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What is a Cash Medical Support Order in Ohio?

What is Cash Medical Support in the State of Ohio?

Cash medical support is a payment of $388.70 included in a child support order that is paid by the obligor (usually the nonresidential parent) to be put towards the ordinary medical expenses of the child incurred throughout the calendar year. Every child support order in Ohio established or modified on or after March 28, 2019, includes cash medical support as part of the court’s order. A link to Ohio’s official cash medical support statute can be found here: https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3119.302.

Who Owes Cash Medical Support?

The cash medical payment is received by the child support obligee (usually the residential parent), unless he/she already is a Medicaid participant. If the prior is true and the child is already receiving healthcare benefits under Medicaid, then the cash medical payment is still owed, however it is sent to the State of Ohio in order to defray the costs associated with Medicaid and healthcare expenditures. If the paying party has a gross annual income that is less than 150% of the federal poverty line for an individual ($19,320.00 in 2021), then he/she will not be required to pay the cash medical support.

What

Are You Curious About the Purpose for the Ohio CSEA?

What you need to know about the Child Support Enforcement Agency (CSEA) in Ohio

Clients have many questions about the purpose and role of the Child Support Enforcement Agency (CSEA) in Ohio. So, I thought that posting this blog might be helpful! I have pulled and merged useful information from various sites.

HISTORY:

Parents have a duty to support their children. The Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) was established with the Federal Government’s enactment of Child Support Enforcement and Paternity Establishment Program (CSE) in 1975 to reduce welfare expenses by collecting child support from non-custodial parents.

This program works with State and County agencies by helping locate parents, establishing legal fatherhood (paternity), establishing and enforcing fair support orders, increasing health care coverage for children, removing barriers to payment, such as referring parents to employment services, supporting healthy co-parenting relationships, supporting responsible fatherhood, and helping to prevent and reduce family violence. In Ohio, this unit is administered by the local county Department of Job and Family Services. Click here to go to the Ohio CSEA website.

SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CSEA:

Establishment of a Support Order

If a person does not already receive support, the

An Interview with Michael Newsom, Fatherhood Coordinator for the Montgomery County Child Support Enforcement Agency

Michael Newsom Montgomery County Child Support Enforcement Agency

Let us first look at some important statistics published by the National Fatherhood Initiative.

The Effects of Father Absence in the Home of Minor Children:

Children of Father-Absent homes are:

Five times more likely to live in poverty.
Three times more likely to fail in school.
Two times more likely to develop emotional or behavioral problems.
Two times more likely to abuse drugs.
Two times more likely to be abused and neglected.
Two times more likely to become involved in crime.
Three times more likely to commit suicide.

Compare the facts with children having Father’s involved in their lives:

Better cognitive (“knowing and perceiving”) outcomes.
Higher self-esteem and less depression as teenagers.
Higher grades, test scores, and overall academic achievement.
Lower levels of drug and alcohol use.
Higher levels of empathy and other pro-social behavior.

I recently had the opportunity to interview Michael Newsom, an employee of the Montgomery County Child Support Enforcement Agency (“CSEA”). Historically, Michael (“Mike”) commenced employment with the CSEA in November of 2000 as a Supervisor at the Agency’s Call Center. He later became an Intake Unit Supervisor and in November of 2010, he became the Fatherhood Coordinator with the Agency. An alternate title for Mike … Read More... “An Interview with Michael Newsom, Fatherhood Coordinator for the Montgomery County Child Support Enforcement Agency”

Child Support: Should You Talk To A CSEA Ombudsman?

Interview With Montgomery County CSEA (Child Support Enforcement Agency) Ombudsman Anne Bissacco

Child Support CSEA Ombudsman On May 28, 2014, I had the opportunity to spend time with Anne Bissacco in an interview for this Ohio Family Law Blog Article. Anne is the Ombudsman and Customer Relations Supervisor for the Child Support Enforcement Agency (“CSEA”) for Montgomery County, Ohio. What is an “ombudsman”? Webster’s New World Dictionary defines the word as follows: “A public official appointed to investigate citizens’ complaints”. This is exactly the role that Anne performs. She listens to complaints and works to find solutions for identified problems.

Questions that I posed to the Ombudsman included the following:

Q. How long have you been working for the Child Support Enforcement Agency? In September of 2014, Anne will have completed thirty-four (34) years of service with the Agency. For those of us with longevity with the Court, Anne was hired by Judge Arthur Fisher, a former Juvenile Court Judge, as he wanted a person with an accounting background at the Agency.

Q. What is your education and training for holding this position? Anne graduated from Carroll High School and began to work for the Agency in the Auditing Department in 1980. Subsequent to … Read More... “Child Support: Should You Talk To A CSEA Ombudsman?”