In re M.H.

Citations

• 2022 Ohio 1680

Syllabus

Parental rights permanent custody manifest weight of the evidence R.C. 2151.353 R.C. 2151.413 R.C. 2151.414 clear and convincing evidence best interest of the child. The record contains clear and convincing evidence to support the juvenile court's finding that any of the conditions set forth in R.C. 2151.414(B)(1)(a) through (e) applied and that it was in the best interest of the child to grant permanent custody to the agency. Additionally, as to a second sibling for whom permanent custody was sought under R.C. 2151.353(A)(4), the record supported the juvenile court's findings that (1) under R.C. 2151.414(E), the child could not be placed with one of her parents within a reasonable time nor should she be placed with either parent and (2) a permanent commitment to the agency was in the child's best interest as delineated under R.C. 2151.414(D)(1). The juvenile court's grant of permanent custody of the siblings to the agency was not against the manifest weight of the evidence.