In re C.F.

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 1457

Syllabus

Permanent custody; R.C. 2151.414(B)(1); Juv.R. 40(D)(3)(b)(iv); plain error; best interest of child; R.C. 2151.414(D)(1); clear and convincing evidence; plain error; sufficiency of the evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; engagement with case-plan services. Where Mother failed to challenge factual findings in her objections to magistrate's decision, she waived all but plain error with respect to those findings. Juvenile court's determination that permanent custody was in the best interest of the child was supported by clear and convincing evidence and was not against the manifest weight of the evidence. Mother's initial progress with case-plan services did not preclude a grant of permanent custody to the agency where progress did not continue as the case progressed. Mother had not substantially remedied the conditions that caused child's removal, and there was no indication she would do so at any reasonable time in the future.