(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 (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.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 9/22/2021 and 09/22/2026
Certification: CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY
Date: 09/22/2021
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