STATE EX REL. ALLEN CTY. CHILDREN SERVS. BD. v. MERCER CTY. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, PROBATE DIV.

No. 2016-0723.

150 Ohio St.3d 230 (2016)

2016-Ohio-7382

THE STATE EX REL. ALLEN COUNTY CHILDREN SERVICES BOARD v. MERCER COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, PROBATE DIVISION, ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided October 20, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juergen A. Waldick , Allen County Prosecuting Attorney, and Terri L. Kohlrieser , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for relator.

Matthew K. Fox , Mercer County Prosecuting Attorney, and Amy B. Ikerd and Andrew J. Hinders , Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for respondents.

David W. Haverfield , urging denial of the motion for reconsideration for amicus curiae, Public Children Services of Ohio.

KENNEDY, J., not participating.


{¶ 1} The issue in this case is whether a probate court may exercise its exclusive jurisdiction over adoption proceedings while a juvenile court is concurrently exercising continuing jurisdiction over a child custody proceeding.

{¶ 2} The Allen County Children Services Board...

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