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“This appeal charges us with the unenviable task of reaching a result that either overrides the adoption plan of a diligent birth mother and separates P.L.H. from the only home he has ever known or that terminates permanently C.W.’s fundamental right to raise and nurture his child.”
Justice French
On July 18, 2017, the Supreme…
On July 5, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Anderson, 2017-Ohio-5656. Although the blog did not preview this case, it is a companion to the decision on the issue of a trial tax in State v. Rahab, 2017-Ohio-1401, in which the court held that…
Update: Read what happened on the final remand of the case here.
Warning! This is a wonky post.
Case Background
This is a medical malpractice case that resulted in the death of five year old Seth Cromer.
In short, after Seth had a worsening viral infection, his parents took him to the emergency room of…
Update: On July 18, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“Are you asking this court, therefore, to give the mother’s vote in this family matter more weight?”
Justice O’Neill, to Counsel for the Biological Mother
“Are you saying financial support should never be…
Yesterday’s oral arguments—June 21, 2017—were the last set of oral arguments posted on the Court’s Oral Argument Calendar. In recent years, the Court has not been hearing oral arguments during the summer, usually until the end of August. Presumably, merit decisions in pending cases will be released during this recess period.
Further update: Read what happened on remand here.
On December 22, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Moore, 2016-Ohio-8288. In a 4-3 opinion written by now-retired Justice Paul Pfeifer, the court held that a term-of-years prison sentence imposed on a juvenile non-homicide offender that exceeds the…
Further update: Read what happened on remand here.
On December 22, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Moore, 2016-Ohio-8288. In a 4-3 opinion written by now-retired Justice Paul Pfeifer, the court held that a term-of-years prison sentence imposed on a juvenile non-homicide offender that exceeds the…
Update: On July 18, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read an analysis of the oral argument here.
On June 21, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of In the Matter of: The Adoption of P.L.H.…
Update: On October 26, 2017, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“But presumably there is a partner here who was uninformed and deprived of the right to make that decision. Is that not sufficient consideration for the state under the rational basis test to impose this…
On May 25, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio granted reconsideration in State v. Aalim, 2017-Ohio-2956, and this time has upheld the mandatory juvenile transfer statutes it struck down December 22, 2016, in State v. Aalim, 2016-Ohio-8278.
Case Background
A complaint was filed in juvenile court against then 16-year-old Matthew Aalim, alleging…
