State ex rel. Allen Cty. Children Servs. Bd. v. Mercer Cty. Common Pleas Court, Probate Div. (Slip Opinion)

{¶ 1} The issue in this case is whether a probate court may exercise its exclusive jurisdiction over adoption proceedings while a juvenile court is concurrently exercising continuing jurisdiction over a child custody proceeding.

{¶ 2} The Allen County Children Services Board (“Board”) commenced this action seeking a writ of prohibition barring the Probate Division of the Mercer County Common Pleas Court (“Probate Court”) and Judges Mary Pat Zitter and James Rapp from exercising jurisdiction over M.S., a minor child.1 At that time, the child was in the temporary custody of the Board by order of…