In re N.C.

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 2012

Syllabus

Permanent custody; R.C. 2151.414(B)(1); R.C. 2151.414(B)(1)(a); best interest; preponderance; R.C. 2151.414(D)(1); R.C. 2151.414(E); R.C. 2151.414(D)(2); clear and convincing; manifest weight; reasonable-efforts finding; due process; fundamental right; parent; ultimate welfare. Affirmed the juvenile court's judgment granting permanent custody of the minor child to the agency and terminating all parental rights. The juvenile court engaged in the proper analysis and made the requisite determinations under R.C. 2151.414(B)(1), (D)(1) and (E). The juvenile court's judgment was not against the manifest weight of the evidence, its reasonable-efforts finding was not erroneous, and father's fundamental right to parent his child was not violated.