Title: State ex rel. Zschach v. Fairfield Cty. Court of Common Pleas

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

THE STATE EX REL. ZSCHACH V. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF FAIRFIELD 
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COUNTY ET AL. 
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[Cite as State ex rel. Zschach v. Fairfield Cty. Court of Common Pleas 
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(1996), ___ Ohio St.3d ___.] 
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Prohibition enjoining common pleas court from entertaining jurisdiction and 
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proceeding any further in adoption case -- Complaint for writ 
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dismissed, when. 
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(No. 95-644 -- Submitted June 25, 1996 -- Decided July 17, 1996.) 
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IN PROHIBITION. 
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Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, David J. Young and Scott L. Marrah; 
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Stebelton, Aranda & Snider and James C. Aranda, for relator. 
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David L. Landefeld, Fairfield County Prosecuting Attorney, for 
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respondents. 
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This cause originated in this court on the filing of a complaint for a 
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writ of prohibition.  Upon the issuance of an alternative writ, the parties 
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hereto filed a joint motion for a stay pending this court’s resolution of In re 
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Adoption of Zschach (1996), 75 Ohio St.3d 648, 665 N.E.2d 1070.  We 
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granted that motion on May 24, 1995.  72 Ohio St.3d 1524, 649 N.E.2d 
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834. 
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Our resolution of In re Adoption of Zschach (1996), 75 Ohio St.3d 
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648, 665 N.E.2d 1070, reinstates the final adoption order underlying both 
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that discretionary appeal and the birth mother’s custody motion to which 
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this original action owes its genesis.  Therefore, relator’s complaint for a 
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writ of prohibition has become moot.  Upon consideration thereof, 
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IT IS ORDERED by the court that the complaint for writ of prohibition 
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be, and hereby is, dismissed. 
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MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER and COOK, 
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JJ., concur. 
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STRATTON, J., not participating. 
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