CSPMTL 178 (Five Year Rule Review – Locations and Other Rules)
Child Support Program Manual Transmittal Letter No. 178
December 6, 2021
TO: All Child Support Program Manual Holders
FROM: Matt Damschroder, Director
SUBJECT: Five Year Rule Review – Locations and Other Rules
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The Office of Child Support (OCS) is conducting a rule review in accordance with section 106.031 of the Revised Code, which requires the review of all state agency rules within a five-year period.

OCS has proposed the following rules as no change. The effective date of the rules remains the same as the existing rules.

Rule Number Rule Title Effective Date of Rule
5101:12‑1‑90 Account information access agreements 12/01/2011

This rule describes account information access agreements that are between OCS and financial institutions doing business in Ohio and financial institutions doing business in other states, for the purpose of enforcing child support orders.

This rule is authorized under ORC sections 3121.78 and 3125.25, and amplifies ORC sections 3121.74, 3121.76, 3121.77, 3121.99, 3123.25, and 3123.38.

5101:12‑20‑05 Location of an individual for support enforcement program purposes 6/15/2006

This rule describes the requirements a child support enforcement agency (CSEA) must follow for the location of an individual for the purpose of providing support enforcement program services.

This rule is authorized by ORC section 3125.25; and amplifies ORC sections 3125.03, 3125.06, and 3125.08.

5101:12‑20‑10 Location for parental kidnapping, child custody, and visitation purposes 1/01/2017

This rule describes the use of the federal parent locator service (FPLS) to locate an individual for parental kidnapping, child custody, or visitation purposes; and the procedures a CSEA shall follow upon receipt of a request to use FPLS for this purpose.

This rule is authorized by ORC section 3125.25; and amplifies ORC sections 3125.03, 3125.06, and 3125.24.

5101:12‑60‑45 Continuation of support obligation beyond the child's eighteenth birthday 1/01/2017

This rule describes when the duty of support continues beyond the age of 18. The rule clarifies that the parental duty of support ends upon the child's eighteenth birthday except under three circumstances, describes the three circumstances, and identifies which two of the three circumstances require the parental duty of child support to not extend beyond the child's nineteenth birthday.

This rule is authorized by ORC section 3125.25; and amplifies ORC section 3119.86.

OCS has amended the following rules:

Amended Rule Amended Rule Title Prior Effective Date of Rule Effective Date of Amendment
5101:12‑10‑05 Case records 9/01/2016 12/15/2021

This rule describes the requirement to maintain records for each child support case, and the type of records to be maintained. The rule is being revised to clarify paragraph (A) by removing the term "microfilm" and replacing it with "other format" to include any electronic format.

This rule is authorized by ORC section 3125.25, and amplifies ORC sections 3125.07 and 3125.11.

5101:12‑10‑72 Continuation of services 9/01/2016 12/15/2021

This rule informs a CSEA to provide IV-D services to a client when their public assistance has terminated unless a client provides a written request to terminate the IV-D services. The rule is being revised to clarify paragraph (A) to be consistent with the functionality of the Support Enforcement Tracking System (SETS).

This rule is authorized by section 3125.25 of the Revised Code, and amplifies sections 3125.03 and 3125.11 of the Revised Code.

5101:12‑20‑05.1 Location tools 7/01/2013 12/15/2021

This rule describes that a CSEA is required to access SETS to perform all locate functions or access child support enforcement network (CSENet) when applicable to request information from another state. Changes from the existing rule include: updated the title of the federal form (OMB 0970-0085) and removed unnecessary language in paragraph (B) as all states have CSENet functionality.

This rule is authorized by ORC section 3125.25; and amplifies ORC section 3125.03

5101:12‑20‑05.2 State parent locator service 3/01/2012 12/15/2021

This rule describes the automated location sources that are accessed through state parent locator service (SPLS). The rule is being revised to update the name of the office of information services (OIS).

This rule is authorized by ORC section 3125.25; and amplifies ORC section 3125.03.

5101:12‑20‑05.3 Federal parent locator service 1/01/2017 12/15/2021

This rule describes the automated location sources that are accessed through the FPLS. The rule is being revised to clarify when SETS submits the location request to FPLS about an obligor.

This rule is authorized by ORC sections 3125.08 and 3125.25; and amplifies ORC sections 3125.03, 3125.08, and 4141.22.

INSTRUCTIONS:

When the CSPMTL is published, the CSPM will be updated as follows: 

  • A no change rule will continue with the same effective date,
  • An amended rule will be inserted, and the previous version will be moved to the OAC Archive section of the eManuals,

The rules and forms in the CSPM can be accessed at: http://emanuals.jfs.ohio.gov/

Forms can also be accessed on the ODJFS Forms Central InnerWeb page at:

http://www.odjfs.state.oh.us/forms/inner.asp

or on the ODJFS Forms Central Internet page at:

http://www.odjfs.state.oh.us/forms/inter.asp

INSTRUCTIONS for CSEA INTERNAL PROCEDURAL HANDBOOK:

Paragraph (I)(1) of OAC rule 5101:12-1-01 states that, whenever a program change requires modification of local procedures, the CSEA is required to revise its internal procedural handbook and submit the revision to OCS within thirty days of the revision. The CSEA should carefully review the amended rules contained in this CSPMTL to determine whether they require the CSEA to update its internal procedural handbook.