In re T.J.

Citations

• 2018 Ohio 3639

Syllabus

CHILDREN—TEMPORARY CUSTODY: The juvenile court did not err in adjudicating the child abused and dependent and in determining that it was in the child's best interest to be placed in the temporary custody of a children's services agency where the record contained evidence that the child suffered from mental-health issues and had extensive behavioral problems at school, and mother refused to recognize the child's fault in these aggressive incidents and refused offered therapeutic services for the child mother had thrown a mirror at the child the child expressed that she did not want to return to mother's care mother and child had a volatile relationship and mother had refused to sign a release of information, a necessary prerequisite to participating in a diagnostic assessment. Where the magistrate and the child were able to effectively communicate in an in camera hearing held via a video teleconference, and the child was able to clearly articulate her feelings regarding placement despite being hospitalized, the juvenile court did not err in overruling mother's motion to set aside the magistrate's order reflecting that the in camera hearing had taken place and continuing the matter for disposition. Where a children's services agency was not required to obtain an agreement between the parties before filing a proposed change to a case plan, and where mother failed to file objections and request a hearing after receiving notice of the proposed change to the case plan, the juvenile court did not err by approving and incorporating the amended case plan.