Ohio Revised Code Title LI. Public Welfare § 5121.21

(A) Any liable person may recover from the resident, the resident's guardian, or from the executor or administrator of the resident's estate the full amount of payment made by such liable relative.

(B) Any liable relative may recover from the resident's spouse the full amount of payment made by such liable relative.

(C) A minor resident's mother may recover from such minor resident's father one-half of the amount of payment made by such mother.

(D) Any liable relative, other than the resident's spouse and other than a minor resident's parent, may recover from such resident's adult sons and daughters as are liable under division (A)(4) of section 5121.06 of the Revised Code, the full amount of payment made by such liable relative; provided, that there may be recovered from each such son or daughter only such proportion of the total payment as the figure one bears to the total number of such adult sons and daughters.

(E) An adult resident's mother may recover from an adult resident's father one-half of the amount of payment made by such mother.