In re N.S.

Citations

• 2022 Ohio 3988

Syllabus

R.C. 3109.12 – R.C. 3109.051 – GRANDPARENT VISITATION – ABUSE OF DISCRETION – CREDIBILITY: Where the trial court accorded special weight to father's wishes that grandfather not be granted visitation with his children, and where the court balanced father's wishes against the other relevant factors in R.C. 3109.051(D), the trial court did not abuse its discretion in determining that visitation with grandfather was in the children's best interest. The trial court did not improperly shift the burden of proof to father to establish that visitation with grandfather was not in the children's best interest where the record contains no indication that the trial court, when weighing the relevant factors and considering the evidence, placed the burden of proof on father.