In re K.H.

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 5292

Syllabus

PARENTAL TERMINATION – PERMANENT CUSTODY: In appeals brought by mother and custody petitioner from the juvenile court's decision to award permanent custody of the child to the Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services, the juvenile court's decision was supported by sufficient evidence and was not against the manifest weight of the evidence, and the juvenile court did not abuse its discretion in denying the custody petition: the petitioner spent only a few weeks with the child shortly after his birth, mother's mental-health and drug-addiction issues have prevented her from being able to effectively parent, and mother also had another child with whom her parental rights had been involuntarily terminated; the child is bonded to his foster parents.