Case Name: In re Gossette
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1975-04-23
Citations: 42 Ohio St. 2d 143
Docket Number: No. 74-542
Parties: In re Gossette
Judges: O’Neill, C. J., Herbert, Corrigan, Stern, Celebrezze, W. Bbown and P. Brown, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Second Series
Volume: 42
Pages: 143–144

Head Matter:
In re Gossette
[Cite as In re Gossette (1975), 42 Ohio St. 2d 143.]
(No. 74-542
Decided April 23, 1975.)
Miss Joyce Neidits, for appellant, Shirley White.
Mr. Thomas G. Kelley, for appellees Willie Gossette, Fannie Jones and Willie Jones.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
R. C. 2151.23(A)(3) states that the Juvenile Court has exclusive original jurisdiction "to hear and determine any application for a writ of habeas corpus involving the custody of a child."
This is not a dispute between parents over the custody of their child. In this case, in order for the Juvenile Court to deprive Mrs. White of the custody of Mark, it is necessary that she be found to be an unfit parent and that such finding result from a hearing at which the parties are accorded due process. The record does not show that the Juvenile Court made any finding that Mrs. White was an unfit parent.
Accordingly, the judgment of the Court of Appeals is reversed, and the cause is remanded to the Juvenile Court for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.
Judgment reversed.
O'Neill, C. J., Herbert, Corrigan, Stern, Celebrezze, W. Bbown and P. Brown, JJ., concur.