Case Title: In re T.L.

Citation: 2010-Ohio-4936

Docket Number: 20100536

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2010-10-14T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as In 
re T.L., Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-4936.] 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2010-OHIO-4936 
IN RE T.L. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as In re T.L., Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-4936.] 
Court of appeals’ judgment vacated in part on the authority of State v. Arnold, 
and cause remanded to the court of appeals. 
(No. 2010-0536 — Submitted July 6, 2010 — Decided October 14, 2010.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Medina County, No. 09CA0018-M, 
186 Ohio App.3d 42, 2010-Ohio-402. 
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{¶ 1} The discretionary appeal was accepted in this case and held for the 
decision in State v. Arnold, 126 Ohio St.3d 290, 2010-Ohio-2742, 933 N.E.2d 
775. 
{¶ 2} We are unable to determine from the court of appeals’ opinion 
whether the juvenile court erroneously admitted statements made by the child 
victim to the child advocacy center intake social worker.  It is uncertain whether 
the statements were made for forensic or medical purposes and, if the statements 
were made for forensic purposes, whether their admission was harmless error.  
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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Accordingly, the portion of the court of appeals’ judgment with respect to 
appellant T.L.’s first and second assignments of error is vacated, and the cause is 
remanded to the court of appeals for further proceedings consistent with State v. 
Arnold. 
 
PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’CONNOR, LANZINGER, and CUPP, JJ., 
concur. 
 
BROWN, C.J., concurs in judgment only. 
 
O’DONNELL, J., concurs in the judgment to vacate the judgment of the 
court of appeals in part but would remand for application of the principles 
articulated in his dissenting opinion in State v. Arnold. 
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Kevin J. Baxter, Erie County Prosecuting Attorney, and Mary Ann 
Barylski, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee, state of Ohio. 
Timothy Young, Ohio Public Defender, and Elizabeth R. Miller, Assistant 
Public Defender, for appellant, T.L. 
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