| Sec. 3111.07. (A) The natural mother, each man presumed
to | 7 |
| be the father under section 3111.03 of the Revised Code, and each | 8 |
man alleged to be the natural father, and, if the party who | 9 |
initiates the action is a recipient of public assistance as | 10 |
defined in section 3111.04 of the Revised Code or if
the | 11 |
responsibility for the collection of support for the child who is | 12 |
the subject of the action has been assumed by the child support | 13 |
enforcement agency under Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," | 14 |
88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C.A. 651, as amended, the child | 15 |
support enforcement agency of the county in which the child | 16 |
resides shall be made parties to the action brought pursuant to | 17 |
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sections 3111.01 to 3111.18 of the Revised Code or, if
not
subject | 18 |
| to the jurisdiction of the court, shall be given notice
of the | 19 |
| action pursuant to the Rules of Civil Procedure and shall
be given | 20 |
| an opportunity to be heard. The child support enforcement agency | 21 |
| of the county in which the action is brought also shall be given | 22 |
| notice of the action pursuant to the Rules of Civil Procedure and | 23 |
| shall be given an opportunity to be heard. The court may align the | 24 |
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parties. The child shall be made a party to the action unless a | 25 |
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party shows good cause for not doing so. Separate counsel shall
be | 26 |
| appointed for the child if the court finds that the child's | 27 |
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interests conflict with those of the mother. | 28 |
| (B) If an action is brought pursuant to sections 3111.01
to | 35 |
| 3111.18 of the Revised Code and the child to whom
the action | 36 |
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pertains is or was being provided support by the department of
job | 37 |
| and family services, a county department of
job and family | 38 |
| services, or another
public agency, the department, county | 39 |
| department, or agency may
intervene for purposes of collecting or | 40 |
| recovering the support. | 41 |
Sec. 3123.171. Notwithstanding section 1343.03 of the | 42 |
Revised Code, interest may be charged on the amount of support | 43 |
arrearages owed pursuant to a default
under a child support order | 44 |
only as provided byWhen a court renders a judgment on a child | 45 |
| support arrearage, interest shall accrue on that arrearage at a | 46 |
| rate specified in section 1343.03 of the Revised Code. The | 47 |
| interest shall accrue from the date the judgment is rendered to | 48 |
| the date on which the money is paid. A court may assess interest | 49 |
| on a child support arrearage prior to judgment pursuant to section | 50 |
| 3123.17 of
the Revised Code. | 51 |