IN RE ADOPTION OF ZSCHACH

Nos. 94-2752 and 95-170.

75 Ohio St.3d 648 (1996)

IN RE ADOPTION OF ZSCHACH.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 6, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, David J. Young and Scott L. Marrah; Stebelton, Aranda & Snider and James C. Aranda, for appellant Marylou Zschach.

Wristen & Ucker and Ellen L. Wristen, for appellee Nan Barnebey.

Arthur H. Thomas, Jr., for appellee Stephen Johnson.

James S. Albers, urging reversal for amicus curiae, National Council for Adoption.


COOK, J.

I

This court has already determined that in order to contest an adoption, "a putative father who has signed the birth certificate of a child must file a written objection to the adoption with the court, Department of Human Services, or the agency having custody of the child[.]" In re Adoption of Greer (1994), 70 Ohio St.3d 293, 638 N.E.2d 999, paragraph three of the syllabus. In this case, we determine...

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