In re E.R.M.

Citations

• 2020 Ohio 2806

Syllabus

CHILDREN — LEGAL CUSTODY — R.C. 2151.353 — BEST INTERESTS — JUV.R. 40: The juvenile court erred in sustaining father's objections to the magistrate's decision, rejecting the magistrate's decision, and granting legal custody of the child to father when the court applied the wrong legal standard and competent, credible evidence did not support the court's best interest determination because the court provided no contrary findings to those found by the magistrate and failed to explain in its decision that legal custody to father was in the child's best interest. The juvenile court did not err in finding father's objections to the magistrate's decision timely when the filing deadline fell on a legal holiday and father filed his objections the next day.