Ohio Code 3119.02 – Calculation of child support obligation
In any action in which a court child support order is issued or modified, in any other proceeding in which the court determines the amount of child support that will be ordered to be paid pursuant to a child support order, or when a child support enforcement agency determines the amount of child support that will be ordered to be paid pursuant to an administrative child support order, issues a new administrative child support order, or issues a modified administrative child support order, the court or agency shall calculate the amount of the parents’ child support and cash medical support in accordance with the basic child support schedule, the applicable worksheet, and the other provisions of Chapter 3119 of the Revised Code. The court or agency shall specify the support obligation as a monthly amount due and shall order the support obligation to be paid in periodic increments as it determines to be in the best interest of the children. In performing its duties under this section, the court or agency is not required to accept any calculations in a worksheet prepared by any party to the action or proceeding.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3119.02
- Administrative child support order: means any order issued by a child support enforcement agency for the support of a child pursuant to section 3109. See Ohio Code 3119.01
- Cash medical support: means an amount ordered to be paid in a child support order toward the ordinary medical expenses incurred during a calendar year. See Ohio Code 3119.01
- Child: includes child by adoption. See Ohio Code 1.59
- child support enforcement agency: means a child support enforcement agency designated under former section 2301. See Ohio Code 3119.01
- Child support order: means either a court child support order or an administrative child support order. See Ohio Code 3119.01
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Schedule: means the basic child support schedule created pursuant to section 3119. See Ohio Code 3119.01
- Support order: means either an administrative child support order or a court support order. See Ohio Code 3119.01
- Worksheet: means the applicable worksheet created in rules adopted under section 3119. See Ohio Code 3119.01