Waiver of Consent

What’s On Their Minds: Do Small Monetary Gifts Directly to a Child By an Otherwise Non-Complying Parent Constitute Maintenance and Support so that An Adoption Cannot Go Forward without that Parent’s Consent? In the Matter of Adoption of M.B.

By Marianna Bettman on November 3, 2011

Update: The merit decision in this case was handed down January 25, 2012. Read the analysis of the decision here.

On November 2 the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in In In the Matter of Adoption of M.B.,a case involving the question of whether token monetary gifts given directly to…

Oral Argument Preview: Do Small Monetary Gifts Directly to a Child By an Otherwise Non-Complying Parent Constitute Maintenance and Support so that An Adoption Cannot Go Forward without that Parent’s Consent? In the Matter of Adoption of M.B.

By Marianna Bettman on October 26, 2011

Update: The merit decision in this case was handed down January 25, 2012. Read the analysis of the decision here.

On Nov. 2, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of In the Matter of Adoption of M.B., a case involving statutory construction on Ohio adoption laws, and one…