IN RE ADOPTION OF COPPERSMITH

No. 18716.

145 Ohio App.3d 141 (2001)

In re ADOPTION OF COPPERSMITH.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Second District, Montgomery County.

Decided August 24, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Swaim and Richard Hempfling, for appellees Jamison and Lisa Coppersmith.

Eric A. Stamps, for appellant Shane Hall.


FAIN, Judge.

The appellant, Shane Hall, claims that Ohio's statutory scheme regarding putative fathers, R.C. 3107.06 et seq., is unconstitutional because it violates his right to due process and equal protection of the law under the United States and Ohio Constitutions by denying him notice of, and the right to prevent, the adoption of his child, Taylor.

Shane failed initially to plead or to amend his...

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