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ORC § 3119.79
What ORC § 3119.79 covers in Ohio family courts, the official text, and our related coverage.
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Income You Don't Have
Ohio courts can set child support on income a parent does not earn. When the estimate is wrong, the law makes it slow to correct and impossible to undo, and the enforcement tools that follow can reduce a parent's ability to pay. The result is a debt that grows fastest for the people least able to pay it, and children who receive little of it.