Ohio § 3115.305

§ 3115.305.

(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.