In re A.M.

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 2993

Syllabus

The trial court's decision that granting permanent custody was in the child's best interest was not against the manifest weight of the evidence because although the mother substantially complied with portions of her case plan, there was also evidence that the mother did not comply with other aspects of her case plan and did not remedy the conditions that caused the child to be removed from her custody. Further, other statutory factors weighed in favor of permanent custody being in the child's best interest, including the fact that the four-year-old child was significantly bonded with his foster parents and essentially viewed the mother as a stranger after the mother ceased contact with the child for 18 months.