(A) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal-support order consistent with the law of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal-support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 3115.211

  • Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
  • Foreign country: means a country, including a political subdivision of the country, other than the United States, that authorizes the issuance of support orders to which at least one of the following applies:

    (1) It has been declared under the law of the United States to be a foreign reciprocating country;

    (2) It has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with this state as provided in section 3115. See Ohio Code 3115.102

  • Initiating tribunal: means the tribunal of a state or foreign country from which a petition or comparable pleading is forwarded or in which a petition or comparable pleading is filed for forwarding to another state or foreign country. See Ohio Code 3115.102
  • 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.
  • Law: includes decisional and statutory law and rules and regulations having the force of law. See Ohio Code 3115.102
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Responding tribunal: means the authorized tribunal in a responding state or foreign country. See Ohio Code 3115.102
  • Spousal-support order: means a support order for a spouse or former spouse of the obligor. See Ohio Code 3115.102
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession under the jurisdiction of the United States. See Ohio Code 3115.102
  • Tribunal: means a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage of a child. See Ohio Code 3115.102

(B) A tribunal of this state may not modify a spousal-support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.

(C) A tribunal of this state that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal-support order may serve as either of the following:

(1) An initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal-support order issued in this state;

(2) A responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal-support order.

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