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MATTER OF ADOPTION OF Y.E.F.

Nos. 2019-0420, 2019-0421.

171 N.E.3d 302 (2020)

163 Ohio St.3d 521

2020-Ohio-6785

In the MATTER OF the ADOPTION OF Y.E.F. In the Matter of the Adoption of M.M.F.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 22, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Welch Legal Services, L.L.C., and Porter R. Welch , Dublin, for appellees.

Staci K. Thomas , Legal Aid Society of Columbus; and James M. Daniels , Chillicothe, and Matthew P. Waigand , Southeastern Ohio Legal Services, for appellant.

Dave Yost , Attorney General, Benjamin M. Flowers , Solicitor General, and Stephen P. Carney , Deputy Solicitor General, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost.

Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, Katherine Hollingsworth , Thomas Mlakar , and Joseph Tomino ; McDonald Hopkins, L.L.C., R. Jeffrey Pollock , and Amy Wojnarwsky , Cleveland; Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Inc., Lucinda Weller , Toledo, Frank Catanzariti , Springfield, Cara Williams , and Sarvani Nicolosi ; Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc., and Heather Hall ; Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio, L.L.C., and John Schrider ; Community Legal Aid Services, Inc., and Jennifer van Dulmen , urging reversal for amicus curiae Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Inc., Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio, L.L.C., Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc., Community Legal Aid Services, Inc., National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel, and National Association of Counsel for Children.

{¶ 1} Although indigent parents faced with losing parental rights in a custody proceeding in juvenile court are entitled to appointed counsel, indigent parents faced with losing parental rights in an adoption proceeding in probate court are not entitled to appointed counsel. Appellant, E.S., argues that this disparate...

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