In re E.W.

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 5052

Syllabus

Parental rights; permanent custody; R.C. 2151.419; reasonable-efforts findings; reasonable efforts by the agency; manifest weight of the evidence; R.C. 2151.414(B)(1); child could not or should not be placed with either parent within a reasonable time; R.C. 2151.414(E)(11); R.C. 2151.414(D); best interests of the child. This court has consistently declined to require findings that reasonable efforts were made to prevent removal or return of a child safely home pursuant to R.C. 2151.419, and we continue to do so. This court found no error when the juvenile court found clear and convincing evidence to support its finding that at least one of the conditions set forth in R.C. 2151.414(B)(1)(a) through (e) applied and that it was in the best interests of the child to grant permanent custody to the agency.