3115.22 Pleadings and accompanying documents. - Ohio Statutes

3115.22 Pleadings and accompanying documents.

(A) A plaintiff seeking issuance or modification of a support order or a determination of the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship under sections 3115.01 to 3115.59 of the Revised Code must verify the complaint. Unless otherwise ordered under section 3115.23 of the Revised Code, the complaint or accompanying documents must provide, so far as known, the name, residential address, and social security numbers of the obligor and the obligee, and the name, sex, residential address, social security number, and date of birth of each child for whom support is sought. The complaint must be accompanied by a certified copy of any support order in effect. The complaint may include any other information that may assist in locating or identifying the defendant.

(B) The complaint must specify the relief sought. The complaint and accompanying documents must conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency.

Effective Date: 01-01-1998