In re J.S.

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 4887

Syllabus

LEGAL CUSTODY — R.C. 2151.415(D)(3) — R.C. 2151.415(A)(3) — BEST INTEREST: The trial court did not abuse its discretion in awarding legal custody to maternal grandparents under R.C. 2151.415(D)(3) and (A)(3) where the juvenile court appropriately considered the best-interest factors in R.C. 2151.414(D)(1) and the juvenile court's best-interest findings were supported by competent and credible evidence in the record, and the juvenile court's decision was not arbitrary, unreasonable, or unconscionable. [But see DISSENT: The practice of removing children from a parent-victim of domestic violence raises substantive due-process and policy concerns, and the juvenile court abused its discretion in awarding legal custody to maternal grandparents absent a sufficient finding that removing the children from a parent-victim was in their best interest.]