IN RE WILLIAM S.

No. 94-2068.

75 Ohio St.3d 95 (1996)

IN RE WILLIAM S.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 4, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin J. Baxter, Erie County Prosecuting Attorney, and G. Stuart O'Hara, Jr., Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant.

Erie County Public Defender's Office and Mary M. Bower, for appellee.

Ghada Halasa, Guardian Ad Litem.

Jeffrey D. Ginther, urging reversal for amici curiae, John and Katherine Alexander, foster parents.


ALICE ROBIE RESNICK, J.

The issue certified for our review is whether, in a termination of parental rights action, R.C. 2151.414(E) permits a trial court to find that a child cannot be placed with either of his parents within a reasonable time or should not be placed with his parents, absent a determination, by clear and convincing evidence, that one of the eight predicate findings in R.C. 2151.414(E) exists.

Initially we note that in interpreting the statutory...

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