In re J.J.

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 4984

Syllabus

Permanent custody R.C. 2151.414 clear and convincing evidence reunification involuntary termination best interest of the child. The trial court's decision granting permanent custody of the child to the agency is affirmed. Clear and convincing evidence supported the court's finding that the child cannot be placed with either parent within a reasonable time or should not be placed with either parent, under R.C. 2151.414(B)(1)(a). The record demonstrated that the parents failed to remedy the conditions that initially caused the child to be placed outside the home, namely Mother's mental health and substance abuse issues, domestic violence, and housing. The record also reflected that all five of Mother's other children, one of whom was also Father's child, had been removed from Mother's care and custody and placed into the permanent custody of the agency. Mother has failed to rebut the presumption that because her parental rights were involuntarily terminated as to all of her other five children that she is not a suitable parent for additional children. Additionally, clear and convincing evidence supported the court's determination that permanent custody is in the child's best interest.