In re B.D.

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 8663

Syllabus

Legal custody dependent unsuitable best interest R.C. Chapter 2151 R.C. 2151.353(A) R.C. 2151.414(D) preponderance manifest weight. Appellate court reversed decision of juvenile court that granted legal custody of child to foster parents where the preponderance of the evidence showed the child's best interest, as well as the purpose of R.C. Chapter 2151, is served by granting legal custody to his mother without restriction. Although no finding of parental unsuitability was required because the child had been adjudicated dependent, the juvenile court's best interest determination was against the manifest weight of the evidence.