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IN RE ADOPTION OF P.L.H.

No. 2017-0173.

151 Ohio St.3d 554 (2017)

2017-Ohio-5824

IN RE ADOPTION OF P.L.H.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 18, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Voorhees & Levy, L.L.C., and Michael R. Voorhees , for appellees.

The Farrish Law Firm and Michaela M. Stagnaro , for appellant.

Faruki, Ireland, Cox, Rhinehart & Dusing, P.L.L., and Ruth T. Kelly , urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Adoption Law Roundtable.

Barbara T. Ginn , urging affirmance for amicus curiae S.C., birth mother.

Landis Terhune-Olaker , urging affirmance for amicus curiae Adoption Circle.

Mary Beck ; and Susan Garner Eisenman , urging affirmance for amicus curiae American Academy of Adoption Attorneys.

{¶ 1} Appellant, C.W., the putative father of minor child P.L.H., appeals the judgment of the Twelfth District Court of Appeals, which concluded that his consent to the child's adoption by appellees, K.H. and P.H., was not necessary under R.C. 3107.07(B)(2)(c) because he "willfully abandoned" the birth mother during...

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