In re Fassinger

E. C. 2151.353 provides that:

“No order for permanent custody shall be made at the hearing wherein the child is adjudicated neglected or dependent except and unless the complaint alleging the neglect or dependency contains a prayer requesting such permanent custody and the summons served on the parents contains a full explanation that the granting of such an order permanently divests them of their parental rights.”

Because the Cuyahoga County Welfare Department failed to comply with the explicit requirements of this statute, the agency’s laudatory effort to provide the Fassinger children with…