In re D.K.

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 2460

Syllabus

PERMANENT CUSTODY — SUFFICIENCY — WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE — BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD — R.C. 2151.414(B)(1)(d) — R.C. 2151.414(D)(1)(a) — R.C. 2151.414(D)(1)(b) — R.C. 2151.414(D)(1)(c) — LEGALLY SECURE PLACEMENT — R.C. 2151.414(D)(1)(d) — R.C. 2151.414(D)(1)(e) — R.C. 2151.414(E)(1) — R.C. 2151.414(E)(2) — R.C. 2151.414(E)(4) — ABANDONMENT — R.C. 2151.414(E)(10): The juvenile court's judgment granting the Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services' (\JFS\) motion for permanent custody was supported by sufficient evidence and was not contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence where clear and convincing evidence demonstrated that permanent custody was in the child's best interest under R.C. 2151.414(B)(1)(d) as the child had been in the temporary custody of JFS for 12 or more months of a consecutive 22-month period, and mother failed to remedy the issues which brought the child into JFS's temporary custody where she (1) struggled with sobriety and consistency in engaging in counseling services throughout the three-year pendency of the case, (2) inconsistently visited with the child over the course of the proceedings, and (3) became homeless months before trial after she sold her home and obtained housing only days before trial commenced, and while mother did not abandon the child, father was found to have abandoned her.