Ohio Code 3119.27 – Processing charge for issuing or modifying an order
(A) A court that issues or modifies a court support order, or an administrative agency that issues or modifies an administrative child support order, shall impose on the obligor under the support order a processing charge in the amount of two per cent of the support payment to be collected under a support order. No court or agency may call the charge a poundage fee.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3119.27
- 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
- Child: includes child by adoption. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Obligee: means the person who is entitled to receive the support payments under a support order. See Ohio Code 3119.01
- Obligor: means the person who is required to pay support under a support order. See Ohio Code 3119.01
- Support order: means either an administrative child support order or a court support order. See Ohio Code 3119.01
- United States: includes all the states. See Ohio Code 1.59
(B) In each child support case that is a Title IV-D case, the department of job and family services shall annually claim thirty-five dollars from the processing charge described in division (A) of this section for federal reporting purposes if the obligee has never received assistance under Title IV-A and the department has collected at least five hundred fifty dollars of child support for the obligee. The director of job and family services shall adopt rules under Chapter 119 of the Revised Code to implement this division, and the department shall implement this division not later than March 31, 2008.
(C) As used in this section:
(1) “Annual” means the period as defined in regulations issued by the United States secretary of health and human services to implement the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-171).
(2) “Title IV-A” has the same meaning as in section 5107.02 of the Revised Code.
(3) “Title IV-D case” has the same meaning as in section 3125.01 of the Revised Code.