Bill Text: OH HB596 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To provide that ineffective promotion of the putative father registry does not relieve a putative father of the consequences of failing to timely register with the putative father registry and to make false registration a first degree misdemeanor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-07-22 - To Policy and Legislative Oversight [HB596 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-HB596-Introduced.html
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Representative Pelanda
Cosponsors:
Representatives Huffman, Buchy, Blessing
To amend sections 3107.062, 3107.065, 3107.066, and | 1 |
3107.99; to amend, for the purpose of adopting a | 2 |
new section number as indicated in parentheses, | 3 |
section 3107.066 (3107.067); and to enact new | 4 |
section 3107.066 of the Revised Code to provide | 5 |
that ineffective promotion of the putative father | 6 |
registry does not relieve a putative father of the | 7 |
consequences of failing to timely register with | 8 |
the putative father registry and to make false | 9 |
registration a first degree misdemeanor. | 10 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 3107.062, 3107.065, 3107.066, and | 11 |
3107.99 be amended, section 3107.066 (3107.067) be amended for the | 12 |
purpose of adopting a new section number as indicated in | 13 |
parentheses, and new section 3107.066 of the Revised Code be | 14 |
enacted to read as follows: | 15 |
Sec. 3107.062. The department of job and family services | 16 |
shall establish a putative father registry. To register, a | 17 |
putative father must complete a registration form prescribed under | 18 |
section 3107.065 of the Revised Code and submit it to the | 19 |
department. The registration form shall include the putative | 20 |
father's name; the name of the mother of the person he claims as | 21 |
his child; and the address or telephone number at which he wishes | 22 |
to receive, pursuant to section 3107.11 of the Revised Code, | 23 |
notice of any petition that may be filed to adopt a minor he | 24 |
claims as his child. | 25 |
A putative father may register at any time. For the purpose | 26 |
of preserving the requirement of his consent to an adoption, a | 27 |
putative father shall register before or not later than thirty | 28 |
days after the birth of the child. No fee shall be charged for | 29 |
registration. | 30 |
On receipt of a completed registration form, the department | 31 |
shall indicate on the form the date of receipt and file it in the | 32 |
putative father registry. The department shall maintain | 33 |
registration forms in a manner that enables it to access a | 34 |
registration form using either the name of the putative father or | 35 |
of the mother. | 36 |
No person shall knowingly make a false registration as a | 37 |
putative father in the registry established under this section. | 38 |
Sec. 3107.065. | 39 |
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services shall | 41 |
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Revised Code governing the putative father registry. The rules | 43 |
shall establish the registration form to be used by a putative | 44 |
father under section 3107.062 of the Revised Code. | 45 |
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Sec. 3107.066. (A) The director of job and family services | 49 |
shall establish a campaign to promote awareness of the putative | 50 |
father registry. The campaign shall include informational | 51 |
materials about the registry. | 52 |
(B) The failure of the director or any other governmental | 53 |
entity to effectively promote awareness of the putative father | 54 |
registry does not relieve a putative father of the consequences of | 55 |
failing to timely register as provided in division (B) of section | 56 |
3107.07 of the Revised Code. | 57 |
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of the versions of former sections 3107.06 and 3107.07 of the | 59 |
Revised Code that, pursuant to Section 5 of Am. Sub. H.B. 419 of | 60 |
the 121st general assembly, apply regarding a putative father's | 61 |
consent to the adoption of any child born prior to January 1, | 62 |
1997, on and after | 63 |
2008, both of the following apply: | 64 |
(1) The references in division (F)(4) of former section | 65 |
3107.06 of the Revised Code to the department of human services | 66 |
are repealed, and division (F)(4) of that former section shall be | 67 |
considered as reading, and shall be applicable, as follows: "Has | 68 |
filed an objection to the adoption with the agency having custody | 69 |
of the minor at any time before the placement of the minor in the | 70 |
home of the petitioner, or with the probate court within thirty | 71 |
days of the filing of a petition to adopt the minor or its | 72 |
placement in the home of the petitioner, whichever occurs first." | 73 |
(2) The references in division (B) of former section 3107.07 | 74 |
of the Revised Code to the department of human services are | 75 |
repealed, and division (B) of that former section shall be | 76 |
considered as reading, and shall be applicable, as follows: "The | 77 |
putative father of a minor if the putative father fails to file an | 78 |
objection with the court or the agency having custody of the minor | 79 |
as provided in division (F)(4) of section 3107.06 of the Revised | 80 |
Code, or files an objection with the court or agency and the court | 81 |
finds, after proper service of notice and hearing, that he is not | 82 |
the father of the minor, or that he has willfully abandoned or | 83 |
failed to care for and support the minor, or abandoned the mother | 84 |
of the minor during her pregnancy and up to the time of her | 85 |
surrender of the minor, or its placement in the home of the | 86 |
petitioner, whichever occurs first." | 87 |
(B) As used in this section: | 88 |
(1) "Former section 3107.06 of the Revised Code" means the | 89 |
version of that section that was in effect immediately prior to | 90 |
September 18, 1996, and that was amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 419 of | 91 |
the 121st general assembly. | 92 |
(2) "Former section 3107.07 of the Revised Code" means the | 93 |
version of that section that was in effect immediately prior to | 94 |
September 18, 1996, and that was amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 419 of | 95 |
the 121st general assembly. | 96 |
Sec. 3107.99. (A) Whoever violates division (B)(1) of section | 97 |
3107.17 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the | 98 |
third degree. | 99 |
(B) Whoever violates section 3107.062 of the Revised Code is | 100 |
guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. | 101 |
Section 2. That existing sections 3107.062, 3107.065, | 102 |
3107.066, and 3107.99 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 103 |