State ex rel. Davis v. Kennedy
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The Supreme Court granted a writ of prohibition against the Logan County Common Pleas Court and Judge Natasha Kennedy, a judge of the Logan County Common Pleas Court, Family Court Division, holding that Relators, Josephine Davis, John Doe, and Jane Doe, were entitled to the writ.
Davis, the biological mother of H.P., consented to the placement of care, custody, and control over H.P. to John and Jane Doe for purposes of adoption. The Does then filed an adoption petition for H.P. Thereafter, Kaidin Whitrock, H.P.'s biological father, filed a complaint to allocate parental rights and responsibilities. The probate court determined that Whitrock's consent to the adoption was not required under Ohio Rev. Code 3107.07(B)(1) because he failed to register as the putative father. The district court reversed, but the Supreme Court reversed. At issue was whether Judge Kennedy could continue to exercise juvenile court jurisdiction without interfering with the exclusive, original jurisdiction of the probate court. The Supreme Court granted Relators' requested writ of prohibition, holding that Judge Kennedy may not continue to exercise jurisdiction over Whitrock's petition to allocate parental rights and his request for a temporary order of parenting time.
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