In re R.S.

Citations

• 2023 Ohio 3323

Syllabus

CHILDREN — TEMPORARY CUSTODY — DEPENDENCY— EVIDENCE: The juvenile court's dependency adjudication of the child was not supported by clear and convincing evidence where mother exhibited her protective capacity over the child by placing her in maternal grandmother's care on mother's own volition, before the Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services (\JFS\) getting involved with the family, on December 5 after mother continued to experience suicidal ideation and insomnia from December 4, and then called the police on December 6 to report her symptoms. JFS failed to meet its burden to show that mother was using or abusing any opiates, or other illicit substances, at any relevant time, nor did it prove that mother's suicidal episode caused the child to suffer any adverse impact or to lack adequate care.