In re K/S Children

Citations

• 2020 Ohio 4808

Syllabus

CHILDREN – PERMANENT CUSTODY – PLAIN ERROR: The juvenile court did not commit plain error in denying incarcerated father's motion for a continuance of the permanent-custody hearing to allow a nonrelative to assert her interest in obtaining custody of father's child where father was represented by counsel who actively participated at trial, father was present at trial through video conference and provided testimony, and father had waited to propose the nonrelative as a potential custodian until shortly before the hearing, even though the child had been in the custody of the Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services for over two years and the permanent-custody motion had been filed six months earlier.