In re T.B.

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 2075

Syllabus

Permanent custody; termination of parental rights; R.C. 2151.353(A)(4); R.C. 2151.414(B)(1); R.C. 2151.414(D)(1); R.C. 2151.414(D)(2); R.C. 2151.414(E); best interests; manifest weight; sufficiency; substance abuse; homelessness; case-plan compliance. Judgment affirmed. The juvenile court did not err in granting permanent custody of T.B. to the Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services. The evidence supported the court's finding under R.C. 2151.414(B)(1)(d) that T.B. had been in agency custody for over 12 of 22 consecutive months and that permanent custody was in the child's best interest. Despite mother's recent progress, the court found she had a chronic history of substance abuse and relapse, lacked stable housing, and had previously had her parental rights terminated with respect to one of T.B.'s siblings. The agency's efforts at reunification were unsuccessful, and the child needed permanency after more than two years in care. The court's determinations under both R.C. 2151.414(D)(1) and (D)(2) were supported by clear and convincing evidence and the judgment was not against the manifest weight of the evidence.