• If the existing order established a minimum or reduced amount of support due to the unemployment or underemployment of one of the parties, and that party is no longer unemployed or underemployed.
• If either party to the order has become unemployed or been laid off, the unemployment or lay off is beyond the party’s control, and the unemployment or lay off has continued uninterrupted for 30 consecutive days.
• If either party has become unemployed due to a plant closing or mass lay off as defined in the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN).
• If either party has become permanently disabled, reducing his or her earning ability. The CSEA will require medical documentation of the disabling condition.
• If either party has been institutionalized or incarcerated and cannot pay support for the duration of the child’s minority and no income or assets are available to the party which could be attached for support.
• If either party has experienced a 30% decrease beyond the party’s control, or a 30% increase in income or assets for a period of at least six months and which can reasonably be expected to continue.
• If the order is not in compliance with the Ohio guidelines due to the termination of the support obligation for a child of the existing order.
• If there is an administrative order over which the court has not taken jurisdiction, to consolidate children of the same parents for whom a duty of support has been established into a single administrative order in compliance with the guidelines.
• If either party requests access to available or improved health insurance coverage for the child.
• If either party has experienced an increase or decrease in the cost of child care or ordered health insurance coverage, if the resulting calculation changed the existing support obligation by more than 10%.
• If the obligor is a member of the uniformed services and is called to active military service for a period of more than 30 days.
• If an obligor who received a temporary support order adjustment has notified the CSEA that the obligor’s term of active military service has ended, and the obligor has provided written documentation sufficient to establish that the obligor’s employer has violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.

What specific situations would make my case ineligible for a review?

• We will not proceed with an administrative review of a case if the issue of modifying the support amount is currently pending before the court.
• In non IV-D cases when the requestor refuses to sign the required IV-D application.
• When the location of the obligor is unknown.
• In cases where the underlying order is not a Franklin County order. In these cases, however, we will assist you by forwarding your request to the appropriate agency.

How do I go about initiating an adjustment review?

Which party does the agency represent during the administrative adjustment review process?

What are the possible outcomes of the adjustment review process?

Can I stop the process once I've requested an adjustment review?

• Both parties to the case will receive a packet in the mail informing them of the review date. They will be given 45 days to return their completed packets to the CSEA.
• If either of the parties fail to provide the requested information, the CSEA can subpoena an employer for wage verification or exercise its option to make a reasonable assumption as to that party's income. The agency can deny the administrative adjustment review request if the requesting party does not provide all required documentation.

Judicial Orders:

• Once the review has been completed, the CSEA's recommendation is filed with the court and sent out to each party. If you disagree with our findings, you will have 14 days to object to our recommendation. If we receive no objections from either party, an entry will be filed with the court and your support order will be adjusted.
• Along with the new entry, the CSEA will prepare a notice to the income provider to have the adjusted amount withheld from the obligor's pay, if appropriate. The obligee can expect to see the adjusted amount reflected in his/her child support check approximately four weeks from the filing date on the entry.
• If we do, however, receive an objection to our recommendation within the 14-day period, we will schedule an administrative hearing on your case. Both parties will be notified by mail of this hearing date.
• Following this administrative hearing, the parties will have 14 days (from the date of the written hearing decision) to request a court hearing should either party decide to appeal our hearing decision.
• If either party requests a court hearing, the agency file will be forwarded to the court so that a trial date can be set. At this point, the CSEA is out of the picture. Settlement will be obtained in court.

Administrative Orders:

• Once the administrative adjustment review has been completed, the agency will forward a copy of its recommendation to both parties via first class mail. If you disagree with our findings, you will have 30 days to object to our recommendation and request an administrative hearing. If we receive no objection from either party, then the recommendation will become the new order. No additional documentation will follow.
• If an administrative hearing is conducted, the parties will have 14 days (from the date of the written hearing decision) to request a court hearing.
• If either party requests a court hearing, the agency file will be forwarded to the court so that a trial date can be set. At this point, the CSEA is out of the picture. Settlement will be obtained in court.