[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as In
re C.C.S., Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-7472.]
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2016-OHIO-7472
IN RE C.C.S.
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it
may be cited as In re C.C.S., Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-7472.]
Appeal dismissed as having been improvidently accepted.
(No. 2016-0395—Submitted August 31, 2016—Decided October 27, 2016.)
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County,
No. 15AP-884, 2016-Ohio-388.
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{¶ 1} The cause is dismissed as having been improvidently accepted.
O’CONNOR, C.J., and O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, and O’NEILL, JJ., concur.
PFEIFER, KENNEDY, and FRENCH, JJ., dissent.
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Steven E. Hillman, for appellant, C.L.S.
A. Patrick Hamilton; and Tucker Ellis, L.L.P., and Jon W. Oebker, for
appellee, Adoption by Gentle Care.
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO
Erik L. Smith, urging reversal, for amici curiae Ohio Birthparent Group and
Kate Livingston, Ph.D.
Julia Cain; and Ginn Law Office, L.L.C., and Barbara Thornell Ginn, urging
affirmance, for amicus curiae American Academy of Adoption Attorneys.
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