IN RE ADOPTION OF RIDENOUR

No. 90-637.

61 Ohio St.3d 319 (1991)

IN RE ADOPTION OF RIDENOUR ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 7, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stebelton, Aranda & Snider and James C. Aranda, for appellants.

Dagger, Johnston, Miller, Ogilvie & Hampson and Norman J. Ogilvie, Jr., for appellee grandmother.

Lantz, Lantz & Lipp and Thomas C. Lipp, for appellee grandparents.

Robert C. Hetterscheidt, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Franklin County Children Services Board.


ALICE ROBIE RESNICK, J.

This case presents two issues for our consideration. First, we must decide whether the trial judge abused his discretion in denying the appellants' adoption petitions. Second, we must decide whether the trial judge erred in considering grandparent post-adoption visitation rights.

As to the first issue, we find that the trial judge abused his discretion by failing to base his adoption decisions on a consideration of the best interests...

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