In re C.C.

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 2089

Syllabus

Permanent custody to agency; termination of parental rights; second extension of temporary custody; R.C. 2151.415(D)(2); sufficiency of the evidence and manifest weight to support permanent custody to agency and termination of parental right; R.C. 2151.414(B); best interest of child; R.C. 2151.414(D)(1); clear and convincing evidence; and second extension of temporary custody; R.C. 2151.415(D)(2). The juvenile court correctly found that a second extension of temporary custody was not in the best interest of the child. The juvenile court found that reasonable efforts were made to reunite the child with the Mother and/or Father. The juvenile court's judgment, that terminated parental rights and granted permanent custody of the child to the agency, was supported by clear and convincing evidence. The record supports the juvenile court's findings under R.C. 2151.414(B)(1)(a) and 2151.414(B)(1)(d). The juvenile court considered the evidence and testimony adduced at the parental rights termination hearing. Specifically, the juvenile court opined that with respect to the best interest of the child, the following were considered: (1) the child has the strongest bond with the foster parents; (2) the guardian at litem (\GAL\) recommends permanent custody to agency; (3) the child has been in agency custody for more than 22 months, since he was four days old; (4) the child requires a safe, stable and secure environment where his basic and medical needs can be met; (5) maternal grandfather has indicated, over a two-year period, that he cannot care for the child; (6) maternal grandfather does not possess an understanding of child's medical needs; (7) Mother and Father failed continuously and repeatedly to substantially remedy the conditions causing the child to be placed in the temporary custody of agency; (8) Mother has an intellectual disability that makes it impossible to provide an adequate permanent home for the child; (9) Father has abandoned the child; (10) Father is repeat