Ohio Supreme Court· 12/27/2023

In re Z.C.

Citations

2023 Ohio 4703

Syllabus

Domestic relations—Termination of parental rights—R.C. 2151.414—The proper appellate standards of review to apply in cases involving a juvenile court's decision under R.C. 2151.414 to award permanent custody of a child and to terminate parental rights are the sufficiency-of-the-evidence and/or manifest-weight-of-the-evidence standards, as appropriate depending on nature of arguments presented by parties—Court of appeals' judgment reversed and cause remanded to court of appeals.

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distinguishing the R.C. 3109.04 standard of review from the standard of review under R.C. 2151.414
construing the evidence consistent with the judgment when susceptible to more than one construction

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Judges: Stewart, J.

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