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Ohio Rev. Code § 2151.424 (2026)

Notice and opportunity to present evidence to foster caregiver, relative, or prospective adoptive parent

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September 30, 2025
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House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly
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(A) If a child has been placed in a certified foster home or is in the custody of, or has been placed with, a kinship caregiver as defined in section 5180.50 of the Revised Code, a court, prior to conducting any hearing pursuant to division (F)(2) or (3) of section 2151.412 or section 2151.28, 2151.33, 2151.35, 2151.414, 2151.415, 2151.416, or 2151.417 of the Revised Code with respect to the child, shall notify the foster caregiver or kinship caregiver of the date, time, and place of the hearing. At the hearing, the foster caregiver or kinship caregiver shall have the right to be heard.

(B) If a public children services agency or private child placing agency has permanent custody of a child and a petition to adopt the child has been filed under Chapter 3107. of the Revised Code, the agency, prior to conducting a review under section 2151.416 of the Revised Code, or a court, prior to conducting a hearing under division (F)(2) or (3) of section 2151.412 or section 2151.416 or 2151.417 of the Revised Code, shall notify the prospective adoptive parent of the date, time, and place of the review or hearing. At the review or hearing, the prospective adoptive parent shall have the right to be heard.

(C) The notice and the opportunity to be heard do not make the foster caregiver, kinship caregiver, or prospective adoptive parent a party in the action or proceeding pursuant to which the review or hearing is conducted.

Last updated July 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2015–2023 · leading case: In re G.D., 2015-Ohio-4669.
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In re G.D., 2015-Ohio-4669. “30, as well as Article I, Section 7 of the Ohio Constitution all require that an oath be administered to a witness before the witness may testify.”
In re A.D., 2023-Ohio-276. “We acknowledge that “although R.C. 2151.424(A) grants a foster parent the right to testify as a sworn witness at the permanent custody hearing, ‘[w]e are not Case Nos.”
In re E.M., 2022-Ohio-2091. “R.C. 2151.424. A party to a juvenile case is defined as “a child who is the subject of a juvenile court proceeding, the child’s spouse, if any, the child’s parent or parents, or if the parent of a child is a child, the parent of that parent, in appropriate cases, the child’s…”
In re S.F., 2016-Ohio-5213. “27855, 2015-Ohio-4669, ¶ 38 , in which we recognized that, although R.C. 2151.424(A) grants a foster parent the right to testify as a sworn witness at the permanent custody hearing, “[w]e are not aware that the law affirmatively provides for foster parents to make unsworn…”
Ohio Rev. Code § 2151.424(A): 3 cases
In re G.D., 2015-Ohio-4669. “30, as well as Article I, Section 7 of the Ohio Constitution all require that an oath be administered to a witness before the witness may testify.”
In re A.D., 2023-Ohio-276. “We acknowledge that “although R.C. 2151.424(A) grants a foster parent the right to testify as a sworn witness at the permanent custody hearing, ‘[w]e are not Case Nos.”
In re S.F., 2016-Ohio-5213. “27855, 2015-Ohio-4669, ¶ 38 , in which we recognized that, although R.C. 2151.424(A) grants a foster parent the right to testify as a sworn witness at the permanent custody hearing, “[w]e are not aware that the law affirmatively provides for foster parents to make unsworn…”
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