for obtaining the necessary documents and information necessary to review child support orders and for holding administrative hearings on a proposed revision of the amount of child support to be paid under a child support order;
(F) Procedures for adjusting child support orders in accordance with the basic child support schedule set forth in section 3119.021 of the Revised Code and the applicable worksheet in section 3119.022 or 3119.023 of the Revised Code, through the line establishing the actual annual obligation;
(G) Procedures for adjusting the provisions of the child support order governing the health care needs of the child pursuant to sections 3119.29 to 3119.56 of the Revised Code.
Available Versions of this Section
- December 13, 2002 – House Bill 657 - 124th General Assembly [ View December 13, 2002 Version ]
- March 28, 2019 – Amended by House Bill 366, Senate Bill 70 - 132nd General Assembly [ View March 28, 2019 Version ]