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Paternity affidavits can be completed in the hospital at the time of birth or afterwards at your local registrar (health department) or county child support enforcement agency (CSEA) . Either parent can also call the Ohio Central Paternity Registry (CPR) at 1-888-810-OHIO (6446) and request a copy be mailed to you.

Contact the CSEA. If the administrative order was issued after April 2014, the CSEA will be able to submit the order to get the birth record updated. If the order was issued prior to this date, the CSEA will have to initiate an action through the local court to have the father's name added to the birth record.

Section 3109.04 of the Ohio Revised Code provides the Court with a variety of options when handling child custody and parenting time issues. However, once a Shared Parenting Decree or other Order establishing parenting time is in effect, it can only be modified by filing a Motion with the Court.

An unmarried father has zero rights with respect to his child until he proactively takes steps to establish paternity. Even if an unmarried father has established paternity and is paying child support, that does not necessarily mean that he is entitled to see the child.

In Ohio, if a child's parents are not married to each other when the child is born, that child does not have a legal father. Paternity must be established for the person to be called the legal father of a child. Once this happens the father's name can appear on the birth certificate.

Paternity can be established any time before the child becomes 23 years old. Paternity can be determined even if the other parent lives in another state or a foreign country.