Ohio Code § 3111.15

§ 3111.15.

(A) If the existence of the father and child relationship is declared or if paternity

or a duty of support has been adjudicated under sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code or under prior law, the obligation of the father may be enforced in the same or other

proceedings by the mother, the child, the caretaker of the child, or the public authority

that has furnished or may furnish the reasonable expenses of pregnancy, confinement,

education, support, or funeral, or by any other person, including a private agency,

to the extent that any of them may furnish, has furnished, or is furnishing these

expenses. (B) The court may order support payments to be made to the mother, the clerk of the court,

the caretaker, or a person or agency designated to administer them for the benefit

of the child under the supervision of the court. (C) Willful failure to obey the judgment or order of the court is a civil contempt of

the court.