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Ohio Rev. Code § 3111.38 (2026)

Requesting administrative determination of paternity

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At the request of a person described in division (A) of section 3111.04 of the Revised Code, the child support enforcement agency of the county in which a child resides or in which the caretaker of the child resides shall determine the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship between an alleged father and the child if an application for services administered under Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended, or other IV-D referral has been completed and filed.

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Cited in 23 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1994–2024 · leading case: In re Adoption of P.A.C., 2010-Ohio-3351, 126 Ohio St. 3d 236.
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In re Adoption of P.A.C., 2010-Ohio-3351, 126 Ohio St. 3d 236. · cites it 8× “18 of the Revised Code [parentage statutes], a court proceeding in another state, an administrative agency proceeding pursuant to sections 3111.38 to 3111.54 of the Revised Code [administrative-determination-of-paternity statutes], or an administrative agency proceeding in…”
In re Adoption of G.V., 2010-Ohio-3349, 126 Ohio St. 3d 249. · cites it 4× “18 of the Revised Code [parentage statutes], a court proceeding in another state, an administrative agency proceeding pursuant to sections 3111.38 to 3111.54 of the Revised Code [administrative-determination-of-paternity statutes], or an administrative agency proceeding in…”
Jackson v. Jackson, 739 N.E.2d 1203 (Ohio Ct. App. 2d Dist. 2000). · cites it 3× “Additionally, R.C. 3111.38 states: “The failure of a physician or person under the supervision and control of a physician to comply with the applicable requirements of sections 3111.”
In re Adoption of H.N.R., 2015-Ohio-5476, 47 N.E.3d 803. · cites it 2× “; R.C. 3111.38 et seq. But a man’s failure to timely register in the OPFR precludes him from receiving notice and an opportunity to prove that his consent as a mere putative father should be required for a child’s adoption.”
In re A.B., 2019-Ohio-90, 128 N.E.3d 694. · cites it 2× “18 of the Revised Code, a court proceeding in another state, an administrative agency proceeding pursuant to sections 3111.38 to 3111.54 of the Revised Code, or an administrative agency proceeding in another state; (4) He has not acknowledged paternity of the child pursuant to…”
In re S.K.L., 2016-Ohio-2826. · cites it 3× “requested an administrative determination of the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship under R.C. 3111.38 prior to filing this action.”
Morris v. Mottern, 2015-Ohio-4523, 48 N.E.3d 92. · cites it 4× “38 of the Revised Code of the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship.”
In re Adoption of B.G.F., 2018-Ohio-5063, 126 N.E.3d 348. “18 of the Revised Code, a court proceeding in another state, an administra *353 tive agency proceeding pursuant to sections 3111.38 to 3111.54 of the Revised Code, or an administrative agency proceeding in another state; (4) He has not acknowledged paternity of the child…”
In re Adoption of H.P., 2022-Ohio-4369, 218 N.E.3d 828. “18 of the Revised Code, a court proceeding in another state, an administrative agency proceeding pursuant to sections 3111.38 to 3111.54 of the Revised Code, or an administrative agency proceeding in another state; (4) He has not acknowledged paternity of the child pursuant to…”
In re T.D., 2018-Ohio-204, 104 N.E.3d 177. · cites it 2× “Wilson's complaint to establish paternity was improper because he did not request an administrative determination of paternity first under Revised Code Section 3111.38 and because none of the exceptions outlined in Section 3111.”
Kerns v. Schmidt, 641 N.E.2d 280 (Ohio Ct. App. 10th Dist. 1994). · cites it 3× “Although Fawcett involved an unrelated statute, the trial court found its reasoning applicable to the issue raised herein, stating that: “It appears to the Court that the General Assembly, by enacting a statute addressing non-spousal artificial insemination, sought to provide a…”
State ex rel. C.W. v. Boros, 2019-Ohio-4388. · cites it 4× “R.C. 3111.38. With limited exceptions, the statutory framework requires an alleged father to first request an administrative determination of parentage pursuant to R.”
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