In re D.P.

Citations

• 2022 Ohio 4553

Syllabus

The trial court did not err in adopting the magistrate's decision to grant permanent custody to the agency where the case plan required Father to obtain safe, stable, and independent housing, and Father was almost wholly reliant on his girlfriend for housing, income, and transportation. A grant of custody to Father under these conditions would represent a leap of faith that his relatively new relationship with his girlfriend of between three and six months will last. Additionally, Father's apparent inability or unwillingness to meet his legal responsibilities to provide for his other children, as evidenced by his being tens of thousands of dollars in arrears in child support, suggests he is not prepared to fulfill his responsibilities towards the children in this respect.