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CSEA Terms
Absent Parent:
Also referred to as AP, non-residential,
non-custodial or obligor; the person who is ordered
to pay child support.
Administrative
Hearing:
Instead of going
to court, a CSEA hearing officer makes a
determination on issues such as paternity, child
support, medical insurance, review and adjustment,
or mistake of fact.
Arrearage:
Past due child support.
Audit:
Process of verifying account balances.
Birthing Cost:
The
cost associated with the birth of the child paid for
by Medicaid. It may be assessed to one or both
parents.
Buccal-Swab:
Genetic test used by genetic labs to scrape the
tissue cells from the inside of the cheek.
Central Paternity
Registry:
A statewide
listing of children born out of wedlock.
Certified
Print-out:
Financial report
verifying child support balances.
Child Support
Payment Central (CSPC):
Ohio’s centralized system for collecting and
disbursing child support payments.
Contempt:
Failure to
comply with the court.
CSEA:
Child Support
Enforcement Agency
Custodial Parent:
Also
known as the residential, CP or obligee; the person
who has legal custody of the child(ren).
Default:
An arrears
balance that is equal to or greater than one month’s
current support.
Defendant:
A person who
has a court action filed against him\her.
Emancipation:
The removal of a child from a child support case.
Typically, this occurs when a child is eighteen (18)
years old and has completed high school or is no
longer attending an accredited high school on a
full-time basis.
Enforcement:
Efforts taken to see that a support and/or health
insurance order are fulfilled.
Escrow:
An account
set up to hold money until a determination is made
as to where the money needs to be applied.
Felony
Non-Support:
A criminal action
taken in some cases where an obligor has missed 26
out of the last 104 weeks in child support.
FIDM:
Financial
Institution Data Match. The process by which money
is removed from a bank account to pay an arrears
balance.
Findings and
Recommendations:
The initial review of income information provided by
parties and recommendations as to what the amount of
child support should be.
Foster Care:
Cases where the children have been taken form their
home due to neglect, abuse, delinquency or
dependency.
Garnishment:
A
withholding of earnings from a person’s wages or
assets.
Genetic Tests:
Analysis of blood, tissue, or DNA of the mother,
child and alleged father(s) to prove or disprove
paternity.
Imposition:
Seeking to fulfill a sentence that has been
suspended pending compliance with a court order.
Income
Withholding:
An administrative order sent by the CSEA to an
obligor’s employer that tells the employer the child
support obligation to be withheld from the obligor’s
paycheck.
IV-A:
Refers to the Department of Job and Family Services
providing cash assistance, food stamps and\or a
medical card to parties meeting financial
requirements.
IV-D:
Refers to the
section of the Social Security Act that established
the child support agency. If a case is IV-D, then
the CSEA provides services on the case.
Jurisdiction:
Legal authority which a court has over particular
persons, certain types of cases, and in a defined
geographical area.
Lien:
Legal claim upon
property to prevent sale or transfer until debt is
satisfied.
Long Arm Statute:
A law
which permits one state to claim personal
jurisdiction over someone who lives in another
state.
Lump Sum:
A one-time payment (i.e. bonus check) that the CSEA
may seize to pay off back child support.
Medical Support:
An order by the court for medical insurance
coverage.
Mistake of Fact
Hearing:
An administrative or court hearing which is
scheduled at the request of the obligor or obligee
because he/she disagrees with formal findings and
recommendations of the agency.
NMSN: National
Medical Support Notice. A federal notice requiring a
party’s employer to enroll the child on an
employer’s insurance plan if available at a
reasonable cost.
Non-custodial
parent:
Parent who does
not have custody.
OBES:
Ohio Bureau
of Employment Services. This agency provides
unemployment benefits in the State of Ohio.
Obligee:
Person
entitled to receive the child support obligation.
Obligor:
Person
required to pay the child support obligation.
Ohio Parent
Locator Service:
The information
system maintained by the State of Ohio that searches
for an party’s whereabouts and employment
information.
Ohio Works
First:
The name for the
public assistance program in Ohio.
Paternity:
Establishment of the biological father.
Petitioner:
Person
who requests court action.
Plaintiff:
Person
who requests initial court action.
Postmaster
Verification:
Process by which
the post office verifies that an individual receives
mail at a given address.
Presumed Father:
A man
named as a potential father of a child; legal
determination has not been made.
Public
Assistance:
A variety of
governmental programs with eligibility criteria.
Residential
Parent:
Person who has
custody of the child(ren).
Respondent:
Person who responds to court action taken against
him/her.
Review and
Adjustment:
The process of
reviewing a current child support order to determine
if the child support order should be adjusted.
Seek Work: Program
which requires the obligor to report every month to
the agency to indicate that he/she is searching for
a job.
Shared Parenting:
Formally known as joint custody. A plan that allows
for the parents to share time with the child(ren).
Spousal Support:
Formally known as alimony. An obligation to support
a former spouse.
State Hearing:
A
review of the child support case by the State of
Ohio requested when a party does not believe that
his/her IV-D case is being handled properly
according to state or federal guidelines.
Subpoena:
A command to
appear to a specific time and place to give
testimony upon a certain matter.
Support
Enforcement Tracking System (SETS):
The statewide computer system that maintains records
of all child support cases in the State of Ohio.
Support Order:
The amount of money to be paid for the current child
support obligation. It is determined by the Ohio
Child Support Guidelines.
Tax Offset:
Federal and state process that applies tax refunds
to past due child support obligation.
Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF):
Formerly known as
ADC or welfare; public assistance.
UIFSA:
Uniform
Interstate Family Support Act. The federal law
which sets forth the process of establishing and
enforcing court orders when the parents of a child
do not reside in the same state.
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