Ohio Code § 3115.502

Ohio Code § 3115.502. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.

§ 3115.502.

(A) Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor's employer or other payor

shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor. (B) The employer or other payor shall treat an income-withholding order issued in another

state that appears regular on its face as if it had been issued by a tribunal of this

state. (C) Except as otherwise provided in division (D) of this section and section 3115.503 of the Revised Code , the employer or other payor shall withhold and distribute the funds as directed

in the withholding order by complying with terms of the order that specify any of

the following: (1) The duration and amount of periodic payments of current child support, stated as

a sum certain; (2) The person designated to receive payments and the address to which the payments are

to be forwarded; (3) Medical support, whether in the form of periodic cash payment, stated as a sum certain,

or ordering the obligor to provide health insurance coverage for the child under a

policy available through the obligor's employment; (4) The amount of periodic payments of fees and costs for a support enforcement agency,

the issuing tribunal, and the obligee's attorney, stated as sums certain; (5) The amount of periodic payments of arrearages and interest on arrearages, stated

as sums certain. (D) An employer or other payor shall comply with the law of the state of the obligor's

principal place of employment for withholding from income with respect to all of the

following: (1) The employer's or other payor's fee for processing an income-withholding order; (2) The maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the obligor's income; (3) The times within which the employer or other payor must implement the withholding

order and forward the child-support payment.

Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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  • Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 3115.502
  • Jurisdiction: Ohio
  • Code: Ohio Revised Code
  • Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)

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