IN RE C.R.; CUYAHOGA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES ET AL., APPELLANTS; CROWDER, APPELLEE.
Supreme Court of Ohio.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Submitted September 20, 2005.
Decided March 29, 2006.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Joseph C. Young, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services.
Dale F. Pelsozy, for appellants Clifford and Stephanie Reust.
James H. Schulz, for appellee.
Supreme Court of Ohio.
O'DONNELL, J.
{¶ 1} The Eighth District Court of Appeals has certified the following question to us after determining that its decision conflicts with other appellate courts: "Whether, before awarding legal custody to a nonparent, a trial court must first find the noncustodial parent unsuitable when a child has been determined to be abused, neglected or dependent." For the reasons that follow, we answer that question in the negative...
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