In re Z.M.

Citations

• 2023 Ohio 1815

Syllabus

Juv.R. 29 Juv.R. 34 adjudicatory hearing dispositional hearing. Trial court did not err when it accepted mother's agreement to legal custody. The requirements for accepting admissions in Juv.R. 29 apply solely to adjudicatory hearings. The hearing appealed from in this case was a dispositional hearing, which is governed by Juv.R. 34. Mother's alternate theory raised for the first time in her reply brief, i.e., that her agreement was not knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently made, was not properly before the court. A reply brief is solely for the purpose of rebutting the issues raised in the appellee brief, not for raising new assignments of error.