Case Title: In re C.C.S.

Citation: 2016-Ohio-7472

Docket Number: 2016-0395

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2016-10-27T00:00:00Z

Document:
[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. 
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{¶ 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. 
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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 
 
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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. 
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