“Therefore, the crux of the issue before us is this: if a court has issued a decree relieving a parent of any child-support obligation, is there a separate obligation that arises by law under which that parent still is required to provide maintenance and support to the child? The answer to that question is no.”
Parental Consent to Adoption
What’s On Their Minds: Is A Single $200 Payment Enough to Satisfy “Maintenance and Support” Within the Meaning of R.C. 3107.07(A)? In Re Adoption of A.C.B.
Update: On February 26, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“So one dollar would have thwarted the adoption?”
Chief Justice O’Connor, to Father’s Lawyer
“If the legislature changed the statute to add the word ‘de minimis’ to apply to contact…if they wanted the…
Oral Argument Preview: Is A Single $200 Payment Enough to Satisfy “Maintenance and Support” Within the Meaning of R.C. 3107.07(A)? In Re Adoption of A.C.B.
Update: On February 26, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read the analysis of the oral argument here.
On May 7, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in In Re Adoption of A.C.B., 2018-1300. The issue in the…
What’s on Their Minds: Is the Consent of a Parent Who is Judicially Relieved of a Support Obligation Required for an Adoption? In Re Adoption of B.I.
Update: On June 25, 2019. The Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“What this judgment entry did is wipe the slate clean as far as a judicial decree establishing an amount to be paid. That didn’t negate the common law duty to have a parent…
Oral Argument Preview: Is the Consent of a Parent Who is Judicially Relieved of a Support Obligation Required for an Adoption? In Re Adoption of B.I.
Update: On June 25, 2019. The Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read an analysis of the oral argument here.
On January 8, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of In Re: Adoption of B.I. 2018-0182. At…
Merit Decision: Court Nixes Adoption; Finds Putative Father Did Not Willfully Abandon Birth Mother. In Re Adoption of P.L.H.
“This appeal charges us with the unenviable task of reaching a result that either overrides the adoption plan of a diligent birth mother and separates P.L.H. from the only home he has ever known or that terminates permanently C.W.’s fundamental right to raise and nurture his child.”
Justice French
On July 18, 2017, the Supreme…
What’s On Their Minds: What Does It Mean to “Willfully Abandon” a Mother During Her Pregnancy? In the Matter of: The Adoption of P.L.H.
Update: On July 18, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“Are you asking this court, therefore, to give the mother’s vote in this family matter more weight?”
Justice O’Neill, to Counsel for the Biological Mother
“Are you saying financial support should never be…