Terms Used In Ohio Code 3115.401

• Child: means an individual, whether over or under the age of majority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by the individual's parent or who is or is alleged to be the beneficiary of a support order directed to the parent. See Ohio Code 3115.102
• Child-support order: means a support order for a child, including a child who has attained the age of majority under the law of the issuing state or foreign country. See Ohio Code 3115.102
• Duty of support: means an obligation imposed or imposable by law to provide support for a child, spouse, or former spouse, including an unsatisfied obligation to provide support. See Ohio Code 3115.102
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• 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.
• Obligor: means an individual, or the estate of a decedent, to whom or to which any of the following applies:

  (1) The individual or estate owes or is alleged to owe a duty of support. See Ohio Code 3115.102

• Outside this state: means a location in another state or a country other than the United States, whether or not the country is a foreign country. See Ohio Code 3115.102
• Responding tribunal: means the authorized tribunal in a responding state or foreign country. 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
• Support enforcement agency: means a public official, governmental entity, or private agency authorized to do any of the following:

  (1) Seek enforcement of support orders or laws relating to the duty of support;

  (2) Seek establishment or modification of child support;

  (3) Request determination of parentage of a child;

  (4) Attempt to locate obligors or their assets; or

  (5) Request determination of the controlling child-support order. See Ohio Code 3115.102

• Support order: means a judgment, decree, order, decision, or directive, whether temporary, final, or subject to modification, issued in a state or foreign country for the benefit of a child, a spouse, or a former spouse, which provides for monetary support, health care, arrearages, retroactive support, or reimbursement for financial assistance provided to an individual obligee in place of child support. 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