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· 1/25/2024

In re S.D-S

Citations

  • 2024 Ohio 255

Syllabus

Permanent custody R.C. 2151.414 12 of 22 consecutive months best interest clear and convincing evidence ineffective assistance of counsel. - Juvenile court's judgment awarding permanent custody of the minor child to the agency pursuant to R.C. 2151.414 was not against the manifest weight of the evidence where the child had been in agency custody for at least 12 of 22 consecutive months and the evidence clearly and convincingly established that a grant of permanent custody was in the child's best interest Mother failed to satisfy the two-prong test for demonstrating ineffective assistance of counsel because she failed to demonstrate that she suffered any prejudice due to counsel's alleged deficiencies.

Judges: Keough

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