In re A.F.

Citations

• 2023 Ohio 4423

Syllabus

Permanent custody \reasonable efforts\ manifest weight best interest of the child unsworn statement or testimony. Trial court properly determined that public services children's agency made reasonable efforts to reunite Mother with her children where they developed a case plan and supervised visits with Mother for nearly three years. Juvenile court's decision to grant permanent custody of the children to CCDCFS was supported by the manifest weight of the evidence where there was clear and convincing evidence that the children had been in agency custody for nearly three years, Mother failed to remedy the conditions that required removal of the children, and permanent custody was in the children's best interests. Although each child is unique, the court's best interests analysis applied to all three children because they were close in age and had similar needs.