Case Name: In re Hitchcock et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1998-02-11
Citations: 81 Ohio St. 3d 1222
Docket Number: No. 96-2641
Parties: In re Hitchcock et al.
Judges: Douglas, Resnick, Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 81
Pages: 1222–1223

Head Matter:
In re Hitchcock et al.
[Cite as In re Hitchcock (1998), 81 Ohio St.3d 1222.]
(No. 96-2641
Submitted December 10, 1997
Decided February 11, 1998.)
John H. Lawson, for appellants Abdul and Mary Abdullah.
Joanne Canitia Brady, Guardian ad litem for Shampail and Hastings Hitchcock.
Kenneth D. Myers and Avery S. Friedman, for appellees Tim and Cherie Burich.
Celestine Sutiles, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services.
Rufus Simms, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Aldlah Abdullah.
Steven E. Wolkini, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Advisory Committee of the Juvenile Court Guardian Ad Litem Project.

Opinion:
The appeal is dismissed, sua sponte, as having been improvidently allowed.
Douglas, Resnick, Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.
Moyer, C.J., F.E. Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., dissent.