Ohio § 3119.27

Full text of Ohio Ohio Revised Code § 3119.27, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 3119.27.

(A) A court that issues or modifies a court support order, or an administrative agency

that issues or modifies an administrative child support order, shall impose on the

obligor under the support order a processing charge in the amount of two per cent

of the support payment to be collected under a support order.  No court or agency may call the charge a poundage fee. (B) In each child support case that is a Title IV-D case, the department of job and family

services shall annually claim thirty-five dollars from the processing charge described

in division (A) of this section for federal reporting purposes if the obligee has

never received assistance under Title IV-A and the department has collected at least

five hundred fifty dollars of child support for the obligee.  The director of job and family services shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of

the Revised Code to implement this division, and the department shall implement this

division not later than March 31, 2008. (C) As used in this section: (1) “ Annual ” means the period as defined in regulations issued by the United States secretary

of health and human services to implement the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 ( P.L. 109-171 ). (2) “Title IV-A” has the same meaning as in section 5107.02 of the Revised Code . (3) “Title IV-D case” has the same meaning as in section 3125.01 of the Revised Code .

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