MORROW v. FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERV. OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES, INC.

Nos. 85-1427 and 86-72.

28 Ohio St. 3d 247 (1986)

MORROW ET AL., APPELLEES, v. FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES, INC.; WHITE ET AL., APPELLANTS. IN RE MORROW, A.K.A. WHITE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 26, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald B. Graham, for appellees and appellants, Rhonda Morrow and Theodore Toles III.

Teodosio, Cherpas & Manos, Alexander E. Teodosio and Barry M. Ward, for appellants and appellees Marilyn and Elmo S. White.

Murphey, Young & Smith, David J. Young and William Douglas Lowe, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Catholic Conference of Ohio in case No. 85-1427.


Per Curiam.

The primary issue presented by these appeals is whether the final order of adoption entered by the Summit County Probate Court on April 11, 1985 is valid. We hold that it is valid and, accordingly, affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals for Summit County and reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals for Portage County.

The natural parents, Morrow and Toles, aver that the final order of adoption entered by the Summit County Probate...

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