IN RE MULLEN

No. 2010-0276.

129 Ohio St.3d 417 (2011)

2011-Ohio-3361

IN RE MULLEN; HOBBS, Appellant; MULLEN ET AL., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 12, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Newman & Meeks Co., L.P.A., and Lisa T. Meeks ; and Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., and Christopher R. Clark , for appellant.

Dougherty, Hanneman & Snedaker, L.L.C., and Douglas B. Dougherty , for appellee Kelly Mullen.

Terry W. Tranter , for appellee Scott Liming.

Sallee M. Fry , urging reversal for amicus curiae National Center for Lesbian Rights.

Matthew J. Burkhart and Austin R. Nimocks , urging affirmance for amicus curiae Alliance Defense Fund.

Horatio G. Mihet , Rena M. Lindevaldsen , and Mathew D. Staver , urging affirmance for amicus curiae Liberty Counsel.

American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, Inc., Carrie L. Davis , and James L. Hardiman ; and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and AIDS Project and John A. Knight , for amici curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and American Civil Liberties Union.

Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, L.L.P., Kathleen M. Trafford , and Daniel B. Miller , for amici curiae National Association of Social Workers and National Association of Social Workers, Ohio Chapter.


CUPP, J.

{¶ 1} The issue raised in this case is whether a parent, by her conduct with a nonparent, entered into an agreement through which the parent permanently relinquished sole custody of the parent's child in favor of shared custody with the nonparent. For the reasons that follow, we hold that competent, credible evidence supports the juvenile court's conclusion that the parent did not enter into...

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