In re W.R.

Citations

• 2023 Ohio 334

Syllabus

In addition to failure to the raise argument challenging service of the fathers below and failure to raise the argument in her objections to the magistrate's decision, Mother lacks standing to challenge alleged defects in service of the fathers of her children. An appellant-mother may challenge an alleged service error regarding a non-appealing party only when she has demonstrated that she herself has been prejudiced by the alleged error. Mother failed to demonstrate that she sustained any prejudice other than conjecture that it may have extended the case to give her more time. The record demonstrated it was unlikely she would have availed herself of additional time and immediate permanency and stability was clearly in the children's best interests.