In re R.B.

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 3469

Syllabus

CHILDREN–PERMANENT CUSTODY–SEQUESTRATION: The juvenile court did not err in adopting the magistrate's decision granting permanent custody of four children to the Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services despite an erroneous application of the \12-of-22\ provision, when the error was not outcome-determinative because the court had also entered a finding that the children could not be placed in the custody of a parent within a reasonable time or should not be returned to a parent. The juvenile court did not err in adopting the magistrate's decision granting permanent custody of four children to the Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services: the children's respective fathers had legally abandoned them three of the children did not wish to return to mother, but wished to remain in the care of a family friend who wished to adopt them the children had spent the majority of the last five years in the custody of Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services and mother refused to believe that one child had been raped by her half-brother, blamed the child that had been raped for the removal of the children from her care, and was unable to provide a secure and safe placement for the children. The juvenile court did not err in sequestering a parent from a portion of the permanent-custody hearing: the parent had a serious medical condition she was able to participate in the hearing via videoconferencing and her counsel fully participated in the hearing and represented her interest.