In re D.B.

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 5792

Syllabus

CHILDREN - CUSTODY - EVIDENCE - CONSTITUTIONAL LAW - DUE PROCESS: The trial court did not err in adopting the magistrate's decision granting permanent custody of the children to the Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services where the decision was supported by sufficient evidence and was not against the manifest weight of the evidence. Mother's due-process rights were not violated where she did not have the opportunity to cross-examine the magistrate presiding over the custody trial, because the comment made by the magistrate concerning the credibility of a witness did not constitute testimony and there was no jury that could have been prejudicially influenced by it.