Ohio Code § 3115.401
Ohio Code § 3115.401. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 3115.401.
(A) If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter has not been issued,
a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may
issue a support order if either of the following applies: (1) The individual seeking the order resides outside this state. (2) The support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this state. (B) The tribunal may issue a temporary child-support order if the tribunal determines
that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is any of the
following: (1) A presumed father of the child; (2) Petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated; (3) Identified as the father of the child through genetic testing; (4) An alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing; (5) Shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child; (6) An acknowledged father as provided by section 3111.20 to 3111.35 of the Revised Code ; (7) The mother of the child; (8) An individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding
and the order has not been reversed or vacated. (C) Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty
of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may
issue other orders pursuant to section 3115.305 of the Revised Code .
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 3115.401
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
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