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ODJFS v. LIFEWAY FOR YOUTH, INC.

No. 07AP-458.

173 Ohio App.3d 648 (2007)

2007-Ohio-6183

DEPARTMENT OF JOB & FAMILY SERVICES, Appellant, v. LIFEWAY FOR YOUTH, INC., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Tenth District, Franklin County.

Decided November 20, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc Dann, Attorney General, and Tracy M. Greuel and Denise Pleska, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellant.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, L.L.P., G. Ross Bridgman, Lisa Pierce Reisz, Peter A. Lusenhop, and Melissa J. Mitchell, for appellees.

TYACK, Judge.

{¶ 1} This appeal concerns the statutory authority of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services ("ODJFS") to regulate private, noncustodial foster care agencies entrusted to place abused, abandoned, and neglected children into temporary homes. Appellee Lifeway for Youth, Inc. is one such entity, having been certified by ODJFS since 1994. On February 19, 2007, a Lifeway foster parent was convicted of murdering her Lifeway-placed...

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