In re C.C.S. (Slip Opinion)

2016 Ohio 7472

• Court: Ohio Supreme Court
• Decided: October 27, 2016
• Docket: 2016-0395
• Status: Published

Opinion

[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as In re C.C.S., Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-7472.]

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SLIP OPINION NO. 2016-OHIO-7472 IN RE C.C.S. [Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as In re C.C.S., Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-7472.] Appeal dismissed as having been improvidently accepted. (No. 2016-0395—Submitted August 31, 2016—Decided October 27, 2016.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 15AP-884, 2016-Ohio-388. _________________ {¶ 1} The cause is dismissed as having been improvidently accepted. O’CONNOR, C.J., and O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, and O’NEILL, JJ., concur. PFEIFER, KENNEDY, and FRENCH, JJ., dissent. _________________ Steven E. Hillman, for appellant, C.L.S. A. Patrick Hamilton; and Tucker Ellis, L.L.P., and Jon W. Oebker, for appellee, Adoption by Gentle Care. SUPREME COURT OF OHIO

Erik L. Smith, urging reversal, for amici curiae Ohio Birthparent Group and Kate Livingston, Ph.D. Julia Cain; and Ginn Law Office, L.L.C., and Barbara Thornell Ginn, urging affirmance, for amicus curiae American Academy of Adoption Attorneys. _________________________