In re S.F.
Citations
- 2026 Ohio 1502
Syllabus
The juvenile court's decision to grant permanent custody of a child to a local children's services agency was supported by sufficient evidence and not against the manifest weight of the evidence, where the record plainly established that granting the agency's motion rather than the grandmother's competing motion for legal custody was in the child's best interest, given the child's severe behavioral problems and mental health issues, neither of which the record indicated the child's grandmother was willing or able to properly address so as to provide the child with the best chance to become a fully functioning adult.
Judges: Piper
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