In re Adoption of A.C.B. (Slip Opinion)

Citations

• 2020 Ohio 629

Syllabus

Adoption—R.C. 3107.07(A)—Whether a noncustodial parent has provided the financial support necessary to preserve his or her right to withhold consent to the adoption of his or her child is measured by the terms of the judicial decree—Appellant-father failed without justifiable cause to comply with the child-support obligations of the judicial decree for the one-year period preceding the filing of appellee-stepfather's adoption petition—Court of appeals' judgment affirming probate court's judgment affirmed.