Ohio § 3119.89 Investigating termination

Ohio Statutes

§ 3119.89 — Investigating termination

Ohio § 3119.89

Title 31Domestic Relations-Children

Ch. 3119Calculation Of Child Support Obligation - Health Insurance Coverage

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3119.89 (2026).

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(A)Upon receipt of a notice pursuant to section3119.87of the Revised Code, the child support enforcement agency administering a child support order, within twenty days after receipt of the notice, shall complete an investigation if an application for services under Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended has been completed and filed. The agency administering a child support order may conduct an investigation upon its own initiative if it otherwise has reason to believe that there may be a reason for which the order should terminate. Nothing in sections3119.86to3119.94of the Revised Code shall preclude the agency from initiating an investigation under this section before a reason for which the order should terminate has occurred. The agency'

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(A) Upon receipt of a notice pursuant to section3119.87of the Revised Code, the child support enforcement agency administering a child support order, within twenty days after receipt of the notice, shall complete an investigation if an application for services under Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended has been completed and filed. The agency administering a child support order may conduct an investigation upon its own initiative if it otherwise has reason to believe that there may be a reason for which the order should terminate. Nothing in sections3119.86to3119.94of the Revised Code shall preclude the agency from initiating an investigation under this section before a reason for which the order should terminate has occurred. The agency's investigation shall determine the following:

(1) Whether any reason exists for which the order should terminate;

(2) Whether there are other children subject to the order;

(3) Whether the obligor owes any arrearages under the order;

(4) Whether the agency believes it is necessary to continue withholding or deduction pursuant to a notice or order described in section3121.03of the Revised Code for the other children or arrearages;

(5) Whether child support amounts paid pursuant to the order being investigated should be impounded because continuation of receipt and disbursement would lead to an overpayment by the obligor.

(B) If the agency, pursuant to the investigation under division (A) of this section, determines that other children are subject to the child support order and that it is necessary to continue withholding or deduction for the other children, the agency shall divide the child support amount due annually and per month under the order by the number of children who are the subject of the order and subtract the amount due for the child for whom the order should be terminated from the total child support amount due annually and per month. The resulting annual and per month child support amount shall be included in the results of the agency's investigation as the recommended child support amount due annually and monthly under a revised child support order. If arrearage amounts are owed, those amounts may be included as part of the recommended child support amount. The investigation under division (A) of this section shall not include a review pursuant to sections3119.60to3119.76of the Revised Code of any other children subject to the child support order.

The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated inR.C. 1.52(B)that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.