In re K.S.

Citations

• 2023 Ohio 1827

Syllabus

PERMANENT CUSTODY — R.C. 2151.414(B)(1) — R.C. 2151.353(A)(4) — R.C. 2151.414(E) — R.C. 2151.414(D)(1) — BEST INTEREST: The trial court's determination under R.C. 2151.414(E) that the children could not be placed with one of the children's parents within a reasonable time or should not be placed with either parent was supported by sufficient evidence and not against the manifest weight of the evidence where the record reflects that mother failed to remedy ongoing concerns with her mental health, domestic-violence history, violent aggression, and inability to distinguish between physical abuse and discipline, while father failed to remedy the condition which caused the children's removal as there were ongoing concerns with father's alcohol abuse, verbal altercations, multiple incarcerations, and his failure to maintain stable housing. The trial court's best-interest determination was supported by sufficient evidence and was not against the manifest weight of the evidence where the record reflects that, while the children were bonded with mother and father, the children were in need of a legally secure placement that could not be achieved without a grant of permanent custody to the Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services as both children had been in the temporary custody of the agency since September 2018, and the parents have not remedied the conditions which led to the removal of the children.