Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3111 - Parentage

• Section 3111.01 - Parent And Child Relationship Defined.
  (A) As used in sections 3111.01 to 3111.85 of the Revised Code, "parent and child relationship" means the legal relationship that exists between a...
• Section 3111.02 - Establishing Parent And Child Relationship.
  (A) The parent and child relationship between a child and the child's natural mother may be established by proof of her having given birth...
• Section 3111.03 - Presumption Of Paternity.
  (A) A man is presumed to be the natural father of a child under any of the following circumstances: (1) The man and the...
• Section 3111.04 - Standing To Bring Paternity Action.
  (A) (1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, an action to determine the existence or nonexistence of the father and child...
• Section 3111.05 - Statute Of Limitations.
  An action to determine the existence or nonexistence of the father and child relationship may not be brought later than five years after the...
• Section 3111.06 - Jurisdiction Of Courts - Personal Jurisdiction.
  (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) or (C) of section 3111.381 of the Revised Code, an action authorized under sections 3111.01 to...
• Section 3111.07 - Parties To Action - Intervention.
  (A) The natural mother, each man presumed to be the father under section 3111.03 of the Revised Code, and each man alleged to be...
• Section 3111.08 - Rules Of Civil Procedure Govern Action.
  (A) An action brought pursuant to sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code to declare the existence or nonexistence of the father and...
• Section 3111.09 - Genetic Tests - Dna Records.
  (A) (1) In any action instituted under sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code, the court, upon its own motion, may order and,...
• Section 3111.10 - Evidence Of Paternity.
  In an action brought under sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code, evidence relating to paternity may include: (A) Evidence of sexual intercourse...
• Section 3111.11 - Pretrial Hearing.
  If the person against whom an action is brought pursuant to sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code does not admit in his...
• Section 3111.111 - Temporary Support Order.
  If an action is brought pursuant to sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code to object to a determination made pursuant to former...
• Section 3111.12 - Witnesses - Admission Of Evidence - Priority Of Actions.
  (A) In an action under sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code, the mother of the child and the alleged father are competent...
• Section 3111.13 - Judgment Or Order.
  (A) The judgment or order of the court determining the existence or nonexistence of the parent and child relationship is determinative for all purposes....
• Section 3111.14 - Fees And Costs Of Action.
  The court may order reasonable fees for experts and other costs of the action and pretrial proceedings, including genetic tests, to be paid by...
• Section 3111.15 - Enforcing Father's Obligation.
  (A) If the existence of the father and child relationship is declared or if paternity or a duty of support has been adjudicated under...
• Section 3111.16 - Continuing Jurisdiction.
  The court has continuing jurisdiction to modify or revoke a judgment or order issued under sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code to...
• Section 3111.17 - Determining Mother And Child Relationship.
  Any interested party may bring an action to determine the existence or nonexistence of a mother and child relationship. Insofar as practicable, the provisions...
• Section 3111.18 - Preparing New Birth Record.
  As used in this section, "birth record" has the meaning given in section 3705.01 of the Revised Code. Upon the order of a court...
• Section 3111.19 - Interfering With Establishment Of Paternity.
  No person, by using physical harassment or threats of violence against another person, shall interfere with the other person's initiation or continuance of, or...
• Section 3111.20 - Birth Record Defined.
  As used in sections 3111.21 to 3111.85 of the Revised Code, "birth record" has the same meaning as in section 3705.01 of the Revised...
• Section 3111.21 - Notarizing Acknowledgment.
  If the natural mother and alleged father of a child sign an acknowledgment of paternity affidavit prepared pursuant to section 3111.31 of the Revised...
• Section 3111.211 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-22-2001
• Section 3111.22 - Acknowledgment To Be Sent To Job And Family Services Department.
  A child support enforcement agency shall send a signed and notarized acknowledgment of paternity to the office of child support in the department of...
• Section 3111.221 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 3111.58.
  Effective Date: 03-22-2001
• Section 3111.23 - Acknowledgment Filed With Office Of Child Support.
  The natural mother, the man acknowledging he is the natural father, or the other custodian or guardian of a child, a child support enforcement...
• Section 3111.231 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-22-2001
• Section 3111.24 - Determining Whether Acknowledgment Is Completed Correctly.
  (A) On the filing of an acknowledgment, the office of child support shall examine the acknowledgment to determine whether it is completed correctly. The...
• Section 3111.241, 3111.242 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-22-2001
• Section 3111.25 - Acknowledgment Of Paternity Is Final And Enforceable.
  An acknowledgment of paternity is final and enforceable without ratification by a court when the acknowledgment has been filed with the office of child...
• Section 3111.26 - Effects Of Final And Enforceable Acknowledgment.
  After an acknowledgment of paternity becomes final and enforceable, the child is the child of the man who signed the acknowledgment of paternity, as...
• Section 3111.27 - Rescinding Acknowledgment.
  (A) Except as provided in section 2151.232 or 3111.821 of the Revised Code, for an acknowledgment of paternity filed with the office of child...
• Section 3111.28 - Action Rescinding Acknowledgment.
  After an acknowledgment becomes final pursuant to section 2151.232, 3111.25, or 3111.821 of the Revised Code, a man presumed to be the father of...
• Section 3111.29 - Enforcing Support Obligation.
  Once an acknowledgment of paternity becomes final under section 3111.25 of the Revised Code, the mother or other custodian or guardian of the child...
• Section 3111.30 - Preparing New Birth Record.
  Once an acknowledgment of paternity becomes final, the office of child support shall notify the department of health of the acknowledgment. If the original...
• Section 3111.31 - Acknowledgment Of Paternity Affidavit Form.
  The department of job and family services shall prepare an acknowledgment of paternity affidavit that includes in boldface type at the top of the...
• Section 3111.32 - Information Pamphlets - Toll-free Telephone Number.
  The department of job and family services shall prepare pamphlets that discuss the benefit of establishing a parent and child relationship, the proper procedure...
• Section 3111.33 - Distributing Pamphlets And Forms.
  The department of job and family services shall make available the pamphlets and the acknowledgment of paternity affidavits and statements to the department of...
• Section 3111.34 - Evidence Necessary To Complete New Birth Record.
  The director of job and family services, in consultation with the department of health, shall adopt rules specifying additional evidence necessary to complete a...
• Section 3111.35 - Implementing Provisions.
  The director of job and family services shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement sections 3111.20 to 3111.34...
• Section 3111.36 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 3111.94.
  Effective Date: 03-22-2001
• Section 3111.37 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 3111.95.
  Effective Date: 03-22-2001
• Section 3111.38 - Requesting Administrative Determination Of Paternity.
  At the request of a person described in division (A) of section 3111.04 of the Revised Code the child support enforcement agency of the...
• Section 3111.381 - Request To Precede Court Action - Jurisdiction.
  (A) Except as provided in divisions (B), (C), (D), and (E) of this section, no person may bring an action under sections 3111.01 to...
• Section 3111.39 - Requests Filed With Multiple Agencies.
  If more than one child support enforcement agency receives a request to determine the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship concerning...
• Section 3111.40 - Request Contents.
  A request for an administrative determination of the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship shall contain all of the following: (A)...
• Section 3111.41 - Assigning To Administrative Officer - Order For Genetic Testing.
  On receiving a request for a determination of the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship, a child support enforcement agency shall...
• Section 3111.42 - Attaching Notice To Order.
  A child support enforcement agency shall attach a notice to each order for genetic testing and send both to the mother and the alleged...
• Section 3111.421 - Serving Notice And Order.
  The notice and order described in section 3111.42 of the Revised Code shall be sent in accordance with the provisions of the Rules of...
• Section 3111.43 - Persons To Be Notified - Genetic Testing Of Persons Present.
  If a child support enforcement agency is asked to determine the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship, the administrative officer shall...
• Section 3111.44 - Information Conference.
  After issuing a genetic testing order, the administrative officer may schedule a conference with the mother and the alleged father to provide information. If...
• Section 3111.45 - Test Conducted By Qualified Examiner.
  The genetic testing required under an administrative genetic testing order shall be conducted by a qualified examiner authorized by the department of job and...
• Section 3111.46 - Finding Paternity Or Nonpaternity.
  On receipt of the genetic test results, the administrative officer shall do one of the following: (A) If the results of the genetic testing...
• Section 3111.47 - Failure To Submit To Test Results In Inconclusive Finding.
  If the alleged natural father or the natural mother willfully fails to submit to genetic testing or if either parent or any other person...
• Section 3111.48 - Information Included In Order.
  An administrative officer shall include in an order issued under section 3111.46 of the Revised Code a notice that contains the information described in...
• Section 3111.49 - Conclusiveness Of Order.
  The mother, alleged father, and guardian or legal custodian of a child may object to an administrative order determining the existence or nonexistence of...
• Section 3111.50 - Bringing Action Where Order Is Inconclusive.
  If a child support enforcement agency issues an administrative order stating that it is inconclusive as to whether the alleged natural father is the...
• Section 3111.51 - Including Names, Addresses And Social Security Numbers Of Parents And Child In Order.
  Unless the child support enforcement agency has reason to believe that a person named in the order is a potential victim of domestic violence,...
• Section 3111.52 - Changing Surname Of Child.
  The child support enforcement agency, as part of an administrative order determining the existence of a parent and child relationship, may order the surname...
• Section 3111.53 - Administrative Officer.
  (A) A child support enforcement agency, in accordance with the rules adopted by the director of job and family services pursuant to division (B)...
• Section 3111.54 - Contempt.
  If an alleged father or natural mother willfully fails to submit to genetic testing, or if the alleged father, natural mother, or any other...
• Section 3111.58 - New Birth Record.
  If an administrative order determining the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship includes a finding that the child's father is a...
• Section 3111.61 - Samples And Performance Of Genetic Testing.
  If a child support enforcement agency is made a party to an action brought to establish a parent and child relationship under sections 3111.01...
• Section 3111.611 - On-site Genetic Testing.
  The director of job and family services shall adopt in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code rules governing the establishment by child...
• Section 3111.64 - Birth Registry.
  The office of child support in the department of job and family services shall establish and maintain a birth registry that shall contain all...
• Section 3111.65 - Accessing Registry.
  The birth registry shall be maintained as part of and be accessible through the automated system created pursuant to section 3125.07 of the Revised...
• Section 3111.66 - Filing Orders And Entering Into Registry.
  A court or child support enforcement agency, whichever is applicable, shall file the following with the office of child support: (A) An order issued...
• Section 3111.67 - Birth Registry Rules.
  The director of job and family services shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement the requirements of sections...
• Section 3111.69 - Locating Absent Parent Using Putative Father Registry.
  The office of child support in the department of job and family services and a child support enforcement agency may examine the putative father...
• Section 3111.71 - Contracts With Hospitals To Meet With Unmarried Women Giving Birth.
  The department of job and family services shall enter into a contract with local hospitals for the provision of staff by the hospitals to...
• Section 3111.72 - Requirements For Contracts With Hospitals To Meet With Unmarried Women Giving Birth.
  The contract between the department of job and family services and a local hospital shall require all of the following: (A) That the hospital...
• Section 3111.73 - Annual Report.
  Not later than July 1, 1998, and the first day of each July thereafter, the department of job and family services shall complete a...
• Section 3111.74 - Acknowledgment Conflicting With Presumption Of Paternity.
  If the hospital knows or determines that a man is presumed under section 3111.03 of the Revised Code to be the father of a...
• Section 3111.77 - Presumed Father Assuming Duty Of Support.
  A man who is presumed to be the natural father of a child pursuant to section 3111.03 of the Revised Code assumes the parental...
• Section 3111.78 - Enforcing Obligations Of Presumed Father.
  A parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child, the person with whom the child resides, or the child support enforcement agency of the...
• Section 3111.80 - Hearing To Determine Child Support And Provision For Health Care.
  If a request for issuance of an administrative support order is made under section 3111.29 or 3111.78 of the Revised Code or an administrative...
• Section 3111.81 - Order Concerning Support And Health Care.
  After the hearing under section 3111.80 of the Revised Code is completed, the administrative officer may issue an administrative order for the payment of...
• Section 3111.82 - Raise Issue Of Existence Or Nonexistence Of Parent And Child Relationship.
  A party to a request made under section 3111.78 of the Revised Code for an administrative support order may raise the issue of the...
• Section 3111.821 - Proceedings - Finality Of Acknowledgment.
  If a request is made pursuant to section 3111.78 of the Revised Code for an administrative support order and the issue of the existence...
• Section 3111.83 - Registering Order Concerning Support And Health Care.
  An administrative officer who issues an administrative support order for the payment of support and provision for a child's health care shall register the...
• Section 3111.831 - System For Organized Safekeeping And Retrieval Of Administrative Support Orders.
  Each child support enforcement agency may develop a system and procedure for the organized safekeeping and retrieval of administrative support orders for the payment...
• Section 3111.832 - Registering Order With Court.
  If an administrative support order is registered with the clerk of a court of appropriate jurisdiction, the clerk shall not charge a fee for...
• Section 3111.84 - Bringing Action Objecting To Order - Finality Of Unchallenged Order.
  The mother or father of a child who is the subject of an administrative support order may object to the order by bringing an...
• Section 3111.85 - Administrative Support Orders Issued Prior To 1-1-98.
  An administrative support order issued pursuant to former section 3111.21 of the Revised Code prior to January 1, 1998, that is in effect on...
• Section 3111.88 - Non-spousal Artificial Insemination Definitions.
  As used in sections 3111.88 to 3111.96 of the Revised Code: (A) "Artificial insemination" means the introduction of semen into the vagina, cervical canal,...
• Section 3111.89 - Coverage Of Provisions.
  Sections 3111.88 to 3111.96 of the Revised Code deal with non-spousal artificial insemination for the purpose of impregnating a woman so that she can...
• Section 3111.90 - Physician Supervision.
  A non-spousal artificial insemination shall be performed by a physician or a person who is under the supervision and control of a physician. Supervision...
• Section 3111.91 - Medical History And Physical Examination Of Donor.
  (A) In a non-spousal artificial insemination, fresh or frozen semen may be used, provided that the requirements of division (B) of this section are...
• Section 3111.92 - Consent By Both Spouses.
  The non-spousal artificial insemination of a married woman may occur only if both she and her husband sign a written consent to the artificial...
• Section 3111.93 - Provisions Of Consent Form.
  (A) Prior to a non-spousal artificial insemination, the physician associated with it shall do the following: (1) Obtain the written consent of the recipient...
• Section 3111.94 - Confidentiality.
  (A) The physician who is associated with a non-spousal artificial insemination shall place the written consent obtained pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 3111.93...
• Section 3111.95 - Husband Considered Natural Father - Child Natural Child.
  (A) If a married woman is the subject of a non-spousal artificial insemination and if her husband consented to the artificial insemination, the husband...
• Section 3111.96 - Noncompliance.
  The failure of a physician or person under the supervision and control of a physician to comply with the applicable requirements of sections 3111.88...
• Section 3111.97 - Parentage Of Children Resulting From Embryo Donation.
  (A) A woman who gives birth to a child born as a result of embryo donation shall be treated in law and regarded as...
• Section 3111.99 - Penalty.
  Whoever violates section 3111.19 of the Revised Code is guilty of interfering with the establishment of paternity, a misdemeanor of the first degree. Effective...

Last modified: October 10, 2016