Ohio § 3121.0311

§ 3121.0311.

(A) If a lump sum payment referred to in division (A)(11) of section 3121.037 of the Revised Code consists of workers' compensation benefits and the obligor is represented by an attorney

with respect to the obligor's workers' compensation claim, prior to issuing the notice

to the child support enforcement agency required by that division, the administrator

of workers' compensation, for claims involving state fund employers, or a self-insuring

employer, for that employer's claims, shall notify the obligor and the obligor's attorney

in writing that the obligor is subject to a support order and that the administrator

or self-insuring employer, as appropriate, shall hold the lump sum payment for a period

of thirty days after the administrator or self-insuring employer sends this written

notice, pending receipt of the information referred to in division (B) of this section. (B) The administrator or self-insuring employer, as appropriate, shall instruct the obligor's

attorney in writing to file a copy of the fee agreement signed by the obligor, along

with an affidavit signed by the attorney setting forth the amount of the attorney's

fee with respect to the lump sum payment award to the obligor and the amount of all

necessary expenses, along with documentation of those expenses, incurred by the attorney

with respect to obtaining the lump sum award.  The obligor's attorney shall file the fee agreement and attorney affidavit with

the administrator or self-insuring employer, as appropriate, within thirty days after

the date the administrator or self-insuring employer sends the notice required by

division (A) of this section. (C) Upon receipt of the fee agreement and attorney affidavit, the administrator or self-insuring

employer, as appropriate, shall deduct from the lump sum payment the amount of the

attorney's fee and necessary expenses and pay that amount directly to and solely in

the name of the attorney within fourteen days after the fee agreement and attorney

affidavit have been filed with the administrator or self-insuring employer. (D) After deducting any attorney's fee and necessary expenses, if the lump sum payment

is one hundred fifty dollars or more, the administrator or self-insuring employer,

as appropriate, shall hold the balance of the lump sum award in accordance with division (A)(11) of section 3121.037 of the Revised Code .