In re Z.D.

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 969

Syllabus

Permanent custody; R.C. 2151.414(B)(1); R.C. 2151.414(D)(1); best interest of the child, reasonable efforts; manifest weight; legal custody; termination of parental rights. Judgment affirmed. The termination of Mother's parental rights and granting of permanent custody to the Agency was not against the manifest weight of the evidence. Mother did not complete the case-plan services, which included services for substance abuse and mental health, or did not demonstrate she benefitted from services. The juvenile court did not err when it denied the motion for legal custody of three of the Children to a maternal aunt because it was not in the children's best interest. The juvenile court did not err when it found that reasonable efforts had been made to reunify Mother with the Children.