In re N.S.

Citations

• 2023 Ohio 4285

Syllabus

The juvenile court's determination that permanent court commitment of appellant-mother's minor children to Franklin County Childrens Services was in the children's best interests was not against the manifest weight of the evidence. The court did not err by failing to require FCCS to investigate mother's half-sister as a potential relative placement for the children. Mother's half-sister was not known to the children, had not been mentioned by mother as a possible placement for the children, and did not file a motion for legal custody. Competent, credible evidence supported the trial court's findings under each of the best interest factors set out in R.C. 2151.414(D)(1) and the trial court did not err in weighing those factors to determinate that an award of permanent custody to FCCS was in the best interests of the children. Judgment affirmed.