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IN RE ADOPTION OF GIBSON

No. 84-1960.

23 Ohio St. 3d 170 (1986)

IN RE ADOPTION OF GIBSON ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided April 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur H. Thomas, Jr., and Michael D. Allen, for appellant.

Michael K. Nunner, for appellee Gregory R. Gibson.

Bruce A. Campbell, legal director, and G. Michael Callahan, urging reversal for amicus curiae, American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, Inc.

Per Curiam.

Our recent decision in In re Adoption of Holcomb (1985), 18 Ohio St.3d 361, settled the issue certified to us. Holcomb also prescribes the standard of proof necessary to prevail in an adoption-without-consent case. This court stated at 368 that:

"* * * Because cases such as these may involve the termination of fundamental parental rights...

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