Ohio Code § 3121.12

§ 3121.12.

(A) On receipt of a notice that a lump sum payment of one hundred fifty dollars or more

is to be paid to the obligor, the child support enforcement agency shall do either

of the following: (1) If the obligor is in default under the support order or has any arrearages under

the support order, issue an administrative order requiring the transmittal of the

lump sum payment, or any portion of the lump sum payment sufficient to pay the arrearage

in full, to the office of child support; (2) If the obligor is not in default under the support order and does not have any arrearages

under the support order, issue an administrative order requiring the immediate release

of the full amount of the lump sum payment to the obligor. (B) Any moneys received by the office of child support pursuant to this section shall

be distributed in accordance with rules adopted under section 3121.71 of the Revised Code . (C) In the case of a notice of a lump sum payment made in accordance with a support order

issued prior to January 1, 1998, requiring an employer to withhold an amount from

an obligor's personal earnings for the payment of support, the agency that receives

notification of the lump sum payment from the payor shall notify the court that issued

the order, and the court shall issue a supplemental order that does not change the

original order or the related support order requiring the employer to do all of the

following: (1) No later than the earlier of forty-five days before a lump sum payment is to be made

or, if the obligor's right to a lump sum payment is determined less than forty-five

days before it is to be made, the date on which that determination is made, notify

the agency of any lump sum payment of any kind of one hundred fifty dollars or more

that is to be paid to the obligor; (2) Hold the lump sum payment for thirty days after the date on which it would otherwise

be paid to the obligor; (3) On order of the court, pay any specified amount of the lump sum payment to the office

of child support. (D) A payor that knowingly fails to notify the agency in accordance with this section

or section 3121.03 of the Revised Code of any lump sum payment to be made to an obligor is liable for any support payment

not made to the obligee as a result of its knowing failure to give the notice.