Section 3119.72. Noncompliance by party with request for information

If either the obligor or the obligee fails to comply with a request for information made pursuant to division (C) of section 3119.60 of the Revised Code, one of the following applies:

(A) If the child support order being reviewed is a court child support order, failure to comply with a request for information is contempt of court, and the child support enforcement agency shall notify the court of the failure to comply with the request for information. The agency may request the court to issue an order requiring the obligor or the obligee to provide the information as requested or take whatever action is necessary to obtain the information and make any reasonable assumptions necessary with respect to the information the person in contempt of court did not provide to ensure a fair and equitable review of the child support order.

(B) If the child support order being reviewed is an administrative child support order, the agency may request that the court of common pleas of the county in which the agency is located issue an order requiring the obligor or obligee to comply with the agency's request for information. The agency may request that the order require the obligor or obligee to provide the necessary information or permit the agency to take whatever action is necessary to obtain the information and make any reasonable assumptions necessary with respect to the information not provided to ensure a fair and equitable review of the administrative child support order. An obligor or obligee who fails to comply with the court order is in contempt of court. If an obligor or obligee is in contempt of court, the agency may request the court to hold the person who failed to comply in contempt or to permit the agency to take whatever action is necessary to obtain information and make any reasonable assumptions necessary with respect to the income of the person who failed to comply with the request to ensure a fair and equitable review of the administrative child support order.

If the agency decides to conduct the review of the child support order based on reasonable assumptions with respect to the information the person in contempt of court did not provide, it shall proceed under section 3119.61 or 3119.63 of the Revised Code in the same manner as if all requested information has been received.

Effective Date: 03-22-2001