Effective: January 1, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) In a support proceeding under sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 of the Revised Code, the support enforcement agency shall do both of the following:(1) Transmit and receive applications;(2) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a court of this state.(B) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the convention:(1) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;(2) Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;(3) Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;(4) Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under division (B)(2), (4), or (9) of section 3115.708 of the Revised Code;(5) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state;(6) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.(C) The following support proceedings are available under the convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:(1) t order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.(C) The following support proceedings are available under the convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:(1) Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state;(2) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state;(3) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.(D) A tribunal of this state may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the convention.
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