In re A.L.

Citations

• 2021 Ohio 1767

Syllabus

The juvenile court did not err in applying the best interest test, rather than parental unsuitability test, as a father previously relinquished his exclusive right to custody of his daughter when he executed a \joint custody\ or shared custody agreement giving paternal grandmother legal custody of the child. Further, consideration of the best interest factors set forth in R.C. 3109.04(F)(1) demonstrates it is in the child's best interest for paternal grandmother to have legal custody, as the child's only form of stability has occurred in the two years she has resided in paternal grandmother's care.