In re D.L.T.

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 118

Syllabus

Objections to magistrate's decision; failure to file transcript; raising issues for the first time on appeal; Juv.R. 40; subject-matter jurisdiction. Appellant's failure to file the transcript with the juvenile court precludes our review of the lower court's factual findings related to granting father legal custody, granting the grandparents visitation, and in allowing expert testimony. Because appellant's arguments are based on the court's factual findings, or were not made at the trial-court level, and because appellant's objections were not stated with sufficient specificity, we are unable to review these arguments. Appellant also raised the issue of subject-matter jurisdiction, for which we do not need the transcript to determine. The trial court did not have jurisdiction to award attorney or expert fees for work done in another court on another case. Award of attorney fees is void and issue of expert fees is remanded for the court to calculate the amount of fees relating to the juvenile case.