To enact section 3121.441 of the Revised Code to give courts authority to permit direct payment of spousal support in cases involving no minor children, instead of requiring payment through the Department of Job and Family Services.

Section 1. That section 3121.441 of the Revised code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 3121.441. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, Chapters 3119., 3123., and 3125., and sections 3770.071 and 5107.20 of the Revised Code providing for the office of child support in the department of job and family services to collect, withhold, or deduct spousal support, when a court issues or modifies an order requiring an obligor to pay spousal support pursuant to section 3105.18 of the Revised Code, or at any time after issuance or modification of such an order, the court may permit the obligor to make the spousal support payments directly to the obligee instead of to the office if the obligee and the obligor have no minor children born as a result of their marriage and the obligee has not assigned the spousal support amounts to the department pursuant to section 5101.59 or 5107.20 of the Revised Code.