In re C.W.

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 4987

Syllabus

CONTINUANCE – OJBECTIONS – PLAIN ERROR – R.C. 2151.414 – PERMANENT CUSTODY: No plain error resulted from the trial court's denial of a continuance that mother requested because she was incarcerated where mother's counsel participated in the hearing in mother's absence, mother was not prevented from utilizing an alternate vehicle to present her testimony, one continuance had already been granted because of mother's incarceration, the hearing had been in progress for approximately seven months, and the child was in need of a permanent placement. The trial court's determination that a grant of permanent custody to the Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services was in the child's best interest was supported by sufficient evidence and was not against the manifest weight of the evidence where mother had been unable to consistently visit with the child or participate in services due to her repeated incarceration, the child had been in agency custody for approximately 21 months at the time that the motion for permanent custody was filed, and the child was in need of a legally secure permanent placement that could not be obtained absent a grant of permanent custody.