In re M.R.J.

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 1616

Syllabus

CHILDREN – CUSTODY: The juvenile court did not err in adopting the magistrate's decision granting permanent custody of mother's three children to the Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services: the decision was supported by sufficient evidence and was not against the manifest weight of the evidence where the evidence showed that the children had been in the custody of the Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services for 12 or more months of a consecutive 22-month period, and the juvenile court correctly applied the best-interest test by considering the relationship of the children with their foster parents, the custodial history of the children, the need for a legally secure placement and mother's abandonment of the children.