In re T.M.

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 843

Syllabus

Permanent custody; reasonable efforts; child in the temporary custody of agency for 12 or more months of a consecutive 22-month period; children \cannot or should not\ be returned to parent; parent demonstrated a \lack of commitment\; permanent custody to agency in children's best interest. Judgment affirmed. The record demonstrates that the agency made reasonable efforts to reunite mother with her children and the juvenile court documented those efforts throughout the case. Clear and convincing evidence supported the juvenile court's finding that the children cannot or should not be returned to mother and that mother had a lack of commitment toward the children. The record demonstrates that it was in the best interest of the children to grant the agency's motion for permanent custody.