(A) Each state child support agency is
required by federal regulations at
45 C.F.R.
303.7(b), effective January
3, 2011, to establish an interstate central registry (ICR) responsible for
receiving, transmitting, and responding to inquiries on all incoming
intergovernmental cases. The ICR in Ohio is located within the Ohio department
of job and family services (ODJFS), office of child support (OCS).
(B) The ICR shall take the following steps
within ten business days of receiving an intergovernmental case:
(1) Review the petition and any child support
enforcement network (
CSNet
CSENet) transaction for accuracy and
completeness;
(2) Perform location
as needed;
(3) Partially complete
the case intake process in the Ohio case registry, support enforcement tracking
system (SETS);
(4) Forward the
petition to the child support enforcement agency (CSEA) in the county with
administrative responsibility for the case; and
(5) Acknowledge receipt of the petition to
the child support agency in the initiating state and advise it of the name and
address of the CSEA where the petition was sent for processing.
(C) When the documentation
received with a case is incomplete and cannot be remedied by the ICR without
the assistance of the initiating agency, the ICR must forward the case to the
county with administrative responsibility for the case for any action that can
be taken pending necessary action by the initiating agency.
(D) The ICR shall take the following steps
within five business days of receiving a case status inquiry from another child
support agency:
(1) Contact the CSEA with
administrative responsibility for the case to determine the status of the case
when the requested information is not available through SETS; and
(2) Provide the inquiring agency with an
update on the status of the case.
(E) When another state issues an
income withholding order directly to the obligor employer that is located in
Ohio, the obligor may object to the income withholding order by contacting the
ICR within OCS to request an investigation. The obligor may object to the
income withholding order under the following circumstances:
(1) The obligor is not subject to
the support order; or
(2) The obligor does not have a duty
of support under any tribunal pursuant to which the income withholding order
was issued.
(F) When the ICR receives a request
for investigation, the ICR will conduct an investigation and send the results
to the obligor who requested the investigation within fifteen days after the
date on which the request was made.
Notes
Ohio Admin. Code 5101:12-70-05.2
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
9/22/2021 and
09/22/2026
Promulgated
Under:
119.03
Statutory Authority:
3125.25
Rule Amplifies:
3115.310,
3115.506,
3125.03
Prior Effective Dates: 01/01/1998, 03/01/2003, 09/01/2005,
11/01/2011, 07/01/2016
Effective: 7/1/2016
Five Year Review
(FYR) Dates: 03/22/2016 and
07/01/2021
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory
Authority: 3125.25
Rule
Amplifies: 3115.310,
3115.506,
3125.03
Prior
Effective Dates: 1/1/98, 3/1/03, 9/1/05,
11/1/11
