In re A.M.

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 1739

Syllabus

Parent; child; adjudication; dependent; manifest weight; amended; complaint; Juv.R. 22(B); Civ.R. 15(B); R.C. 2151.04(C); condition or environment; unsanitary conditions; home; school attendance. Affirmed juvenile court's judgments that adjudicated two of mother's children to be dependent pursuant to R.C. 2151.04(C) and adopted the court's earlier orders placing the children under the protective supervision of the Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services. The juvenile court effectively amended the complaint pursuant to Juv.R. 22(B) and Civ.R. 15(B). The agency presented evidence of conditions or environmental elements that were adverse to the normal development of the children, including unsanitary conditions in the home, the non-existent or extremely poor school attendance of the children, and other factors, which warranted state intervention. The record supported the juvenile court's findings, and the judgments were not against the manifest weight of the evidence.