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Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 3125.03 (2026)

Program of child support enforcement

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Effective:

March 22, 2001

Latest Legislation:

Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly

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The office of child support shall establish and administer a program of child support enforcement that meets the requirements of Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended, and any rules adopted under Title IV-D. The program of child support enforcement shall include the location of absent parents, establishment of parentage, establishment and modification of child support orders and medical support orders, enforcement of support orders, collection of support obligations, and any other actions appropriate to child support enforcement.

Absent parents shall be located for any purpose under the child support enforcement program and for purposes of establishing and enforcing orders allocating parental rights and responsibilities between parents concerning their children and establishing and enforcing parenting time orders concerning the children.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2011–2021 · leading case: Chapman v. Chapman, 2015 Ohio 4833 (Ohio Ct. App. 2015).

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Chapman v. Chapman, 2015 Ohio 4833 (Ohio Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 3× “R.C. 3125.03 requires each county of the state of Ohio to establish an office of child support enforcement, and it sets forth the duties of the child support agency in part as: “The program of child support enforcement shall include the * * * establishment of parentage,…”

Saari v. Lorain Cty. Child Support Enf't Agency, 2011 Ohio 2198 (Ohio Ct. App. 2011). “CSEA was established pursuant to R.C. 3125.03 so that it could enforce support orders, oversee the collection of support obligations, and perform other actions associated with child support enforcement.”

Delaware Cty. Child Support Enf't Agency v. Kise, 2021 Ohio 915 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). “The Meritorious Claim and the Processing Fee {¶22} The Child Support Enforcement Agency (“CSEA”) was “established pursuant to R.C. 3125.03 so that it could enforce support orders, oversee the collection of support obligations, and perform other actions associated with child…”

Purcell v. Estes, 2014 Ohio 1027 (Ohio Ct. App. 2014). “Appellant filed supplemental objections to the 1 R.”

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