An action to determine the existence or nonexistence of the father and child relationship may not be brought later than five years after the child reaches the age of eighteen. Neither section 3111.04 of the Revised Code nor this section extends the time within which a right of inheritance or a right to a succession may be asserted beyond the time provided by Chapter 2105., 2107., 2113., 2117, or 2123. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3111.05
Statute of limitations
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Rushford v. Firstar Bank, N.A. (2002)
Most recently applied in Kim Carroll v. Eva Hill (June 2022)
Effective: June 29, 1982; Latest Legislation: House Bill 245 - 114th General Assembly
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules (Legislative Service Commission). Reproduced from public-domain Ohio statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.