In re K.K.

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 9098

Syllabus

Appellants, the biological parents, maternal grandparent and adoptive mother of three children appeal the decision granting permanent custody of the children to a children services agency. Sufficient credible evidence existed to support the court's order where three of the four appellants failed to appear for the permanent custody hearing, where the biological parents failed to take meaningful steps towards reunification, where the state charged the maternal grandparent with rape of one of the children, and where the adoptive mother could not protect the children. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to grant a continuance to two parties who failed to appear for the hearing.