Ohio Code 3115.613 – Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of another state when individual parties reside in this state
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(A) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this state and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a court of this state has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state’s child-support order in a proceeding to register that order.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3115.613
- 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
- Issuing state: means the state in which a tribunal issues a support order or a judgment determining parentage of a child. 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
- Register: means to file in a tribunal of this state a support order or judgment determining parentage of a child issued in another state or a 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
(B) A court of this state exercising jurisdiction under this section shall apply the provisions of sections 3115.102 to 3115.211 and sections 3115.601 to 3115.616 of the Revised Code and the procedural and substantive law of this state to the proceeding for enforcement or modification. Sections 3115.301 to 3115.507 and sections 3115.701 to 3115.802 of the Revised Code do not apply.