Permanent Custody Hearing

Merit Decision: Parent’s Right to Counsel at Termination of Parental Rights Hearing. In re R.K.

By Marianna Bettman on January 9, 2018

“In a case in which we are asked to ratify the civil equivalent of the death penalty, we simply cannot accept absence as acquiesce.”

Justice O’Neill, lead opinion.

On January 4, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in In re R.K., 2018-Ohio-23. In the lead opinion, written by…

By Marianna Bettman on January 9, 2018

“In a case in which we are asked to ratify the civil equivalent of the death penalty, we simply cannot accept absence as acquiesce.”

Justice O’Neill, lead opinion.

On January 4, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in In re R.K., 2018-Ohio-23. In the lead opinion, written by…

By Marianna Bettman on September 5, 2017

Update: On January 4, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.

Read the analysis of the oral argument here.

On September 13, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case, In re: R.K. (A.S., Appellant), 2017-0433. At…