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In re J.M.

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  • 2019 Ohio 3716

Syllabus

Father appeals juvenile court decision granting legal custody of children maternal grandparents. Father, incarcerated, failed to communicate with attorney or appear for hearing in which magistrate granted legal custody. Father argued for first time in objections to the magistrate's decision that grandparents required to file motion before court could grant legal custody. Even if court erred granting legal custody in absence of motion, no plain error where Father failed to appear for hearing, failed to attempt to attend hearing, failed for two years to remedy issue, drug addiction, which caused children to be placed in foster care.

Judges: M. Powell

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