Ohio § 3119.06

§ 3119.06.

(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, in any action in which a court or a

child support enforcement agency issues or modifies a child support order or in any

other proceeding in which a court or agency determines the amount of child support

to be paid pursuant to a child support order, the court or agency shall issue a minimum

child support order requiring the obligor to pay a minimum of eighty dollars a month

for all the children subject to that order.  The court or agency, in its discretion and in appropriate circumstances, may issue

a minimum child support order of less than eighty dollars a month or issue an order

not requiring the obligor to pay any child support amount.  The circumstances under which a court or agency may issue such an order include

the nonresidential parent's medically verified or documented physical or mental disability

or institutionalization in a facility for persons with a mental illness or any other

circumstances considered appropriate by the court or agency. If a court or agency issues a minimum child support obligation pursuant to this section

and the obligor under the support order is the recipient of means-tested public assistance,

as described in division (C)(13)(a) of section 3119.01 of the Revised Code , any unpaid amounts of support due under the support order shall accrue as arrearages

from month to month, and the obligor's current obligation to pay the support due under

the support order is suspended during any period of time that the obligor is receiving

means-tested public assistance and is complying with any seek work orders issued pursuant

to section 3121.03 of the Revised Code .  The court, obligee, and child support enforcement agency shall not enforce the obligation

of the obligor to pay the amount of support due under the support order while the

obligor is receiving means-tested public assistance and is complying with any seek

work orders issued pursuant to section 3121.03 of the Revised Code . (B) As used in this section, “ means-tested public assistance ” includes cash assistance payments under the Ohio works first program established

under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code, financial assistance under the disability

financial assistance program established under Chapter 5115. of the Revised Code,

supplemental security income, or means-tested veterans' benefits.