Agreed Entries

The CSEA offers our clients the option to file an agreed entry in three situations:

• The custodial parent (obligee) wishes to waive some or all of the support arrearage owed to the obligee.
• The parties wish to give the obligor credit for payments made directly to the obligee.
• The support order should be terminated (emancipation of child, change of legal custody, etc) and the parties wish to expedite the process by filing an agreed entry.

The CSEA can offer assistance in completing an agreed entry at no cost if certain conditions exist:

• Both parties must be in complete agreement on the facts of their case.
• There can be no indication of coercion by either party.
• The CSEA will not mediate an agreement between the parties. If a disagreement arises during the agreed entry process, the parties must resolve this between themselves.
• The CSEA does not represent either party and cannot offer legal advice.
• The parties cannot waive any arrearage owed to the state of Ohio because the custodial parent previously received public assistance benefits.

Waiving Support Arrearage

Circumstances may arise in which the obligee wishes to voluntarily waive some or all of the support arrearage owed to them per CSEA records. This can be accomplished by completing an agreed entry to establish an account balance determined by the parties.

Agreed Termination Entries

If a judicial support order is due to be terminated because of the child's emancipation, or other valid reason, the parties may request an agreed termination entry if they are in agreement on all facts pertaining to the termination of the support order and the account balance on the case. See the section on agreed termination entries under the "Support Order Termination" link for more information.

Executing an Agreed Entry

If your support order is judicial, meaning it stems from a divorce or dissolution, or was established through Domestic or Juvenile Court by a judge, you need to contact your support officer to see if your case meets the criteria for an agreed entry. If it does, the support officer will send the requesting party a packet of forms and affidavits. The forms must be completed and notarized by BOTH obligor and obligee. After mailing the forms, the support officer assigned to your case will take no enforcement action for 14 days to allow time to complete and return the agreed entry. Once the forms have been completed, the requesting party returns the documents to the CSEA. The support officer will send the documents to the court to be signed by a judge to establish an entry that can be acknowledged by the CSEA.

If you have an Administrative Order established by a CSEA Hearing Officer, you will both need to come to the agency in person to complete an agreed entry. See the section below titled Agreed Entry Wednesdays for more information.

If you are not sure whether your support order is an administrative order or a judicial order, contact the CSEA at 614-525-3275 to find out.