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A Plea For Permanence After Termination Of Parental Rights: Protecting The Best Interests Of The Child In Ohio, Daniel A. Starett
A Plea For Permanence After Termination Of Parental Rights: Protecting The Best Interests Of The Child In Ohio, Daniel A. Starett
Cleveland State Law Review
Ohio's R.C. 2151.313 must be amended to allow the courts to protect the best interest of the children for whom they are in place to serve, even if this means that occasionally a parent who was once adjudged to be incapable of caring for her child, and whose rights were subsequently terminated, may be the best, and often only, option to save that child from the dangers of the foster care system. Part II of this Note will explore the dangers of exposure to the foster care system, illustrate why we need to protect children from prolonged exposure to the …
Adoption Reform In Ohio, Kathleen Haack Hartley
Adoption Reform In Ohio, Kathleen Haack Hartley
Cleveland State Law Review
This note will treat the three areas of the proposed Ohio Adoption Reform bill which seem significant: the need for agency consent in adoption proceedings; the rights of putative fathers in adoption proceedings; and independent adoptions. While a complete separation of the social and legal consequences of the proposed changes is not always possible, this note will focus primarily on the legal ramifications in these particular areas by sampling the laws of various states with an emphasis on Ohio law as it relates to the proposed adoption procedure.
Putative Father's Visitation Rights, John F. Harkins
Putative Father's Visitation Rights, John F. Harkins
Cleveland State Law Review
A problem contiunally encountered in the enforcement of child support payments ordered in a proceeding in Bastardy arises when the mother of the child, in whose custody the child remains, refuses to allow the putative father reasonable periods of visitation. In numerous cases, visits with child are denied, even when the putative father regularly pays the weekly support and, in addition, expresses a genuine affection and concern toward the well-being of the child. Assuming that the putative father desires an association with his illegitimate child which the mother refuses, what remedies does or should the putative father have?