In re J.H.

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 7070

Syllabus

Permanent custody termination of parental rights R.C. 2151.414 clear and convincing evidence best interest of the child reasonable efforts diligent case planning. Juvenile court did not err in awarding permanent custody of child to Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services. Juvenile court's determinations that child could not be placed with the parents within a reasonable time or should not be placed with the parents and that an award of permanent custody to the agency was in the best interest of the child were supported by clear and convincing evidence and were not against the manifest weight of the evidence. Record did not support father's contention that agency failed to engage in reasonable, diligent case planning or otherwise failed to undertake reasonable efforts to reunify him with his son.