Ohio Rev. Code § 3115.105: Application to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding.

(A) A tribunal of this state shall apply sections 3115.102 to 3115.616 of the Revised Code and, as applicable, sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 of the Revised Code, to a support proceeding involving any of the following:

(1) A foreign support order;

(2) A foreign tribunal;

(3) An obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.

(B) A tribunal of this state that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of sections 3115.102 to 3115.616 of the Revised Code.

(C) Sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 of the Revised Code apply only to a support proceeding under the convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 of the Revised Code is inconsistent with sections 3115.102 to 3115.616 of the Revised Code, sections 3115.701 to 3115.713 of the Revised Code control.