RULE 18:

Required Notices for Child Support, Spousal Support, and Child Custody Orders

 (A) Required support related notices. All divorce decrees, dissolution decrees, legal separation decrees and any other decisions, entries or orders which contain an order of support for children or an order for support of the children and a spouse shall contain all support related notices as required by the Ohio Revised Code. These notices shall be incorporated within the Divorce Decree, Dissolution Decree, Legal Separation Decree, and any other decision, entry, or order, or may be attached as an addendum.  The appropriate notices shall be used based on the effective date of the support order being issued so as to properly reflect the applicable changes to the Ohio Revised Code.  The Court will update the required notices from time to time as necessary, and make them available to the public in these rules and on the Court’s website.  

(B) Where correspondence is to be sent.  All such decrees and orders shall also contain the following language:

All information and correspondence required to be provided by the parties to the Child Support Enforcement Agency shall be sent to:

Franklin County Child Support Enforcement Agency
80 East Fulton
Columbus, Ohio 43215.

(C)    Required notice regarding child support payments. All such decrees, entries, and order shall also contain the following language.

All child support orders, and all spousal support orders requiring direct withholding, that are issued after the effective date of these Rules shall be made through Ohio Child Support Payment Central at the address listed below. If these payments are not made through Ohio Child Support Payment Central, they shall be treated as a gift.

Ohio Child Support Payment Central
P.O. Box 182372
Columbus, Ohio 43218-2373

(D) Required notice when spousal support is paid directly:  All Divorce Decrees, Dissolution Decrees, Legal Separation Decrees and any other order which contains an order for support of a spouse that is to be paid directly to the recipient spouse shall contain the following language:

SPOUSAL SUPPORT SHALL BE PAID DIRECTLY TO THE RECIPIENT SPOUSE AND SHALL BE MADE BY CHECK, MONEY ORDER, OR IN ANOTHER FORM THAT ESTABLISHES A CLEAR RECORD OF PAYMENT.

(E) Required notices when allocating parental rights.  All Divorce Decrees, Dissolution Decrees, Legal Separation Decrees, Shared Parenting Decrees, and any other order allocating parental rights shall include the following notices, unless the court makes findings that including such notices are not in the child or children’s best interests or such notices and access are otherwise prohibited by law:

RELOCATION NOTICE: Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 3109.051(G), the parties hereto are hereby notified as follows:

IF THE RESIDENTIAL PARENT INTENDS TO MOVE TO A RESIDENCE OTHER THAN THE RESIDENCE SPECIFIED IN THE PARENTING TIME ORDER OR DECREE OF THE COURT, THE RESIDENTIAL PARENT SHALL FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO RELOCATE WITH THIS COURT, ADDRESSED TO THE ATTENTION OF THE RELOCATION OFFICER. UNLESS OTHERWISE ORDERED PURSUANT TO O.R.C. SECTIONS 3109.051(G)(2), (3), AND (4), A COPY OF SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE MAILED BY THE COURT TO THE PARENT WHO IS NOT THE RESIDENTIAL PARENT. UPON RECEIPT OF THE NOTICE, THE COURT, ON ITS OWN MOTION OR THE MOTION OF EITHER PARTY, MAY SCHEDULE A HEARING WITH NOTICE TO BOTH PARTIES TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD TO REVISE THE PARENTING TIME SCHEDULE.

RECORDS ACCESS NOTICE: Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Sections 3109.051(H) and 3319.321(B)(5)(a) the parties hereto are hereby notified as follows:

EXCEPTING AS SPECIFICALLY MODIFIED OR OTHERWISE LIMITED BY COURT ORDER, AND SUBJECT TO O.R.C. SECTIONS 3125.16 AND 3319.321(F), THE PARENT WHO IS NOT THE RESIDENTIAL PARENT, IS ENTITLED TO ACCESS TO ANY RECORD THAT IS RELATED TO THE CHILD, UNDER THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE RESIDENTIAL PARENT, AND TO WHICH SAID RESIDENTIAL PARENT IS LEGALLY PROVIDED ACCESS. ANY KEEPER OF A RECORD WHO KNOWINGLY FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THIS ORDER IS IN CONTEMPT OF COURT.

DAY CARE CENTER ACCESS NOTICE: Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 3109.051(I), the parties hereto are hereby notified as follows:

EXCEPTING AS SPECIFICALLY MODIFIED OR OTHERWISE LIMITED BY COURT ORDER, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH O.R.C. SECTION 5104.011, THE PARENT WHO IS NOT THE RESIDENTIAL PARENT, IS ENTITLED TO ACCESS TO ANY DAY CARE CENTER THAT IS OR WILL BE ATTENDED BY THE CHILD WITH WHOM PARENTING TIME IS GRANTED, TO THE SAME EXTENT THAT THE RESIDENTIAL PARENT, IS GRANTED ACCESS TO THE CENTER.

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES NOTICE: Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 3109.051(J), the parties hereto are hereby notified as follows:

EXCEPTING AS SPECIFICALLY MODIFIED OR OTHERWISE LIMITED BY COURT ORDER, AND SUBJECT TO O.R.C. SECTION 3319.321(F), THE PARENT WHO IS NOT THE RESIDENTIAL PARENT, IS ENTITLED TO ACCESS, UNDER THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE RESIDENTIAL PARENT, TO ANY STUDENT ACTIVITY THAT IS RELATED TO THE CHILD AND TO WHICH THE RESIDENTIAL PARENT OF THE CHILD LEGALLY IS PROVIDED ACCESS. ANY SCHOOL EMPLOYEE OR OFFICIAL WHO KNOWINGLY FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THIS ORDER IS IN CONTEMPT OF COURT.

(F) Compliance. This Court has promulgated forms to meet the requirements of the Ohio Revised Code and United States Code regarding entries and notices which must accompany any order for support.


 (Effective 1/1/87; amended, eff 8/1/87; 3/1/88; 7/1/90; 7/1/93; 2/9/98; 7/1/99; 8/1/04; 1/1/09; 5/13/19)