Ohio Court of Appeals· 7/27/2023

In re S.M.

Citations

2023 Ohio 2686

Syllabus

Legal custody—trial court did not err by awarding legal custody to nonparents when children had been adjudicated dependent and when legal custody to nonparents is in children's best interests trial court need not find parent unsuitable before awarding legal custody of an adjudicated dependent child to a nonparent

Judges: Wilkin

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Cites

27 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Troxel v. Granville
Supreme Court· 2000-06-05· cited 6,943×
Davis v. Flickinger
Ohio Supreme Court· 1997-02-12· cited 1,567×
In re Murray
Ohio Supreme Court· 1990-07-03· cited 1,148×
In re Cunningham
Ohio Supreme Court· 1979-07-18· cited 599×
In re C.F.
Ohio Supreme Court· 2007-03-28· cited 583×
State v. Morris
Ohio Supreme Court· 2012-06-05· cited 478×
Perales v. Nino
Ohio Supreme Court· 1977-11-30· cited 446×
Hockstok v. Hockstok
Ohio Supreme Court· 2002-12-27· cited 210×
In re C.R.
Ohio Supreme Court· 2006-03-29· cited 198×
In Re B.C.
Ohio Supreme Court· 2014-10-16· cited 193×
In re D.A.
Ohio Supreme Court· 2007-03-28· cited 172×
In re K.A.
Ohio Court of Appeals· 2017-01-03· cited 75×
In re East
Highland County Court of Common Pleas· 1972-07-27· cited 62×
In re T.J.
Ohio Court of Appeals· 2016-01-13· cited 35×
In Re A.J.
Ohio Supreme Court· 2016-12-20· cited 35×
In re R.L.
Ohio Court of Appeals· 2014-07-16· cited 29×
Willette v. Bannister
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1977-10-26· cited 23×
In re V.P.
Ohio Court of Appeals· 2020-12-10· cited 13×
Purvis v. Hazelbaker
Ohio Court of Appeals· 2010-12-22· cited 12×
In re E.S.
Ohio Court of Appeals· 2018-05-10· cited 12×

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