IN RE ADOPTION OF H.P.

No. 2022-0159.

218 N.E.3d 828 (2022)

171 Ohio St.3d 453

2022-Ohio-4369

IN RE ADOPTION OF H.P.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 8, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hunt & Johnson, L.L.C., Jerry M. Johnson , and Christine M. Bollinger , for appellants N.P. and J.P.

Huffman, Kelley & Brock, L.L.C., and John C. Huffman , for appellant J.D.

Schulze, Cox & Will and Faye D. Cox , Marysville, for appellee.

Susan Garner Eisenman , Columbus, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Adoption Law Roundtable.

A. Patrick Hamilton , Columbus, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ad Hoc Committee of Private Placing Adoption Agencies.

Julia A. Cain , Medina, urging reversal for amicus curiae Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys.


{¶ 1} Since establishing a putative-father registry in 1996, Ohio has clearly warned putative fathers that "[a] man who has sexual intercourse with a woman is on notice that if a child is born as a result and the man is the putative father, the child may be adopted without his consent pursuant to division (B) of section...

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