In re J.R.

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 3500

Syllabus

CHILDREN—APPELLATE REVIEW/CIVIL: The juvenile court did not abuse its discretion in granting permanent custody of a child to Hamilton County Jobs and Family Services, when clear and convincing evidence supported the court's findings that the child had been in the permanent custody of the agency for 12 or more months of a consecutive 22-month period and that a grant of permanent custody was in the child's best interest. In reviewing the juvenile court's grant of permanent custody of a child to Hamilton County Jobs and Family Services, the court of appeals need not address weight-and-sufficiency-of-evidence challenges to the juvenile court's finding that the child could not or should be placed with either parent within a reasonable time, pursuant to R.C. 2151.414(B)(1)(a), when the juvenile court properly found that the child had been in the permanent custody of the agency for 12 or more months of a consecutive 22-month period, pursuant to R.C. 2151.414(B)(1)(d).