3115.37 Contest by obligor. - Ohio Statutes

3115.37 Contest by obligor.

(A) If a person designated as an obligor under an income withholding order issued in another state and received directly by a payor in this state believes that the person is not subject to a support order or does not have a duty of support under any order issued by any tribunal pursuant to which the income withholding order was issued, the person may contact the office of child support in the department of job and family services and request that the office investigate whether the person is subject to such a support order or has such a duty of support. Not later than fifteen days after the date the request is made, the office shall conduct the investigation and notify the person of its determination. If the office determines that the person is subject to a support order or does have a duty of support under any order issued by any tribunal pursuant to which the income withholding order was issued, the person may contest the validity or enforcement of the income withholding order by filing an action for declaratory judgment pursuant to Chapter 2721. of the Revised Code in the juvenile court or other court with jurisdiction under section 2101.022 or 2301.03 of the Revised Code in the county in which is located the payor’s principal place of business requesting that the court determine whether the person is the obligor subject to a support order or has a duty of support under a support order pursuant to which the income withholding order was issued.

(B) The obligor shall give notice of the action initiated pursuant to Chapter 2721. of the Revised Code to all of the following:

(1) A support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee;

(2) Each payor that has directly received an income withholding order;

(3) The person or agency designated to receive payments in the income withholding order or, if no person or agency is designated, the obligee.

(C) Notwithstanding sections 3115.32 to 3115.36 of the Revised Code, if the office determines, or the court issues an order determining, that the person is not an obligor subject to a support order or does not have a duty of support under a support order pursuant to which the income withholding order was issued, the payor shall not enforce the income withholding order against the person.

Effective Date: 03-22-2001