In re J.H.

Citations

• 2023 Ohio 3183

Syllabus

Father appeals from the juvenile court's order which granted the motions of Montgomery County Children's Services (\MCCS\) for a first and second extension of temporary custody of Father's children to MCCS, dismissed as moot Father's emergency motion to prevent the children's move to Georgia to live with Paternal Grandmother, and denied Father's motion for legal custody. Because the extensions of temporary custody had expired and the children remained in MCCS's custody pending disposition of other motions related to their custody, any argument that the juvenile court erred in granting the extensions of temporary custody is moot. The juvenile court reasonably concluded that Father's argument that the magistrate had erred in failing to hear his emergency motion in a timely manner was also moot. The juvenile court did not abuse its discretion in denying Father's motion for legal custody, as he had not completed his case plan objectives. Father did not object in the trial court to the exclusion of exhibits related to a drug screen and his income and therefore waived all but plain error, which is not demonstrated. Judgments affirmed.