IN RE ADOPTION OF M.B.

No. 2011-0831.

131 Ohio St.3d 186 (2012)

2012-Ohio-236

IN RE ADOPTION OF M.B.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided January 25, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carmen V. Roberto , for appellant.

Scot Stevenson , for appellee.


O'DONNELL, J.

{¶ 1} The Ninth District Court of Appeals certified two questions, which we agreed to review: one, its decision that monetary gifts from a biological parent to a minor child constitute maintenance and support for purposes of R.C. 3107.07(A) and thus trigger the requirement that parental consent is needed before the adoption of the child is approved—which it found conflicts...

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