Ohio Code 3119.72 – Noncompliance by party with request for information
(A) If either parent fails to comply with a request for information made pursuant to section 3111.801 or division (C) of section 3119.60 of the Revised Code, the child support enforcement agency may do either of the following:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3119.72
- Child: includes child by adoption. See Ohio Code 1.59
- child support enforcement agency: means a child support enforcement agency designated under former section 2301. See Ohio Code 3119.01
- Child support order: means either a court child support order or an administrative child support order. See Ohio Code 3119.01
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Support order: means either an administrative child support order or a court support order. See Ohio Code 3119.01
(1) Request the court of appropriate jurisdiction of the county in which the agency is located to issue an order requiring the parent to provide the information as requested;
(2) Make any reasonable assumptions necessary with respect to the information the parent did not provide to ensure a fair and equitable review of the child support order or establishment of an administrative order under section 3111.81 of the Revised Code.
(B) If the agency decides to conduct the review of the child support order, or issue an administrative order, based on reasonable assumptions with respect to the information the parent did not provide, it shall proceed under section 3111.81, 3119.61, or 3119.63 of the Revised Code in the same manner as if all requested information has been received.