Ohio Code 5107.11 – Minor child’s assistance group
(A) A specified relative of a minor child residing with the minor child is not required to be included in the minor child’s assistance group. To the extent permitted by rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code governing assistance group composition requirements and except as provided in division (B) of this section, the specified relative may choose to be included in the minor child’s assistance group.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 5107.11
- 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
- Assistance group: means a group of individuals treated as a unit for purposes of determining eligibility for and the amount of assistance provided under Ohio works first. See Ohio Code 5107.02
- Child: includes child by adoption. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Custodian: means an individual who has legal custody, as defined in section 2151. See Ohio Code 5107.02
- Guardian: means an individual that is granted authority by a probate court pursuant to Chapter 2111 of the Revised Code, or a court of competent jurisdiction in another state, to exercise parental rights over a minor child to the extent provided in the court's order and subject to residual parental rights of the minor child's parents. See Ohio Code 5107.02
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Minor child: means either of the following:
(1) An individual who has not attained age eighteen;
(2) An individual who has not attained age nineteen and is a full-time student in a secondary school or in the equivalent level of vocational or technical training. See Ohio Code 5107.02
- Specified relative: means the following individuals who are age eighteen or older:
(1) The following individuals related by blood or adoption:
(a) Grandparents, including grandparents with the prefix "great" "great-great" or "great-great-great";
(b) Siblings;
(c) Aunts, uncles, nephews, and nieces, including such relatives with the prefix "great" "great-great" "grand" or "great-grand";
(d) First cousins and first cousins once removed. See Ohio Code 5107.02
(B) If a specified relative resides with the specified relative’s own minor child and another minor child who is related to the specified relative in a manner that makes the specified relative a specified relative, the specified relative shall be, to the extent provided by rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code governing assistance group composition requirements, a member of the assistance group of the specified relative’s own minor child but may not be a member of the other minor child’s assistance group.
(C) A guardian or custodian may not be a member of the assistance group of the minor child for whom the guardian or custodian is guardian or custodian, unless the guardian or custodian is a specified relative of the minor child.