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Two Recent Ohio Supreme Court Rulings

Court Rules Police Not Required to Convert Records Submitted on File Cards to Other Format

Under State Public Records Act

 

From the site: "2009-2192.  State ex rel. Bardwell v. Cleveland, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-3267.

Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2010/2010-Ohio-3267.pdf

 

In a 7-0 decision announced today, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled that the Cleveland Division of Police did not violate the Ohio Public Records Act by maintaining its archive of the daily reports it receives from local pawnbrokers on 3-by-5 inch index cards - the format in which those reports are submitted by the pawnbrokers."

 

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Adoption of Child by Non-Relative Legal Custodian Is Not Exempt from Pre-Adoption Placement Requirements

Even When Child Has Been Living with Prospective Adoptive Parents

 

From the site: "2009-1695 and 2009-1980.  In re Adoption of J.A.S., Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-3270.

Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2010/2010-Ohio-3270.pdf

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The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled today that the preadoption placement procedures for "private" adoptions set forth in R.C. 5103.16(D) must be followed even in cases where the child has been living with the prospective adoptive parents pursuant to an award of legal custody by a juvenile court. The Court's 6-0 decision was authored by Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton."

 

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Source: The Supreme Court of Ohio, 15 July 2010

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on July 16, 2010 (boomark / email).