In re A.C.-L.

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 1554

Syllabus

R.C. 2151.23(A)(2); application to determine custody; best interest; R.C. 3109.04(F)(1); objections to the magistrate's decision; guardian ad litem; notice. Court did not abuse its discretion in designating Father as legal custodian and residential parent the Child. Mother did not file a transcript with the trial court to support her late-filed objections to the magistrate's decisions, so we must accept as true the court's findings of fact. Court did not abuse its discretion by proceeding to hearing despite inactive guardian ad litem where none was required and where Mother identified no resulting prejudice. Reviewing for plain error, no manifest injustice resulted from week-on, week-off parenting schedule. Because the docket indicated that the magistrate's decisions and trial court's judgment entry were sent to wrong address for Mother, we review her late-filed objections out of caution. Because we find no merit in her other assignments of error, we also find that she can demonstrate no manifest injustice resulting from any notice issue.