Ohio Code 3121.20 – Combining amounts to be forwarded
(A) A payor or financial institution required to withhold or deduct a specified amount from the income or savings of more than one obligor under a withholding or deduction notice described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code and to forward the amounts withheld or deducted to the office of child support may combine all of the amounts to be forwarded in one payment if the payment is accompanied by a list that clearly identifies all of the following:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3121.20
- Child: includes child by adoption. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Financial institution: means a bank, savings and loan association, or credit union, or a regulated investment company or mutual fund. See Ohio Code 3121.01
- Income: means any form of monetary payment, including personal earnings; workers' compensation payments; unemployment compensation benefits to the extent permitted by, and in accordance with, sections 3121. See Ohio Code 3121.01
- Payor: means any person or entity that pays or distributes income to an obligor, including an obligor if the obligor is self-employed; an employer; an employer paying an obligor's workers' compensation benefits; the public employees retirement board; the governing entity of a municipal retirement system; the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund; the state teachers retirement board; the school employees retirement board; the state highway patrol retirement board; a provider, as defined in section 3305. See Ohio Code 3121.01
(1) Each obligor covered by the payment;
(2) Each child support case, numbered as provided on the withholding or deduction notice, that is covered by the payment;
(3) The portion of the payment attributable to each obligor and each case number.
(B) A payor who employs more than fifty employees and who is required to submit the withholding by electronic transfer pursuant to sections 3121.037 and 3121.19 of the Revised Code shall combine all of the amounts to be forwarded in one payment. The payment shall be accompanied by information that clearly identifies all of the following:
(1) Each obligor that is covered by the payment;
(2) Each child support case, numbered as provided on the withholding notice issued pursuant to section 3121.03 of the Revised Code, that is covered by the payment;
(3) The portion of the payment attributable to each obligor and each case number.