B.D. v. D.G.

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 5599

Syllabus

Appellant's appeal from the trial court's denial of her request to unseal the record of an ex parte civil protection order (\CPO\) for the \limited purpose\ of using the ex parte CPO in a criminal prosecution of appellee is moot where the criminal prosecution against appellee was dismissed. Because the \limited purpose\ for which appellant sought to unseal the ex parte CPO no longer exists, there is no longer a live controversy from which an appeal could grant meaningful relief. None of the exceptions to the mootness doctrine apply. Appeal dismissed.