Effective: March 22, 2001 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 180 – 123rd General Assembly (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 child and the child’s natural or adoptive parents and upon which those sections and any other provision of […]
Effective: March 22, 2001 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 180 – 123rd General Assembly (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 to the child or pursuant to sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 or 3111.20 to 3111.85 of the Revised Code. […]
Effective: June 15, 2006 Latest Legislation: House Bill 102 – 126th General Assembly (A) A man is presumed to be the natural father of a child under any of the following circumstances: (1) The man and the child’s mother are or have been married to each other, and the child is born during the marriage […]
Effective: December 31, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly (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 relationship may be brought by the child or the child’s personal representative, the child’s mother or her personal representative, […]
Effective: June 29, 1982 Latest Legislation: House Bill 245 – 114th General Assembly An action to determine the existence or nonexistence of the father and child relationship may not be brought later than five years after the child reaches the age of eighteen. Neither section 3111.04 of the Revised Code nor this section extends the […]
Effective: May 17, 2006 Latest Legislation: House Bill 136 – 126th General Assembly (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 3111.18 of the Revised Code may be brought in the juvenile court or other court with jurisdiction under […]
Effective: May 17, 2006 Latest Legislation: House Bill 136 – 126th General Assembly (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 the natural father shall be made parties to the action brought pursuant to sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of […]
Effective: March 22, 2001 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 180 – 123rd General Assembly (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 child relationship is a civil action and shall be governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure unless a […]
Effective: March 22, 2001 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 180 – 123rd General Assembly (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, upon the motion of any party to the action, shall order the child’s mother, the child, the alleged father, […]
Effective: March 22, 2001 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 180 – 123rd General Assembly 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 between the mother and alleged father at any possible time of conception; (B) An expert’s opinion concerning the […]
Effective: March 22, 2001 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 180 – 123rd General Assembly 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 answer the existence or nonexistence of the father and child relationship, the court shall hold a pretrial hearing, […]
Effective: March 22, 2001 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 180 – 123rd General Assembly 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 3111.21 or 3111.22 or sections 3111.38 to 3111.54 of the Revised Code that the alleged father is […]
Effective: March 22, 2001 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 180 – 123rd General Assembly (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 to testify and may be compelled to testify by subpoena. If a witness refuses to testify upon the […]
Effective: March 22, 2001 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 180 – 123rd General Assembly (A) The judgment or order of the court determining the existence or nonexistence of the parent and child relationship is determinative for all purposes. (B) If the judgment or order of the court is at variance with the child’s birth record, the […]
Effective: July 15, 1992 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 10 – 119th General Assembly The court may order reasonable fees for experts and other costs of the action and pretrial proceedings, including genetic tests, to be paid by the parties in proportions and at times determined by the court. The court may order the proportion of […]
Effective: March 22, 2001 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 180 – 123rd General Assembly (A) If the existence of the father and child relationship is declared or if paternity or a duty of support has been adjudicated under sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code or under prior law, the obligation of the father may […]
Effective: March 22, 2001 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 180 – 123rd General Assembly 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 provide for future education and support and a judgment or order issued with respect to matters listed in […]
Effective: March 22, 2001 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 180 – 123rd General Assembly Any interested party may bring an action to determine the existence or nonexistence of a mother and child relationship. Insofar as practicable, the provisions of sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code that are applicable to the father and child relationship […]
Effective: March 16, 1989 Latest Legislation: House Bill 790 – 117th General Assembly 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 of this state or upon the request of a court of another state, the department of health shall […]
Effective: March 22, 2001 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 180 – 123rd General Assembly 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 attempt to prevent the other person from initiating or continuing, an action under sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of […]
