Case Title: In re L.S.

Citation: 2020-Ohio-955

Docket Number: 2019-0054

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2020-03-17T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as In 
re L.S., Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-955.] 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2020-OHIO-955 
IN RE L.S. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as In re L.S., Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-955.] 
Appeal dismissed as having been improvidently accepted. 
(No. 2019-0054―Submitted February 25, 2020―Decided March 17, 2020.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Ottawa County, 
Nos. OT-17-021 and OT-17-025, 2018-Ohio-4758. 
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{¶ 1} This cause is dismissed as having been improvidently accepted. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and FISCHER, DONNELLY, and STEWART, JJ., concur. 
KENNEDY and DEWINE, JJ., dissent and would affirm the judgment of the 
court of appeals. 
FRENCH, J., dissents. 
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Timothy Young, Ohio Public Defender, and Timothy B. Hackett, Assistant 
Public Defender, for appellant, L.S. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
 
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James J. VanEerten, Ottawa County Prosecuting Attorney, and Barbara 
Gallé Rivas, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee, state of Ohio. 
Mark A. Stanton, Cuyahoga County Public Defender, and Robert B. 
McCaleb and Rachel Kalayjian, Assistant Public Defenders; Raymond T. Faller, 
Hamilton County Public Defender, and Julie Kahrs Nessler, Assistant Public 
Defender; and National Juvenile Defender Center and Amanda Powell, urging 
reversal for amici curiae, Cuyahoga County Public Defender’s Office, Hamilton 
County Public Defender’s Office, and National Juvenile Defender Center. 
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